EXODUS
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Exodus 1
1 Now these [are] the names of the children of
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for
Joseph was in
6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
7 And the children of
8 Now there arose up a new king over
9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel
[are] more and mightier than we:
10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to
pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies,
and fight against us, and [so] get them up out of the land.
11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their
burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And
they were grieved because of the children of
13 And the Egyptians made the children of
14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick,
and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made
them serve, [was] with rigour.
15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the
one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see
[them] upon the stools; if it [be] a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it
[be] a daughter, then she shall live.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of
18 And the king of
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women [are] not as
the Egyptian women; for they [are] lively, and are delivered ere the midwives
come in unto them.
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and
waxed very mighty.
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them
houses.
22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall
cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter
of Levi.
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he [was a]
goodly [child], she hid him three months.
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes,
and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she
laid [it] in the flags by the river's brink.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash [herself] at the river; and her
maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the
flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
6 And when she had opened [it], she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept.
And she had compassion on him, and said, This [is one] of the Hebrews'
children.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a
nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the
child's mother.
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for
me, and I will give [thee] thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed
it.
10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he
became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him
out of the water.
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out
unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian
smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that [there was] no
man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove
together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy
fellow?
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to
kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this
thing is known.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled
from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew
[water], and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped
them, and watered their flock.
18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How [is it that] ye are
come so soon to day?
19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds,
and also drew [water] enough for us, and watered the flock.
20 And he said unto his daughters, And where [is] he? why [is] it [that] ye
have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his
daughter.
22 And she bare [him] a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I
have been a stranger in a strange land.
23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of
24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham,
with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 And God looked upon the children of
1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of
Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the
2 And the Angel of Yahweh appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst
of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush
[was] not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush
is not burnt.
4 And when Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of
the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am]
5 And He said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for
the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground.
6 Moreover He said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to
look upon God.
7 And Yahweh said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people which [are]
in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know
their sorrows;
8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to
bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land
flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites.
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of
10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest
bring forth My people the children of
11 And Moses said unto God, Who [am] I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that
I should bring forth the children of
12 And He said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a token unto
thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of
13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, [when] I come unto the children of
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shalt thou say
unto the children of
15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of
Israel, Yahweh, God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this [is] My name for ever, and this
[is] My memorial unto all generations.
16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Yahweh, God
of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me,
saying, I have surely visited you, and [seen] that which is done to you in
Egypt:
17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the
land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites,
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the
elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, Yahweh,
God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three
days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.
19 And I am sure that the king of
20 And I will stretch out My hand, and smite
21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it
shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in
her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put [them]
upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor
hearken unto my voice: for they will say, Yahweh hath not appeared unto thee.
2 And Yahweh said unto him, What [is] that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
3 And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it
became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
4 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail.
And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
5 That they may believe that Yahweh, God of their fathers, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
6 And Yahweh said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And
he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand [was]
leprous as snow.
7 And He said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into
his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned
again as his [other] flesh.
8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to
the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter
sign.
9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs,
neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river,
and pour [it] upon the dry [land]: and the water which thou takest out of the
river shall become blood upon the dry [land].
10 And Moses said unto Yahweh, O Yahweh, I [am] not eloquent, neither
heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant: but I [am] slow of
speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 And Yahweh said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or Who maketh the dumb,
or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I, Yahweh?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou
shalt say.
13 And he said, O Yahweh, send, I pray Thee, by the hand [of him whom] Thou
wilt send.
14 And the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and He said, [Is] not
Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold,
he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his
heart.
15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be
with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, [even] he
shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him,
Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which [are] in Egypt, and
see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
19 And Yahweh said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into
20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he
returned to the
21 And Yahweh said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that
thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I
will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Yahweh, Israel [is] My son,
[even] My firstborn:
23 And I say unto thee, Let My son go, that he may serve Me: and if thou refuse
to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy firstborn.
24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that Yahweh met him, and sought
to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and
cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.
26 So He let him go: then she said, A bloody husband [thou art], because of the
circumcision.
27 And Yahweh said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went,
and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh Who had sent him, and all the
signs which He had commanded him.
29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the
children of
30 And Aaron spake all the words which Yahweh had spoken unto Moses, and did
the signs in the sight of the people.
31 And the people believed: and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the
children of
1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith
Yahweh, God of Israel, Let My people go, that they may hold a feast unto Me in
the wilderness.
