A   And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying: ^note S&abar;ctify vnto me all the first borne, that open all maner matrices amonge the children of Israel aswell of m&abar; as of beaste: for it is myne. And Moses sayd vnto þe; people: thynke on this daye in which ye came out of Egipt, out of the house of b&obar;dage: for thorow a mightye hande the Lord brought you out from thence. There shall no ^note leuended bread be eaten. This daye come ye out in the moneth &rhand; when corne beginneth to rype.

^noteWhen the Lorde hath brought the into the lande of the Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, Heuites ∧ Iebusites: ^note which he sware vnto thy fathers that he wold geue the a lande wherin mylcke ∧ hony floweth, thou shalt kepe this seruice in thys same moneth: Seuen dayes thou shalte eate swete bread: and in the ^note seu&ebar;th daye, it is the feaste of the Lord. B   Swete bread shalbe eaten seu&ebar; daies: and ther shall no leuended bread be sene, nor yet leuen with the in all thy quarters.

And thou shalt shewe thy sonne in þt; daie sayinge: this is done, because of that which the Lord dyd vnto me, when I came out of Egipte. And it shalbe a signe vnto the vpon thyne hande, and for a remembraunce betwene thyne eyes, þt; the Lordes lawe maye be in thy mouth. For ^note in a stronge hand the Lorde brought the out of Egipt. Kepe therfore this ordynaunce in his ceason fr&obar; yeare to yeare. And it will come to passe, that the Lord shall bring the into the l&abar;de of the Cananites, which he ^note sware vnto the and to thy fathers: and shall geue it the. And then thou shalt appointe vnto the Lorde all that openeth the matrice. &rhand; And euery caste thing, C   þe; fyrst doth op&ebar; the matrice of a beast which thou hast: yf they be males, they shall be the Lordes. And euery fyrst g&ebar;dred of an asse, thou shalt redeme with a l&abar;be: yf thou redeme him not, thou shalt breake his neck. All the fyrst borne amonge thy chyldren also, shalt thou bye out.

And when thy sonne asketh þe; &rhand; to morowe, sayinge what is this, thou shalt saye vnto him: With a mightye hande the Lorde brought vs out of Egipt, out of the house of bondage. And &rhand; when Pharao was looth to let vs go, the Lorde slewe all the first borne in the lande of Egipte: aswell the fyrste borne of man as of beaste. Therfore I sacrice vnto the Lorde all the males that op&ebar; the matrice, and all the fyrst borne of my childr&ebar; I redeme. This shalbe a token vpon thyne hande, and a remembraunce betwene thyne eyes, þt; the Lorde brought vs out of Egipte thorowe a mightye hande.

D   It came to passe, that whan Pharao had lett the people go, God caryed them not thorowe the waye and lande of the Philistines, which was the more nye waye. But God sayde: lest the people happly rep&ebar;t wh&abar; they se warre: ∧ so turne agayne to Egipte. But God led the people about thorowe the waye of the wildernes of the redd see. And the children of Israel went vp harnessed out of the lande of Egipte. And Moses toke the bones of Ioseph with him: for he made the children of Israel swere, saying ^note God will surely viset you, and ye shall take my bones awaye hens with you. ^noteAnd they toke their iorneye from Sucoth: and abode in Etham in the edge of the wildernes. ^noteAnd þe; Lorde wente before them by daye in a pyller of a cloude to leade them the waye: and by nyght in a pyller of fyer to geue them lyght, þt; they might go both by daye and nyght. ^noteThe pyller of the cloude departed not by daye, nor the pyller of fyer by night out of þe; sight of the people.

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