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Exode

Chapitres 1-15

Exodus, Chapter 1

¹ Israel Multiplies in Egypt

¹ Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one^awith his household: ² Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; ³ Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; ⁴ Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. ⁵ All the^bpersons who came from the loins of Jacob were seventy^cin number, but Joseph was already in Egypt. ⁶ Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. ⁷ But the sons of Israel were fruitful and^dincreased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly^emighty, so that the land was filled with them.

⁸ Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. ⁹ He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are^fmore and mightier than we. ¹⁰ Come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and^gin the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and^hdepart from the land.” ¹¹ So they appointed taskmasters over them to afflict them withⁱhard labor. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses. ¹² But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they^jspread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel. ¹³ The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously; ¹⁴ and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously^kimposed on them.

¹⁵ Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom^lwas named Shiphrah and the other^mwas named Puah; ¹⁶ and he said, “When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” ¹⁷ But the midwivesⁿfeared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had^ocommanded them, but let the boys live. ¹⁸ So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?” ¹⁹ The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife^pcan get to them.” ²⁰ So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very^qmighty. ²¹ Because the midwives^rfeared God, He^sestablished^thouseholds for them. ²² Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born^uyou are to cast into the Nile, and every daughter you are to keep alive.”

Exodus, Chapter 2

¹ The Birth of Moses, ¹⁵ Moses Escapes to Midian

¹ Now a man from the house of Levi went and^amarried a daughter of Levi. ² The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw^bthat he was^cbeautiful, she hid him for three months. ³ But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a^dwicker^ebasket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. ⁴ His sister stood at a distance to^ffind out what would^ghappen to him.

⁵ The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the^hbasket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her. ⁶ When she opened it, sheⁱsaw the child, and behold, the^jboy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” ⁷ Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call^ka nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?” ⁸ Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. ⁹ Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. ¹⁰ The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him^lMoses, and said, “Because I^mdrew him out of the water.”

¹¹ Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on theirⁿhard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. ¹² So he^olooked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. ¹³ He went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were^pfighting with each other; and he said to the^qoffender, “Why are you striking your companion?” ¹⁴ But he said, “Who made you a^rprince or a judge over us? Are you^sintending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known.”

¹⁵ When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and^tsettled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

¹⁶ Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. ¹⁷ Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock. ¹⁸ When they came to Reuel their father, he said, “Why have you come back so soon today?” ¹⁹ So they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew the water for us and watered the flock.” ²⁰ He said to his daughters, “Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Invite him^uto have something to eat.” ²¹ Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses. ²² Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him^vGershom, for he said, “I have been a^wsojourner in a foreign land.”

²³ Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God. ²⁴ So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. ²⁵ God saw the sons of Israel, and God^xtook notice of them.

Exodus, Chapter 3

¹ The Burning Bush, ¹⁰ The Mission of Moses

¹ Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the^awest side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. ² The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of^ba bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed. ³ So Moses said, “^cI must turn aside now and see this^dmarvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.” ⁴ When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” ⁵ Then He said, “Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” ⁶ He said also, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

⁷ The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings. ⁸ So I have come down to deliver them from the^epower of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. ⁹ Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.

¹⁰ Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.” ¹¹ But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?” ¹² And He said, “Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall^fworship God at this mountain.”

¹³ Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?” ¹⁴ God said to Moses, “^gI AM WHO^hI AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘ⁱI AM has sent me to you.’” ¹⁵ God, furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name^jto all generations. ¹⁶ Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “^kI am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt. ¹⁷ So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ ¹⁸ They will^lpay heed to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’ ¹⁹ But I know that the king of Egypt will not permit you to go, except^munder compulsion. ²⁰ So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go. ²¹ I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed. ²² But every woman shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will plunder the Egyptians.”

Exodus, Chapter 4

¹ Moses Given Powers, ¹⁴ Aaron to Be Moses’ Mouthpiece

¹ Then Moses said, “What if they will not believe me or listen^ato what I say? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’” ² The LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he said, “A staff.” ³ Then He said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. ⁴ But the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand and grasp it by its tail”—so he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his^bhand— ⁵ “that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

⁶ The LORD furthermore said to him, “Now put your hand into your bosom.” So he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous like snow. ⁷ Then He said, “Put your hand into your bosom again.” So he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh. ⁸ “If they will not believe you or^cheed the^dwitness of the first sign, they may believe the^ewitness of the last sign. ⁹ But if they will not believe even these two signs or heed what you say, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water which you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.”

