13:14 1 In the future, 2 when your son asks you 3 ‘What is this?’ 4 you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand 5 the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery. 6 13:15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused 7 to release us, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. 8 That is why I am sacrificing 9 to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’ 13:16 It will be for a sign on your hand and for frontlets 10 on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.” 11
13:17 12 When Pharaoh released 13 the people, God did not lead them 14 by the way to the land 15 of the Philistines, 16 although 17 that was nearby, for God said, 18 “Lest 19 the people change their minds 20 and return to Egypt when they experience 21 war.”