1. Now these are the names of the children of
Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
2. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3. Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4. Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5. And all the souls that came out of the loins
of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
6. And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and
all that generation.
7. And the children of Israel were fruitful,
and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8. Now there arose up a new king over Egypt,
which knew not Joseph.
9. And he said unto his people, Behold, the
people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
10. Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest
they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and
fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
11. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters
to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
12. But the more they afflicted them, the more
they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
13. And the Egyptians made the children of Israel
to serve with rigour:
14. And they made their lives bitter with hard
bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made
them serve, was with rigour.
15. And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew
midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16. And he said, When ye do the office of a
midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a
daughter, then she shall live.
17. But the midwives feared God, and did not
as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
18. And the king of Egypt called for the midwives,
and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
19. And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because
the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in
unto them.
29. Therefore God dealt well with the midwives:
and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
21. And it came to pass, because the midwives
feared God, that he made them houses.
22. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying,
Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Exodus - Chapter 2
1. And there went a man of the house of Levi,
and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2. And the woman conceived, and bare a son:
and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
3. And when she could not longer hide him, she
took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it
in the flags by the river's brink.
4. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what
would be done to him.
5. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to
wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the
flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
6. And when she had opened it, she saw the child:
and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
7. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter,
Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
8. And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go.
And the maid went and called the child's mother.
9. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take
this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
10. And the child grew, and she brought him
unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew
him out of the water.
11. And it came to pass in those days, when
Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian
smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12. And he looked this way and that way, and
when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13. And when he went out the second day, behold,
two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that
did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
14. And he said, Who made thee a prince and
a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this
thing is known.
15. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought
to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
16. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters:
and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
17. And the shepherds came and drove them away:
but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18. And when they came to Reuel their father,
he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
19. And they said, An Egyptian delivered us
out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
20. And he said unto his daughters, And where
is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
21. And Moses was content to dwell with the
man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22. And she bare him a son, and he called his
name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
23. And it came to pass in process of time,
that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their
cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
24. And God heard their groaning, and God
remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25. And God looked upon the children of Israel,
and God had respect unto them.
Exodus - Chapter 3
1. Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father
in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside
of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
2. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him
in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked,
and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and
see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4. And when the LORD saw that he turned aside
to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and
said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5. And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off
thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest
is holy ground.
6. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And
Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
7. And 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;
8. And I am come down to deliver them out of
the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land
unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and
honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and
the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
9. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children
of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression
wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10. Come now therefore, and I will send thee
unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children
of Israel out of Egypt.
11. And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that
I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children
of Israel out of Egypt?
12. And he said, Certainly I will be with thee;
and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When
thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve
God upon this mountain.
13. And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I
come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The
God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say
to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
14. And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM:
and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,
I AM hath sent me unto you.
15. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt
thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath
sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial
unto all generations.
16. Go, and gather the elders of Israel together,
and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,
of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely
visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
17. And I have said, I will bring you up out
of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and
the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites,
and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
18. And they shall hearken to thy voice: and
thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king
of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews
hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days'
journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD
our God.
19. And I am sure that the king of Egypt will
not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
20. And I will stretch out my hand, and smite
Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof:
and after that he will let you go.
21. And I will give this people favour in the
sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when
ye go, ye shall not go empty:
22. But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour,
and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and
jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons,
and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
Exodus - Chapter 4
1. And Moses answered and said, But, behold,
they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they
will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
2. And the LORD said unto him, What is that
in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
3. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And
he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled
from before it.
4. And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine
hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and
caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
5. That they may believe that the LORD God of
their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
6. And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put
now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom:
and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
7. And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom
again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked
it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other
flesh.
8. And it shall come to pass, if they will not
believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign,
that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
9. And it shall come to pass, if they will not
believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice,
that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon
the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river
shall become blood upon the dry land.
10. And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord,
I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken
unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11. And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made
man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing,
or the blind? have not I the LORD?
12. Now therefore go, and I will be with thy
mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
13. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee,
by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
14. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know
that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to
meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
15. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words
in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth,
and will teach you what ye shall do.
16. And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people:
and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth,
and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
17. And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand,
wherewith thou shalt do signs.
18. And Moses went and returned to Jethro his
father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and
return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they
be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
19. And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian,
Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy
life.
20. And Moses took his wife and his sons, and
set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and
Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21. And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou
goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders
before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden
his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
22. And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith
the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
23. And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that
he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will
slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
24. And it came to pass by the way in the inn,
that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
25. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut
off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said,
Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
26. So he let him go: then she said, A bloody
husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
27. And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the
wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount
of God, and kissed him.
28. And Moses told Aaron all the words of the
LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded
him.
29. And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together
all the elders of the children of Israel:
30. And Aaron spake all the words which the
LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of
the people.
31. And the people believed: and when they heard
that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he
had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads
and worshipped.
Exodus - Chapter 5
1. And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and
told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people
go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
2. And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I
should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD,
neither will I let Israel go.
3. And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath
met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into
the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall
upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
4. And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore
do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get
you unto your burdens.
5. And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the
land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
6. And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters
of the people, and their officers, saying,
7. Ye shall no more give the people straw to
make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8. And the tale of the bricks, which they did
make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish
ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let
us go and sacrifice to our God.
9. Let there more work be laid upon the men,
that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
10. And the taskmasters of the people went out,
and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus
saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
11. Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it:
yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
12. So the people were scattered abroad throughout
all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
13. And the taskmasters hasted them, saying,
Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14. And the officers of the children of Israel,
which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and
demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making
brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
15. Then the officers of the children of Israel
came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus
with thy servants?
