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Exodus 1

The Israelites Multiply in Egypt
(Genesis 46:7–27)

1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that descended from Jacob, were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Oppression by a New King
(Acts 7:15–19)

8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. 10 Come, let us deal wisely with them: lest they multiply, and it will come to pass, that when there falleth out any war, they will join with our enemies, and fight against us, and depart from the land. 11 Therefore they set over them task-masters, 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 Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor. 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service in which they made them serve, was with rigor.

15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:) 16 And he said, When you do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it will be a son, then you will kill him; but if it will be a daughter, then she will live. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and have saved the male-children alive? 19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in to them. 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became 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 you will cast into the river, and every daughter you will save alive.

Exodus 2

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The Birth and Adoption of Moses
(Acts 7:20–22; Hebrews 11:23)

1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and married a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bore a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could no 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 know 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 you a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you? 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 to her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him to 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.

The Rejection and Flight of Moses
(Acts 7:23–29)

11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting a 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, Why smitest you your fellow? 14 And he said, Who made you a prince and a judge over us? intendest you to kill me, as you 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 land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

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 you are come so soon to day? 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why is it that you 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 bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

God Hears the Cry of the Israelites

23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and their cry ascended to God, by reason of the bondage. 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 Israel, and God had respect to them.

Exodus 3

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Moses at the Burning Bush
(Acts 7:30–38)

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 mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to 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 the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Approach not hither: put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your 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 the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their task-masters; for I know their sorrows; 8 And I am come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, to a good land, and a large, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to 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 Israel is come to me: and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 11 And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this will be a token to you, that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you will serve God upon this mountain.

13 And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and will say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you; and they will say to me, What is his name? What will I say to them? 14 And God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM: And he said, Thus you will say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. 15 And God said, moreover, to Moses, Thus you will say to the children of Israel, The LORD 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 for ever, and this is my memorial to all generations. 16 Go and assemble the elders of Israel, and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to 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 out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And they will listen to your voice: and you will come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us: and now let us go (we beseech you) three days journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. 21 And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it will come to pass, that when you go, you will not go empty: 22 But every woman will borrow of her neighbor, and of her that dwelleth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and you will put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters: and you will spoil the Egyptians.

Exodus 4

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Moses’ Staff

1 And Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice: for they will say, The LORD has not appeared to you. 2 And the LORD said to him, What is that in your 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 the LORD said to Moses, Put forth your 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 the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.

Moses’ Hand

6 And the LORD said furthermore to him, Put now your hand into your 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 your hand into your bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 8 And it will come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it will come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you will take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which you takest out of the river will become blood upon the dry land.

The Appointment of Aaron

10 And Moses said to the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since you have spoke to your servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the LORD said to him, Who has made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD. 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you will say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray you, by the hand of him whom you wilt send.

14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also behold, he cometh forth to meet you: and when he seeth you, he will be glad in his heart. 15 And you will speak to him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you will do. 16 And he will speak for you to the people: and he will be, even he will be to you instead of a mouth, and you will be to him instead of God. 17 And you will take this rod in your hand, with which you will perform signs.

Moses Leaves for Egypt

18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray you, and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead who sought your life. 20 And Moses took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

21 And the LORD said to Moses, When you goest to return into Egypt, see that you perform all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand: but I will harden his heart, that he will not let the people go. 22 And you will say to Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my first-born. 23 And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if you will refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your first-born.

24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD 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 are you to me. 26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband you are, because of the circumcision.

The People Believe Moses and Aaron

27 And the LORD 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 the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. 29 And Moses and Aaron went, and assembled all the elders of the children of Israel: 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses, and performed the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads, and worshiped.

Exodus 5

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Pharaoh’s First Refusal

1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I don't know the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. 3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, hinder the people from their works; go you to your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens.

Bricks and Straw

6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 You will no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the number of the bricks which they made heretofore, you will lay upon them; you will not diminish aught thereof; for they are idle: therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein: and let them not regard vain words.

10 And the task-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go you, get you straw where you can find it: yet not aught of your work will be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the task-masters hastened them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s task-masters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore?

The Cry of the Israelites

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest you thus with your servants? 16 There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people. 17 But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go, and do sacrifice to the LORD. 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there will no straw be given you, yet will you deliver the number of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in evil case, after it was said, You are not to diminish aught from your bricks of your daily task. 20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: 21 And they said to them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because you have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hands to slay us.

22 And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, Lord, why have you so ill treated this people? why is it that you have sent me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have you delivered your people at all.

Exodus 6

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God Promises Deliverance

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand will he let them go, and with a strong hand will he drive them from his land.

2 And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am the LORD: 3 And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers. 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage: and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say to the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with out-stretched 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 you will know that I am the LORD your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you into the land, concerning which I swore to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am the LORD. 9 And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they listened not to Moses, by reason of anguish of spirit, and cruel bondage.

10 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 11 Go in, speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel depart from his land. 12 And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

13 And the LORD spoke to Moses, and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Genealogies of Moses and Aaron

14 These are the heads of their father’s houses: The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben. 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 a hundred and thirty-seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty-three years. 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, for a wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-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, for a wife; and she bore 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 for a wife; and she bore to 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 the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies. 27 These are they who spoke to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.

28 And it came to pass, 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 you to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, all that I say to you. 30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how will Pharaoh listen to me?

Exodus 7

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God Commands Moses and Aaron

1 And the LORD said to Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. 2 You shalt speak all that I command you: and Aaron your brother will speak to Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt, by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. 7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty and three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Aaron’s Staff

8 And the LORD spoke to Moses, and to Aaron, saying, 9 When Pharaoh will speak to you, saying, Show a miracle for you: then you will say to Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent. 10 And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD 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 Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 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 listened not to them; as the LORD had said.

The First Plague: Blood

14 And the LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened; he refuseth to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out to the water, and you will stand by the river’s brink against he cometh; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you will take in your hand. 16 And you will say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and behold, hitherto you wouldest not hear. 17 Thus says the LORD, In this you will know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they will be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that is in the river will die, and the river will be offensive in smell; and the Egyptians will lothe to drink of the water of the river. 19 And the LORD spoke to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your 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 the LORD 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 into blood. 21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river was offensive in smell, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he listen to them; as the LORD had said. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he regard 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 the LORD had smitten the river.

Exodus 8

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The Second Plague: Frogs

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Let my people go that they may serve me. 2 And if you will refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your borders with frogs: 3 And the river will bring forth frogs abundantly, which will go up and come into your house, and into your bed-chamber, and upon your bed, and into the house of your servants, and upon your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs: 4 And the frogs will come up both on you, and upon your people, and upon all your servants. 5 And the LORD spoke to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt. 6 And Aaron stretched his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the LORD 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 to the LORD. 9 And Moses said to Pharaoh, Glory over me: when will I entreat for you, and for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you, and your houses, that they may remain in the river only?

10 And he said, To-morrow. And he said, Be it according to your word; that you may know that there is none like the LORD our God. 11 And the frogs will depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people; they will remain in the river only. 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried to the LORD, because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. 13 And the LORD 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 into heaps: and the land was offensive in smell. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respit, he hardened his heart, and listened not to them, as the LORD had said.

