New Century Version

Exodus 13:7-16 New Century Version (NCV)

7. So for seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast. There must be no bread made with yeast anywhere in your land.

8. On that day you should tell your son: ‘We are having this feast because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

9. This feast will help you remember, like a mark on your hand or a reminder on your forehead. This feast will remind you to speak the Lord’s teachings, because the Lord used his great power to bring you out of Egypt.

10. So celebrate this feast every year at the right time.

11. “And when the Lord takes you into the land of the Canaanites, the land he promised to give you and your ancestors,

12. you must give him every firstborn male. Also every firstborn male animal must be given to the Lord.

13. Buy back every firstborn donkey by offering a lamb. But if you don’t want to buy the donkey back, then break its neck. You must buy back from the Lord every firstborn of your sons.

14. “From now on when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you will answer, ‘With his great power, the Lord brought us out from Egypt, the land where we were slaves.

15. The king of Egypt was stubborn and refused to let us leave. But the Lord killed every firstborn male in Egypt, both human and animal. That is why I sacrifice every firstborn male animal to the Lord, and that is why I buy back each of my firstborn sons from the Lord.’

16. This feast is like a mark on your hand and a reminder on your forehead to help you remember that the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his great power.”