- Exodus 13:1
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃
GOD spoke further to Moses, saying,
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וּמַלֵּיל יְיָ עִם מֹשֶׁה לְמֵימַר׃
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying,
- Exodus 13:2
קַדֶּשׁ־לִי כׇל־בְּכוֹר פֶּטֶר כׇּל־רֶחֶם בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה לִי הוּא׃
“Consecrate to Me every male first-born; human and animal, the first [male] issue of every womb among the Israelites is Mine.”
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אַקְדֵּישׁ קֳדָמַי כָּל בּוּכְרָא פָּתַח כָּל וַלְדָּא בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּאֲנָשָׁא וּבִבְעִירָא דִּילִי הוּא׃
“Sanctify to [before] Me all the first-born, that [is the first to] open the womb among the B’nei Yisrael, both of man and beast, it is Mine.”
- Exodus 13:3
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־הָעָם זָכוֹר אֶת־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר יְצָאתֶם מִמִּצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים כִּי בְּחֹזֶק יָד הוֹצִיא יְהֹוָה אֶתְכֶם מִזֶּה וְלֹא יֵאָכֵל חָמֵץ׃
And Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, on which you went free from Egypt, the house of bondage, how GOD freed you from it with a mighty hand: no leavened bread shall be eaten.
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וַאֲמַר מֹשֶׁה לְעַמָּא הֲווֹ דְּכִירִין יָת יוֹמָא הָדֵין דִּנְפַקְתּוּן מִמִּצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עַבְדּוּתָא אֲרֵי בִּתְקוֹף יַד אַפֵּיק יְיָ יָתְכוֹן מִכָּא וְלָא יִתְאֲכִיל חֲמִיעַ׃
Moshe said to the people, “Remember this day [as the day] on which you came out of Egypt, from the house of slavery, for with a strong hand Adonoy brought you out from this. You must not eat chametz.
- Exodus 13:4
הַיּוֹם אַתֶּם יֹצְאִים בְּחֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב׃
You go free on this day, in the month of Abib.
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יוֹמָא דֵין אַתּוּן נָפְקִין בְּיַרְחָא דַּאֲבִיבָא׃
On this day you went out, in the month of Aviv [Nissan].
- Exodus 13:5
וְהָיָה כִי־יְבִיאֲךָ יְהֹוָה אֶל־אֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ לָתֶת לָךְ אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ וְעָבַדְתָּ אֶת־הָעֲבֹדָה הַזֹּאת בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה׃
So, when GOD has brought you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which was sworn to your fathers to be given you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall observe in this month the following practice:
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וִיהֵי אֲרֵי יַעֵילִנָּךְ יְיָ לַאֲרַע כְּנַעֲנָאֵי וְחִתָּאֵי וֶאֱמוֹרָאֵי וְחִוָּאֵי וִיבוּסָאֵי דְּקַיֵּים לַאֲבָהָתָךְ לְמִתַּן לָךְ אֲרַע עָבְדָא חֲלָב וּדְבַשׁ וְתִפְלַח יָת פּוּלְחָנָא הָדָא בְּיַרְחָא הָדֵין׃
When Adonoy brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Chittites, the Emorites, the Chivites and the Yevusites, which He swore to your fathers [that He would] give to you—a land flowing with [producing] milk and honey—you must conduct this service in this month.
- Exodus 13:6
שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּאכַל מַצֹּת וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי חַג לַיהֹוָה׃
“Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festival of GOD.
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שִׁבְעָא יוֹמִין תֵּיכוֹל פַּטִּירָא וּבְיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה חַגָּא קֳדָם יְיָ׃
For seven days you must eat matzos [the matzoh], and the seventh day is a festival to Adonoy.
- Exodus 13:7
מַצּוֹת יֵאָכֵל אֵת שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים וְלֹא־יֵרָאֶה לְךָ חָמֵץ וְלֹא־יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר בְּכׇל־גְּבֻלֶךָ׃
Throughout the seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten; no leavened bread shall be found with you, and no leaven shall be found in all your territory.
