1 The firstborn are sanctified to God
3 The memorial of the passover is commanded
11 The firstlings of man and beast are set apart
17 The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones with them.
20 They come to Etham
21 God guides them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire

2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

sanctify. The word kadash is to consecrate, separate, and set apart a person or thing from all common or secular purposes to some religious use; because everything offered or consecrated to God was separated from all earthly uses. Ex 13:12-15 4:22 22:29,30 23:19 34:19,20 Le 27:26 Nu 3:13 8:16,17 18:15 De 15:19 Lu 2:23 Heb 12:23

3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.

remember Ex 12:42 20:8 23:15 De 5:15 15:15 16:3,12 24:18,22 1Ch 16:12 Ps 105:5 Lu 22:19 1Co 11:24

out of the Ex 13:14 20:2 De 5:6 6:12 8:14 13:5,10 Jos 24:17

bondage. Heb. servants. strength Ex 6:1 De 4:34 11:2,3 Ne 9:10 Eph 1:19

there Ex 12:8,15 Mt 10:12 1Co 5:8

4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.

Abib Ex 23:15 34:18 De 16:1-3

5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

shall bring Ex 3:8 34:11 Ge 15:18-21 De 7:1 12:29 19:1 26:1 Jos 24:11

sware Ex 6:8 33:1 Ge 17:7,8 22:16-18 26:3 50:24 Nu 14:16,30 32:11

a land Ex 3:17

thou shalt keep Ex 12:25,26

6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.

Ex 12:15-20 34:18 Le 23:8

7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.

Ex 12:19 Mt 16:6

8 And thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

Ex 13:14 12:26,27 De 4:9,10 Ps 44:1 78:3-8 Isa 38:19 Eph 6:4

9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.

a sign. This expression, says Michaelis, alludes to the custom of the Orientals, of burning in their right hand all kinds of marks with the ashes of henna, which gives an indelible colour; and this is done even to this day. They were likewise accustomed to write all kinds of sayings, and frequently superstitious words, on slips or pieces of linen, which they wore as ornaments on their foreheads. Ex 13:16 12:14 Nu 15:39 De 6:6,8 11:18,19 Pr 1:9 3:21 6:20-23 7:23 So 8:6 Isa 49:16 Jer 22:24 Mt 23:5

may be De 30:14 Jos 1:8 Isa 59:21 Ro 10:8

strong hand Ex 13:3 6:1 Jos 1:9 Ne 1:10 Ps 89:13 Isa 27:1 40:10 51:9 Joe 2:11 Re 18:8

10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

Ex 12:14,24 23:15 Le 23:6 De 16:3,4

11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,

as he sware Ex 13:5

12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's.

thou shalt Ex 13:2 22:29 34:19 Le 27:26 Nu 8:17 18:15 De 15:19 Eze 44:30

set apart. Heb. cause to pass over. openeth Ex 34:19 Nu 3:12 18:15

13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

of an ass Ex 34:20 Nu 18:15-17

lamb, or kid Ex 12:3,21

shalt thou Nu 3:46-51 18:15,16 Re 14:4

14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

thy son Ex 12:26 De 6:20-24 Jos 4:6,21-24 Ps 145:4

in time to come. Heb. tomorrow Ex 12:26 Ge 30:33 De 6:20 Jos 4:6 22:24

by strength Ex 13:3

15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

the Lord slew Ex 12:29

therefore I Ex 13:12

16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.

a token Ex 13:9 12:13

frontlets De 6:7-9 11:18 Mt 23:5

for by Ex 13:9,14 De 26:8

17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

the people repent Ex 14:11,12 Nu 14:1-4 De 20:8 Jud 7:3 1Ki 8:47 Lu 14:27-32 Ac 15:38

return Ex 16:2,3 De 17:16 Ne 9:17 Ac 7:39

18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

led the Ex 14:2 Nu 33:6-8 De 32:10 Ps 107:7

harnessed. or, by five in a rank Ex 12:51

19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

for he had Ge 50:24,25 Jos 24:32 Ac 7:16

God Ex 4:31 Ge 48:21 Lu 1:58 7:16

20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

Nu 33:5,6

21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

Ex 14:19-24 40:34-38 Nu 9:15-23 10:34 14:14 De 1:33 Ne 9:12,19 Ps 78:14 99:7 105:39 Isa 4:5,6 1Co 10:1,2

22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

he took Ps 121:5-8

pillar of fire Re 10:1