¹⁰ Then Moses said to the LORD, “Please, Lord, I have never been^feloquent, neither^grecently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am^hslow of speech andⁱslow of tongue.” ¹¹ The LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? ¹² Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say.” ¹³ But he said, “Please, Lord, now^jsend the message by whomever You will.”

¹⁴ Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that^khe speaks fluently. And moreover, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. ¹⁵ You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do. ¹⁶ Moreover, he shall speak for you to the people; and he will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him. ¹⁷ You shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs.”

¹⁸ Then Moses departed and returned to^lJethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please, let me go, that I may return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see if they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.” ¹⁹ Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, “Go^mback to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.” ²⁰ So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand.

²¹ The LORD said to Moses, “When you goⁿback to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your^opower; but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. ²² Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Israel is My son, My firstborn. ²³ So I said to you, ‘Let My son go that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.”’”

²⁴ Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the LORD met him and sought to put him to death. ²⁵ Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and^pthrew it at Moses’ feet, and she said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me.” ²⁶ So He let him alone. At that time she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood”—^qbecause of the circumcision.

²⁷ Now the LORD said to Aaron, “Go to meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. ²⁸ Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD with which He had sent him, and all the signs that He had commanded him to do. ²⁹ Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the sons of Israel; ³⁰ and Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. He then performed the signs in the sight of the people. ³¹ So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD^rwas concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed low and worshiped.

Exodus, Chapter 5

¹ Israel’s Labor Increased

¹ And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’” ² But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel go.” ³ Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” ⁴ But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you^adraw the people away from their^bwork? Get back to your^clabors!” ⁵ Again Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now many, and you would have them cease from their labors!” ⁶ So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying, ⁷ “You are no longer to give the people straw to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw for themselves. ⁸ But the quota of bricks which they were making previously, you shall impose on them; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are lazy, therefore they cry out, ‘^dLet us go and sacrifice to our God.’ ⁹ Let the labor be heavier on the men, and let them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words.”

¹⁰ So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I am not going to give you any straw. ¹¹ You go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but none of your labor will be reduced.’” ¹² So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. ¹³ The taskmasters pressed them, saying, “Complete your^ework quota,^fyour daily amount, just as when^gyou had straw.” ¹⁴ Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten^hand were asked, “Why have you not completed your required amount either yesterday or today in making brick as previously?”

¹⁵ Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants? ¹⁶ There is no straw given to your servants, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are being beaten; but it is the fault of your own people.” ¹⁷ But he said, “You are lazy, very lazy; therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’ ¹⁸ So go now and work; for you will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the quota of bricks.” ¹⁹ The foremen of the sons of Israel saw that they were in troubleⁱbecause they were told, “You must not reduce^jyour daily amount of bricks.” ²⁰ When they left Pharaoh’s presence, they met Moses and Aaron as they were^kwaiting for them. ²¹ They said to them, “May the LORD look upon you and judge you, for you have made^lus odious in Pharaoh’s sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

²² Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, “O Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me? ²³ Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not delivered Your people at all.”

Exodus, Chapter 6

¹ God Promises Action, ¹⁴ The Heads of Israel

¹ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for^aunder compulsion he will let them go, and^bunder compulsion he will drive them out of his land.”

² God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD; ³ and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as^cGod Almighty, but by My name,^dLORD, I did not make Myself known to them. ⁴ I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the^eland in which they sojourned. ⁵ Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. ⁶ Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. ⁷ Then I will take you^ffor My people, and I will be^gyour God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ⁸ I will bring you to the land which I^hswore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession; I am the LORD.’” ⁹ So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of theirⁱdespondency and cruel bondage.

¹⁰ Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ¹¹ “Go,^jtell Pharaoh king of Egypt^kto let the sons of Israel go out of his land.” ¹² But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am^lunskilled in speech?” ¹³ Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the sons of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ These are the heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. ¹⁵ The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. ¹⁶ These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the^mlength of Levi’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. ¹⁷ The sons of Gershon:ⁿLibni and Shimei, according to their families. ¹⁸ The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the^olength of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. ²⁰ Amram^pmarried his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the^qlength of Amram’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. ²¹ The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. ²² The sons of Uzziel: Mishael and^rElzaphan and Sithri. ²³ Aaron^smarried Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²⁴ The sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and^tAbiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. ²⁵ Aaron’s son Eleazar^umarried one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families. ²⁶ It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.” ²⁷ They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt^vabout bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.

