Read Exodus 13:1-16 at Bible Gateway.
Hebrew paragraph divisions
Exo 13:1-10 {p} Ordinance of the firstborn and ordinance of Unleavened Bread
Exo 13:11-16 {p} Ordinance of the firstborn a sign to future generations
Exo 13:1-16 {p+p} Reverse parallelism
Strong theme
The structure wraps the ordinance of keeping the feast of Unleavened bread in its season, with YHVH has brought you out of bondage, in order to bring you into the land He has promised you. And bringing out + bringing in is wrapped with the ordinance of the redemption of the firstborn. And of course, the ordinance of the redemption of the firstborn is forever tied to the Passover and Unleavened bread service, because Israel’s firstborn were redeemed from death and set free from bondage by the blood of the Passover lamb.
The strong theme is therefore Torah preaching the gospel of grace, the gospel of redemption because of the Passover lamb, from the history that prophesies.
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