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Exodus 13:8

On this day you should tell your children, ‘We are having this festival because the Lord took me out of Egypt.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Commandments;   Frontlets;   Instruction;   Israel;   Parents;   Thankfulness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of the Passover, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Education;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Teach, Teacher;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Phylacteries;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Education;   Frontlets;   Jephthah;   Passover;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Festivals;   Frontlets;   Hand;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Education;   Ethics;   Exodus;   Phylacteries, Frontlets;   Writing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood ;   Boyhood of Jesus;   Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Phylacteries ;   Temple (2);   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - frontlet;   phylacteries;   tephillim;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Frontlets;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ouches;   Phylactery;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Frontlets,;   Pass'over,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Frontlets;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Education;   Exodus, the Book of;   Husband;   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);   Moses;   Passover;   Relationships, Family;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Child, the;   Commandments, the 613;   Haggadah (Shel Pesaḥ);   Law, Reading from the;   Mishnah;   Phylacteries;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Mitzrayim.'
King James Version
And thou shalt shew 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.
Lexham English Bible
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.'
New Century Version
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.'
New English Translation
You are to tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
Amplified Bible
"You shall explain this to your son on that day, saying, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
New American Standard Bible
"And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt shew thy sonne in that day, saying, This is done, because of that which the Lord did vnto me, when I came out of Egypt.
Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
Contemporary English Version
Then on the seventh day you must explain to your children that you do this because the Lord brought you out of Egypt.
Complete Jewish Bible
On that day you are to tell your son, ‘It is because of what Adonai did for me when I left Egypt.'
Darby Translation
And thou shalt inform thy son in that day, saying, It is because of what Jehovah did to me when I came out of Egypt.
English Standard Version
You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall tell your son on that day, This is done because of what my God did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
Good News Translation
When the festival begins, explain to your sons that you do all this because of what the Lord did for you when you left Egypt.
Christian Standard Bible®
On that day explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
Literal Translation
And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, It is because of what Jehovah did for me when I came out from Egypt.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And thou shalt tell thy sonne at the same tyme, & saye: Because of that, which ye LORDE dyd for me, whan I departed out of Egipte.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
Bible in Basic English
And you will say to your son in that day, It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt shewe thy sonne in that day, saying: This is done because of that whiche the Lorde dyd vnto me when I came out of Egypt.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt shew thy sonne in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did vnto mee, when I came forth out of Egypt.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, Therefore the Lord dealt thus with me, as I was going out of Egypt.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
Berean Standard Bible
And on that day you are to explain to your son, 'This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt telle to thi sone in that dai, and schalt seie, This it is that the Lord dide to me, whanne Y yede out of Egipt.
Young's Literal Translation
`And thou hast declared to thy son in that day, saying, `[It is] because of what Jehovah did to me, in my going out from Egypt,
Update Bible Version
And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, [This is done] because of that [which] the LORD did to me when I came forth out of Egypt.
World English Bible
You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.'
New King James Version
And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, "This is done because of what the LORD did for me when I came up from Egypt.'
New Living Translation
"On the seventh day you must explain to your children, ‘I am celebrating what the Lord did for me when I left Egypt.'
New Life Bible
You will say to your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
New Revised Standard
You shall tell your child on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt toll thy son, on that day, saying, - This is because, of that which Yahweh did for me, when he brought me forth out of Egypt.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: This is what the Lord did to me when I came forth out of Egypt.
Revised Standard Version
And you shall tell your son on that day, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
THE MESSAGE
"Tell your child on that day: ‘This is because of what God did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall tell your son on that day, saying, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

Contextual Overview

1 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 "You must give me every male in Israel who is his mother's first child. That means that every firstborn baby boy and every firstborn male animal will be mine." 3 Moses said to the people, "Remember this day. You were slaves in Egypt, but on this day the Lord used his great power and made you free. You must not eat bread with yeast. 4 Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving Egypt. 5 The Lord made a special promise to your ancestors. He promised to give you the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. After the Lord leads you to the land filled with many good things, then you must remember this day. You must have a special day of worship on this day during the first month of every year. 6 "For seven days, you must eat only bread without yeast. On the seventh day there will be a great festival to show honor to the Lord . 7 So for seven days, you must not eat any bread made with yeast. There must be no bread with yeast any place in your land. 8 On this day you should tell your children, ‘We are having this festival because the Lord took me out of Egypt.' 9 "This festival will help you remember; it will be like a string tied on your hand. It will be like a sign before your eyes. This festival will help you remember the Lord 's teachings. It will help you remember that the Lord used his great power to take you out of Egypt. 10 So remember this festival every year at the right time.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 13:14, Exodus 12:26, Exodus 12:27, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 4:10, Psalms 44:1, Psalms 78:3-8, Isaiah 38:19, Ephesians 6:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:2 - And that Exodus 12:17 - in this selfsame Deuteronomy 16:8 - Six days Esther 9:28 - the memorial Psalms 71:18 - until I Psalms 81:5 - for a Psalms 105:2 - talk ye Jeremiah 21:13 - I am Luke 8:38 - saying

Cross-References

Genesis 13:2
At this time Abram was very rich. He had many animals and much silver and gold.
Genesis 13:3
Abram continued traveling around. He left the Negev and went back to Bethel. He went to the place between the city of Bethel and Ai, where he and his family had camped before.
Genesis 13:6
Abram and Lot had so many animals that the land could not support both of them together.
Genesis 13:7
(The Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in this land at the same time.) The shepherds of Abram and Lot began to argue.
Genesis 13:9
We should separate. You can choose any place you want. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left."
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose to live in the Jordan Valley. The two men separated, and Lot began traveling east.
Genesis 13:14
After Lot left, the Lord said to Abram, "Look around you. Look north, south, east, west.
Genesis 13:17
So go. Walk through your land. I now give it to you."
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents. He went to live near the big trees of Mamre. This was near the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to honor the Lord .
Genesis 45:24
Then Joseph told his brothers to go. While they were leaving, he said to them, "Go straight home, and don't fight on the way."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shall show thy son in that day,.... On the first of the days of the feast of unleavened bread, the reason of eating it; and this is to be shown not to a son or single child only, but by parents to all their children, sons and daughters, and even unasked, as Maimonides b interprets it; and so Jarchi's note is, to a son that knows not how to ask or what to ask about, :- :-:

saying, this is done because of that which the Lord did unto me, when I came forth out of Egypt: that is, this unleavened bread is eaten because of the quick and speedy deliverance of Israel out of Egypt, so that they had not time to leaven their dough.

b Hilchot Chametz Umetzah, c. 7. sect. 2, 3.


 
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