The Dedication of the Firstborn
(Deuteronomy 15:19–23)
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. 1 The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.” Luk 2:23Num 3:13Deu 15:19Exo 22:29-30Num 8:16-17Num 18:15Exo 13:12-15Exo 34:19-20
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten. Deu 24:18Deu 5:15Exo 20:2Deu 16:12Deu 5:6Deu 15:15Deu 6:12Deu 16:3
Today, in the month of Abib, 2 you are leaving. Exo 34:18Exo 23:15Exo 12:2Deu 16:1-3 And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month. Exo 3:8Jos 24:11Exo 12:25-26Exo 6:8Exo 3:17Exo 34:11Deu 26:1Gen 15:18-21
For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. Exo 12:15-20Exo 34:18Lev 23:8 Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders. Exo 12:19Mat 16:6
And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ Exo 13:14Exo 12:26-27Psa 44:1Exo 10:2Isa 38:19Psa 78:3-8Deu 4:9-10Eph 6:4 It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. Deu 6:8Deu 11:18-19Exo 13:16Num 15:39Exo 12:14Isa 59:21Mat 23:5Pro 6:20-23 Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year. Exo 12:14Deu 16:3-4Exo 12:24-25Exo 23:15Lev 23:6
And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers, Exo 13:5 you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD. Num 18:15Exo 34:19Lev 27:26Ezk 44:30Deu 15:19Exo 13:2Exo 22:29Num 3:12 You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem. Exo 34:20Num 18:15-17Exo 12:21Exo 12:3Num 3:46-51Rev 14:4
In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. Exo 13:3Jos 4:6Psa 145:4Deu 6:20-24Exo 12:26-27Exo 13:9Exo 10:2Gen 30:33 And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’ Exo 12:29 So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.” Exo 13:9Deu 11:18Deu 6:7-9Exo 13:14Deu 26:8Exo 12:13Mat 23:5
The Pillars of Cloud and Fire
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” Exo 14:11-12Neh 9:17Num 14:1-4Luk 14:27-321Ki 8:47Act 7:39Deu 20:8Act 15:38 So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. 3 And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle. 4 Exo 14:2Deu 32:10Num 33:6-8Exo 12:51Jos 1:14Psa 107:7
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.” 5 Gen 50:24-25Jos 24:32Act 7:16Gen 48:21Exo 4:31Luk 1:58Luk 7:16
They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness. Num 33:5-6Exo 12:37 And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night. 1Co 10:1-2Neh 9:12Deu 1:33Psa 99:7Neh 9:19Psa 105:39Exo 33:9-10Num 14:14 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people. Psa 121:5-8Rev 10:1