Exodus 13:1-22

(1)  The LORD said to Moses,

(2)  "Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine."

(3)  Then Moses said to the people, "Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the LORD brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.

(4)  Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out.

(5)  And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall keep this service in this month.

(6)  Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.

(7)  Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory.

(8)  You shall tell your son on that day, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

(9)  And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.

(10)  You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.

(11)  "When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you,

(12)  you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the LORD's.

(13)  Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.

(14)  And when in time to come your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, 'By a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

(15)  For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'

(16)  It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."

(17)  When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, "Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt."

(18)  But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle.

(19)  Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones with you from here."

(20)  And they moved on from Succoth and encamped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.

(21)  And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.

(22)  The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.

1 Timothy 1:1-20

(1)  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

(2)  To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

(3)  As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine,

(4)  nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.

(5)  The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

(6)  Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion,

(7)  desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.

(8)  Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

(9)  understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

(10)  the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

(11)  in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

(12)  I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,

(13)  though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

(14)  and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

(15)  The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.

(16)  But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

(17)  To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

(18)  This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

(19)  holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith,

(20)  among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.