The Third Plague: Gnats

16 And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 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 land of Egypt. 18 And the magicians did so with their inchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man and upon beast. 19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he listened not to them; as the LORD had said.

The Fourth Plague: Flies

20 And the LORD said to Moses, Rise early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; (lo, he cometh forth to the water) and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 21 Else, if you wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you, and upon your servants, and upon 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 are. 22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies will be there; to the end you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. 23 And I will put a division between my people and your people: to-morrow will this sign be. 24 And the LORD did so: and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

25 And Pharaoh called for Moses, and for Aaron, and said, Go you, sacrifice to your God in the land. 26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we will sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: Lo, will 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 the LORD our God as he will command us. 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you will not go very far away: entreat for me. 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from you, and I will entreat the LORD 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 the LORD.

30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD: 31 And the LORD 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.

Exodus 9

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The Fifth Plague: Livestock

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if you will refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon your cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there will be a very grievous murrain. 4 And the LORD will sever between the cattle of Israel, and the cattle of Egypt: and there will nothing die of all that belongs to the children of Israel. 5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow the LORD will do this thing in the land. 6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 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.

The Sixth Plague: Boils

8 And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it towards heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it will become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and will be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it towards 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 boil: for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he listened not to them; as the LORD had spoke to Moses.

The Seventh Plague: Hail

13 And the LORD said to Moses, Rise early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says the LORD 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 your heart, and upon your servants, and upon your people: that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite you and your people with pestilence; and you will be cut off from the earth. 16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised you up, to show in you my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet dost you exalt thyself against my people, that you wilt not let them go?

18 Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since its foundation even until now. 19 Send therefore now, and gather your cattle, and all that you have in the field: for upon every man and beast which will be found in the field, and will not be brought home, the hail will come down upon them, and they will die. 20 He that feared the Word of the LORD, among the servants of Pharaoh, made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 21 And he that regarded not the Word of the LORD, left his servants and his cattle in the field.

22 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch forth your hand towards heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod towards heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground: and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there had been none like it in all the land of Egypt, since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote, throughout all the land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beast, and the hail smote every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.

27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 28 Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you will stay no longer. 29 And Moses said to him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to the LORD; and the thunder will cease, neither will there be any more hail; that you may know how that the earth is the LORD’S. 30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you will not yet fear the LORD God. 31 And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. 32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten; for they were not grown up. 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to the LORD: 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 had 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 Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

Exodus 10

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The Eighth Plague: Locusts

1 And the LORD said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants; that I might show these my signs before him: 2 And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know how that I am the LORD.

3 And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt you refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 Else, if you will refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring the locusts into your border: 5 And they will cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they will eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remaineth to you from the hail, and will eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: 6 And they will fill your houses, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither your fathers, nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth to this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. 7 And 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: knowest you not yet that Egypt is destroyed? 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh: and he said to them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that will 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 to the LORD. 10 And he said to them, Let the LORD 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 you that are men, and serve the LORD; for that you desired. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

12 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left. 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night: and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them will be such. 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing on the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray you, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God that he may take away from me this death only. 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. 19 And the LORD 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 borders of Egypt. 20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

The Ninth Plague: Darkness

21 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand towards heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand towards heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. 24 And Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, Go you, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said, You must give us also sacrifices, and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 26 Our cattle also will go with us; there will not a hoof be left behind; for of them must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. 27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh said to him, Depart from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more: for in that day you seest my face, you will die. 29 And Moses said, You have spoken well, I will see your face again no more.

Exodus 11

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The Plague on the Firstborn Foretold

1 And the LORD said to Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he will let you go, he will surely thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the LORD gave the people favor 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 says the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: 5 And all the first-born in the land of Egypt will die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even to the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of beasts. 6 And there will be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has been none like it, nor will be like it any more. 7 But against any of the children of Israel will not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that you may know how the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. 8 And all these your servants will come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, Depart you, and all the people that follow you; and after that I will depart: and he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

9 And the LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh will not listen to you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel depart from his land.

Exodus 12

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The First Passover
(Numbers 9:1–14)

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month will be to you the beginning of months: it will be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak you to all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they will take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house: 4 And if the household will be too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating will make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb will be without blemish, a male of the first year: you will take it from the sheep or from the goats: 6 And you will keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will kill it in the evening. 7 And they will take of the blood, and strike it on the two side-posts, and on the upper door-post of the houses, in which they will eat it. 8 And they will eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire; and unleavened bread, and with bitter herbs they will eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs, and with its entrails. 10 And you will let nothing of it remain until the morning: and that which remaineth of it until the morning you will burn with fire. 11 And thus will you eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand: and you will eat it in haste; it is the LORD’S passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. 13 And the blood will be to you for a token upon the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague will not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread
(Leviticus 23:4–8; Numbers 28:16–25; Deuteronomy 16:1–8)

14 And this day will be to you for a memorial; and you will keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations: you will keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15 Seven days will you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you will put away leaven out of your houses: for whoever eateth leavened bread, from the first day until the seventh day, that soul will be cut off from Israel. 16 And in the first day there will be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there will be a holy convocation to you: no manner of work will be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. 17 And you will observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore will you observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you will eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at evening. 19 Seven days will there be no leaven found in your houses: for whoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he will be a stranger, or born in the land. 20 You will eat nothing leavened: in all your habitations will you eat unleavened bread.

21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Draw out, and take you a lamb, according to your families, and kill the passover. 22 And you will take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin: and none of you will go out at the door of his house until the morning.

23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. 24 And you will observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons for ever. 25 And it will come to pass, when you will have come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he has promised, that you will keep this service. 26 And it will come to pass, when your children will say to you, What mean you by this service? 27 That you will say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshiped.

28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne, to the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rose in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt: for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

The Exodus Begins

31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Arise, and depart from among my people, both you and the children of Israel: and go, serve the LORD, as you have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as you 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 are all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses: and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. 36 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent to them such things as they requested: and they spoiled the Egyptians.

37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very many cattle. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought from Egypt, for it was not leavened: because they were driven from Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals.

40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass, at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD departed from the land of Egypt.

42 It is a night to be much observed to the LORD, for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed by all the children of Israel in their generations.

Instructions for the Passover

43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there will no stranger eat of it. 44 But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then will he eat of it. 45 A foreigner, and a hired servant will not eat of it. 46 In one house will it be eaten; you are not to carry aught of the flesh abroad out of the house: neither will you break a bone of it. 47 All the congregation of Israel will keep it. 48 And when a stranger will sojourn with you, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he will be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person will eat of it. 49 One law will be to him that is home-born, and to the stranger that sojourneth among you.

