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Exodus 13:8
Exodus 13:8 is verse 8 of Exodus chapter 13, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
King James Version
And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
World English Bible
You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
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Exodus 13:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.
7 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.
8 And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
9 It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
10 Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.
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Cross-references
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Exodus 13:14In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Exodus 12:26When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
Exodus 12:27you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 4:10The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Psalms 78:3that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
Psalms 78:4We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
Psalms 78:5For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
Psalms 78:6that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children
Psalms 78:7that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Isaiah 38:19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.