THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES CALLED

Exodus

Chapter 1

	Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came to 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 came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls, as 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 waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8.	Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn't know Joseph.
9.	And he said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
10.	Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it comes to pass that when there is any war, they may join our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land."
11.	Therefore they set taskmasters over them 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 rigour.
14.	They made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service, wherein they made them serve, was rigorous.
15.	And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16.	And he said, "When you do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then you shall kill him, but if it it a daughter, then she shall live."
17.	But the midwives feared God, and did not do 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?"
19.	And the midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively, and are delivered before the midwives come to them."
20.	Therefore God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied, and grew very strong.
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 shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."

Chapter 2

There went a man of the house of Levi, and married a daughter of Levi.
And the woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a good child, she hid him for three months.
And when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child in it, and she laid it in the ruhes by the river s edge.
And his sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river, and her maidens walked along by the riverside. When she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
And when she opened it, she saw the child and saw the babe weeping. She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews children."
Then his sister said to Pharaoh s daughter, "Shall I go and call a nurse of the Hebrew, so that she may nurse the child for you?"
And Pharaoh s daughter said to her, "Go." And the maid went and called the child s mother.
And Pharaoh s daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will pay you." And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren, and looked on their burdens. He spied an Egyptian hitting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
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.
And when he went out the second day, two men of the Hebrews strove together, and he said to him that did the wrong, "Why do you hit this fellow?"
And he said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" And Moses feared, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
Now when Pharaoh heard this, 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.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father s flock.
And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
And when they came to Reuel, their father, he said, "How is it that you have come so soon today?"
And they said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and drew enough water for us, too, and watered the flock."
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."
And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah.
And she bore him a son, and he named him Gershom: for he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land."
And it came to pass in the 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 came up to God because of the bondage.
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect for them.

Chapter 3

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. And he looked, and saw the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
And Moses said, "I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt!"
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 I am."
And he said, Don't draw near here. Take off your shoes, for the place where you stand is holy ground."
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.
And the LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large one, to a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Now therefore, see, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression the Egyptians oppress them with.
Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."
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?"
And he said, "Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a token to you, that I have sent you. When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain."
And Moses said to God, "Look, when I come to the children of Israel, shall say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you' they shall say to me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?"
God said to Moses, "I AM THAT I AM." And he said, "This shall you say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you'." a name="3:15">
And God said moreover to Moses, "This is what you shall 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 forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, 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',
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.'
And they shall hearken to your voice. You shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, 'The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us go, we beseech you, three days journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God'."
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof. After that, he will let you go.
And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, and it shall come to pass that when you go, you shall not go empty.
Every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that stay in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters, and you shall loot the Egyptians."

Chapter 4

And Moses answered and said, "But, look, they won't believe me, nor hearken to my voice. For they will say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you'."
And the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he said, "A rod."
And he said, "Cast it on the ground." And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.
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.
"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."
And furthermore, the LORD said to him, "Now put your hand into your bosom." And he put his hand into his bosom. When he took it out, he saw that his hand was leprous as snow.
And he said, "Put your hand into your bosom again." And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, saw it was turned again as his other flesh.
"And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, nor hearken to your voice, that you shall take water from the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land."
And Moses said to the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to Your servant. I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
And the LORD said to him, "Who has made man s mouth? Or who makes the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say."
And he said, "O my Lord, send, I pray you, by the hand of him whom you will send."
And the LORD's anger was kindled against Moses, and he said, "Is Aaron the Levite not your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, look, he will come forth to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
And you shall 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 shall do.
And he shall be your spokesman to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be to him in God's place.
And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs."
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 which are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return to Egypt, for all the men are dead who sought your life."
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on asses, and returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
And the LORD said to Moses, "When you go to return into Egypt, see that you do all those wonders which I have put in your hand before Pharaoh, but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
And you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn.'
And I say to you, 'Let my son go, that he may serve me. If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn'."
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met Moses, and sought to kill him.
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 you are to me."
So he let him go. Then she said, "You are a bloody husband because of the circumcision."
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.
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel,
And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
And the people believed. 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 worshipped.

Chapter 5

And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, "The LORD God of Israel said, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness'."
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."
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."
And the king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, give the people a break from their works? Get to your burdens.
And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens."
And Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers the same day, saying,
"You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
And the quota of the bricks, which they made until now, you shall lay upon them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are lazy; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God'.
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour there; and don't let them believe empty words."
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, "Pharaoh says I will not give you straw.
Go and get straw where you can find it, but none of your work shall be diminished."
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, "Finish your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw."
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why have you not fulfilled your tasks in making brick, both yesterday and to day, as before?"
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?
There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, 'Make brick', and, your servants are beaten. But the fault is in your own people."
But he said, "You're lazy, so you say, 'Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.'
"Therefore go and work now; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall you deliver the quota of bricks."
And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in an evil situation, after it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your quota of bricks per day."
And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
And they said to them, "The LORD looks upon you, and judges; because you have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us."
And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, "Lord, why have you so evilly entreated this people? Why is it that you have sent me?
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people. You have not delivered your people at all.

