Quotes About Tradition

Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.

But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.

A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.

It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.

The whole congregation of Israel must celebrate it.

If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORDís Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.

So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.

Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.

And on that day you are to explain to your son, ëThis is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.í

Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.

You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.

In the future, when your son asks you, ëWhat does this mean?í you are to tell him, ëWith a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ëTomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.í”

For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.

And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.

If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.