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פַּטִּירָא יִתְאֲכִיל יָת שִׁבְעָא יוֹמִין וְלָא יִתַּחְזֵי לָךְ חֲמִיעַ וְלָא יִתַּחְזֵי לָךְ חֲמִיר בְּכָל תְּחוּמָךְ׃
Matzos [Matzoh] must be eaten these seven days. No chametz may be seen in your possession, and no leaven may be seen in all your boundaries.
- Exodus 13:8
וְהִגַּדְתָּ לְבִנְךָ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמֹר בַּעֲבוּר זֶה עָשָׂה יְהֹוָה לִי בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם׃
And you shall explain to your child on that day, ‘It is because of what GOD did for me when I went free from Egypt.’
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וּתְחַוֵּי לִבְרָךְ בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא לְמֵימַר בְּדִיל דָּא עֲבַד יְיָ לִי בְּמִפְּקִי מִמִּצְרָיִם׃
You must tell your son [child] on that day saying, ‘Because of this, Adonoy did [this] for me when I came out of Egypt.’
- Exodus 13:9
וְהָיָה לְךָ לְאוֹת עַל־יָדְךָ וּלְזִכָּרוֹן בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ לְמַעַן תִּהְיֶה תּוֹרַת יְהֹוָה בְּפִיךָ כִּי בְּיָד חֲזָקָה הוֹצִאֲךָ יְהֹוָה מִמִּצְרָיִם׃
“And this shall serve you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead—in order that GOD’s Teaching may be in your mouth—that with a mighty hand GOD freed you from Egypt.
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וִיהֵי לָךְ לְאָת עַל יְדָךְ וּלְדֻכְרָן בֵּין עֵינָךְ בְּדִיל דִּתְהֵי אוֹרָיְתָא דַּייָ בְּפוּמָּךְ אֲרֵי בְּיַד תַּקִּיפָא אַפְּקָךְ יְיָ מִמִּצְרָיִם׃
It shall be to you as a sign on your hand, and for a reminder between your eyes, so that Adonoy’s teachings will be in your mouth, for with a strong hand Adonoy brought you out of Egypt.
- Exodus 13:10
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ אֶת־הַחֻקָּה הַזֹּאת לְמוֹעֲדָהּ מִיָּמִים יָמִימָה׃
You shall keep this institution at its set time from year to year.
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וְתִטַּר יָת קְיָמָא הָדֵין בְּזִמְנֵיהּ מִזְּמָן לִזְמָן׃
You must preserve this statute in its appointed time, from year to year.
- Exodus 13:11
וְהָיָה כִּי־יְבִאֲךָ יְהֹוָה אֶל־אֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לְךָ וְלַאֲבֹתֶיךָ וּנְתָנָהּ לָךְ׃
“And when GOD has brought you into the land of the Canaanites, as was sworn to you and to your fathers, and has given it to you,
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וִיהֵי אֲרֵי יַעֵילִנָּךְ יְיָ לַאֲרַע כְּנַעֲנָאֵי כְּמָא דְּקַיֵּים לָךְ וְלַאֲבָהָתָךְ וְיִתְּנַהּ לָךְ׃
When Adonoy brings you to the land of the Canaanites as He swore to you and to your fathers; and He will have given it to you.
- Exodus 13:12
וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ כׇל־פֶּטֶר־רֶחֶם לַיהֹוָה וְכׇל־פֶּטֶר ׀ שֶׁגֶר בְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה לְךָ הַזְּכָרִים לַיהֹוָה׃
you shall set apart for GOD every first issue of the womb: every male firstling that your cattle drop shall be GOD’s.
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וְתַעְבַּר כָּל פָּתַח וַלְדָּא קֳדָם יְיָ וְכָל פָּתַח וְלַד בְּעִירָא דִּיהוֹן לָךְ דִּכְרִין תַּקְדֵּישׁ קֳדָם יְיָ׃
[At that time] you must pass on, [set aside] every one that [is first to] open the womb, to [before] Adonoy. Every firstling that is dropped [born] by animals that belong to you, the males shall belong to [be consecrated before] Adonoy.