Chapter 6

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he shall let them go, and with a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."
And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am the LORD,
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.
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, where they were strangers.
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
So I say to the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments.
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God, and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning that which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the LORD."
And Moses told the children of Israel, but they did not hearken to Moses, for anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
"Go in, tell Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to let the children of Israel go out of his land."
And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "Look, the children of Israel have not listened to me; how, then, shall Pharaoh hear me, since I don't speak well?"
And the LORD spoke to Moses and 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.
These aee the heads of their fathers houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben.
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.
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty three years.
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
And Amram took him Jochebed his father s sister as his wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty seven years.
And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
And Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, and she bore him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
And Eleazar Aaron s son took one of the daughters of Putiel to marry; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
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."
These are they who spoke to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are of Moses and Aaron.
And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
That the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "I am the LORD: speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt everything that I say to you."
And Moses said before the LORD, "Look, I am don't speak well. How shall Pharaoh listen to me?"

Chapter 7

And the LORD said to Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
You shall say all that I command you, and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he will send the children of Israel out of his land.
And I will harden Pharaoh s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them.
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
"When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, 'Show a miracle for you,' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent'."
And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did as the LORD had commanded, and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers, now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in the same manner with their enchantments.
For every man cast down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron s rod swallowed up their rods.
And he hardened Pharaoh s heart, that he didn't hearken to them; as the LORD had said.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh s heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go.
Get to Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river s brink against his coming; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.
And you shall 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, until this time you wouldn't hear.
Thus says the LORD, In this you shall know that I am the LORD. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink. The Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river'."
And the LORD said 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'."
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded. He lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants, and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
And the fish that were in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments, and Pharaoh s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house; neither did he set his heart to this also.
And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink the water of the river.
And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.

Chapter 8

And the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'The LORD says, Let my people go, that they may serve me'.
And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will strike all your borders with frogs.
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and upon your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs.
And the frogs shall come up both on you, and upon your people, and upon all your servants."
And the LORD said 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 upon the land of Egypt'."
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Beg 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."
And Moses said to Pharaoh, "Glory over me! When shall I beg 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?"
And he said, "Tomorrow." And he said, Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is none like the LORD, our God.
And the frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people; they shall remain in the river only."
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. Moses cried out to the LORD, because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
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.
And they gathered them together upon heaps, and the land stunk.
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and didn't hearken to them; as the LORD had said.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod, and hit the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt'."
And they did so; 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.
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. So there were lice upon man, and upon beasts.
Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." and Pharaoh s heart was hardened, and he didn't hearken to them; as the LORD had said.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; when he comes forth to the water, say to him, 'This says the LORD, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me'.
Else, if you will 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. The houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground where they are.
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
And I will put a division between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall be."
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.
And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the land."
And Moses said, "It is not right to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God. look, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
We will go three days journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us."
And Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Beg for me."
And Moses said, "See, I will go out from you, and I will ask the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow, but don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD."
And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and begged the LORD.
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.
And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.

Chapter 9

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "The LORD God of the Hebrews says 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.
For if you refuse to let them go, and will still hold them,
Behold, the hand of the LORD is on your cattle which are in the field, on the horses, on the asses, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep. There shall be a very grievous animal epidemic.
And the LORD shall separate between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt, and there nothing shall die of all that is the children s of Israel'.
And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, 'Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land'."
And the LORD did that thing the next day, and all the cattle of Egypt died, but of the cattle of the children of Israel not one died.
And Pharaoh beheld that 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.
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of ashes from the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with sores and swelling upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt."
And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh. Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven, and it became a boil breaking forth with swollen sores upon man, and upon beast.
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't hearken to them; as the LORD had said to Moses.
And the LORD told Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, 'The LORD God of the Hebrews said 'Let my people go, that they may serve me'.
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.
For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite you and your people with pestilence, and you shall be cut off from the earth.
And indeed for this cause have I raised you up, for to show in you my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
As you yet exalt yourself against my people, that you will not let them go?
Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof, even until now.
Therefore, now gather your cattle, and all that you have in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die."
He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses,
And he that didn't regarded the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward 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."
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward 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.
So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
And throughout all the land of Egypt the hail smote 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.
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
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.
Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."
And Moses said to him, "As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know how that the earth is the LORD s.
But as for you and your servants, I know that you will not yet fear the LORD God.
And the flax and the barley was smitten. The barley was in the ear, and the flax was seedy.
But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were not grown up.
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD. The thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

Chapter 10

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.
And that you may tell your son and grandson, 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."
And Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring the locusts into your coast,
And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the ground, and they shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.
And they shall 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 unto this day'." And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh s servants said to him, "How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"
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 shall go?"
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."
And he answered, "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.
Not so. Go now, you that are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what you desired." And they were driven out from Pharaoh s presence.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt so the locusts may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left."
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.
And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt. They were very grievous; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
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 in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
Now therefore please forgive my sin only this once, and beg the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
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 coasts of Egypt.
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt."
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
They couldn't see one another, neither did any rise from his place for three days, but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
And Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed; let your little ones also go with you."
And Moses said, "You must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not be a hoof left behind, for this we must take to serve the LORD our God; and we don't know with what we must serve the LORD, until we go there."
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh s heart, and he would not let them go.
And Pharaoh said to him, Get away from me, take heed to yourself, see my face no more; for in the day that you see my face, you shall die."
And Moses said, "You have spoken well, I will see your face again no more."