16. There is no straw given unto thy servants,
and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are
beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
17. But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore
ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
18. Go therefore now, and work; for there shall
no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
19. And the officers of the children of Israel
did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall
not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
20. And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood
in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
21. And they said unto them, The LORD look upon
you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred
in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put
a sword in their hand to slay us.
22. And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said,
Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why
is it that thou hast sent me?
23. For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in
thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou
delivered thy people at all.
Exodus - Chapter 6
1. Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt
thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall
he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out
of his land.
2. And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him,
I am the LORD:
3. And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac,
and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH
was I not known to them.
4. And I have also established my covenant with
them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage,
wherein they were strangers.
5. And I have also heard the groaning of the
children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I
have remembered my covenant.
6. Wherefore say unto 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 out of their bondage, and
I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
7. And I will take you to me for a people, and
I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your
God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8. And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning
the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
9. And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel:
but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for
cruel bondage.
10. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
11. Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt,
that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
12. And Moses spake before the LORD, saying,
Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how
then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
13. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh
king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land
of Egypt.
14. These be the heads of their fathers' houses:
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu,
Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
15. And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin,
and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish
woman: these are the families of Simeon.
16. And these are the names of the sons of Levi
according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari:
and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven
years.
17. The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according
to their families.
18. And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar,
and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were
an hundred thirty and three years.
19. And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi:
these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
20. And Amram took him Jochebed his father's
sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years
of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
21. And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg,
and Zichri.
22. And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan,
and Zithri.
23. And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of
Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24. And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah,
and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
25. And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of
the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these
are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their
families.
26. These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom
the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land
of Egypt according to their armies.
27. These are they which spake to Pharaoh king
of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these
are that Moses and Aaron.
28. And it came to pass on the day when the
LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,
29. That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that
I say unto thee.
30. And Moses said before the LORD, Behold,
I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto
me?
Exodus - Chapter 7
1. And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have
made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy
prophet.
2. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee:
and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the
children of Israel out of his land.
3. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply
my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
4. But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that
I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and
my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by
great judgments.
5. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the
LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out
the children of Israel from among them.
6. And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded
them, so did they.
7. And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron
fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
8. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
9. When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying,
Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy
rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
10. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh,
and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down
his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became
a serpent.
11. Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and
the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like
manner with their enchantments.
12. For they cast down every man his rod, and
they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
13. And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he
hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
14. And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's
heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
15. Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo,
he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's
brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent
shalt thou take in thine hand.
16. And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God
of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go,
that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto
thou wouldest not hear.
17. Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt
know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that
is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they
shall be turned to blood.
18. And the fish that is in the river shall
die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe
to drink of the water of the river.
19. And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto
Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters
of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their
ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become
blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of
Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
20. And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD
commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that
were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of
his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned
to blood.
21. And the fish that was in the river died;
and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the
water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land
of Egypt.
22. 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.
23. And Pharaoh turned and went into his house,
neither did he set his heart to this also.
24. And all the Egyptians digged round about
the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the
water of the river.
25. And seven days were fulfilled, after that
the LORD had smitten the river.
Exodus - Chapter 8
1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh,
and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that
they may serve me.
2. And if thou refuse to let them go, behold,
I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
3. And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly,
which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber,
and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon
thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
4. And the frogs shall come up both on thee,
and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
5. And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron,
Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the
rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the
land of Egypt.
6. And Aaron stretched out his hand over the
waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of
Egypt.
7. And the magicians did so with their enchantments,
and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
8. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron,
and said, Intreat 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 unto the LORD.
9. And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me:
when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy
people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they
may remain in the river only?
10. And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be
it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is
none like unto the LORD our God.
11. And the frogs shall depart from thee, and
from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they
shall remain in the river only.
12. And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh:
and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had
brought against Pharaoh.
13. And the LORD did according to the word of
Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages,
and out of the fields.
14. And they gathered them together upon heaps:
and the land stank.
15. But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite,
he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD
had said.
16. And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron,
Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may
become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
17. And they did so; for Aaron stretched out
his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it
became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became
lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
18. And the magicians did so with their enchantments
to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon
man, and upon beast.
19. Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This
is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he
hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
20. And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early
in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth
to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people
go, that they may serve me.
21. Else, if thou wilt not let my people go,
behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants,
and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the
Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground
whereon they are.
22. And I will sever in that day the land of
Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall
be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the
midst of the earth.
23. And I will put a division between my people
and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
24. And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous
swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants'
houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted
by reason of the swarm of flies.
25. And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron,
and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
26. And Moses said, It is not meet so to do;
for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the
LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians
before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
27. We will go three days' journey into the
wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command
us.
28. And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that
ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only
ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
29. And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee,
and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart
from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow:
but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the
people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
30. And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated
the LORD.
31. And the LORD did according to the word of
Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
32. And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time
also, neither would he let the people go.
Exodus - Chapter 9
1. Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto
Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews,
Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2. For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt
hold them still,
3. Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy
cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses,
upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall
be a very grievous murrain.
4. And the LORD shall sever between the cattle
of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die
of all that is the children's of Israel.
5. And the LORD appointed a set time, saying,
To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
6. And the LORD did that thing on the morrow,
and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children
of Israel died not one.
7. And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was
not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of
Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
8. And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron,
Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle
it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
9. And it shall become small dust in all the
land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains
upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
10. And they took ashes of the furnace, and
stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven;
and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and
upon beast.
11. And the magicians could not stand before
Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians,
and upon all the Egyptians.
12. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh,
and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
13. And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early
in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus
saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they
may serve me.
14. For I will at this time send all my plagues
upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people;
that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
15. For now I will stretch out my hand, that
I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt
be cut off from the earth.
16. And in very deed for this cause have I raised
thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be
declared throughout all the earth.