50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 51 And it came to pass the same day, that the LORD brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

Exodus 13

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The Dedication of the Firstborn
(Deuteronomy 15:19–23)

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Sanctify to me all the first-born, whatever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

3 And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there will no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day you came out in the month Abib. 5 And it will be when the LORD will bring you into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey; that you will keep this service in this month. 6 Seven days you will eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day will be a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread will be eaten seven days: and there will no leavened bread be seen with you, neither will there be leaven seen with you in all your quarters. 8 And you will show your son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did to me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it will be for a sign to you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes; that the LORD’S law may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand has the LORD brought you out of Egypt. 10 You shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

11 And it will be when the LORD will bring you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and will give it to you, 12 That you will set apart to the LORD all that openeth the matrix; and every firstling that cometh of a beast which you have, the males will be the LORD’S. 13 And every firstling of an ass you will redeem with a lamb; and if you wilt not redeem it, then you will break his neck: and all the first-born of man among your children you will redeem. 14 And it will be when your son asketh you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you will say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beasts: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the first-born of my children I redeem. 16 And it will be for a token upon your hand, and for frontlets between your eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.

The Pillars of Cloud and Fire

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 harnassed from the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had strictly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and you will carry up my bones hence with you. 20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in 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.

Exodus 14

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Pharaoh Pursues the Israelites

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it will you encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he will follow them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.

5 And it was told to the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 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 Egypt, and captains over everyone of them. 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with a high hand. 9 But the Egyptians pursued them (all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army) and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were greatly afraid; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD. 11 And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt thus with us, to conduct us out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we told you in Egypt, Saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

13 And Moses said to the people, Fear you not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom you have seen to-day, you will see them again no more for ever. 14 The LORD will fight for you, and you will hold your peace.

Parting the Red Sea

15 And the LORD said to Moses, Why criest you to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward: 16 But lift you your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel will go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I, behold I, will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

19 And the angel of God, who 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 the LORD 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 Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. 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, the LORD looked to 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, and made them to move heavily, so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

26 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your 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 its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD 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 Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were 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 upon the sea-shore. 31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.

Exodus 15

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The Song at the Sea
(Judges 5:1–31)

1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying, I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea.

2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host has he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

5 The depths have covered them: they sunk to the bottom as a stone.

6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: your right hand, O LORD, has dashed in pieces the enemy.

7 And in the greatness of your excellence you have overthrown them that rose up against you: you sentest forth your wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

8 And with the blast of your nostrils the waters were collected, the floods stood upright as a 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 will be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.

10 You didst blow with your wind, the sea covered them: they sunk as lead in the mighty waters.

11 Who is like to you, O LORD, among the gods? who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders!

12 You stretchedst out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.

13 You in your mercy have led forth the people which you have redeemed: you have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.

14 The people will hear, and be afraid: sorrow will take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

15 Then the dukes of Edom will be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling will take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away.

16 Fear and dread will fall upon them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as a stone; until your people pass over, O LORD, until the people pass over, which you have purchased.

17 You shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which you have made for you to dwell in; in the sanctuary, O Lord. which your hands have established.

18 The LORD will reign for ever and ever.

19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD 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 you to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea.

The Waters of Marah

22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 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 will we drink? 25 And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which he cast into the waters, and the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And said, If you wilt diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your 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 you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD that healeth you.

27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and seventy palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

Exodus 16

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Manna and Quail from Heaven

1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. 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 to them, O that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full: for you have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

4 Then said the LORD to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not. 5 And it will come to pass, that on the sixth day they will prepare that which they bring in; and it will be twice as much as they gather daily. 6 And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, At evening, then you will know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt: 7 And in the morning, then you will see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: And what are we, that you murmur against us?

8 And Moses said, This will be when the LORD will give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which you murmur against him: And what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.

9 And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he has heard your murmurings. 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked towards the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel; Speak to them, saying, At evening you will eat flesh, and in the morning you will be filled with bread: and you will know that I am the LORD your God.

13 And it came to pass, that at evening the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay around 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 Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat. 16 This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating: an omer for every man according to the number of your persons, take you every man for them who are in his tents. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And when they measured 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 until the morning. 20 Notwithstanding, they listened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became offensive; and Moses was angry with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun became hot, it melted.

The Sabbath Observed
(Genesis 2:1–3; Hebrews 4:1–11)

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 to them, This is that which the LORD has said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath to the LORD: bake that which you will bake to-day, and boil that you will boil; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up until the morning, as Moses ordered: and it did not putrefy, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath to the LORD; to-day you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you will gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there will be none.

27 And it came to pass, that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, and they found none. 28 And the LORD said to Moses, How long refuse you to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the LORD has given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days: abide you 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.

The Jar of Manna

31 And the house of Israel called its name Manna: and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited: they ate manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

Exodus 17

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Water from the Rock
(Numbers 20:1–13)

1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and encamped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why chide you with me? why do you tempt the LORD? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is this that you have brought us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, What will I do to this people? they are almost ready to stone me. 5 And the LORD said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take with you of the elders of Israel: and your rod, with which you smotest the river, take in your hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you will smite the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

The Defeat of the Amalekites

8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to 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 my 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 Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’s hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat upon it: and Aaron and Hur supported 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 the LORD said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH-nissi: 16 For he said, Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

Exodus 18

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The Visit of Jethro

1 When Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses’s father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt: 2 Then Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses’s 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 my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:)

5 And Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: 6 And he said to Moses, I your father-in-law Jethro have come to you, and your 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 the LORD had done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing in which they dealt proudly, he was above them. 12 And Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’s father-in-law before God.

Jethro Advises Moses
(Deuteronomy 1:9–18)

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 to the evening. 14 And when Moses’s father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that you doest to the people? Why sittest you thyself alone, and all the people stand by you from morning to evening? 15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God: 16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

17 And Moses’s father-in-law said to him, The thing that you doest is not good. 18 You wilt surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you: for this thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now to my voice, I will give you counsel, and God will be with you: Be you for the people toward God, that you may bring the causes to God: 20 And you will teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover, you will 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 will be, that every great matter they will bring to you, but every small matter they will judge: So will it be easier for thyself, and they will bear the burden with you. 23 If you will do this thing, and God command you so, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their place in peace.

24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought to 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.

Exodus 19

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Israel at Mount Sinai

1 In the third month, when the children of Israel had gone forth from the land of Egypt, the same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mount. 3 And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, Thus you will say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 4 You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice Truly, and keep my covenant, then you will be a peculiar treasure to me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And you will be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you will speak to the children of Israel.

7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. 8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD has spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people to the LORD. 9 And the LORD said to Moses, Lo, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.

10 And the LORD said to Moses, Go to 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 on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And you will set bounds to the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you go not up upon the mount, or touch the border of it: whoever toucheth the mount will be surely put to death: 13 There will not a hand touch it, but he will surely be stoned or shot through: whether it be beast or man, it will not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they will come up to the mount. 14 And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

The LORD Visits Sinai

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 were 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 in a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount trembled greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. 20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. 21 And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also who come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. 23 And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for you chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 24 And the LORD said to him, Away, go down, and you will come up, you, and Aaron with you: But let not the priests and the people break through, to come up to the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Moses went down to the people, and spoke to them.

Exodus 20

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The Ten Commandments
(Deuteronomy 5:6–21)

1 And God spoke all these words, saying,

2 I am the LORD your God, who have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 You shalt have no other gods before me.

4 You are not to make to you 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 You are not to bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

7 You are not to take the name of the LORD your God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 9 Six days you will labor, and do all your work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you are not to do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it.