Chapter 11

And the LORD said to Moses, "I will bring yet one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go away. When he shall let you go, he shall therefore surely thrust you away altogether.
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold."
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh s servants, and in the sight of the people.
And Moses said, "Thus says the LORD, 'About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt,
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even to the firstborn of the maid that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was never any like it, nor shall be like it any more.
But against any of the children of Israel, a dog shall not move his tongue against man or beast: that you may know how that the LORD puts a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
And all these, your servants, shall come down to me, and bow themselves down to me, saying, Get out, and all the people that follow you', and after that I will go out." And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh shall not hearken to you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."
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 go out of his land.

Chapter 12

And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
"This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you.
Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'In the tenth day of this month they shall take a lamb to themselves, every man, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house.
And if the household is too little for the lamb, let him and his next door neighbour take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats,
And you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month, and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread, and with bitter herbs.
Don't eat any of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast it with fire; his head with his legs, and with the innards.
And you shall not let anything of it remain until the morning, and that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.
And thus shall you eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it quickly: it is the LORD s passover.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will kill all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
And the blood shall be for a token to you on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and you shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.
You shall you eat unleavened bread for seven days. Even on the first day you shall take leaven out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, only that may you do.
And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day in your generations by an ordinance forever.
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month in the evening.
For seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses. Whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or born in the land.
You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread'."
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.
And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not let the destroyer come in to your houses to kill you.
And you shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.
And it shall come to pass, when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, 'What do you mean by this service?'
That you shall 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 worshipped.
And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
And Pharaoh rose up 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.
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, and get away from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said.
Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also."
And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, "We will all be dead men."
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
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 clothing.
And the LORD gave the people favur in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent to them such things as they required. And they looted the Egyptians.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought from Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared any food for themselves.
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
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 went out from the land of Egypt.
It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the passover: no stranger shall eat there.
But every man s servant that is bought for money, when you hast circumcised him, then shall he eat there.
A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat there.
In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth anything of flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone there.
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
And when a stranger shall 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 shall be as one that is born in the land, for no uncircumcised person shall eat that.
One law shall be to him that is home-born, and to the stranger that sojourns among you.
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron.
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.

Chapter 13

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
"Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine."
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 his hand the LORD brought you out from this place. There, no leavened bread shall be eaten.
This day you came out in the month of Abib.
And it shall be when the LORD shall 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 shall keep this service in this month.
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there no leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall there be leaven seen with you in all your homes.
And you shall 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.'
And it shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD s law may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.
You shall therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it you,
That you shall set apart unto the LORD all the firstborn, and every firstborn that comes of an animal that you have; the males shall be the LORD s.
And every firstling of an ass you shall set free with a lamb; and if you cannot set it free, then you shall break its neck, and all the firstborn of man among your children shall you set free.
And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' that you shall say to him, 'By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would not let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the firstborn, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for a headband that hangs between your eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt'."
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God didn't lead them through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, unless maybe the people have regrets when they see war, and they return to Egypt.
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea. and the children of Israel went up ready for battle out of the land of Egypt.
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 shall carry up my bones away because of this, with you."
And they took their journey from Succoth, and made camp in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead the way. By night in a pillar of fire, to give them light to travel by day and night.
He didn't take away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Chapter 14

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
"Say to the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: You shall encamp before it by the sea.
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.'
And I will harden Pharaoh s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honored by Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD." And they did so.
And the king of Egypt was told that the people fled. 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?"
And he made his chariot ready, and took his people with him.
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel, and the children of Israel went out boldly.
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and saw that the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sorely afraid, and cried out to the LORD.
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 like this with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
Isn't this the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave 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."
And Moses said to the people, "Don't Fear, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you today, for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall see them again no more, forever.
The LORD shall fight for you, and you shall hold your peace."
And the LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.
But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it, and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the middle of the sea.
And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. And I will get my honor from Pharaoh, and from all his host, from his chariots, and his horsemen.
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten my honor from Pharaoh, from his chariots, and from his horsemen."
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them, and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them.
And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. It was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these, so that the one didn't come near the other all night.
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.
And the children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the middle of the sea, all Pharaoh s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drove them heavily. So that the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians."
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."
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
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.
But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea shore.
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.

Chapter 15

Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying, "I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.
The LORD is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father s God, and I will exalt him.
The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
Pharaoh s chariots and his host he has cast into the sea. His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
The depths have covered them. They sank to the bottom like a stone.
Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power. Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
And in the greatness of your excellency you have overthrown them that rose up against you. You sent your wrath forth, which consumed them as stubble.
And with the blast of your nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the loot; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'
You blew with your wind, the sea covered them. They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.
In your mercy you have led forth the people who you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength unto your holy habitation.
The people shall hear, and be afraid. Sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestine.
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of your arm they shall be as still as a stone; till your people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which you have purchased.
You shall 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.
The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
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 middle of the sea."
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tamborine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tamborines and with dances.
And Miriam answered them, "Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."
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.
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.
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
And said, "If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in his sight, and will 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 heals you."
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.