17. As yet exaltest thou thyself against my
people, that thou wilt not let them go?
18. Behold, to morrow about this time I will
cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in
Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
19. Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle,
and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast
which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home,
the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
20. He that feared the word of the LORD among
the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee
into the houses:
21. And he that regarded not the word of the
LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
22. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth
thine 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. And the hail smote throughout all the land
of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the
hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the
field.
26. Only in the land of Goshen, where the children
of Israel were, was there no hail.
27. And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and
Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is
righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
28. Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that
there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you
go, and ye shall stay no longer.
29. And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am
gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD;
and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail;
that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's.
30. But as for thee and thy servants, I know
that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.
31. And the flax and the barley was smitten:
for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
32. But the wheat and the rie were not smitten:
for they were not grown up.
33. And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh,
and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and
hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
34. And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the
hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened
his heart, he and his servants.
35. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither
would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken
by Moses.
Exodus - Chapter 10
1. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto
Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants,
that I might shew these my signs before him:
2. And that thou mayest tell in the ears of
thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt,
and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how
that I am the LORD.
3. And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh,
and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How
long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people
go, that they may serve me.
4. Else, if thou refuse to let my people go,
behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
5. And they shall cover the face of the earth,
that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the
residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from
the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of
the field:
6. And they shall fill thy houses, and the
houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians;
which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen,
since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And
he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
7. And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How
long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that
they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt
is destroyed?
8. And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto
Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but
who are they that shall go?
9. And Moses said, We will go with our young
and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our
flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast
unto the LORD.
10. And he said unto them, Let the LORD be
so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look
to it; for evil is before you.
11. Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve
the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from
Pharaoh's presence.
12. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out
thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may
come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land,
even all that the hail hath left.
13. And Moses stretched forth his rod over
the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the
land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning,
the east wind brought the locusts.
14. And the locusts went up over all the land
of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous
were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither
after them shall be such.
15. For they covered the face of the whole
earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb
of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had
left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or
in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
16. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron
in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God,
and against you.
17. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my
sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may
take away from me this death only.
18. And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated
the LORD.
19. And the LORD turned a mighty strong west
wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red
sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
20. But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart,
so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
21. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out
thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the
land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
22. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward
heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt
three days:
23. They saw not one another, neither rose
any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel
had light in their dwellings.
24. And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said,
Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be
stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
25. And Moses said, Thou must give us also
sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the
LORD our God.
26. Our cattle also shall go with us; there
shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to
serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve
the LORD, until we come thither.
27. But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart,
and he would not let them go.
28. And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from
me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day
thou seest my face thou shalt die.
29. And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well,
I will see thy face again no more.
Exodus - Chapter 11
1. And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I
bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards
he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely
thrust you out hence altogether.
2. Speak now in the ears of the people, and
let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her
neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
3. And the LORD gave the people favour in the
sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great
in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and
in the sight of the people.
4. And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About
midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
5. And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt
shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his
throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind
the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
6. And there shall be a great cry throughout
all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall
be like it any more.
7. But against any of the children of Israel
shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye
may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians
and Israel.
8. And all these thy servants shall come down
unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out,
and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go
out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
9. And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall
not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the
land of Egypt.
10. And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders
before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that
he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Exodus - Chapter 12
1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron
in the land of Egypt, saying,
2. This month shall be unto you the beginning
of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel,
saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them
every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb
for an house:
4. And if the household be too little for the
lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according
to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating
shall make your count for the lamb.
5. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male
of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from
the goats:
6. And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth
day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation
of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7. And they shall take of the blood, and strike
it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses,
wherein they shall eat it.
8. And they shall eat the flesh in that night,
roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they
shall eat it.
9. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with
water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the
purtenance thereof.
10. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until
the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning
ye shall burn with fire.
11. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins
girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand;
and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover.
12. For I will pass through the land of Egypt
this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute
judgment: I am the LORD.
13. And the blood shall be to you for a token
upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will
pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy
you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14. And this day shall be unto you for a memorial;
and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations;
ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
15. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread;
even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses:
for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the
seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
16. And in the first day there shall be an
holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy
convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save
that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
17. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened
bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out
of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your
generations by an ordinance for ever.
18. In the first month, on the fourteenth day
of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the
one and twentieth day of the month at even.
19. Seven days shall there be no leaven found
in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even
that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether
he be a stranger, or born in the land.
20. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your
habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
21. Then Moses called for all the elders of
Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according
to your families, and kill the passover.
22. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and
dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel
and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and
none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
23. For the LORD will pass through to smite
the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and
on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will
not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite
you.
24. And ye shall observe this thing for an
ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
25. And it shall come to pass, when ye be come
to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath
promised, that ye shall keep this service.
26. And it shall come to pass, when your children
shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
27. That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice
of 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.
28. And the children of Israel went away, and
did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
29. 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 unto the firstborn of the captive
that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
30. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and
all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great
cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one
dead.
31. And he called for Moses and Aaron by night,
and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both
ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have
said.
32. Also take your flocks and your herds, as
ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
33. And the Egyptians were urgent upon the
people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for
they said, We be all dead men.
34. And the people took their dough before
it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their
clothes upon their shoulders.
35. And the children of Israel did according
to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels
of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
36. And the LORD gave the people favour in
the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things
as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
37. And the children of Israel journeyed from
Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were
men, beside children.
38. And a mixed multitude went up also with
them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
39. And they baked unleavened cakes of the
dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened;
because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither
had they prepared for themselves any victual.
40. Now the sojourning of the children of Israel,
who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
41. And it came to pass at the end of the four
hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass,
that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
42. 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.