2 And Pharaoh said, Who [is] Yahweh, that I should obey His voice to let
3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray
thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto Yahweh our God;
lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
4 And the king of
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make
them rest from their burdens.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their
officers, saying,
7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them
go and gather straw for themselves.
8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon
them; ye shall not diminish [ought] thereof: for they [be] idle; therefore they
cry, saying, Let us go [and] sacrifice to our God.
9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and
let them not regard vain words.
10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they
spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall
be diminished.
12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the
13 And the taskmasters hasted [them], saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily
tasks, as when there was straw.
14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had
set over them, were beaten, [and] demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled
your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
15 Then the officers of the children of
16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick:
and, behold, thy servants [are] beaten; but the fault [is] in thine own people.
17 But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go [and]
do sacrifice to Yahweh.
18 Go therefore now, [and] work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet
shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
19 And the officers of the children of
20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from
Pharaoh:
21 And they said unto them, Yahweh look upon you, and judge; because ye have
made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his
servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
22 And Moses returned unto Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, wherefore hast Thou [so]
evil entreated this people? why [is] it [that] Thou hast sent me?
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Thy name, he hath done evil to this
people; neither hast Thou delivered Thy people at all.
1 Then Yahweh said unto Moses, Now
shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let
them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I [am] Yahweh:
3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as GOD ALMIGHTY; but
by My name YAHWEH was I not known to them?
4 And I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the
5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of
6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I [am] Yahweh, and I will bring
you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of
their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great
judgments:
7 And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye
shall know that I [am] Yahweh your God, Which bringeth you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians.
8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to
give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an
heritage: I [am] Yahweh.
9 And Moses spake so unto the children of
10 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying,
11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of
12 And Moses spake before Yahweh, saying, Behold, the children of
13 And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the
children of
14 These [be] the heads of their
fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of
15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel,
and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish
woman: these [are] the families of Simeon.
16 And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their
generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi
[were] an hundred thirty and seven years.
17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and
19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these [are] the families of Levi
according to their generations.
20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him
Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram [were] an hundred and
thirty and seven years.
21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to
wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these [are] the
families of the Korhites.
25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him [one] of the daughters of Putiel to wife;
and she bare him Phinehas: these [are] the heads of the fathers of the Levites
according to their families.
26 These [are] that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, Bring out the
children of
27 These [are] they which spake to Pharaoh king of
28 And it came to pass on the day [when] Yahweh spake unto Moses in the
29 That Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying, I [am] Yahweh: speak thou unto Pharaoh
king of
30 And Moses said before Yahweh, Behold, I [am] of uncircumcised lips, and how
shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
1 And Yahweh said unto Moses, See,
I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak
unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of
3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in
the
4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay My hand upon
5 And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] Yahweh, when I stretch forth Mine
hand upon
6 And Moses and Aaron did as Yahweh commanded them, so did they.
7 And Moses [was] fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old,
when they spake unto Pharaoh.
8 And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou
shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast [it] before Pharaoh, [and] it
shall become a serpent.
10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as Yahweh had
commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants,
and it became a serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians
of
12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's
rod swallowed up their rods.
13 And He hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as Yahweh
had said.
14 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart [is] hardened, he refuseth to
let the people go.
15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and
thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was
turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
16 And thou shalt say unto him, Yahweh, God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto
thee, saying, Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness: and,
behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
17 Thus saith Yahweh, In this thou shalt know that I [am] Yahweh: behold, I
will smite with the rod that [is] in mine hand upon the waters which [are] in
the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
18 And the fish that [is] in the river shall die, and the river shall stink;
and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
19 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out
thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and
upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become
blood; and [that] there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in [vessels
of] wood, and in [vessels of] stone.
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as
Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that [were] in
the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all
the waters that [were] in the river were turned to blood.
21 And the fish that [was] in the river died; and the river stank, and the
Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood
throughout all the
22 And the magicians of
23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to
this also.
24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for
they could not drink of the water of the river.
25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that Yahweh had smitten the river.
1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith
Yahweh, Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
2 And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders
with frogs:
3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come
into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house
of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy
kneadingtroughs:
4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
5 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with
thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs
to come up upon the
6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of
7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon
the
8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat Yahweh, that He
may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people
go, that they may do sacrifice unto Yahweh.
9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee,
and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and
thy houses, [that] they may remain in the river only?
10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, [Be it] according to thy word: that
thou mayest know that [there is] none like unto Yahweh our God.
11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy
servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto Yahweh
because of the frogs which He had brought against Pharaoh.
