Exodus 13:1-22
Give over to the Lord the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the Lord.
Redeem every firstborn among your sons. It is means 'With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.'
God has mercy to his people so did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, they might change their minds and return to Egypt if they face war. So led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.
By day God went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.
Why?
God let Israelite observe this ordinance at the appointed time year after year. To remember what God's mighty hand brought them out of slavery.
The first born offspring are belong to the Lord, devote the first one to the Lord, such as devote the first hour a day to the Lord, reading the Bible.
Redeem: It is clear from Genesis 13, where God provides a ram in place of Isaac, that God never wanted the sacrifice of a child, no matter what went on in Canaan. And in Numbers 3:11-13 God chooses the Levites to represent all of Israel's firstborn: 'they are mine'.
How?
Remember the grace and mighty hand of God, God can do anything and God is good to us.
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