43. And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron,
This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger
eat thereof:
44. But every man's servant that is bought
for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
45. A foreigner and an hired servant shall
not eat thereof.
46. In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt
not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither
shall ye break a bone thereof.
47. All the congregation of Israel shall keep
it.
48. And when a stranger shall sojourn with
thee, 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 thereof.
49. One law shall be to him that is homeborn,
and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
50. Thus did all the children of Israel; as
the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
51. And it came to pass the selfsame day, that
the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt
by their armies.
Exodus - Chapter 13
1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2. Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever
openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and
of beast: it is mine.
3. And Moses said unto the people, Remember
this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of
bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from
this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
4. This day came ye out in the month Abib.
5. And it shall be when the LORD shall bring
thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto
thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey,
that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
6. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread,
and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
7. Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days;
and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall
there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
8. And thou shalt shew thy son in that day,
saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me
when I came forth out of Egypt.
9. And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon
thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's
law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD
brought thee out of Egypt.
10. Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance
in his season from year to year.
11. And it shall be when the LORD shall bring
thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and
to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
12. That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD
all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of
a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's.
13. And every firstling of an ass thou shalt
redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou
shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children
shalt thou redeem.
14. And it shall be when thy son asketh thee
in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto
him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from
the house of bondage:
15. And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would
hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of
beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the
matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
16. And it shall be for a token upon thine
hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of
hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
17. And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let
the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land
of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest
peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return
to Egypt:
18. But God led the people about, through the
way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel
went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
19. And Moses took the bones of Joseph with
him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying,
God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away
hence with you.
20. And they took their journey from Succoth,
and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
21. And the LORD went before them by day in
a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar
of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
22. He took not away the pillar of the cloud
by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Exodus - Chapter 14
1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2. Speak unto the children of Israel, that
they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the
sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the
sea.
3. For Pharaoh will say of the children of
Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut
them in.
4. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that
he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh,
and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the
LORD. And they did so.
5. And it was told the king of Egypt that the
people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was
turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this,
that we have let Israel go from serving us?
6. And he made ready his chariot, and took
his people with him:
7. And he took six hundred chosen chariots,
and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of
them.
8. 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 with an high hand.
9. But the Egyptians pursued after them, all
the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his
army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth,
before Baal-zephon.
10. And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children
of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched
after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel
cried out unto the LORD.
11. And they said unto Moses, Because there
were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the
wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry
us forth out of Egypt?
12. Is not this the word that we did tell thee
in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?
For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that
we should die in the wilderness.
13. And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye
not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he
will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to
day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall
hold your peace.
15. And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore
criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that
they go forward:
16. But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out
thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel
shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
17. And I, behold, I will harden the hearts
of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me
honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots,
and upon his horsemen.
18. And the Egyptians shall know that I am
the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his
chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19. And the angel of God, which went before
the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar
of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
20. And it came between the camp of the Egyptians
and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them,
but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not
near the other all the night.
21. And Moses stretched out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind
all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were
divided.
22. And the children of Israel went into the
midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall
unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
23. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in
after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses,
his chariots, and his horsemen.
24. And it came to pass, that in the morning
watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the
pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the
Egyptians,
25. And took off their chariot wheels, that
they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee
from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against
the Egyptians.
26. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out
thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the
Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27. And Moses stretched forth his hand over
the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning
appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew
the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28. And the waters returned, and covered the
chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came
into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of
them.
29. But the children of Israel walked upon
dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto
them on their right hand, and on their left.
30. Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out
of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead
upon the sea shore.
31. And Israel saw that great work which the
LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and
believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
Exodus - Chapter 15
1. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel
this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the
LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider
hath he thrown into the sea.
2. The LORD is my strength and song, and he
is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an
habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
3. The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his
name.
4. Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he
cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the
Red sea.
5. The depths have covered them: they sank
into the bottom as a stone.
6. Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious
in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
7. And in the greatness of thine excellency
thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest
forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
8. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters
were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and
the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them;
I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
10. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea
covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11. Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the
gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises,
doing wonders?
12. Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the
earth swallowed them.
13. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people
which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength
unto thy holy habitation.
14. The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow
shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
15. Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed;
the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all
the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
16. Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by
the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone;
till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over,
which thou hast purchased.
17. Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them
in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which
thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord,
which thy hands have established.
18. The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
19. For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his
chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought
again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel
went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
20. And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of
Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out
after her with timbrels and with dances.
21. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the
LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider
hath he thrown into the sea.
22. So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea,
and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three
days in the wilderness, and found no water.
23. And when they came to Marah, they could
not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore
the name of it was called Marah.
24. And the people murmured against Moses,
saying, What shall we drink?
25. And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD
shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the
waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an
ordinance, and there he proved them,
26. And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken
to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right
in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep
all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee,
which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that
healeth thee.
27. And they came to Elim, where were twelve
wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped
there by the waters.
Exodus - Chapter 16
1. And they took their journey from Elim, and
all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto 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.
2. And the whole congregation of the children
of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
3. And the children of Israel said unto them,
Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of
Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread
to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness,
to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
4. Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I
will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out
and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether
they will walk in my law, or no.
5. And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth
day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall
be twice as much as they gather daily.
6. And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children
of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought
you out from the land of Egypt:
7. And in the morning, then ye shall see the
glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against
the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
8. 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 heareth your murmurings which
ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not
against us, but against the LORD.
9. And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all
the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the
LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
10. And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto
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.
11. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12. I have heard the murmurings of the children
of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh,
and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall
know that I am the LORD your God.
13. And it came to pass, that at even the quails
came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay
round about the host.