- Exodus 13:13
וְכׇל־פֶּטֶר חֲמֹר תִּפְדֶּה בְשֶׂה וְאִם־לֹא תִפְדֶּה וַעֲרַפְתּוֹ וְכֹל בְּכוֹר אָדָם בְּבָנֶיךָ תִּפְדֶּה׃
But every firstling donkey you shall redeem with a sheep; if you do not redeem it, you must break its neck. And you must redeem every male first-born among your children.
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וְכָל בּוּכְרָא דִּחְמָרָא תִּפְרוּק בְּאִמְּרָא וְאִם לָא תִפְרוּק וְתִקְפֵיהּ וְכֹל בּוּכְרָא דַּאֲנָשָׁא בִּבְנָךְ תִּפְרוּק׃
Redeem each firstling donkey with a sheep. If it is not redeemed, you must break its neck. Redeem every first-born male among your sons.
- Exodus 13:14
וְהָיָה כִּי־יִשְׁאָלְךָ בִנְךָ מָחָר לֵאמֹר מַה־זֹּאת וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו בְּחֹזֶק יָד הוֹצִיאָנוּ יְהֹוָה מִמִּצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים׃
And when, in time to come, a child of yours asks you, saying, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall reply, ‘It was with a mighty hand that GOD brought us out from Egypt, the house of bondage.
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וִיהֵי אֲרֵי יִשְׁאֲלִנָּךְ בְּרָךְ מְחַר לְמֵימַר מָא דָא וְתֵימַר לֵיהּ בִּתְקוֹף יַד אַפְּקַנָא יְיָ מִמִּצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עַבְדּוּתָא׃
When your son asks you at a later time saying ‘What is this?’ You should say to him, “With a strong hand Adonoy brought us out of Egypt from the house of slavery.
- Exodus 13:15
וַיְהִי כִּי־הִקְשָׁה פַרְעֹה לְשַׁלְּחֵנוּ וַיַּהֲרֹג יְהֹוָה כׇּל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבְּכֹר אָדָם וְעַד־בְּכוֹר בְּהֵמָה עַל־כֵּן אֲנִי זֹבֵחַ לַיהֹוָה כׇּל־פֶּטֶר רֶחֶם הַזְּכָרִים וְכׇל־בְּכוֹר בָּנַי אֶפְדֶּה׃
When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, GOD slew every [male] first-born in the land of Egypt, the first-born of both human and animal. Therefore I sacrifice to GOD every first male issue of the womb, but redeem every male first-born among my children.’
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וַהֲוָה כַּד אַקְשִׁי פַרְעֹה לְשַׁלָּחוּתַנָא וּקְטַל יְיָ כָּל בּוּכְרָא בְּאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם מִבּוּכְרָא דַּאֲנָשָׁא וְעַד בּוּכְרָא דִּבְעִירָא עַל כֵּן אֲנָא דָּבַח קֳדָם יְיָ כָּל פָּתַח וְלַד דִּכְרַיָּא וְכָל בּוּכְרָא דִּבְנַי אֶפְרוּק׃
When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to send us out, Adonoy killed every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man to the first-born of beast. I am therefore sacrificing to [before] Adonoy all that [is first to] open the womb which are male, and the first-born of my sons I redeem.’
- Exodus 13:16
וְהָיָה לְאוֹת עַל־יָדְכָה וּלְטוֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ כִּי בְּחֹזֶק יָד הוֹצִיאָנוּ יְהֹוָה מִמִּצְרָיִם׃
“And so it shall be as a sign upon your hand and as a symbol on your forehead that with a mighty hand GOD freed us from Egypt.”
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וִיהֵי לְאָת עַל יְדָךְ וְלִתְפִלִּין בֵּין עֵינָךְ אֲרֵי בִּתְקוֹף יַד אַפְּקַנָא יְיָ מִמִּצְרָיִם׃
[These words] shall be a sign on your hand and for totafos [phylacteries] between your eyes, for with a strong hand Adonoy brought us out of Egypt.”