12 Honor your father and your mother; that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God giveth you.

13 You are not to kill.

14 You are not to commit adultery.

15 You are not to steal.

16 You are not to bear false witness against your neighbor.

17 You are not to covet your neighbor’s house, you are not to covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbor’s.

Moses Comforts the People
(Deuteronomy 5:22–33; Hebrews 12:18–29)

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 to Moses, Speak you with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said to the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

Idolatry Forbidden
(1 Corinthians 10:14–22)

22 And the LORD said to Moses, Thus you will say to the children of Israel; You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 You are not to make with me gods of silver, neither will you make to you gods of gold.

24 An altar of earth you will make to me, and shalt sacrifice thereon your burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to you, and I will bless you. 25 And if you wilt make me an altar of stone, you are not to build it of hewn stone: for if you will lift up your tool upon it, you have polluted it. 26 Neither you will go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Exodus 21

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Hebrew Servants
(Deuteronomy 15:12–18)

1 Now these are the judgments which you will set before them.

2 If you will buy a Hebrew servant, six years he will serve: and in the seventh he will depart free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he will depart by himself: if he was married, then his wife will depart with him. 4 If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters; the wife and her children will be her master’s, and he will depart by himself. 5 And if the servant will plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not depart free: 6 Then his master will bring him to the judges; he will also bring him to the door, or to the door-post: and his master will bore his ear through with an awl; and he will serve him for ever.

7 And if a man will sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she will not depart as the men-servants do. 8 If she will not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then will he let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he will have no power, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he has betrothed her to his son, he will deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 If he will take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage will he not diminish. 11 And if he will not perform these three to her, then will she depart free without money.

Personal Injury Laws

12 He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, will be surely put to death. 13 And if a man will not lie in wait, but God will deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint you a place whither he will flee. 14 But if a man will come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; you will take him from my altar, that he may die.

15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, will be surely put to death.

16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he will be found in his hand, he will surely be put to death.

17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, will surely be put to death.

18 And if men contend together, and one will smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he will not die, but keep his bed: 19 If he will rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then will he that smote him be quit: only he will pay for the loss of his time, and will cause him to be thoroughly healed.

20 And if a man will smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he will die under his hand; he will be surely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he will continue a day or two, he will not be punished; for he is his money.

22 If men will contend, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit will depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he will be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he will pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief will follow, then you will 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 will smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it will perish; he will let him go free for his eye’s sake. 27 And if he will smite out his man-servant’s tooth, or his maid-servant’s tooth; he will let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

28 If an ox will gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox will be surely stoned, and his flesh will not be eaten; but the owner of the ox will be quit. 29 But if the ox was accustomed to push with his horn in time past, and it has been testified to his owner, and he has not restrained him, but that he has killed a man or a woman; the ox will be stoned, and his owner also will be put to death. 30 If there will be laid on him a sum of money, then he will give for the ransom of his life whatever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he has gored a son, or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment will it be done to him. 32 If the ox will push a man-servant, or maid-servant; he will give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox will be stoned.

33 And if a man will open a pit, or if a man will dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass will fall into it; 34 The owner of the pit will make compensation, and give money to the owner of them; and the dead beast will be his.

35 And if one man’s ox will hurt another’s that he will die, then they will sell the live ox, and divide the money of it, and the dead ox also they will divide. 36 Or if it will be known that the ox has used to push in time past, and his owner has not restrained him; he will surely pay ox for ox, and the dead will be his own.

Exodus 22

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Property Laws

1 If a man will steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he will restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

2 If a thief will be found breaking through, and be smitten that he die, there will no blood be shed for him. 3 If the sun will have risen upon him, there will be blood shed for him: for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he will be sold for his theft. 4 If the theft will be certainly found in his hand alive, whether an ox, or ass, or sheep; he will restore double.

5 If a man will cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and will put in his beast, and will feed in another man’s field: of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard will he make restitution.

6 If fire will break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field will be consumed; he that kindled the fire will surely make restitution.

7 If a man will deliver to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief will be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief will not be found, then the master of the house will be brought to the judges, to see whether he has put his hand to his neighbor’s goods. 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his: the cause of both parties will come before the judges; and he whom the judges will condemn, will pay double to his neighbor.

10 If a man will deliver to his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast to keep; and it will die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: 11 Then will an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he has not put his hand to his neighbor’s goods; and the owner of it will accept of it, and he will not make restitution. 12 And if it will be stolen from him, he will make restitution to the owner of it. 13 If it will be torn in pieces; then let him bring it for witness, and he will not make good that which was torn.

14 And if a man will borrow aught of his neighbor, and it will be hurt, or die, the owner of it being not with it, he will surely make it good. 15 But if the owner of it will be with it, he will not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for his hire.

Laws of Social Responsibility

16 And if a man will entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he will surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father will utterly refuse to give her to him, he will pay money according to the dower of virgins.

18 You are not to suffer a witch to live.

19 Whoever lieth with a beast will surely be put to death.

20 He that sacrificeth to any god, save to the LORD only, he will be utterly destroyed.

21 You shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 You are not to afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23 If you will afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry: 24 And my wrath will wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives will be widows, and your children fatherless.

25 If you will lend money to any of my people that is poor by you, you are not to be to him as a usurer, neither you will lay upon him usury. 26 If you will at all take your neighbor’s raiment to pledge, you will deliver it to him by the setting of the sun. 27 For that is his only covering, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein will he sleep? and it will come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear; for I am cheerful.

28 You are not to revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of your people.

29 You are not to delay to offer the first of your ripe fruits, and of your liquors: the first-born of your sons you will give to me. 30 Likewise you will do with your oxen, and with your sheep: seven days it will be with his dam; on the eighth day you will give it to me.

31 And you will be holy men to me: neither will you eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; you will cast it to the dogs.

Exodus 23

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Justice and Mercy

1 You are not to raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 You are not to follow a multitude to do evil; neither you will speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither you will countenance a poor man in his cause.

4 If you will meet your enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, you will surely bring it back to him again. 5 If you will see the ass of him that hateth you lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, you will surely help with him.

6 You are not to wrest the judgment of your poor in his cause. 7 Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked.

8 And you will take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

9 Also you are not to oppress a stranger; for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Sabbath Laws
(Leviticus 25:1–7; Deuteronomy 15:1–6)

10 And six years you will sow your land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11 But the seventh year you will let it rest and lie still; that the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave, the beasts of the field will eat. In like manner you will deal with your vineyard, and with your olive-yard.

12 Six days you will do your work, and on the seventh day you will rest: that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. 13 And in all things that I have said to you be circumspect: and make no mention of the names of other gods, neither let it be heard from your mouth.

The Three Feasts of Pilgrimage
(Leviticus 23:1–3)

14 Three times you will keep a feast to me in the year. 15 You shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (you will eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it you camest out from Egypt: and none will appear before me empty:) 16 And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of your labors, which you have sown in the field: and the feast of in-gathering, which is in the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors out of the field. 17 Three times in the year all your males will appear before the Lord GOD.