14. And when the dew that lay was gone up,
behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round
thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
15. And when the children of Israel saw it,
they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what
it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the
LORD hath given you to eat.
16. This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded,
Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every
man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man
for them which are in his tents.
17. And the children of Israel did so, and
gathered, some more, some less.
18. And when they did mete it with an omer,
he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little
had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
19. And Moses said, Let no man leave of it
till the morning.
20. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto
Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred
worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
21. And they gathered it every morning, every
man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
22. And it came to pass, that on the sixth
day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man:
and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
23. And he said unto them, This is that which
the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath
unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe
that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for
you to be kept until the morning.
24. And they laid it up till the morning, as
Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
25. And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to
day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in
the field.
26. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the
seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27. And it came to pass, that there went out
some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they
found none.
28. And the LORD said unto Moses, How long
refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29. See, for that the LORD hath given you the
sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of
two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of
his place on the seventh day.
30. So the people rested on the seventh day.
31. And the house of Israel called the name
thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the
taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
32. And Moses said, This is the thing which
the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations;
that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness,
when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
33. And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot,
and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the
LORD, to be kept for your generations.
34. As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid
it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
35. And the children of Israel did eat manna
forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
36. Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
Exodus - Chapter 17
1. And all the congregation of the children
of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys,
according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim:
and there was no water for the people to drink.
2. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses,
and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto
them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
3. And the people thirsted there for water;
and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is
this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and
our children and our cattle with thirst?
4. And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What
shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before
the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy
rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and
go.
6. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon
the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall
come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did
so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7. And he called the name of the place Massah,
and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel,
and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us,
or not?
8. Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel
in Rephidim.
9. And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out
men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on
the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
10. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him,
and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the
top of the hill.
11. And it came to pass, when Moses held up
his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand,
Amalek prevailed.
12. But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took
a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and
Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other
on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down
of the sun.
13. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people
with the edge of the sword.
14. And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this
for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua:
for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under
heaven.
15. And Moses built an altar, and called the
name of it Jehovah-nissi:
16. For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn
that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Exodus - Chapter 18
1. When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses'
father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for
Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of
Egypt;
2. Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took
Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
3. And her two sons; of which the name of the
one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange
land:
4. And the name of the other was Eliezer; for
the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me
from the sword of Pharaoh:
5. And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with
his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he
encamped at the mount of God:
6. And he said unto Moses, I thy father in
law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with
her.
7. And Moses went out to meet his father in
law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other
of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
8. And Moses told his father in law all that
the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's
sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way,
and how the LORD delivered them.
9. And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness
which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of
the hand of the Egyptians.
10. And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who
hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of
the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under
the hand of the Egyptians.
11. Now I know that the LORD is greater than
all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above
them.
12. And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took
a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all
the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before
God.
13. And it came to pass on the morrow, that
Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from
the morning unto the evening.
14. And when Moses' father in law saw all that
he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest
to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people
stand by thee from morning unto even?
15. And Moses said unto his father in law,
Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
16. When they have a matter, they come unto
me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know
the statutes of God, and his laws.
17. And Moses' father in law said unto him,
The thing that thou doest is not good.
18. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou,
and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy
for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
19. Hearken now unto my voice, I will give
thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people
to Godward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
20. And thou shalt teach them ordinances and
laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and
the work that they must do.
21. Moreover thou shalt provide out of all
the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness;
and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers
of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
22. And let them judge the people at all seasons:
and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto
thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be
easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
23. If thou shalt do this thing, and God command
thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people
shall also go to their place in peace.
24. So Moses hearkened to the voice of his
father in law, and did all that he had said.
25. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel,
and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers
of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
26. And they judged the people at all seasons:
the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter
they judged themselves.
27. And Moses let his father in law depart;
and he went his way into his own land.
Exodus - Chapter 19
1. In the third month, when the children of
Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day
came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
2. For they were departed from Rephidim, and
were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness;
and there Israel camped before the mount.
3. And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD
called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say
to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
4. Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians,
and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
5. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice
indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure
unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6. And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests,
and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak
unto the children of Israel.
7. And Moses came and called for the elders
of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which
the LORD commanded him.
8. And all the people answered together, and
said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned
the words of the people unto the LORD.
9. And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come
unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak
with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words
of the people unto the LORD.
10. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the
people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash
their clothes,
11. And be ready against the third day: for
the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the
people upon mount Sinai.
12. And thou shalt set bounds unto the people
round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up
into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth
the mount shall be surely put to death:
13. There shall not an hand touch it, but he
shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or
man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall
come up to the mount.
14. And Moses went down from the mount unto
the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
15. And he said unto the people, Be ready against
the third day: come not at your wives.
16. And it came to pass on the third day in
the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick
cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud;
so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
17. And Moses brought forth the people out
of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part
of the mount.
18. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke,
because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof
ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked
greatly.
19. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded
long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered
him by a voice.
20. And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai,
on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top
of the mount; and Moses went up.
21. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down,
charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze,
and many of them perish.
22. And let the priests also, which come near
to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon
them.
23. And Moses said unto the LORD, The people
cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying,
Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24. And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee
down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let
not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the
LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
25. So Moses went down unto the people, and
spake unto them.
Exodus - Chapter 20
1. And God spake all these words, saying,
2. I am the LORD thy God, which have brought
thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven
image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or
that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the
earth:
5. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them,
nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate me;
6. And shewing mercy unto thousands of them
that love me, and keep my commandments.
7. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD
thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that
taketh his name in vain.
8. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy
work:
10. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the
LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor
thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11. For in six days the LORD made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh
day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed
it.
12. Honour thy father and thy mother: that
thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee.
