{
  "1": "And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ",
  "2": "“Set apart to me all the firstborn, openers of every womb among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast, he is mine.”\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "3": "And Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, that you went out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; because by a strong hand Yahweh brought you out from here. And no yeast may be eaten. ",
  "4": "Today you are going out, in the month of Aviv.\n\\ts\\* ",
  "5": "And it will be that Yahweh will bring you to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite; which  he swore to your fathers to give to you, a land flowing with milk and honey— and you shall serve this service in this month. ",
  "6": "Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day {there shall be} a festival to Yahweh. ",
  "7": "Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and leavened bread may not be seen among you. And yeast may not be seen among you within any of your borders.\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "8": "And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘This is because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out from Egypt.’ ",
  "9": "And it shall be a sign for you on your hand, and a memorial between your eyes, so that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand Yahweh brought you out from Egypt. ",
  "10": "And you shall keep this statute at its appointed time from days to days.\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "11": "And it will be, when Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and he gives it to you, ",
  "12": "then cause to pass over to Yahweh all the openers of the womb; and all the openers of the litter of beasts that are yours. The males are for Yahweh. ",
  "13": "And every opener of a donkey you shall ransom with a lamb. And if you do not ransom it, then you shall break his neck. And all the firstborn of men among your sons, you shall ransom.\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "14": "And so it will be, when your son asks you later saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a strong hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slaves.’ ",
  "15": "And so it was, that when Pharaoh was hard to let us go, then Yahweh struck all of the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man and to the firstborn of beast. That is why I sacrifice to Yahweh all the openners of the womb—the males—and I ransom all of the firstborn of my sons.’ ",
  "16": "And it shall be a sign on your hand and a headband between your eyes, for with a strong hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt.”\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "17": "And so it was, when Pharaoh let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although it was nearby. For God said, “Lest the people repent when they see war and return to Egypt.” ",
  "18": "And God caused the people to turn to the way of the wilderness, to the sea of reeds. And the sons of Israel went up from the land of Egypt by fives.\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "19": "And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had certainly caused the sons of Israel to vow, saying, “God will certainly attend to you, and you shall bring my bones up with you from here.”\n\\ts\\*\n\\p ",
  "20": "And they journeyed from Succoth, and they camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness. ",
  "21": "And Yahweh went before their faces by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them on the way; and by night in a pillar of fire to be light to them, to go by day or by night. ",
  "22": "He did not withdraw the daytime pillar of cloud or the nighttime pillar of fire from the face of the people.\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "front": "\\p "
}
