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Book of Exodus, Chapter 13

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Chapter 13 of Exodus—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And Jehovah spoke further to Moses, saying:
  2. “Sanctify to me every male firstborn that opens each womb among the sons of Israel, among men and beasts. It is mine.”1
  3. ¶ And Moses went on to say to the people: “Let there be a remembering[a] of this day on which YOU went out of Egypt,2 from the house of slaves, because by strength of hand Jehovah[b] brought YOU out from here.3 So nothing leavened may be eaten.4
  4. Today YOU are going out in the month of Aʹbib.[c]5
  5. And it must occur that when Jehovah will have brought you into the land of the Caʹnaan·ites and the Hitʹtites and the Amʹor·ites and the Hiʹvites and the Jebʹu·sites,6 which he swore to your forefathers to give you,7 a land flowing with milk and honey,8 then you must render this service[d] in this month.
  6. Seven days you are to eat unfermented cakes,9 and on the seventh day is a festival to Jehovah.10
  7. Unfermented cakes are to be eaten for the seven days;11 and nothing leavened is to be seen with you,12 and no sourdough is to be seen with you within all your boundaries.13
  8. And you must tell your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which Jehovah has done to me when I came out of Egypt.’14
  9. And it must serve for you as a sign upon your hand and as a memorial between your eyes,15 in order that Jehovah’s law may prove to be in your mouth;16 because by a strong hand Jehovah brought you out of Egypt.17
  10. And you must keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.[e]18
  11. ¶ “And it must occur that when Jehovah brings you into the land of the Caʹnaan·ites,19 just as he has sworn to you and to your forefathers,20 and when he does give it to you,
  12. then you must devote everyone that opens the womb to Jehovah,[f]21 and every firstling, the young of a beast,22 which will come to be yours. The males belong to Jehovah.23
  13. And every firstling ass you are to redeem with a sheep, and if you will not redeem it, then you must break its neck.24 And every firstborn of man among your sons you are to redeem.25
  14. ¶ “And it must occur that in case your son should inquire of you later on,26 saying, ‘What does this mean?’ then you must say to him, ‘By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out of Egypt,27 from the house of slaves.28
  15. And it came about that Pharʹaoh showed obstinacy toward sending us away,29 and Jehovah[g] proceeded to kill every firstborn in the land of Egypt,30 from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beast.31 That is why I am sacrificing to Jehovah all the males that open the womb,32 and every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’33
  16. And it must serve as a sign upon your hand and as a frontlet band between your eyes,34 because by strength of hand Jehovah brought us out of Egypt.”35
  17. ¶ And it came about at the time of Pharʹaoh’s sending the people away that God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Phi·lisʹtines just because it was near, for God said: “It might be the people will feel regret when they see war and will certainly return to Egypt.”36
  18. Hence God made the people go round about by the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea.37 But it was in battle formation[h] that the sons of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt.38
  19. And Moses was taking Joseph’s bones with him, because he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying: “God will without fail turn his attention to YOU,39 and YOU must take my bones up out of here with YOU.”40
  20. And they proceeded to depart from Sucʹcoth and to encamp at Eʹtham at the edge of the wilderness.41
  21. ¶ And Jehovah was going ahead of them in the daytime in a pillar of cloud to lead them by the way,42 and in the nighttime in a pillar of fire to give them light to go in the daytime and nighttime.43
  22. The pillar of cloud would not move away from before the people in the daytime nor the pillar of fire in the nighttime.44

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Compare 20:8 ftn.
  2. ^ Heb., Yeho·wahʹ. See App 1A.
  3. ^ “Abib,” meaning “Green Ears,” the ears being ripe but still soft. Abib corresponds to the latter part of March and the first part of April. After the exile of the Jews in Babylon it came to be called Nisan. See App 8B.
  4. ^ “Service (feature of worship).” Heb., ha·ʽavo·dhahʹ; Gr., la·treiʹan, “sacred service.” Compare 12:25 ftn.
  5. ^ Lit., “from days to days.”
  6. ^ “To Jehovah.” Heb., la·Yho·wahʹ. See App 1A.
  7. ^ Heb., Yeho·wahʹ. See App 1A.
  8. ^ “In battle formation,” possibly like an army in five parts, with vanguard, rear guard, main body and two wings.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Le 27:26; Nu 3:13; 18:15; De 15:19; Lu 2:23
  2. ^ Ex 12:42; De 16:3
  3. ^ Ex 6:1; De 4:34; Ne 9:10
  4. ^ Ex 12:20; 1Co 5:7
  5. ^ Ex 23:15; 34:18; De 16:1
  6. ^ Ex 3:8; 34:11; 1Ki 9:20
  7. ^ Ge 15:18; Ex 6:8; Ac 7:5
  8. ^ Ex 3:17; De 6:3; 8:8
  9. ^ Ex 12:15; 34:18; 1Co 5:8
  10. ^ Ex 10:9; Le 23:8; Lu 22:1
  11. ^ Ex 23:15
  12. ^ De 16:3
  13. ^ Ex 12:19
  14. ^ Ex 12:27
  15. ^ Ex 12:14; De 6:8; 11:18
  16. ^ Pr 23:16
  17. ^ Ex 6:1; 7:4
  18. ^ Ex 12:24; 23:15; Le 23:6; De 16:3
  19. ^ Ne 9:24
  20. ^ Ge 15:18; Ps 105:42
  21. ^ Nu 3:13
  22. ^ Le 27:26
  23. ^ Ex 22:29; 34:19; Nu 8:17; De 15:19; Lu 2:23
  24. ^ Ex 34:20
  25. ^ Nu 18:15
  26. ^ Ex 12:26; De 6:20; Ps 145:4
  27. ^ De 26:8
  28. ^ De 7:8
  29. ^ Ex 5:2
  30. ^ Ps 78:51; 135:8
  31. ^ Ex 11:5; 12:29
  32. ^ Ex 13:2, 12; De 21:17
  33. ^ Ex 6:6
  34. ^ De 6:8; 11:18
  35. ^ Ex 6:1; Jd 5
  36. ^ Ex 14:11; 16:3; Nu 14:3; Ne 9:17; Ac 7:39
  37. ^ Ex 14:2; Nu 33:5
  38. ^ Ex 12:51
  39. ^ Ps 135:4; Lu 1:68; 7:16
  40. ^ Ge 50:25; Jos 24:32; Heb 11:22
  41. ^ Nu 33:6
  42. ^ Ex 14:19; Nu 9:15; De 1:33; Ne 9:12; Ps 99:7
  43. ^ Ex 14:24; Nu 14:14; Ps 78:14
  44. ^ Ps 105:39; 1Co 10:1

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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