13 And Yahweh did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the
houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and
hearkened not unto them; as Yahweh had said.
16 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite
the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the
17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote
the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of
the land became lice throughout all the
18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but
they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This [is] the finger of God: and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Yahweh had
said.
20 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before
Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith Yahweh,
Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
21 Else, if thou wilt not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms [of
flies] upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy
houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms [of flies], and
also the ground whereon they [are].
22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell,
that no swarms [of flies] shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I
[am] Yahweh in the midst of the earth.
23 And I will put a division between My people and thy people: to morrow shall
this sign be.
24 And Yahweh did so; and there came a grievous swarm [of flies] into the house
of Pharaoh, and [into] his servants' houses, and into all the
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to
your God in the land.
26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh
our God, as He shall command us.
28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to Yahweh your
God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat Yahweh that
the swarms [of flies] may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his
people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting
the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh.
30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated Yahweh.
31 And Yahweh did according to the word of Moses; and He removed the swarms [of
flies] from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not
one.
32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the
people go.
1 Then Yahweh said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith
Yahweh, God of the Hebrews, Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
2 For if thou refuse to let [them] go, and wilt hold them still,
3 Behold, the hand of Yahweh is upon thy cattle which [is] in the field, upon
the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep:
[there shall be] a very grievous murrain.
4 And Yahweh shall sever between the cattle of
5 And Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, To morrow Yahweh shall do this thing
in the land.
6 And Yahweh did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the
Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the
people go.
8 And Yahweh said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of
the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of
Pharaoh.
9 And it shall become small dust in all the
10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses
sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth [with]
blains upon man, and upon beast.
11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the
boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
12 And Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as
Yahweh had spoken unto Moses.
13 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before
Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Yahweh, God of the Hebrews, Let My people
go, that they may serve Me.
14 For I will at this time send all My plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy
servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that [there is] none like
Me in all the earth.
15 For now I will stretch out My hand, that I may smite thee and thy people
with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
16 And in very deed for this [cause] have I raised thee up, for to shew [in]
thee My power; and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth.
17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against My people, that thou wilt not let them
go?
18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous
hail, such as hath not been in
19 Send therefore now, [and] gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the
field; [for upon] every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and
shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall
die.
20 He that feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh made his
servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
21 And he that regarded not the word of Yahweh left his servants and his cattle
in the field.
22 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that
there may be hail in all the
23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Yahweh sent thunder and
hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and Yahweh rained hail upon the
24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as
there was none like it in all the
25 And the hail smote throughout all the
26 Only in the
27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have
sinned this time: Yahweh [is] righteous, and I and my people [are] wicked.
28 Intreat Yahweh (for [it is] enough) that there be no [more] mighty
thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread
abroad my hands unto Yahweh; [and] the thunder shall cease, neither shall there
be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth [is] Yahweh's.
30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear Yahweh
God.
31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley [was] in the ear,
and the flax [was] bolled.
32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they [were] not grown up.
33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands
unto Yahweh: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon
the earth.
34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were
ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of
1 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Go in
unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants,
that I might shew these My signs before him:
2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what
things I have wrought in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them; that
ye may know how that I [am] Yahweh.
3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith
Yahweh, God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before
Me? let My people go, that they may serve Me.
4 Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the
locusts into thy coast:
5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see
the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which
remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for
you out of the field:
6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the
houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers'
fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day.
And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto
us? let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh their God: knowest thou not yet
that
8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them,
Go, serve Yahweh your God: [but] who [are] they that shall go?
9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and
with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we [must
hold] a feast unto Yahweh.
10 And he said unto them, Let Yahweh be so with you, as I will let you go, and
your little ones: look [to it]; for evil [is] before you.
11 Not so: go now ye [that are] men, and serve Yahweh; for that ye did desire.
And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
12 And Yahweh said unto Moses,
Stretch out thine hand over the
13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the
14 And the locusts went up over all the
15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened;
and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which
the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in
the herbs of the field, through all the
16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned
against Yahweh your God, and against you.
17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat
Yahweh your God, that He may take away from me this death only.
18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated Yahweh.
19 And Yahweh turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts,
and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts
of
20 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children
of
21 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there
may be darkness over the
22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick
darkness in all the
23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days:
but all the children of
24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve Yahweh; only let your
flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that
we may sacrifice unto Yahweh our God.
26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind;
for thereof must we take to serve Yahweh our God; and we know not with what we
must serve Yahweh, until we come thither.
27 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my
face no more; for in [that] day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.