²⁸ Now it came about on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹ that the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the LORD; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.” ³⁰ But Moses said before the LORD, “Behold, I am^wunskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?”

Exodus, Chapter 7

¹ “I Will Stretch Out My Hand”, ⁸ Aaron’s Rod Becomes a Serpent, ¹⁴ Water Is Turned to Blood

¹ Then the LORD said to Moses, “See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. ² You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. ³ But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. ⁴ When Pharaoh does not listen to you, then I will lay My hand on Egypt and bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments. ⁵ The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.” ⁶ So Moses and Aaron did it; as the LORD commanded them, thus they did. ⁷ Moses was eighty years old and Aaron^aeighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

⁸ Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ⁹ “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘^bWork a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’” ¹⁰ So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and thus they did just as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and^chis servants, and it became a serpent. ¹¹ Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the^dmagicians of Egypt, did^ethe same with their secret arts. ¹² For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. ¹³ Yet Pharaoh’s heart was^fhardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

¹⁴ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is^gstubborn; he refuses to let the people go. ¹⁵ Go to Pharaoh in the morning^has he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent. ¹⁶ You shall say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened until now.” ¹⁷ Thus says the LORD, “By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strikeⁱthe water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned to blood. ¹⁸ The fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will^jbecome foul, and the Egyptians will^kfind difficulty in drinking water from the Nile.”’” ¹⁹ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their^lstreams, and over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”

²⁰ So Moses and Aaron did even as the LORD had commanded. And he lifted up^mthe staff and struck the water that was in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood. ²¹ The fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nileⁿbecame foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt. ²² But the^omagicians of Egypt did^pthe same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was^qhardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. ²³ Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house^rwith no concern even for this. ²⁴ So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile. ²⁵ Seven days^spassed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

Exodus, Chapter 8

¹ Frogs over the Land, ¹⁶ The Plague of Insects

¹ ^aThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me. ² But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs. ³ The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls. ⁴ So the frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants.”’” ⁵ ^bThen the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the^cstreams and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’” ⁶ So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the^dfrogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. ⁷ The^emagicians did^fthe same with their secret arts,^gmaking frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

⁸ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Entreat the LORD that He remove the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.” ⁹ Moses said to Pharaoh, “^hThe honor is yours to tell me: when shall I entreat for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs beⁱdestroyed from you and your houses, that they may be left only in the Nile?”

¹⁰ Then he said, “Tomorrow.” So he said, “May it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God. ¹¹ The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your servants and your people; they will be left only in the Nile.” ¹² Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the LORD concerning the frogs which He had^jinflicted upon Pharaoh. ¹³ The LORD did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, the courts, and the fields. ¹⁴ So they piled them in heaps, and the land^kbecame foul. ¹⁵ But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he^lhardened his heart and did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

¹⁶ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become^mgnats through all the land of Egypt.’” ¹⁷ They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there wereⁿgnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became^ognats through all the land of Egypt. ¹⁸ The^pmagicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth^qgnats, but they could not; so there were^rgnats on man and beast. ¹⁹ Then the^smagicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was^thardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

²⁰ Now the LORD said to Moses, “Rise early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh,^uas he comes out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me. ²¹ For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they dwell. ²² But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are^vliving, so that no swarms of flies will be there, in order that you may know that^wI, the LORD, am in the midst of the land. ²³ I will^xput a division between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign will occur.”’” ²⁴ Then the LORD did so. And there came^ygreat swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and the land was laid waste because of the swarms of flies in all the land of Egypt.

²⁵ Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.” ²⁶ But Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for we will sacrifice to the LORD our God^zwhat is an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice^aawhat is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not then stone us? ²⁷ We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He^abcommands us.” ²⁸ Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Make supplication for me.” ²⁹ Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you, and I shall make supplication to the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow; only do not let Pharaoh deal deceitfully again in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.”

³⁰ So Moses went out from Pharaoh and made supplication to the LORD. ³¹ The LORD did^acas Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants and from his people; not one remained. ³² But Pharaoh^adhardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.