Chapter 16

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 departing out of the land of Egypt.
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
And the children of Israel said to them, "It would be better if we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily."
And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "In the evening you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt.
And in the morning, then you shall see the glory of the LORD; that he hears your murmurings against the LORD, and what are we, that you murmur against us?"
And Moses said, "This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full, for that the LORD hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD."
And Moses said to Aaron, "Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near before the LORD: for he has heard your murmurings'."
And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
"I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'In the evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God'."
And it came to pass, that evening the quails came up and covered the camp. In the morning the dew lay round about the host.
And when the dew that laid was evaporated, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "It is manna!" for they did mot know what it was. And Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, 'Gather of it, every man according to his eating, two quarts for every man, according to the number of your persons; take every man for those who are in his tents'."
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered; some more, some less.
And when they allotted three quarts, he that gathered much had nothing left over, and he that gathered a little didn't lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
And Moses said, "Let no one keep it until the morning."
Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to Moses; some of them saved some of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stunk, and Moses was furious with them.
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating. When the sun waxed hot, it melted.
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, six quarts for one man, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
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 today, and boil what you will boil, and that which remains, lay up for you to be kept until the morning'."
And they laid it up 'til morning, as Moses said, and it didn't stink, neither was there any worm in it.
And Moses said, "Eat that today; for today is a sabbath to the LORD. Today you shall not find it in the field.
Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none."
And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day to gather, and they found none.
And the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
See, for that the LORD has given you the sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Let every man abide in his own place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day."
So the people rested on the seventh day.
And the house of Israel called the name there "Manna", and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
And Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill two quarts of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread which I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt."
And Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot, and put two quarts of manna in it, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations."
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
And the children of Israel ate manna for forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
Now two quarts is the tenth part of an ephah.

Chapter 17

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 pitched in Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink.
Therefore the people chided Moses, and said, "Give us water that we may drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you chide me? Why do you tempt the LORD?"
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?"
And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, "What shall I do to these people? they are almost ready to stone me."
And the LORD said to Moses, "Go on before the people, and take of the elders of Israel with you; and your rod, which you smote the river with, take it in your hand, and go.
Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb; and you shall smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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?"
Then Amalek came, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
And Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek. Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until sundown.
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
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 put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
For he said, "Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."

Chapter 18

When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt,
he took Zipporah, Moses wife, after he had sent her back,
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."
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."
And Jethro, Moses father in law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he camped at the mount of God.
And he said to Moses, "I, your father in law Jethro, have come to you and your wife, and her two sons with her."
Moses went out to meet his father in law, and showed respect, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
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.
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.
And Jethro said, "Blessed is 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.
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, for in the thing where they dealt proudly, he was above them."
And Jethro took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses father in law before God.
And it came to pass on the next day that Moses sat to judge the people. The people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
And when Moses father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do to the people? why do you set yourself alone, and all the people stand by you from morning to evening?"
And Moses said to his father in law, "Because the people come unto me to inquire of God.
When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and the other, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws."
And Moses father in law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.
You will surely wear away, both you and these people that are with you, for this thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.
Hearken now to my voice, I will give you counsel, and God shall be with you. Be God's representative that you may bring their causes to God,
And you shall teach them ordinances and laws, and shall show them the way they must walk, and the work that they must do.
Moreover, you shall provide able men out of all the people, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such men over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens,
And let them judge the people at all seasons. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge, so shall it be easier for yourself, and they shall bear the burden with you.
If you do this thing, and God commands you to do so, then you shall be able to endure, and all these people shall also go to their place in peace."
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
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.
And they judged the people at all seasons. The hard causes they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

Chapter 19

In the third month, when the children of Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
For they had departed from Rephidim, and come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness. There Israel camped before the mountain.
And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, "This you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel,
'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles wings, and brought you to myself.
Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people: for all the earth is mine.
And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
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.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Lo, I will come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever." And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes,
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.
And you shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves, that you don't go up to the mountain, or touch the border of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.
There shall not be a hand that touches it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live. When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain'."
And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
And he said to the people, "Be ready against the third day. do not have sexual intercourse."
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there was thunder and lightning, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the bottom of the mountain.
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire. The smoke there ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.
And the LORD came down on mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. The LORD called Moses up to the top of the mountain; and Moses went up.
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.
And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them."
And Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for you charged us, saying, 'Set bounds about the mountain, and sanctify it'."
And the LORD said to him, "Away, get down, and you shall come up, you, and Aaron with you, but don't let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break forth upon them."
So Moses went down to the people, and spoke to them.

Chapter 20

And God spoke all these words, saying,
"I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make to me any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days shall you labour, and do all your work,
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates.
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: why the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gave you.
You shall not kill.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
You shall not covet your neighbour s house, you shall not covet your neighbour s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbour s."
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 moved away, and stood far off.
And they said to Moses, "Speak with us, and we will hear, but don't let God speak with us, lest we die.
And Moses said to the people, "Fear not: for God has come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you don't sin."
And the people stood far off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
And the LORD said to Moses, "This you shall say to the children of Israel, 'You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
You shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall you make gods of gold.
You shall make an altar of earth to me, and shall sacrifice your burnt offerings there, 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.
And if you will make an altar of stone for me, You shall not build it of hewn stone. For if you lift up your tool upon it, you have polluted it.
Neither shall you go up by steps unto my altar, that your nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Chapter 21

"Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them.
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he was married, then his wife shall go out with him.
If his master has given him a wife, and she has born him sons or daughters to him, the wife and her children shall be her master s, and he shall go out by himself.
And if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free,'
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
If she doesn't please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed; to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.
And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
If he takes another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage he shall not diminish.
And if he does not do these three things to her, then she shall go out free, witout payment.
He that punches a man, so that he dies, he shall surely be put to death.
And if a man doesn't lie in wait, but God delivers him to his hand, then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
But if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
And he that steals a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
And if men strive together, and one smites another with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but keeps his bed,
If he rises again, and walks abroad upon his staff, then he that smote him shall be quit, only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
And if a man smites his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
Notwithstanding, if he continues a day or two, he shall not be punished, for his servent is his money.
If men hurt a pregnant womans while fighting among themselves, and she miscarries, and yet no mischief follows, he shall be surely punished, according as the woman s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
And if any mischief follows, then you shall give life for life,
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
And if a man punches his servant's eye, or the eye of his maid, that it is blinded, he shall let him go free for his eye s sake.
And if he punches out his manservant s tooth, or his maidservant s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth s sake.
If an ox gores a man or a woman, that they die, then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall not be paid.
But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in times past, and that has been testified to his owner, and he has not kept him in, but that he has killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
If there is laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give whatever is laid upon him for the ransom of his life.
Whether he has gored a son, or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls in;
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
And if one man s ox hurts another s, that he dies; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
Or if it be known that the ox has used to push in time past, and his owner has not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

Chapter 22

"If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
If a thief is found breaking in, and be smitten that he dies, there shall no blood be shed for him.
If the sun has risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
If the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, he shall make restitution.
If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, is consumed, he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
If a man shall deliver to his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man s house; if the thief is found, let him pay double.
If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbour s goods.
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for an ox, for an ass, for a sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double to his neighbour.
If a man delivers an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to his neighbour to keep for him and it dies, or is hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it,
Then an oath of the LORD shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand unto his neighbour s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
And if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner.
If it is torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
And if a man borrows anything from his neighbour, and it is hurt, or dies, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make it good.
But if the owner thereof is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a hired thing, it came for his hire.
And if a man entices a maid that is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Whoever lies with a beast shall surely be put to death.
He that sacrifices to any god, save to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
You shall neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
You shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
If you lend money to any of my people that are poor, you shall not be to him as a banker, neither shall you lay upon him any interest.
If you take your neighbour s raiment to pledge at all, you shall deliver it to him by the time the sun goes down.
For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin. Where shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
You shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of your people.
You shall not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of your liquors. The firstborn of your sons shall thou give to me.
Likewise shall you do with your oxen, and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
And you shall be holy men to me. Neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; you shall cast it to the dogs.

Chapter 23

"You shall not raise a false report. Don't put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
Neither shall you frown at a poor man's cause.
If you meet your enemy s ox or his ass going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
If you see the ass of one who hates you lying under his burden, and would refrain from helping him, you shall surely help.
You shall not wrest the judgment of the poor in his cause.
Keep far from a false matter, so the innocent and righteous don't slay you, for I will not justify the wicked.
And you shall take no gift, for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the fruits thereof.
But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie still, that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your oliveyard.
Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest. That your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
And be circumspect in all things that I have said to you, and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth.
Three times you shall keep a feast to me in the year.
You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it you came out from Egypt, and none shall appear before me empty)
And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labours, which you have sown in the field; and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labours out of the field.
Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
The first of the first fruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in his mother s milk.
Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
Beware of him, and obey his voice, don't provoke him, for he will not pardon your transgressions; for my name is in him.
But if you shall indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
For my Angel shall 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.
You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works, but you shall utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
And you shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless your bread, and your water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of you.
There in your land shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren; the number of your days I will fulfill.
I will send my fear before you, and will destroy all the people to whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
I will not drive them out from before you in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against you.
Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you are increased, and inherit the land.
And I will set your bounds from the Red sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and you shall drive them out before you.
You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto you."

Chapter 24

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 from far off.
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD. They shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him."
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments. All of the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which the LORD has said, we will do."
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people. And they said, "We will do all that the LORD has said, and be obedient."
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."
Then Moses went up, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.
And they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as if it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he didn't lay his hand. Also, they saw God, and ate and drank.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me to the mountain, and be there, and I will give you tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that you may teach them.
And Moses rose up with his minister Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.
And he said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come to you again. And, look, Aaron and Hur are with you. If any man has any matters to do, let him go to them."
And Moses went up to the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain.
And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
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.
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and got up in the mountain. Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Chapter 25

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
"Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering. Of every man that gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering.
And this is the offering which you shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats hair,
And rams skins dyed red, and badgers skins, and shittim wood,
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so you shall make it.
And they shall make an ark of shittim wood. Two and a half cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, within and without you shall overlay it, and shall make a crown of gold on it round about.
And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
And you shall make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
And you shall put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark and shall not be taken from it.
And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
And you shall make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shall you make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end. You shall make the cherubims on the two ends of the mercy seat even.
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look at one another; the faces of the cherubims shall be toward the mercy seat.
And you shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment unto the children of Israel.
You shall also make a table of shittim wood. The length shall be two cubits, and the breadth a cubit, and the height a cubit and a half.
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a crown of gold round about.
And you shall make a border of a hand s breadth round about for it, and you shall make a golden crown to the border round about.
And you shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet.
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
And you shall make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
And you shall make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, also to cover. You shall make them of pure gold.
And you shall always set show bread on the table before me.
And you shall make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work the candlestick shall be made. His shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knobs, and his flowers, shall be the same.
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side.
Three bowls made like 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 come out of the candlestick.
And four bowls shall be made like almonds in the candlestick, with their knobs and their flowers.
And there shall 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 proceed out of the candlestick.
Their knobs and their branches shall be all the same. All it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
And you shall make the seven lamps there, and they shall light the lamps that they may give light over against it.
And the tongs and the snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
And look that you make them after their pattern, which was showed to you in the mountain.

