Exodus 13:1

Consecration of the Firstborn

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 13:1 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 13:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
When he and the Israelites were at Succoth: saying;
as follows.

Exodus 13:1 In-Context

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; it belongs to Me."

3 Moses said to the people, "Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for by a powerful hand the LORD brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

4 "On this day in the month of Abib, you are about to go forth.

5 "It shall be when the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall observe this rite in this month.