13. Thou shalt not kill.
14. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15. Thou shalt not steal.
16. Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbour.
17. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,
thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant,
nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that
is thy neighbour's.
18. And all the people saw the thunderings,
and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain
smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar
off.
19. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with
us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not:
for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before
your faces, that ye sin not.
21. And the people stood afar off, and Moses
drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
22. And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou
shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have
talked with you from heaven.
23. Ye shall not make with me gods of silver,
neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
24. An altar of earth thou shalt make unto
me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace
offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record
my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
25. And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone,
thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy
tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
26. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto
mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Exodus - Chapter 21
1. Now these are the judgments which thou shalt
set before them.
2. If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years
he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3. If he came in by himself, he shall go out
by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with
him.
4. If his master have given him a wife, and
she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children
shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
5. And if the servant shall plainly say, I
love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
6. Then his master shall bring him unto 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.
7. And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant,
she shall not go out as the menservants do.
8. If she please not her master, who hath betrothed
her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her
unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt
deceitfully with her.
9. And if he have betrothed her unto his son,
he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
10. If he take him another wife; her food,
her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
11. And if he do not these three unto her,
then shall she go out free without money.
12. He that smiteth a man, so that he die,
shall be surely put to death.
13. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver
him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he
shall flee.
14. But if a man come presumptuously upon his
neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine
altar, that he may die.
15. And he that smiteth his father, or his
mother, shall be surely put to death.
16. And he that stealeth a man, and selleth
him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to
death.
17. And he that curseth his father, or his
mother, shall surely be put to death.
18. And if men strive together, and one smite
another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth
his bed:
19. If he rise again, and walk abroad upon
his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall
pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly
healed.
20. And if a man smite his servant, or his
maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely
punished.
21. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or
two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
22. If men strive, and hurt a woman with child,
so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow:
he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband
will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt
give life for life,
24. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for
hand, foot for foot,
25. Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe
for stripe.
26. And if a man smite the eye of his servant,
or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free
for his eye's sake.
27. And if he smite out his manservant's tooth,
or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's
sake.
28. If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they
die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not
be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
29. But if the ox were wont to push with his
horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and
he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman;
the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
30. If there be laid on him a sum of money,
then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid
upon him.
31. Whether he have gored a son, or have gored
a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
32. If the ox shall push a manservant or a
maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of
silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33. And if a man shall open a pit, or if a
man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall
therein;
34. The owner of the pit shall make it good,
and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall
be his.
35. And if one man's ox hurt another's, that
he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money
of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
36. Or if it be known that the ox hath used
to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall
surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
Exodus - Chapter 22
1. 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.
2. If a thief be found breaking up, and be
smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
3. If the sun be risen upon him, there shall
be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if
he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
4. If the theft be certainly found in his hand
alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
5. 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, shall he make restitution.
6. If fire break out, and catch in thorns,
so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field,
be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make
restitution.
7. If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour
money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house;
if the thief be found, let him pay double.
8. If the thief be not found, then the master
of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether
he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
9. For all manner of trespass, whether it be
for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of
lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of
both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges
shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
10. If a man deliver unto his neighbour an
ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die,
or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
11. Then shall an oath of the LORD be between
them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's
goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall
not make it good.
12. And if it be stolen from him, he shall
make restitution unto the owner thereof.
13. If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring
it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
14. And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour,
and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he
shall surely make it good.
15. But if the owner thereof be with it, he
shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his
hire.
16. And if a man entice a maid that is not
betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his
wife.
17. If her father utterly refuse to give her
unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
18. Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
19. Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely
be put to death.
20. He that sacrificeth unto any god, save
unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
21. Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor
oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless
child.
23. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they
cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
24. And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will
kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your
children fatherless.
25. If thou lend money to any of my people
that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither
shalt thou lay upon him usury.
26. If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment
to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth
down:
27. For that is his covering only, it is his
raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come
to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
28. Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse
the ruler of thy people.
29. Thou shalt not delay to offer the first
of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons
shalt thou give unto me.
30. Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen,
and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the
eighth day thou shalt give it me.
31. And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither
shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye
shall cast it to the dogs.
Exodus - Chapter 23
1. Thou shalt not raise a false report: put
not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
2. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do
evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many
to wrest judgment:
3. Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man
in his cause.
4. If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass
going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
5. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee
lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou
shalt surely help with him.
6. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy
poor in his cause.
7. Keep thee far from a false matter; and the
innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the
wicked.
8. And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift
blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
9. Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger:
for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers
in the land of Egypt.
10. And six years thou shalt sow thy land,
and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
11. But the seventh year thou shalt let it
rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what
they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner
thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
12. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on
the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may
rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
13. And in all things that I have said unto
you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods,
neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
14. Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto
me in the year.
15. Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened
bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded
thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou
camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
16. And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits
of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast
of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast
gathered in thy labours out of the field.
17. Three times in the year all thy males shall
appear before the Lord GOD.
18. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice
with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain
until the morning.
19. The first of the firstfruits of thy land
thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt
not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
20. Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to
keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I
have prepared.
21. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke
him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name
is in him.
22. But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice,
and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies,
and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
23. For mine Angel shall go before thee, and
bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites,
and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I
will cut them off.
24. Thou shalt not bow down to their gods,
nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly
overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
25. And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and
he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness
away from the midst of thee.
26. There shall nothing cast their young, nor
be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
27. I will send my fear before thee, and will
destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make
all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
28. And I will send hornets before thee, which
shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from
before thee.
29. I will not drive them out from before thee
in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the
field multiply against thee.
30. By little and little I will drive them
out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the
land.