Chapter 26

"Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; you shall make them with cherubims of cunning work.
The length of one curtain shall be twenty eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits, and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
The five curtains shall be coupled together to one another, and other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.
And you shall make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling, and likewise you shall make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second, that the loops may take hold of one another.
And you shall make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches, and it shall be one tabernacle.
And you shall make curtains of goats hair to be a covering on the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.
The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits, and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
And you shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
And you shall 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 couples the second.
And you shall make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
And the remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers skins.
And you shall make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
The length of a board shall be ten cubits, and the breadth of one shall be board a cubit and a half.
Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order against one another. This you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
And you shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards.
And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
And for the sides of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards.
And you shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it onto one ring. Thus it shall be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
And you shall make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
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.
And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
And you shall rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shown to you on the mountain.
And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work. It shall be made with cherubims.
And you shall hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
And you shall hang up the veil under the taches, that you may bring in there within the veil the ark of the testimony, and the veil shall divide between the holy place and the most holy.
And you shall put the mercy seat ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south, and you shall put the table on the north side.
And you shall make a hanging for the door of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
And you shall make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.

Chapter 27

"And you shall make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare. The height shall be three cubits.
And you shall make the horns of it on the four corners. His horns shall be of the same, and you shall overlay it with brass.
And you shall make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans. All the vessels there you shall make of brass.
And you shall make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shall you make four brasen rings in the four corners.
And you shall put it under the compass of the altar so that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
And you shall make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
You shall make it hollow with boards, as it was shown to you on the mountain. That is how they shall make it.
And you shall make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of a hundred cubits long for one side,
And the twenty pillars and their twenty sockets there shall be of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. There shall be four pillars, and four sockets.
All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
And you shall command the children of Israel, that they bring you pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to always burn.
In the tabernacle of the congregation outside the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Chapter 28

"And take your brother Aaron, 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.
And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother for glory and for beauty.
And you shall speak to all that are wise hearted, 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.
And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and an embroidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle. And they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest s office.
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
It shall have the two shoulderpieces joined at the two edges, and so it shall be joined together.
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
And you shall take two onyx stones, and engrave the names of the children of Israel on them.
Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. You shall make them to be set in settings of gold.
And you shall put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial to the children of Israel. Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
And you shall make settings of gold,
And two chains of pure gold at the ends. You shall make them of wreathen work, and fasten the wreathen chains to the settings.
And you shall make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work. You shall make it after the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen.
Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length of it, and a span shall be the breadth of it.
And you shall set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle. this shall be the first row.
And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their enclosings.
And the stones shall be with the names of the twelve children of Israel, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; they shall be every one with his name according to the twelve tribes.
And on the breastplate you shall make chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
And you shall make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
And you shall put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains you shall fasten in the two settings, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
And two other rings of gold you shall make, and shall put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart, over against the other coupling, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
And they shall bind the breastplate by the 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 breastplate not be loose from the ephod.
And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
And you shall put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate of judgment, and they shall be on Aaron s heart when he goes in before the LORD, and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
And you shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
And there shall be a hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof. It shall have a binding of woven work round about its hole, as it was the hole of a habergeon, so that it is not torn.
And beneath upon the hem of it you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem, and bells of gold between them round about.
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
And it shall be upon Aaron to minister. His sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before the LORD, and when he comes out, that he didn't die.
And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
And you shall put a blue lace it on, that it may be upon the mitre; it shall be upon the forefront of the mitre.
And it shall be upon Aaron s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
And you shall embroider the coat of fine linen, and you shall make the mitre of fine linen, and you shall make the girdle of needlework.
And for Aaron s sons you shall make coats, and you shall make girdles for them, and you shall make bonnets for them, for glory and for beauty.
And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and his sons with him; and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest s office.
And you shall make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness. They shall reach from the loins to the thighs.
And they shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they come in to the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they not bear iniquity, and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and his seed after him.

Chapter 29

And this is the thing that you shall do to hallow them, to minister to me in the priest s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes tempered with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, you shall make them of wheaten flour.
And you shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
And Aaron and his sons shall bring them to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall wash them with water.
And you shall take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod.
And you shall put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.
And you shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.
And you shall gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them. The priest s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute, and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
And you shall cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bullock.
And you shall kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And you shall take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrals, and the caul fat that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them upon the altar.
But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, you shall burn with fire outside the camp: it is a sin offering.
you shall also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
And you shall slay the ram, and you shall take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
And you shall cut the ram in pieces, and wash his entrals, and his legs, and put them with his pieces, and with his head.
And you shall burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering to the LORD. It is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
And you shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of his blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hands, and on the big toe of their right feet, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
And you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him, and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons garments with him.
Also you shall take the fat and the rump of the ram, and the fat that covers the entrails, and the caul fat above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration.
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.
And you shall put it all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.
And you shall receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.
And you shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD, and it shall be your part.
And you shall 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.
And it shall be Aaron s and his sons by a statute forever from the children of Israel, for it is a heave offering, and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.
And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he comes into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.
And you shall take the ram of the consecration, and boil his flesh in the holy place.
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And they shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them, but a stranger shall not eat it, because it is holy.
And if any of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
And this you shall do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded you. Seven days shall you consecrate them.
And you shall offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement, and you shall cleanse the altar when you have made an atonement for it, and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
Seven days you shall make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
Now this is that which you shall offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening.
And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
And the other lamb you shall offer in the evening, and shall do according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
This shall 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.
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
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.
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
And they shall 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.

