Common English Bible

Exodus 13:7-14 Common English Bible (CEB)

7. Only unleavened bread should be eaten for seven days. No leavened bread and no yeast should be seen among you in your whole country.

8. You should explain to your child on that day, ‘It’s because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

9. “It will be a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead so that you will often discuss the Lord’s Instruction, for the Lord brought you out of Egypt with great power.

10. So you should follow this regulation at its appointed time every year.

11. "When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you as promised to you and your ancestors,

12. you should set aside for the Lord whatever comes out of the womb first. All of the first males born to your animal belong to the Lord.

13. But every first male donkey you should ransom with a sheep. If you don’t ransom it, you must break its neck. You should ransom every oldest male among your children.

14. When in the future your child asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you should answer, ‘The Lord brought us with great power out of Egypt, out of the place we were slaves.