31. And I will set thy bounds from the Red
sea even unto 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 thou shalt drive them out before thee.
32. Thou shalt make no covenant with them,
nor with their gods.
33. They shall not dwell in thy land, lest
they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it
will surely be a snare unto thee.
Exodus - Chapter 24
1. And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the
LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders
of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
2. And Moses alone shall come near the LORD:
but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with
him.
3. And Moses came and told the people all the
words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered
with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said
will we do.
4. And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD,
and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the
hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5. And he sent young men of the children of
Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings
of oxen unto the LORD.
6. And Moses took half of the blood, and put
it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7. And he took the book of the covenant, and
read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the
LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
8. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled
it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant,
which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
9. Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and
Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
10. And they saw the God of Israel: and there
was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone,
and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
11. And upon the nobles of the children of
Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and
drink.
12. And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to
me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of
stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that
thou mayest teach them.
13. And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua:
and Moses went up into the mount of God.
14. And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here
for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur
are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come
unto them.
15. And Moses went up into the mount, and a
cloud covered the mount.
16. And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount
Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day
he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
17. And the sight of the glory of the LORD
was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of
the children of Israel.
18. And Moses went into the midst of the cloud,
and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty
days and forty nights.
Exodus - Chapter 25
1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2. Speak unto the children of Israel, that
they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly
with his heart ye shall take my offering.
3. And this is the offering which ye shall
take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
4. And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
linen, and goats' hair,
5. And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins,
and shittim wood,
6. Oil for the light, spices for anointing
oil, and for sweet incense,
7. Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the
ephod, and in the breastplate.
8. And let them make me a sanctuary; that I
may dwell among them.
9. According to all that I shew thee, after
the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments
thereof, even so shall ye make it.
10. And they shall make an ark of shittim wood:
two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit
and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height
thereof.
11. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,
within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon
it a crown of gold round about.
12. And thou shalt 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.
13. And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood,
and overlay them with gold.
14. And thou shalt put the staves into the
rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with
them.
15. The staves shall be in the rings of the
ark: they shall not be taken from it.
16. And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony
which I shall give thee.
17. And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure
gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a
cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
18. And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold,
of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy
seat.
19. And make one cherub on the one end, and
the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall
ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
20. And the cherubims shall stretch forth their
wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their
faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the
faces of the cherubims be.
21. And thou shalt put the mercy seat above
upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that
I shall give thee.
22. And there I will meet with thee, and I
will commune with thee 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 thee in commandment unto the children
of Israel.
23. Thou shalt also make a table of shittim
wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
24. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,
and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
25. And thou shalt make unto it a border of
an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown
to the border thereof round about.
26. And thou shalt make for it four rings of
gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four
feet thereof.
27. Over against the border shall the rings
be for places of the staves to bear the table.
28. And thou shalt make the staves of shittim
wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne
with them.
29. And thou shalt make the dishes thereof,
and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to
cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
30. And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread
before me alway.
31. And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure
gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft,
and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall
be of the same.
32. 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:
33. Three bowls made like unto almonds, with
a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds
in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches
that come out of the candlestick.
34. And in the candlestick shall be four bowls
made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
35. And there shall be a knop under two branches
of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a
knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches
that proceed out of the candlestick.
36. Their knops and their branches shall be
of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
37. And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof:
and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light
over against it.
38. And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes
thereof, shall be of pure gold.
39. Of a talent of pure gold shall he make
it, with all these vessels.
40. And look that thou make them after their
pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
Exodus - Chapter 26
1. Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle
with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple,
and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
2. The length of one curtain shall be eight
and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits:
and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
3. The five curtains shall be coupled together
one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to
another.
4. And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the
edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and
likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain,
in the coupling of the second.
5. Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain,
and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that
is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold
one of another.
6. And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold,
and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall
be one tabernacle.
7. And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair
to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou
make.
8. 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.
9. And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves,
and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain
in the forefront of the tabernacle.
10. And thou shalt make fifty loops on the
edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty
loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
11. And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass,
and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together,
that it may be one.
12. And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains
of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over
the backside of the tabernacle.
13. And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit
on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the
curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle
on this side and on that side, to cover it.
14. And thou shalt make a covering for the
tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers'
skins.
15. And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle
of shittim wood standing up.
16. Ten cubits shall be the length of a board,
and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.
17. Two tenons shall there be in one board,
set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all
the boards of the tabernacle.
18. And thou shalt make the boards for the
tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
19. And thou shalt 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.
20. And for the second side of the tabernacle
on the north side there shall be twenty boards:
21. And their forty sockets of silver; two
sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
22. And for the sides of the tabernacle westward
thou shalt make six boards.
23. And two boards shalt thou make for the
corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
24. And they shall be coupled together beneath,
and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one
ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two
corners.
25. And they shall be eight boards, and their
sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board.
26. And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood;
five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
27. And five bars for the boards of the other
side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side
of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
28. And the middle bar in the midst of the
boards shall reach from end to end.
29. And thou shalt overlay the boards with
gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and
thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
30. And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according
to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
31. And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with
cherubims shall it be made:
32. And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars
of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold,
upon the four sockets of silver.
33. And thou shalt hang up the vail under the
taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the
ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between
the holy place and the most holy.
34. And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon
the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
35. And thou shalt set the table without the
vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of
the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table
on the north side.
36. And thou shalt make an hanging for the
door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen, wrought with needlework.
37. And thou shalt make for the hanging five
pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their
hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass
for them.
Exodus - Chapter 27
1. And thou shalt make an altar of shittim
wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall
be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
2. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon
the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and
thou shalt overlay it with brass.