Chapter 30

And you shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of shittim wood.
A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; it shall be foursquare, and two cubits shall be the height. The horns shall be the same.
And you shall overlay it with pure gold, the top, and the sides round about, and the horns; and you shall make a crown of gold round about for it.
And two golden rings shall you make for it under the crown of it, by the two corners, you shall make it on the two sides of it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it in addition.
And you shall make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
And you shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.
And Aaron shall burn there sweet incense every morning. When he dresses the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
you shall offer no strange incense there, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall you pour drink offering there.
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements. Once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD.
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
When you take the census of the children of Israel, then they shall give every man a ransom for his soul to the LORD, when you count them; that there is no disease among them, when you count them.
This they shall give, every one that passes among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). A half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
Every one that passes among them that are counted, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the LORD.
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering to the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls."
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
"You shall also make a tub of brass, and its foot also of brass, to wash in addition, and you shall put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet there.
When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they don't die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD.
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they don't die, and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations."
Moreover the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
"Also take principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive and hin.
And you shall make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary. It shall be a holy anointing oil.
And you shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation there, and the ark of the testimony,
And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
And the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, and the laver and his foot.
And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest s office.
And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.'
Upon man s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall you make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people."
And the LORD said to Moses, "Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense. Of each there shall be a like weight.
And you shall make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy,
And you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with you. It shall be unto you most holy.
And as for the perfume which you shall make, you shall not make to yourselves according to the composition. It shall be to you holy for the LORD.
Whoever shall make anything like that, to smell the same, shall even be cut off from his people."

Chapter 31

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
"See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
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.
The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
And the table and its furniture, and the pure candlestick with all itss furnishings, and the altar of incense,
And the altar of burnt offering with all its furnishings, and the laver and its foot,
And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest s office,
And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place. According to all that I have commanded you shall they do."
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
"Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Verily my sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that sanctifies you.
You shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone that defiles it shall surely be put to death, for whoever does any work then, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever, for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed."
And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

Chapter 32

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him."
And Aaron said to them, "Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me."
And all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, after he had made it a molten calf. And they said, "These are your gods, Oh, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it, and made a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD.
And they rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
And the LORD said to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, which have brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people.
Now therefore leave 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."
And Moses implored the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why does your wrath wax hot against your people, which you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Why should the Egyptians say 'For mischief 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.
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever'."
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.
And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, 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 they were written.
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved upon the tables.
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."
And he said, "It is not the voice of those who shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome. The noise of them that sing is what I hear."
And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing, and Moses anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
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 it.
And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought so great a sin upon them?"
And Aaron said, 'Don't let the anger of my lord wax hot. You know the people, that they are set on mischief.
For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us. As for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'
And I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them break it off.' So they gave it me. Then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf."
And when Moses saw that the people were naked (for Aaron had made them naked to their shame among their enemies);
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 gathered themselves together to him.
And he said to them, "This the LORD God of Israel says, '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 neighbour."
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
For Moses had said, "Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day."
And it came to pass in the morning that Moses said to the people, "You have sinned a great sin, and now I will go up to the LORD; maybe I can make an atonement for your sin.
And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, Oh, "these people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
Yet now, if you will forgive their sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray, out of your book which you have written."
And the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Therefore now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken of to you. Behold, my Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them."
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

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And the LORD said to Moses, "Depart, and go up therefore, you and the people which you hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'Unto your seed will I give it.'
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,
to a land flowing with milk and honey. For I will not go up in the midst of you; for you are a stiffnecked people, lest I consume you in the way."
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned. No man put on his ornaments.
For the LORD had said to Moses, "Say to the children of Israel, 'you are a stiffnecked people. I will come up into the midst of you in a moment, and consume you. Therefore now put off your ornaments that I may know what to do to you."
And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.
And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of the congregation, which was outside the camp.
And it came to pass, when Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and every man stood at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
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.
And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
And the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn't departed out of the tabernacle.
And Moses said to the LORD, "See, you said to me, 'Bring up these people,' and you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found grace in my sight.'
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."
And he said, "My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest."
And he said to him, "If your presence doesn't go with me, don't carry us up, therefore.
For where shall it be known here that I and your people have found grace in your sight? Is it not in that you go with us? So shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth."
And the LORD said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you hava said, for you have found grace in my sight, and I know you by name."
And he said, "I beseech you, show me your glory."
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 gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
And he said, "You can't see my face, for there shall no man see me, and live."
And the LORD said, "Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand on a rock,
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a clift of the rock, and will cover you with my hand while I pass by,
And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen."