18 You are not to offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither will the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

19 The first of the first-fruits of your land you will bring into the house of the LORD your God. You are not to seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

God’s Angel to Lead
(Deuteronomy 7:12–26)

20 Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 22 But if you will Truly obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. 23 For my Angel will go before you, and bring you in to the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. 24 You are not to bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but you will utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. 25 And you will serve the LORD your God, and he will bless your bread, and your water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of you. 26 There will nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in your land: I will complete the number of your days. 27 I will send my fear before you, and will destroy all the people to whom you will come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 28 And I will send hornets before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you. 29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year; lest the land should become desolate, and the beast of the field should multiply against you. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before you, until you will be increased and inherit the land. 31 And I will set your bounds from the Red sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and you will drive them out before you. 32 You shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They will not dwell in your land, lest they make you to sin against me: for if you will serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.

Exodus 24

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The Covenant Sealed

1 And he said to Moses, Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship you afar off. 2 And Moses alone will come near the LORD: but they will not come nigh; neither will the people go up with him.

3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD has said will we perform. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen to the LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold, the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.

9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the body of heaven in its clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and ate and drank.

Moses on the Mountain

12 And the LORD said to Moses, Come up to me on the mount, and be there: and I will give you tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that you mayst teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up upon the mount of God. 14 And he said to the elders, Tarry you here for us, until we come again to you: and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man has any matters to do, let him come to them. 15 And Moses went up upon the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses from the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mount: and Moses was on the mount forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 25

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Offerings for the Tabernacle
(Exodus 35:4–9)

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart you will take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which you will take of them; gold, and silver and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair. 5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood. 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breast-plate. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I show you after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its instruments, even so will you make it.

The Ark of the Covenant
(Exodus 37:1–5)

10 And they will make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half will be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its hight. 11 And you will overlay it with pure gold, within and without you will overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold around it. 12 And you will cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; and two rings will be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And you will make staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And you will put the staffs into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15 The staffs will be in the rings of the ark: they will not be taken from it. 16 And you will put into the ark the testimony which I will give you.

The Mercy Seat
(Exodus 37:6–9)

17 And you will make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half will be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. 18 And you will make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work you will make them, in the two ends of the mercy-seat. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy-seat will you make the cherubim on its two ends. 20 And the cherubim will stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces will look one to another; towards the mercy-seat will the faces of the cherubim be. 21 And you will put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark you will put the testimony that I will give you. 22 And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

The Table of Showbread
(Exodus 37:10–16; Leviticus 24:5–9)

23 You shalt also make a table of shittim wood: its length will be two cubits, and its breadth a cubit, and its hight a cubit and a half. 24 And you will overlay it with pure gold, and make to it a crown of gold around it. 25 And you will make to it a border of an hand-breadth around it, and you will make a golden crown to its border around it. 26 And you will make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet. 27 Over against the border will the rings be for places of the staffs to bear the table. 28 And you will make the staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And you will make its dishes, and its spoons, and its covers, and its bowls, to cover it with: of pure gold you will make them. 30 And you will set upon the table show-bread before me always.

The Lampstand
(Exodus 37:17–24; Numbers 8:1–4)

31 And you will make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work will the candlestick be made: its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, will be of the same. 32 And six branches will extend from the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick from the one side, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side: 33 Three bowls made like to almonds, with a knob and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that project from the candlestick. 34 And in the candlesticks will be four bowls made like to almonds, with their knobs and their flowers. 35 And there will be a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that project from the candlestick. 36 Their knobs and their branches will be of the same: all of it will be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And you will make its seven lamps: and they will light its lamps, that they may give light over against it. 38 And its tongs, and its snuff-dishes, will be of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold will he make it, with all these vessels. 40 And look that you make them after their pattern, which was shown you on the mount.

Exodus 26

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The Ten Curtains for the Tabernacle
(Exodus 36:8–13)

1 Moreover, you will make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of curious work you will make them. 2 The length of one curtain will be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and everyone of the curtains will have one measure. 3 The five curtains will be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains will be coupled one to another. 4 And you will make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise you will make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 5 Fifty loops you will make in the one curtain, and fifty loops you will make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. 6 And you will make fifty buttons of gold, and couple the curtains together with the buttons: and it will be one tabernacle.

The Eleven Curtains of Goat Hair
(Exodus 36:14–19)

7 And you will make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains you will make. 8 The length of one curtain will be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains will be all of one measure. 9 And you will couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the front of the tabernacle. 10 And you will make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

11 And you will make fifty buttons of brass, and put the buttons into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, will hang over the backside of the tabernacle. 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, will hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 14 And you will make a covering for the tent, of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.

The Frames and Bases
(Exodus 36:20–34)

15 And you will make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. 16 Ten cubits will be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half will be the breadth of one board. 17 Two tenons will there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus you will make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18 And you will make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. 19 And you will make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there will be twenty boards: 21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward you will make six boards. 23 And two boards you will make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 24 And they will be coupled together beneath, and they will be coupled together above the head of it to one ring: thus will it be for them both; they will be for the two corners. 25 And they will be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

26 And you will make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards will reach from end to end. 29 And you will overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars; and you will overlay the bars with gold. 30 And you will rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shown you on the mount.

The Veil
(Exodus 36:35–36)

31 And you will make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of curious work: with cherubim will it be made. 32 And you will hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks will be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 33 And you will hang the vail under the buttons, that you mayst bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail will divide to you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And you will put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony, in the most holy place. 35 And you will set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle towards the south: and you will put the table on the north side.

The Curtain for the Entrance
(Exodus 36:37–38)

36 And you will make a hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle work. 37 And you will make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks will be of gold: and you will cast five sockets of brass for them.

Exodus 27

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The Bronze Altar
(Exodus 38:1–7)

1 And you will make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar will be foursquare: and its hight will be three cubits. 2 And you will make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: its horns will be of the same: and you will overlay it with brass. 3 And you will make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pans: all its vessels you will make of brass. 4 And you will make for it a grate of net-work of brass; and upon the net you will make four brazen rings in its four corners. 5 And you will put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And you will make staffs for the altar, staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staffs will be put into the rings, and the staffs will be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards you will make it: as it was shown you on the mount, so will they make it.

The Courtyard
(Exodus 38:9–20)

9 And you will make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there will be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of a hundred cubits long for one side: 10 And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets will be of brass: the hooks of the pillars and their fillets will be of silver. 11 And likewise for the north side in length there will be hangings of a hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass: the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side will be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward will be fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side of the gate will be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And on the other side will be hangings, fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 And for the gate of the court will be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle-work: and their pillars will be four, and their sockets four. 17 All the pillars around the court will be filleted with silver: their hooks will be of silver, and their sockets of brass. 18 The length of the court will be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the hight five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, will be of brass.

The Oil for the Lamps
(Leviticus 24:1–4)

20 And you will command the children of Israel, that they bring the pure olive-oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons will order it from evening to morning before the LORD: It will be a statute for ever to their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Exodus 28

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Garments for the Priests

1 And take you to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. 2 And you will make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. 3 And you will speak to all that are wise in heart, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office. 4 And these are the garments which they will make; a breast-plate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a miter, and a girdle; and they will make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office. 5 And they will take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

The Ephod
(Exodus 39:1–7)

6 And they will make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with curious work. 7 It will have the two shoulder-pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it will be joined together. 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, will be of the same, according to its work; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And you will take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel: 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you will engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: you will make them to be set in ouches of gold. 12 And you will put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial to the children of Israel: and Aaron will bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 And you will make ouches of gold; 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathed work you will make them, and fasten the wreathed chains to the ouches.

