Exodus, 13
13. Every first-born of an ass you shall redeem with a sheep. If you do not redeem it, you shall break its neck. Every first-born son you must redeem.
13. Every first-born of an ass you shall redeem with a sheep. If you do not redeem it, you shall break its neck. Every first-born son you must redeem.
Chapter 13 of Exodus deals with the celebration of the feast of the punes and the consecration of the firstborn. Moses guides the people of Israel to celebrate the feast every year as a memory of the liberation of Egypt, and also establishes the practice of consecrating all the firstborn of men and animals to the Lord. Next, five verses related to the topics addressed in Exodus 13:
Numbers 18:15: "Every firstborn of all the flesh they present to the Lord, both men and animals, will be yours; yet, you will rescue the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of unclean animals, you will rescue." This verse deals with the consecration of the firstborn to the Lord, the theme addressed in Exodus 13.
Exodus 13:7: "For seven days you shall eat bread without yeast, and there will be no yeast bread in all your land, nor any yeast will be seen in all your boundaries." This verse talks about the feast of the pasm bread, which is celebrated in Exodus 13.
Deuteronomy 16:3: "Thou shalt not eat with Him yeast bread; for seven days shall you eat with him bread without yeast, bread of distress, because you have hurriedly left the land of Egypt; so that you may remember, every day of your life, day when you left the land of Egypt. " This verse also talks about the feast of punes, which is mentioned in Exodus 13.
Exodus 13:9: "And this will serve you by the way over your hand, and by memory before your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt." This verse talks about the importance of remembering the liberation of Egypt and maintaining the law of the Lord in mind, an important theme addressed in Exodus 13.
Psalm 78:5-6: "He established a testimony in Jacob, and instituted a law in Israel, which things commanded our parents to teach them to their children; so that the new generation could know them, children who would be born, and if raise, and tell them to your children. " This verse talks about the importance of teaching future generations about the history of liberation of Egypt and the law of the Lord, a theme addressed in Exodus 13.
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