Exodus, Chapter 9

¹ Egyptian Cattle Die, ⁸ The Plague of Boils, ¹⁸ The Plague of Hail

¹ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me. ² For if you refuse to let them go and^acontinue to hold them, ³ behold, the hand of the LORD^bwill come with a very severe pestilence on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks. ⁴ But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.”’” ⁵ The LORD set a definite time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land.” ⁶ So the LORD did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died. ⁷ Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not even one of the livestock of Israel dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was^chardened, and he did not let the people go.

⁸ Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses throw it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. ⁹ It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will become boils breaking out with sores on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.” ¹⁰ So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast. ¹¹ The^dmagicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians^eas well as on all the Egyptians. ¹² And the LORD^fhardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.

¹³ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me. ¹⁴ For this time I will send all My plagues^gon you and your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. ¹⁵ For if by now I had put forth My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, you would then have been cut off from the earth. ¹⁶ But, indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to^hremain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth. ¹⁷ Still you exalt yourself against My peopleⁱby not letting them go.

¹⁸ Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will^jsend a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded^kuntil now. ¹⁹ Now therefore send, bring your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. Every man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, will die.”’” ²⁰ The one among the servants of Pharaoh who^lfeared the word of the LORD made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses; ²¹ but he who^mpaid no regard to the word of the LORDⁿleft his servants and his livestock in the field.

²² Now the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that^ohail may fall on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.” ²³ Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the LORD^psent^qthunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. ²⁴ So there was hail, and fire^rflashing continually in the midst of the hail, very severe, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. ²⁵ The hail struck all that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, both man and beast; the hail also struck every plant of the field and shattered every tree of the field. ²⁶ Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail.

²⁷ Then Pharaoh^ssent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time; the LORD is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. ²⁸ Make supplication to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s^tthunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.” ²⁹ Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will spread out my^uhands to the LORD; the^vthunder will cease and there will be hail no longer, that you may know that the earth is the LORD’S. ³⁰ But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet^wfear^xthe LORD God.” ³¹ (Now the flax and the barley were^yruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. ³² But the wheat and the spelt were not^zruined, for they ripen late.) ³³ So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his^aahands to the LORD; and the^abthunder and the hail ceased, and rain^acno longer poured on the earth. ³⁴ But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the^adthunder had ceased, he sinned again and^aehardened his heart, he and his servants. ³⁵ Pharaoh’s heart was^afhardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses.

Exodus, Chapter 10

¹ The Plague of Locusts, ²¹ Darkness over the Land

¹ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have^ahardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may^bperform these signs of Mine^camong them, ² and that you may tell in the^dhearing of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I^eperformed My signs among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.”

³ Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me. ⁴ For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. ⁵ They shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped—what is left to you from the hail—and they will eat every tree which sprouts for you out of the field. ⁶ Then your houses shall be filled and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians, something which neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they^fcame upon the earth until this day.’” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh. ⁷ Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not^grealize that Egypt is destroyed?” ⁸ So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the LORD your God!^hWho are the ones that are going?” ⁹ Moses said, “We shall go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we shall go, for weⁱmust hold a feast to the LORD.” ¹⁰ Then he said to them, “Thus may the LORD be with you,^jif ever I let you and your little ones go! Take heed, for evil is^kin your mind. ¹¹ Not so! Go now, the men among you, and serve the LORD, for^lthat is what you desire.” So they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

¹² Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and eat every plant of the land, even all that the hail has left.” ¹³ So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind^mbrought the locusts. ¹⁴ The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were veryⁿnumerous. There had never been so many^olocusts, nor would there be so many^pagain. ¹⁵ For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt. ¹⁶ Then Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moses and Aaron, and he said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. ¹⁷ Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and make supplication to the LORD your God, that He would only remove this death from me.” ¹⁸ He went out from Pharaoh and made supplication to the LORD. ¹⁹ So the LORD shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the^qRed Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt. ²⁰ But the LORD^rhardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

²¹ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt.” ²² So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. ²³ They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings. ²⁴ Then Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be detained. Even your little ones may go with you.” ²⁵ But Moses said, “You must also^slet us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may^tsacrifice them to the LORD our God. ²⁶ Therefore, our livestock too shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we shall take some of them to serve the LORD our God. And until we arrive there, we ourselves do not know with what we shall serve the LORD.” ²⁷ But the LORD^uhardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. ²⁸ Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me!^vBeware, do not see my face again, for in the day you see my face you shall die!” ²⁹ Moses said, “You are right; I shall never see your face again!”