The Breastpiece
(Exodus 39:8–21)

15 And you will make the breast-plate of judgment with curious work; after the work of the ephod you will make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen you will make it. 16 Foursquare it will be, being doubled; a span will be its length, and a span will be its breadth. 17 And you will set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row will be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this will be the first row. 18 And the second row will be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they will be set in gold in their inclosings. 21 And the stones will be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; everyone with his name will they be according to the twelve tribes. 22 And you will make upon the breast-plate chains at the ends of wreathed work of pure gold. 23 And you will make upon the breast-plate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breast-plate. 24 And you will put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breast-plate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathed chains you will fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod before it. 26 And you will make two rings of gold, and you will put them upon the two ends of the breast-plate in its border, which is in the side of the ephod inward. 27 And two other rings of gold you will make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, towards the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 28 And they will bind the breast-plate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breast-plate be not loosed from the ephod. 29 And Aaron will bear the names of the children of Israel in the breast-plate of judgment upon his heart, when he entereth into the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. 30 And you will put in the breast-plate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they will be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron will bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

Additional Priestly Garments
(Exodus 39:22–31)

31 And you will make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 And there will be a hole in the top of it, in the midst of it: it will have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 And beneath, upon the hem of it you will make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about its hem; and bells of gold between them around it. 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe around it. 35 And it will be upon Aaron, to minister: and his sound will be heard when he goeth in to the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out; that he may not die.

36 And you will make a plate of pure gold, and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 37 And you will put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the miter; upon the front of the miter it will be. 38 And it will be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel will hallow in all their holy gifts; and it will be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

39 And you will embroider the coat of fine linen, and you will make the miter of fine linen, and you will make the girdle of needle-work.

40 And for Aaron’s sons you will make coats, and you will make for them girdles, and bonnets you will make for them, for glory and for beauty. 41 And you will put them upon Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him: and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. 42 And you will make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness: from the loins even to the thighs they will reach: 43 And they will be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they enter in to the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die. It will be a statute for ever to him, and to his seed after him.

Exodus 29

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Consecration of the Priests
(Leviticus 8:1–13)

1 And this is the thing that you will do to them to hallow them, to minister to me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil; of wheat flour you will make them. 3 And you will put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And Aaron and his sons you will bring to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. 5 And you will take the garments, and put upon Aaron, the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breast-plate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: 6 And you will put the miter upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the miter. 7 Then you will take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 8 And you will bring his sons, and put coats upon them. 9 And you will gird them with girdles (Aaron and his sons) and put the bonnets on them; and the priest’s office will be theirs for a perpetual statute: and you will consecrate Aaron and his sons.

The Order of the Sacrifices
(Leviticus 8:22–36)

10 And you will cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation; and Aaron and his sons will put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 11 And you will kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 12 And you will take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. 13 And you will take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. 14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung you will burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin-offering.

15 You shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons will put their hands upon the head of the ram. 16 And you will slay the ram, and you will take his blood, and sprinkle it around upon the altar. 17 And you will cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them to his pieces, and to his head. 18 And you will burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering to the LORD: it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

19 And you will take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons will put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then you will kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 21 And you will take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he will be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons garments with him.

22 Also you will take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration: 23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread, that is before the LORD. 24 And you will put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD. 25 And you will receive them from their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.

26 And you will take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD: and it will be your part. 27 And you will sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: 28 And it will be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever, from the children of Israel: for it is a heave-offering: and it will be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering to the LORD.

29 And the holy garments of Aaron will be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 30 And that son, that is priest in his stead, will put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.

Food for the Priests

31 And you will take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons will eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 33 And they will eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger will not eat of them, because they are holy. 34 And if aught of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, will remain until the morning, then you will burn the remainder with fire: it will not be eaten, because it is holy.

35 And thus you will do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded you: seven days you will consecrate them. 36 And you will offer every day a bullock for a sin-offering for atonement; and you will cleanse the altar, when you have made an atonement for it, and you will anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days you will make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it will be an altar most holy: whatever toucheth the altar will be holy.

The Daily Offerings
(Numbers 28:1–8)

38 Now this is that which you will offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year, day by day continually. 39 The one lamb you will offer in the morning; and the other lamb you will offer at evening. 40 And with the one lamb a tenth-portion of flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering. 41 And the other lamb you will offer at evening, and shalt do thereto according to the meat-offering of the morning, and according to the drink-offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to the LORD. 42 This will be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you to speak there to you. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle will be sanctified by my glory. 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.

God Will Dwell among the People

45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. 46 And they will know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.

Exodus 30

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The Altar of Incense
(Exodus 37:25–29)

1 And you will make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood you will make it. 2 A cubit will be its length, and a cubit its breadth; foursquare will it be; and two cubits will be its hight: its horns will be of the same. 3 And you will overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and you will make to it a crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings you will make to it under the crown of it, by its two corners, upon the two sides of it you will make it; and they will be for places for the staffs to bear it with. 5 And you will make the staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And you will put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7 And Aaron will burn upon it sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he will burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at evening, he will burn incense upon it; a perpetual incense before the LORD, throughout your generations. 9 You will offer no strange incense upon it, nor burnt-sacrifice, nor meat-offering; neither will you pour drink-offering upon it. 10 And Aaron will make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year, with the blood of the sin-offering of atonements: once in a year will he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy to the LORD.

The Census Offering
(2 Samuel 24:1–9; 1 Chronicles 21:1–6)

11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 12 When you takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then will they give every man a ransom for his soul to the LORD, when you numberest them: that there may be no plague among them, when you numberest them. 13 This they will give, everyone that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) a half shekel will be the offering of the LORD. 14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered from twenty years old and above, will give an offering to the LORD. 15 The rich will not give more, and the poor will not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering to the LORD to make an atonement for your souls. 16 And you will take the atonement-money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

The Bronze Basin
(Exodus 38:8)

17 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 18 You shalt also make a laver of brass, and its foot also of brass, to wash in: and you will put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and you will put water therein. 19 For Aaron and their sons will wash their hands and their feet thereat: 20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they will wash with water, that they die not: or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire to the LORD. 21 So they will wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it will be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

The Anointing Oil

22 Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 23 Take you also to you principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive-oil a hin: 25 And you will make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the are of the apothecary: it will be a holy anointing oil. 26 And you will anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its foot. 29 And you will sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever toucheth them will be holy. 30 And you will anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office. 31 And you will speak to the children of Israel, saying, This will be a holy anointing oil to me, throughout your generations. 32 Upon man’s flesh will it not be poured, neither will you make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it will be holy to you. 33 Whoever compoundeth any like it, or whoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, will even be cut off from his people.

The Incense

34 And the LORD said to Moses, Take to you sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each will there be a like weight: 35 And you will make it a perfume, a confection after the are of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: 36 And you will beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with you: it will be to you most holy: 37 And as for the perfume which you will make, you will not make to yourselves according to its composition: it will be to you holy for the LORD. 38 Whoever will make the like to that, to smell thereto, will even be cut off from his people.