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And the LORD said to Moses, "Hew two tables of stone like the first, and I will write on these tables the words that were in the first tables, which you broke.
And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
And no man shall come up with you, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mountain."
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.
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
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, unto the third and to the fourth generation."
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
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 stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."
And he said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. And all the people among which you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is a terrible thing that I will do with you.
Observe 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.
Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you go, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you.
But you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves,
For you shall worship no other god. For the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one calls you, and you eat of his sacrifice;
And you take their daughters to your sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make your sons go a whoring after their gods.
You shall make no molten gods.
You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month Abib, for the month Abib is when you came out from Egypt.
All firstborn are mine; and every firstborn among your cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
But the firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, and if you don't redeem him, then you shall break his neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowiing time and in harvest you shall rest.
And you shall observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year s end.
Three times a year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
For I will cast out the nations before you, and enlarge your borders. Neither shall any man desire your land, when you shall go up to appear before the LORD your God thrice a year.
you shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left to the morning.
The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. you shall not boil a kid in its mother s milk."
And the LORD said to Moses, "Write these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."
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.
And it came to pass, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in his hand, when he came down from the mountain, that Moses didn't know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.
And Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them.
And afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
And until Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. And he came out, and spoke to the children of Israel that which he had been commanded.
And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses face shone, and Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

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And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, "These are the words which the LORD has commanded, that you should do them.
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does work then shall be put to death.
you shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the sabbath day."
And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
"Take 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,
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats hair,
And rams skins dyed red, and badgers skins, and shittim wood,
And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD has commanded;
The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its taches, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets,
The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering,
The table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread,
The candlestick also for the light, and its furniture, and its lamps, with the oil for the light
And the incense altar, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
The altar of burnt offering, with its brass grate, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its foot,
The hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,
The cloths 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."
And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one 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.
And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold. And every man that offered an offering of gold to the LORD.
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.
Every one that offerd 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.
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.
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats hair.
And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
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.
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;
And he has filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
And he has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
Them he has filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, 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 cunning work."

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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.
And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it.
And they received all the offerings of Moses, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it as well. And they brought also to him free offerings every morning.
And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
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."
And Moses commanded, 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.
For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
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 cherubims of cunning work.
The length of one curtain was twenty eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits. The curtains were all the same size.
And he coupled the five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.
And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling, likewise in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
He made fifty loops in one curtain, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second. The loops held one curtain to another.
And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains onto one another with the taches, so it became one tabernacle.
And he made curtains of goats hair for the tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains.
The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain. The eleven curtains were of one size.
And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which coupled the second.
And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
And he made a covering for the tent of rams skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers skins above that.
And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one and a half cubits.
One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another. This he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.
And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward,
And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
And he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring. He did to both of them in both the corners.
And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
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.
And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from one end to the other.
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.
And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. He made it with cherubims of cunning work.
And he made four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
And he made a hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
And the five pillars of it with their hooks. And he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold, but their five sockets were of brass.

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Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood. Two and a half cubits was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.
And he overlaid it with pure gold, inside and outside, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
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.
And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was the length, and one and a half cubit the breadth.
And he made two cherubims of gold, he made them beaten out of one piece, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side. He made the cherubims on the two ends of the mercy seat.
And the cherubims 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 cherubims.
And he made the table of shittim wood. Two cubits was the length, and a cubit the breadth, and a cubit and a half the height.
And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made there a crown of gold round about.
Also he made a border of an hand width round about; and made a crown of gold for the border round about.
And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet.
Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover everything, of pure gold.
And he made the candlestick of pure beaten gold; its shaft, and its branch, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, were the same.
And six branches going out of the sides; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side.
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, throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers,
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 going out of it.
Their knobs and their branches were the same. All of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuf dishes, of pure gold.
He made it out of a talent of pure gold, and all the vessels.
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 height of it; the horns were the same.
And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides round about, and the horns of it. Also, he made for it a crown of gold round about.
And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides, to be places for the staves to bear it.
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
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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And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood. the length was five cubits, and the breadth five cubits; it was foursquare; and three cubits in height.
And he made the horns on the four corners of it; the horns were the same, and he overlaid it with brass.
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; he made all the vessels of brass.
And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass beneath the midst of it.
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it; he made the altar hollow, with boards.
And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the looking glasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And he made the court. On the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits.
Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
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.
And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
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.
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
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.
And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
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.
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred seventy five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men.
And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; a hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
And there he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brass altar, and the brass grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
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.

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And they made cloths of service of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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 cunning work.
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together; by the two edges was it coupled together.
And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was on 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.
And they wrought onyx stones enclosed in pins of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
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.
And he made the breast plate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
And they set in it four rows of stones. The first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle.
And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. they were enclosed in pins of gold in their enclosings.
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreaths of pure gold.
And they made two pins of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two pins, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.
And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
And they bound the breastplate 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 breastplate might not be loosened from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
And there was a hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not tear.
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;
A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
And a headgear of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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.
And they tied onto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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.
And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,
And the covering of rams skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers skins, and the veil of the covering,
The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the show bread,
The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
The brazen altar, and its grate of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its foot,
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,
The cloths 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.
According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
And Moses looked at all the work, and, saw that they had done it as the LORD had commanded, and Moses blessed them.

Chapter 40

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
"On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
And you shall put there the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.
And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and you shall bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps.
And you shall set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
And you shall set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water in it.
And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shall hallow it, and all the vessels thereof, and it shall be holy.
And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
And you shall anoint the laver and its foot, and sanctify it.
And you shall bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
And you shall put the holy garments upon Aaron, and anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest s office.
And you shall bring his sons, and clothe them with coats.
And you shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest s office. For their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations."
Thus did Moses. According to all that the LORD commanded him, he did.
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.
And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened its sockets, and set up the boards, and put in the bars, and reared up its pillars.
And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark.
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, on the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.
And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
And he lit the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil.
And he burnt sweet incense there as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
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.
And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash as well.
And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.
When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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.
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys.
But if the cloud were not taken up, then they didn't journey until the day that it was taken up.
For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

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