Exodus, Chapter 11

¹ The Last Plague

¹ Now the LORD said to Moses, “One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out from here completely. ² Speak now in the^ahearing of the people that each man ask from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor for articles of silver and articles of gold.” ³ The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Furthermore, the man Moses himself was^bgreatly esteemed in the land of Egypt, both in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.

⁴ Moses said, “Thus says the LORD, ‘About midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, ⁵ and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle as well. ⁶ Moreover, there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again. ⁷ But against any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even^cbark, whether against man or beast, that you may^dunderstand how the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’ ⁸ All these your servants will come down to me and bow themselves^ebefore me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who^ffollow you,’ and after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

⁹ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders will be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” ¹⁰ Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh; yet the LORD^ghardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

Exodus, Chapter 12

¹ The Passover Lamb, ¹⁴ Feast of Unleavened Bread, ²³ A Memorial of Redemption, ³³ Exodus of Israel, ⁴² Ordinance of the Passover

¹ Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of^aEgypt, ² “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you. ³ Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a^blamb for themselves, according to their fathers’ households, a^clamb for^deach household. ⁴ Now if the household is too small for a^elamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the^fnumber of persons in them; according to^gwhat each man should eat, you are to^hdivide the lamb. ⁵ Yourⁱlamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. ⁶ ^jYou shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it^kat twilight. ⁷ Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel^lof the houses in which they eat it. ⁸ They shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread^mand bitter herbs. ⁹ Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather roasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with its entrails. ¹⁰ And you shall not leave any of it over until morning, but whatever is left of it until morning, you shall burn with fire. ¹¹ Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste—it is the LORD’S Passover. ¹² For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am the LORD. ¹³ The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where youⁿlive; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you^oto destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ ‘Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as^pa permanent ordinance. ¹⁵ Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall^qremove leaven from your houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that^rperson shall be cut off from Israel. ¹⁶ On the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten^sby every person, that alone may be^tprepared by you. ¹⁷ You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as a^upermanent ordinance. ¹⁸ In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. ¹⁹ Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that^vperson shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land. ²⁰ You shall not eat anything leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’”

²¹ Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “^wGo and take for yourselves^xlambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb. ²² You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and^yapply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.

²³ For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. ²⁴ And you shall observe this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever. ²⁵ When you enter the land which the LORD will give you, as He has^zpromised, you shall observe this^aarite. ²⁶ And when your children say to you, ‘^abWhat does this rite mean to you?’ ²⁷ you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the LORD^acwho passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but^adspared our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.

²⁸ Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

²⁹ Now it came about at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle. ³⁰ Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead. ³¹ Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go,^aeworship the LORD, as you have said. ³² Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also.”

³³ The Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We will all be dead.” ³⁴ So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.

³⁵ Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; ³⁶ and the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have their request. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.

³⁷ Now the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children. ³⁸ A mixed multitude also went up with them,^afalong with flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock. ³⁹ They baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had not become leavened, since they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they^agprepared any provisions for themselves.

⁴⁰ Now the time^ahthat the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. ⁴¹ And at the end of four hundred and thirty years,^aito the very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

⁴² It is a night^ajto be observed for the LORD for having brought them out from the land of Egypt; this night is for the LORD,^akto be observed^alby all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.

⁴³ The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover: no^amforeigner is to eat of it; ⁴⁴ but every man’s slave purchased with money, after you have circumcised him, then he may eat of it. ⁴⁵ A sojourner or a hired servant shall not eat of it. ⁴⁶ It is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring forth any of the flesh outside of the house, nor are you to break any bone of it. ⁴⁷ All the congregation of Israel are to^ancelebrate this. ⁴⁸ But if a^aostranger sojourns with you, and^apcelebrates the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to^aqcelebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it. ⁴⁹ ^arThe same law shall^asapply to the native as to the^atstranger who sojourns among you.”

⁵⁰ Then all the sons of Israel did so; they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron. ⁵¹ And on that same day the LORD brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt^auby their hosts.

Exodus, Chapter 13

¹ Consecration of the Firstborn, ¹⁷ God Leads the People

¹ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the first^aoffspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; it belongs to Me.”

³ Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of^bslavery; for by^ca powerful hand the LORD brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten. ⁴ On this day in the month of Abib, you are about to go forth. ⁵ It shall be when the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall^dobserve this rite in this month. ⁶ For 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 throughout the seven days; and nothing leavened shall be seen^eamong you, nor shall any leaven be seen^famong you in all your borders. ⁸ You shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ ⁹ And it shall^gserve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder^hon your forehead, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. ¹⁰ Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time fromⁱyear to year.