1 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague [more] upon
Pharaoh, and upon
2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour,
and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
3 And Yahweh gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the
man Moses [was] very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's
servants, and in the sight of the people.
4 And Moses said, Thus saith Yahweh, About midnight will I go out into the
midst of Egypt:
5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of
Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant
that [is] behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the
7 But against any of the children of
8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves
unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after
that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
9 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that My
wonders may be multiplied in the
10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and Yahweh
hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of
1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses and Aaron in the
2 This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the
first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of
this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of
[their] fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour
next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; every man
according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take
[it] out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the
whole assembly of the congregation of
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side posts and
on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened
bread; [and] with bitter [herbs] they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast [with] fire; his
head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which
remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; [with] your loins girded, your shoes on your feet,
and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it [is] Yahweh's
passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of
Egypt I will execute judgment: I [am] Yahweh.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye [are]:
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be
upon you to destroy [you], when I smite the
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast
to Yahweh throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance
for ever.
15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put
away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the
first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from
16 And in the first day [there shall be] an holy convocation, and in the
seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall
be done in them, save [that] which every man must eat, that only may be done of
you.
17 And ye shall observe [the feast of] unleavened bread; for in this selfsame
day have I brought your armies out of the
18 In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall
eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever
eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation
of
20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat
unleavened bread.
21 Then Moses called for all the elders of
22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip [it] in the blood that [is] in
the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that
[is] in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until
the morning.
23 For Yahweh will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He seeth the
blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, Yahweh will pass over the
door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite
[you].
24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for
ever.
25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which Yahweh will
give you, according as He hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean
ye by this service?
27 That ye shall say, It [is] the sacrifice of Yahweh's passover, Who passed
over the houses of the children of
28 And the children of
29 And it came to pass, that at midnight Yahweh smote all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the
firstborn of the captive that [was] in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of
cattle.
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the
Egyptians; and there was a great cry in
31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, [and] get you
forth from among my people, both ye and the children of
32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and
bless me also.
33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out
of the land in haste; for they said, We [be] all dead [men].
34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their
kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
35 And the children of
36 And Yahweh gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that
they lent unto them. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
37 And the children of
38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, [even]
very much cattle.
39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of
Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and
could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
40 Now the sojourning of the children of
41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even
the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Yahweh went out from
the
42 It [is] a night to be much observed unto Yahweh for bringing them out from
the
43 And Yahweh said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the
passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised
him, then shall he eat thereof.
45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the
flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
47 All the congregation of
48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to
Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep
it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised
person shall eat thereof.
49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that
sojourneth among you.
50 Thus did all the children of
51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, [that] Yahweh did bring the children
of
1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Sanctify unto Me all the
firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of
3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from
Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you
out from this [place]: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
5 And it shall be when Yahweh shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites,
and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which
He sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey,
that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day [shall be]
a feast to Yahweh.
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread
be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy
quarters.
8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, [This is done] because of
that [which] Yahweh did unto me when I came forth out of
9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial
between thine eyes, that Yahweh's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong
hand hath Yahweh brought thee out of
10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
11 And it shall be when Yahweh shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites, as He sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
12 That thou shalt set apart unto Yahweh all that openeth the matrix, and every
firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males [shall be]
Yahweh's.
13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou
wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of
man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [is]
this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out
from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh slew
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the
firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that openeth the
matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine
eyes: for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth out of
17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them
not [through] the way of the land of the Philistines, although that [was] near;
for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they
return to Egypt:
18 But God led the people about, [through] the way of the wilderness of the Red
sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the
children of
20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge
of the wilderness.
21 And Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the
way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and
night:
22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by
night, [from] before the people.
1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of
3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They [are] entangled in the
land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I
will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may
know that I [am] Yahweh. And they did so.
5 And it was told the king of
6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of
8 And Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of
9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses [and] chariots of
Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the
sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of
11 And they said unto Moses, Because [there were] no graves in
12 [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in
13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the
salvation of Yahweh, which He will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom
ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14 Yahweh shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto Me? speak unto the
children of
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and
divide it: and the children of
17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall
follow them: and I will get Me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon
his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
18 And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] Yahweh, when I have gotten Me
honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19 And the Angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went
behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood
behind them:
20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it
was a cloud and darkness [to them], but it gave light by night [to these]: so
that the one came not near the other all the night.
21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Yahweh caused the sea to
go [back] by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry [land],
and the waters were divided.