Exodus 31

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Bezalel and Oholiab
(Exodus 35:30–35)

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom; that they may make all that I have commanded you: 7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is upon it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and its furniture, and the pure candlestick with all its furniture, and the altar of incense, 9 And the altar of burnt-offering, with all its furniture, and the laver and its foot, 10 And the clothes of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded you, will they do.

The Sign of the Sabbath
(Numbers 15:32–36)

12 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 13 Speak you also to the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths you will keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. 14 You will keep the sabbath therefore: for it is holy to you. Every one that profaneth it will surely be put to death: for whoever doeth any work therein, that soul will be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days may work be done, but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever doeth any work in the sabbath-day, he will surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel will keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.

Moses Receives the Tablets

18 And to Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, he gave two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

Exodus 32

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The Golden Calf
(Deuteronomy 9:7–29; Acts 7:39–43)

1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people assembled themselves to Aaron, and said to him, Arise, make us gods which will go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me. 3 And all the people broke off the golden ear-rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to the LORD. 6 And they rose early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings: and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

7 And the LORD said to Moses, Go, go down; for your people, which you broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8 They have turned aside quickly from the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, These are your gods, O Israel, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt. 9 And the LORD said to Moses, I have seen this people, and behold it is a stiff-necked people: 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation.

11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why your wrath wax hot against your people, which you have forth from the land of Egypt, with great power, and with mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians speak and say, For evil did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you sworest by thine own self, and saidst to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your seed, and they will inherit it for ever. 14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.

15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

19 And it came to pass as soon as he came nigh to the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’s anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables from his hands, and broke them beneath the mount. 20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

21 And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people to you, that you have brought so great a sin upon them? 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: you knowest the people that they are set on mischief. 23 For they said to me, Make us gods which will go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. 24 And I said to them, Whoever has any gold, let them break it off: So they gave it to me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked (for Aaron had made them naked to their shame, among their enemies:) 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’S side? let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi assembled themselves to him. 27 And he said to them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. 28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said to the people, You have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up to the LORD; it may be I will make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if you wilt, forgive their sin: and if not, blot me, I pray you, out of your book which you have written. 33 And the LORD said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. 34 Therefore now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you: Behold, my angel will go before you: Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them. 35 And the LORD afflicted the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.

Exodus 33

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The Command to Leave Sinai
(Deuteronomy 1:1–8)

1 And the LORD said to Moses, Depart and go up hence, you and the people which you have conducted from the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, to your seed will I give it: 2 And I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 3 To a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you; for you are a stiff-necked people: lest I consume you in the way.

4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man put on him his ornaments. 5 For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into the midst of you in a moment, and consume you: therefore now put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do to you. 6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, by the mount Horeb.

The Tent of Meeting

7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp far from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that everyone who sought the LORD, went out to the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. 8 And it came to pass when Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and stood every man at his tent-door, and looked after Moses, until he had gone into the tabernacle. 9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose and worshiped, every man in his tent-door. 11 And the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaketh to his friend. And he turned again into the camp; but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

The Promise of God’s Presence

12 And Moses said to the LORD, See, you sayest to me, Bring up this people: and you have not let me know whom you wilt send with me. Yet you have said, I know you by name, and you have also found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray you, if I have found grace in your sight, show me now your way, that I may know you, that I may find grace in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people. 14 And he said, My presence will attend you, and I will give you rest. 15 And he said to him, If your presence will not attend me, conduct us not hence. 16 For wherein will it be known here that I and your people have found grace in your sight? Is it not in that you goest with us? So will we be separated, I and your people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

17 And the LORD said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have spoken: for you have found grace in my sight, and I know you by name. 18 And he said, I beseech you, show me your glory. 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be cheerful to whom I will be cheerful, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 And he said, You canst not see my face: for there will no man see me, and live. 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and you will stand upon a rock: 22 And it will come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock: and will cover you with my hand while I pass by: 23 And I will take away my hand, and you will see my back parts: but my face will not be seen.

Exodus 34

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New Stone Tablets
(Deuteronomy 10:1–11)

1 And the LORD said to Moses, Hew you two tables of stone like the first; and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables which you didst break. 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount. 3 And no man will come up with you, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount: neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 4 And he hewed two tables of stone, like the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up to mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and cheerful, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, to the third and to the fourth generation. 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head towards the earth, and worshiped. 9 And he said, If now I have found grace in your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray you, go among us (for it is a stiff-necked people) and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.

The LORD Renews the Covenant
(2 Corinthians 3:7–18)

10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do wonders, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which you are, will see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with you.

11 Observe you that which I command you this day: Behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take heed to thyself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither you goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you: 13 But you will destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. 14 For you will worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go astray after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one call you, and you eat of his sacrifice; 16 And you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters go astray after their gods, and make your sons go astray after their gods. 17 You shalt make you no molten gods.

18 The feast of unleavened bread you will keep. Seven days you will eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib you camest out of from Egypt.

19 Every first-born is mine: and every firstling among your cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20 But the firstling of an ass you will redeem with a lamb: and if you are not to redeem him, then you will break his neck. All the first-born of your sons you will redeem. And none will appear before me empty.

21 Six days you will work, but on the seventh day you will rest: in time of plowing and in harvest you will rest. 22 And you will observe the feast of weeks, of the first-fruits of wheat-harvest, and the feast of in-gathering at the year’s end. 23 Thrice in the year will all your male children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. 24 For I will drive out the nations before you, and enlarge your borders: neither will any man desire your land, when you will go up to appear before the LORD your God, thrice in the year.

25 You are not to offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, neither will the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left until the morning.

26 The first of the first-fruits of your land you will bring to the house of the LORD your God. You are not to seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

27 And the LORD said to Moses, Write you these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you, and with Israel. 28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water: and he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

29 And it came to pass when Moses came down from mount Sinai (with the two tables of testimony in Moses’s hand, when he came down from the mount) that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone, while he talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And until Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out and spoke to the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’s face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

Exodus 35

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The Sabbath

1 And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, These are the words which the LORD has commanded, that you should do them.

2 Six days will work be done; but on the seventh day there will be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever doth work therein will be put to death. 3 You will kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath-day.

Offerings for the Tabernacle
(Exodus 25:1–9)

4 And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, 5 Take you from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, 7 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood, 8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breast-plate.

The Skilled Craftsmen

10 And every wise-hearted among you will come, and make all that the LORD has commanded; 11 The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its buttons, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets, 12 The ark, and its staffs, with the mercy-seat, and the vail of the covering, 13 The table, and its staffs, and all its vessels, and the show-bread, 14 The candlestick also for the light, and its furniture, and its lamps, with the oil for the light, 15 And the incense-altar, and its staffs, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle, 16 The altar of burnt-offering, with its brazen grate, its staffs, and all its vessels, the laver and its foot, 17 The hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, 19 The clothes of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.