¹¹ “Now when the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you, ¹² you shall^jdevote to the LORD the first^koffspring of every womb, and^lthe first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the LORD. ¹³ But every first^moffspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. ¹⁴ And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With aⁿpowerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of^oslavery. ¹⁵ It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD the males, the first^poffspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ ¹⁶ So it shall^qserve as a sign on your hand and as^rphylacteries^son your forehead, for with a^tpowerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

¹⁷ Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, “The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.” ¹⁸ Hence God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the^uRed Sea; and the sons of Israel went up in martial array from the land of Egypt. ¹⁹ Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely^vtake care of you, and you shall carry my bones from here with you.” ²⁰ Then they set out from Succoth and camped in Etham on the edge of the wilderness. ²¹ The LORD was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might^wtravel by day and by night. ²² ^xHe did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Exodus, Chapter 14

¹ Pharaoh in Pursuit, ¹³ The Sea Is Divided

¹ Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea. ³ For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ ⁴ Thus I will^aharden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” And they did so.

⁵ When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled,^bPharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” ⁶ So he made his chariot ready and took his people with him; ⁷ and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them. ⁸ The LORD^chardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he chased after the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out^dboldly. ⁹ Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

¹⁰ As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel^elooked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD. ¹¹ Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way,^fbringing us out of Egypt? ¹² Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘^gLeave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

¹³ But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear!^hStand by and see the salvation of the LORD which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. ¹⁴ The LORD will fight for you while you keep silent.”

¹⁵ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward. ¹⁶ As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shallⁱgo through the midst of the sea on dry land. ¹⁷ As for Me, behold, I will^jharden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. ¹⁸ Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen.”

¹⁹ The angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. ²⁰ So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud^kalong with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.

²¹ Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD^lswept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided. ²² The sons of Israel^mwent through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. ²³ Then the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea. ²⁴ At the morning watch, the LORD looked down on theⁿarmy of the Egyptians^othrough the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the^parmy of the Egyptians into confusion. ²⁵ He^qcaused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, “Let^rus flee from Israel, for the LORD is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”

²⁶ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.” ²⁷ So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing^sright into it; then the LORD^toverthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. ²⁸ The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen,^ueven Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained. ²⁹ But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

³⁰ Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. ³¹ When Israel saw the great^vpower which the LORD had^wused against the Egyptians, the people^xfeared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in His servant Moses.

Exodus, Chapter 15, verses 1-21

¹ The Song of Moses and Israel

¹ Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD,^aand said,“^bI will sing to the LORD, for He^cis highly exalted;
The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.

²“^dThe LORD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
This is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will extol Him.

³“The LORD is a warrior;
^eThe LORD is His name.

⁴“Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
And the choicest of his officers are^fdrowned in the^gRed Sea.

⁵“The deeps cover them;
They went down into the depths like a stone.

⁶“Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power,
Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.

⁷“And in the greatness of Your^hexcellence You overthrow those who rise up against You;
You send forth Your burning anger, and it consumes them as chaff.

⁸“At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up,
The flowing waters stood up like a heap;
The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

⁹“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
Myⁱdesire shall be^jgratified against them;
I will draw out my sword, my hand will^kdestroy them.’

¹⁰“You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the^lmighty waters.

¹¹“Who is like You among the gods, O LORD?
Who is like You, majestic in holiness,
Awesome in praises, working wonders?

¹²“You stretched out Your right hand,
The earth swallowed them.

¹³“In Your lovingkindness You have led the people whom You have redeemed;
In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.

¹⁴“The peoples have heard, they tremble;
Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.

¹⁵“Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed;
The leaders of Moab, trembling grips them;
All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

¹⁶“Terror and dread fall upon them;
By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone;
Until Your people pass over, O LORD,
Until the people pass over whom You have purchased.

¹⁷“You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance,
The place, O LORD, which You have made for Your dwelling,
The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

¹⁸“The LORD shall reign forever and ever.”

¹⁹ For the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea.

²⁰ Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with^mdancing. ²¹ Miriam answered them,“Sing to the LORD, for Heⁿis highly exalted;
The horse and his rider He has hurled into the sea.”

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