22 And the children of
23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea,
[even] all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch Yahweh looked unto the host
of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the
host of the Egyptians,
25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the
Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for Yahweh fighteth for
them against the Egyptians.
26 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the
waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their
horsemen.
27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his
strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and
Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, [and]
all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not
so much as one of them.
29 But the children of
30 Thus Yahweh saved
31 And
1 Then sang Moses and the children
of
2 Yah [is] my strength and song, and He is become my salvation: He [is] my God,
and I will prepare Him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt Him.
3 Yahweh [is] a man of war: Yahweh
[is] His name.
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea: his chosen
captains also are drowned in the
5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
6 Thy right hand, O Yahweh, is become glorious in power: Thy right hand, O
Yahweh, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
7 And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou hast overthrown them that rose
up against Thee: Thou sentest forth Thy wrath, [which] consumed them as
stubble.
8 And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the
floods stood upright as an heap, [and] the depths were congealed in the heart
of the sea.
9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my
lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy
them.
10 Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in
the mighty waters.
11 Who [is] like unto Thee, O Yahweh, among the gods? who [is] like Thee,
glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
13 Thou in Thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] Thou hast redeemed: Thou
hast guided [them] in Thy strength unto Thy holy habitation.
14 The people shall hear, [and] be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the
inhabitants of Palestina.
15 Then the dukes of
16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of Thine arm they
shall be [as] still as a stone; till Thy people pass over, O Yahweh, till the
people pass over, [which] Thou hast purchased.
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of Thine
inheritance, [in] the place, O Yahweh, [which] Thou hast made for Thee to dwell
in, [in] the Sanctuary, O Yahweh, [which] Thy hands have established.
18 Yahweh shall reign for ever and ever.
19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen
into the sea, and Yahweh brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the
children of Israel went on dry [land] in the midst of the sea.
20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand;
and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to Yahweh, for He hath triumphed
gloriously; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.
22 So Moses brought
23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah,
for they [were] bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
25 And he cried unto Yahweh; and Yahweh shewed him a tree, [which] when he had
cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there He made for them a
statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them,
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Yahweh thy God,
and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His
commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon
thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] Yahweh That healeth
thee.
27 And they came to Elim, where [were] twelve wells of water, and threescore
and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the
children of
2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses
and Aaron in the wilderness:
3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the
hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, [and] when
we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
4 Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you;
and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may
prove them, whether they will walk in My law, or no.
5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare [that]
which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of
7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of Yahweh; for that He
heareth your murmurings against Yahweh: and what [are] we, that ye murmur
against us?
8 And Moses said, [This shall be], when Yahweh shall give you in the evening
flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that Yahweh heareth
your murmurings which ye murmur against Him: and what [are] we? your murmurings
[are] not against us, but against Yahweh.
9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of
10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the
children of
11 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying,
12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of
13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp:
and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness
[there lay] a small round thing, [as] small as the hoar frost on the ground.
15 And when the children of
16 This [is] the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, Gather of it every man
according to his eating, an omer for every man, [according to] the number of
your persons; take ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents.
17 And the children of
18 And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing
over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man
according to his eating.
19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it
until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and
when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
22 And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered twice as much
bread, two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came and
told Moses.
23 And he said unto them, This [is that] which Yahweh hath said, To morrow [is]
the rest of the holy sabbath unto Yahweh: bake [that] which ye will bake [to
day], and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for
you to be kept until the morning.
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink,
neither was there any worm therein.
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day [is] a sabbath unto Yahweh: to
day ye shall not find it in the field.
26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, [which is] the sabbath,
in it there shall be none.
27 And it came to pass, [that] there went out [some] of the people on the
seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28 And Yahweh said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and
My laws?
29 See, for that Yahweh hath given you the sabbath, therefore He giveth you on
the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no
man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And the house of
32 And Moses said, This [is] the thing which Yahweh commandeth, Fill an omer of
it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I
have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of
Egypt.
33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna
therein, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept for your generations.
34 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be
kept.
35 And the children of
36 Now an omer [is] the tenth [part] of an ephah.
1 And all the congregation of the children of
2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we
may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye
tempt Yahweh?
3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against
Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of
4 And Moses cried unto Yahweh, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they
be almost ready to stone me.
5 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of
the elders of
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt
smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may
drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the
chiding of the children of
8 Then came Amalek, and fought with
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek:
to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses,
Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that
12 But Moses' hands [were] heavy; and they took a stone, and put [it] under
him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the
one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the
going down of the sun.
13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in a book, and
rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance
of Amalek from under heaven.