The People Offer Gifts

20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they came, everyone whose heart excited him, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought bracelets, and ear-rings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold; and every man that offered, offered an offering of gold to the LORD. 23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them. 24 Every one that offered an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’S offering: and every man with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25 And all the women that were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart moved them in wisdom spun goats’ hair. 27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breast-plate; 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering to the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.

Bezalel and Oholiab
(Exodus 31:1–11)

30 And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, the LORD has called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31 And he has filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; 32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of curious work. 34 And he has put in his heart that he may teach, both he and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them has he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the skillful workmen, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise curious work.

Exodus 36

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The People Bring More than Enough

1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding, to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.

2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart excited him to come to the work to do it: 3 And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it. And they brought yet to him free-offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made. 5 And they spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. 6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

The Ten Curtains for the Tabernacle
(Exodus 26:1–6)

8 And every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: he made them with cherubim of curious work. 9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. 10 And he coupled the five curtains one to another: and the other five curtains he coupled one to another. 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the extremity of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 12 Fifty loops he made in one curtain, and fifty loops he made in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another. 13 And he made fifty buttons of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the buttons. So it became one tabernacle.

The Eleven Curtains of Goat Hair
(Exodus 26:7–14)

14 And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. 15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. 16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 17 And he made fifty loops upon the outermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. 18 And he made fifty buttons of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.

The Frames and Bases
(Exodus 26:15–30)

20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. 21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another; thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward: 24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. 25 And for the other side of the tabernacle which is towards the north corner, he made twenty boards. 26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. 28 And two boards he made for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. 30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.

31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

The Veil
(Exodus 26:31–35)

35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim he made it of curious work. 36 And he made to it four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

The Curtain for the Entrance
(Exodus 26:36–37)

37 And he made a hanging for the tabernacle-door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needle-work; 38 And the five pillars of it, with their hooks: and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.

Exodus 37

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Constructing the Ark
(Exodus 25:10–16)

1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the hight of it: 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. 4 And he made staffs of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the staffs into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

The Mercy Seat
(Exodus 25:17–22)

6 And he made the mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and one cubit and a half the breadth of it. 7 And he made two cherubim of gold, beaten out of one piece he made them, on the two ends of the mercy-seat; 8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy-seat made he the cherubim on the two ends of it. 9 And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy-seat, with their faces one to another; even towards the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.

The Table of Showbread
(Exodus 25:23–30; Leviticus 24:5–9)

10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its hight: 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made to it a crown of gold round about. 12 Also he made to it a border of a hand-breadth round about; and made a crown of gold for its border round about. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in its four feet. 14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staffs, to bear the table. 15 And he made the staffs of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. 16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, its dishes, and its spoons, and its bowls, and its covers to cover with, of pure gold.

The Lampstand
(Exodus 25:31–40; Numbers 8:1–4)

17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work he made the candlestick; its shaft, and its branch, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers were of the same: 18 And six branches proceeding from its sides; three branches of the candlestick from the one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side of it. 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knob and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knob and a flower: so throughout the six branches proceeding from the candlestick. 20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers: 21 And a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, according to the six branches proceeding from it. 22 Their knobs and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold. 24 Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its vessels.

The Altar of Incense
(Exodus 30:1–10)

25 And he made the incense-altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the hight of it; the horns of it were of the same. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and its sides round about, and its horns: also he made to it a crown of gold round about. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under its crown, by the two corners of it, upon its two sides, to be places for the staffs to bear it with. 28 And he made the staffs of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

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The Bronze Altar
(Exodus 27:1–8)

1 And he made the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length of it, and five cubits the breadth of it; it was foursquare; and its hight was three cubits. 2 And he made its horns on the four corners of it; its horns were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and the flesh-hooks, and the fire-pans: all the vessels of it he made of brass. 4 And he made for the altar a brazen grate of net-work under the compass of it beneath to the midst of it. 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staffs. 6 And he made the staffs of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. 7 And he put the staffs into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with; he made the altar hollow with boards.

The Bronze Basin
(Exodus 30:17–21)

8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the looking-glasses of the women assembling, who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

The Courtyard
(Exodus 27:9–19)

9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits: 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, were of silver. 11 And for the north side, the hangings were a hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty: the hooks of the pillars, and their filets, of silver. 12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And for the other side of the court-gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. 17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needle-work, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the hight in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. 19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver. 20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

An Inventory of Materials
(Ezra 2:68–70; Nehemiah 7:70–73)

21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; a hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and filleted them. 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. 30 And with this he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, 31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

Exodus 39

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The Ephod
(Exodus 28:6–14)

1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made clothes of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.

2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3 And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with curious work. 4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. 5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.

6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

The Breastpiece
(Exodus 28:15–30)

8 And he made the breast-plate of curious work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 It was foursquare; they made the breast-plate double: a span was the length of it, and a span the breadth of it, being doubled. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. 11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. 14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, everyone with his name, according to the twelve tribes. 15 And they made upon the breast-plate chains at the ends, of wreathed work of pure gold. 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings in the two ends of the breast-plate. 17 And they put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breast-plate. 18 And the two ends of the two wreathed chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, before it. 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breast-plate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward. 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, towards the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod: 21 And they bound the breast-plate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breast-plate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Additional Priestly Garments
(Exodus 28:31–43)

22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 23 And there was a hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band around the hole, that it should not rend. 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, around between the pomegranates; 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

27 And they made coats of fine linen, of woven work, for Aaron and for his sons, 28 And a miter of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needle-work; as the LORD commanded Moses.

30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 31 And they tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the miter; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Moses Approves the Work

32 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. 33 And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent, and all its furniture, its buttons, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, 34 And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering, 35 The ark of the testimony, and its staffs, and the mercy-seat, 36 The table, and all its vessels, and the show-bread, 37 The pure candlestick, with its lamps, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all its vessels, and the oil for light, 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle-door, 39 The brazen altar, and its grate of brass, its staffs, and all its vessels, the laver and its foot, 40 The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the hanging for the court-gate, its cords, and its pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, 41 The clothes of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest’s office. 42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. 43 And Moses looked upon all the work, and behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

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Setting Up the Tabernacle
(Acts 7:44–47; Hebrews 9:1–10)

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 On the first day of the first month you will set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 3 And you will put in it the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. 4 And you will bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and you will bring in the candlestick, and light its lamps. 5 And you will set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And you will set the altar of the, burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 7 And you will set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water in it. 8 And you will set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court-gate. 9 And you will take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shalt hallow it, and all its vessels: and it will be holy. 10 And you will anoint the altar of the burnt-offering and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it will be an altar most holy. 11 And you will anoint the laver and its foot, and sanctify it. 12 And you will bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. 13 And you will put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister to me in the priest’s office. 14 And you will bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: 15 And you will anoint them, as you didst anoint their father, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office: for their anointing will surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. 16 Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.

17 And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and reared up its pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. 20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staffs on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark: 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. 22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. 24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. 26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation, before the vail: 27 And he burnt sweet incense on it; as the LORD commanded Moses. 28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the altar of burnt-offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt-offering, and the meat-offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. 30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash with. 31 And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and their feet thereat: 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near to the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses. 33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court-gate: so Moses finished the work.

The Cloud and the Glory
(Numbers 9:15–23)

34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not until the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.