15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Yahweh-nissi:
16 For he said, Because Yahweh hath sworn [that] Yahweh [will have] war with
Amalek from generation to generation.
1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that
God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, [and] that Yahweh had
brought Israel out of Egypt;
2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had
sent her back,
3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one [was] Gershom; for he said, I
have been an alien in a strange land:
4 And the name of the other [was] Eliezer; for the God of my father, [said he,
was] mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
5 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses
into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy
wife, and her two sons with her.
7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed
him; and they asked each other of [their] welfare; and they came into the tent.
8 And Moses told his father in law all that Yahweh had done unto Pharaoh and to
the Egyptians for
9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to
10 And Jethro said, Blessed [be] Yahweh, Who hath delivered you out of the hand
of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, Who hath delivered the people
from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11 Now I know that Yahweh [is] greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein
they dealt proudly [He was] above them.
12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for
God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of
13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and
the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said,
What [is] this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself
alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to
enquire of God:
16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and
another, and I do make [them] know the statutes of God, and His laws.
17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest [is] not
good.
18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that [is] with thee:
for this thing [is] too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself
alone.
19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with
thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes
unto God:
20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way
wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear
God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be]
rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of
tens:
22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, [that] every
great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall
judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden] with
thee.
23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee [so], then thou shalt be
able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he
had said.
25 And Moses chose able men out of all
26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto
Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own
land.
1 In the third month, when the children of
2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come [to] the
3 And Moses went up unto God, and Yahweh called unto him out of the mountain,
saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of
Israel;
4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bare you on eagles'
wings, and brought you unto Myself.
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye
shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me above all people: for all the earth [is]
Mine:
6 And ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These [are]
the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of
7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their
faces all these words which Yahweh commanded him.
8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that Yahweh hath spoken
we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto Yahweh.
9 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the
people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses
told the words of the people unto Yahweh.
10 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and
to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day Yahweh will come down
in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to
yourselves, [that ye] go [not] up into the mount, or touch the border of it:
whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot
through; whether [it be] beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet
soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the
people; and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at
[your] wives.
16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were
thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the
trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that [was] in the camp trembled.
17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and
they stood at the nether part of the mount.
18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because Yahweh descended upon it
in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.
19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder,
Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
20 And Yahweh came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and Yahweh
called Moses [up] to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
21 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break
through unto Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.
22 And let the priests also, which come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves,
lest Yahweh break forth upon them.
23 And Moses said unto Yahweh, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for
Thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24 And Yahweh said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou,
and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to
come up unto Yahweh, lest He break forth upon them.
25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
1 And God spake all these words,
saying,
2 I [am] Yahweh thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out
of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any
thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that
[is] in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I Yahweh thy God
[am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto
the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate Me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My
commandments.
7 Thou shalt not consider the name of Yahweh thy God to be a vain thing: for
Yahweh will not hold him guiltless that considers His name meaningless.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of Yahweh thy God: [in it] thou shalt not
do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
11 For [in] six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in
them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore Yahweh blessed the sabbath
day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land
which Yahweh thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy
neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his
ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.
18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of
the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they
removed, and stood afar off.
19 And they said unto Moses, Speak
thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and
that His fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness
where God [was].
22 And Yahweh said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of
23 Ye shall not make with Me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you
gods of gold.
24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy
burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all
places where I record My name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
25 And if thou wilt make Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn
stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not
discovered thereon.
1 Now these [are] the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh
he shall go out free for nothing.
3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married,
then his wife shall go out with him.
4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters;
the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by
himself.
5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my
children; I will not go out free:
6 Then his master shall bring him unto God; he shall also bring him to the
door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an
aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as
the menservants do.
8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall
he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no
power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the
manner of daughters.
10 If he take him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of
marriage, shall he not diminish.
11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without
money.
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I
will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile;
thou shalt take him from Mine altar, that he may die.
15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand,
he shall surely be put to death.
17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with
[his] fist, and he die not, but keepeth [his] bed:
19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote
[him] be quit: only he shall pay [for] the loss of
his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed.
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under
his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for
he [is] his money.
22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from
her], and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the
woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine].
23 And if [any] mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it
perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he
shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely
stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be]
quit.
29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been
testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a
man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to
death.
30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of
his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this
judgment shall it be done unto him.
32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their
master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover
it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
34 The owner of the pit shall make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner
of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.
35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the
live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead [ox] also they shall divide.
36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner
hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his
own.
1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it;