3. And thou shalt make his pans to receive
his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks,
and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
4. And thou shalt make for it a grate of network
of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in
the four corners thereof.
5. And thou shalt put it under the compass
of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of
the altar.
6. And thou shalt make staves for the altar,
staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
7. And the staves shall be put into the rings,
and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear
it.
8. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as
it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
9. And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle:
for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court
of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
10. And the twenty pillars thereof and their
twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and
their fillets shall be of silver.
11. And likewise for the north side in length
there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty
pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars
and their fillets of silver.
12. And for the breadth of the court on the
west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten,
and their sockets ten.
13. And the breadth of the court on the east
side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
14. The hangings of one side of the gate shall
be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15. And on the other side shall be hangings
fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16. And for the gate of the court shall be
an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars
shall be four, and their sockets four.
17. All the pillars round about the court shall
be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their
sockets of brass.
18. The length of the court shall be an hundred
cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five
cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
19. All the vessels of the tabernacle in all
the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins
of the court, shall be of brass.
20. And thou shalt command the children of
Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light,
to cause the lamp to burn always.
21. In the tabernacle of the congregation without
the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall
order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be
a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the
children of Israel.
Exodus - Chapter 28
1. And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother,
and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that
he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab
and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
2. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron
thy brother for glory and for beauty.
3. And thou shalt speak unto 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
unto me in the priest's office.
4. And these are the garments which they shall
make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered
coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments
for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto
me in the priest's office.
5. And they shall take gold, and blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
6. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of
blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning
work.
7. It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof
joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
8. 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.
9. And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and
grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
10. Six of their names on one stone, and the
other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their
birth.
11. With the work of an engraver in stone,
like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones
with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them
to be set in ouches of gold.
12. And thou shalt put the two stones upon
the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children
of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon
his two shoulders for a memorial.
13. And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
14. And two chains of pure gold at the ends;
of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen
chains to the ouches.
15. And thou shalt make the breastplate of
judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt
make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and
of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
16. Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a
span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth
thereof.
17. And thou shalt 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.
18. And the second row shall be an emerald,
a sapphire, and a diamond.
19. And the third row a ligure, an agate, and
an amethyst.
20. And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx,
and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
21. And the stones shall be with the names
of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like
the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they
be according to the twelve tribes.
22. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate
chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
23. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate
two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends
of the breastplate.
24. And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains
of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
25. And the other two ends of the two wreathen
chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the
shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
26. And thou shalt make two rings of gold,
and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in
the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
27. And two other rings of gold thou shalt
make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath,
toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof,
above the curious girdle of the ephod.
28. And they shall bind the breastplate by
the rings thereof unto 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 be not loosed from the ephod.
29. And Aaron shall bear the names of the children
of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when
he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD
continually.
30. And thou shalt put in the breastplate of
judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's
heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear
the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the
LORD continually.
31. And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod
all of blue.
32. And there shall be an hole in the top of
it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work
round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon,
that it be not rent.
33. And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt
make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round
about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
34. A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden
bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
35. And it shall be upon Aaron to minister:
and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place
before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
36. And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold,
and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO
THE LORD.
37. And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that
it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall
be.
38. 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.
39. And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine
linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt
make the girdle of needlework.
40. And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats,
and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make
for them, for glory and for beauty.
41. And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy
brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate
them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the
priest's office.
42. And thou shalt make them linen breeches
to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs
they shall reach:
43. And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon
his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation,
or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy
place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute
for ever unto him and his seed after him.
Exodus - Chapter 29
1. And this is the thing that thou shalt do
unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's
office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
2. And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened
tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of
wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
3. And thou shalt put them into one basket,
and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
4. And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt
wash them with water.
5. And thou shalt 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:
6. And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head,
and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
7. Then shalt thou take the anointing oil,
and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
8. And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats
upon them.
9. And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron
and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office
shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate
Aaron and his sons.
10. And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought
before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons
shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
11. And thou shalt kill the bullock before
the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
12. And thou shalt 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.
13. And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth
the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two
kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the
altar.
14. But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin,
and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is
a sin offering.
15. Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron
and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
16. And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt
take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
17. And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and
wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces,
and unto his head.
18. And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon
the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet
savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
19. And thou shalt take the other ram; and
Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the
ram.
20. Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take
of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron,
and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb
of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot,
and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
21. And thou shalt take of the blood that is
upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon
Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the
garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his
garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
22. Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat
and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul
above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:
23. And one loaf of bread, and one cake of
oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened
bread that is before the LORD:
24. And thou shalt put all in the hands of
Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a
wave offering before the LORD.
25. And thou shalt 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 unto the
LORD.
26. And thou shalt take the breast of the ram
of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before
the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
27. And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the
wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is
waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration,
even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his
sons:
28. And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by
a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an 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.
29. And the holy garments of Aaron shall be
his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated
in them.
30. And that son that is priest in his stead
shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle
of the congregation to minister in the holy place.
31. And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration,
and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
32. 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.
33. And they shall eat those things wherewith
the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but
a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
34. And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations,
or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn
the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is
holy.
35. And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and
to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee:
seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
36. And thou shalt offer every day a bullock
for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar,
when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint
it, to sanctify it.
37. Seven days thou shalt make an atonement
for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most
holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
38. Now this is that which thou shalt offer
upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
39. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning;
and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
40. 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.
41. And the other lamb thou shalt offer at
even, and shalt do thereto 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.
42. 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 unto thee.
43. And there I will meet with the children
of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
44. And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and
his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.
45. And I will dwell among the children of
Israel, and will be their God.
46. 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.
Exodus - Chapter 30
1. And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense
upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
2. A cubit shall be the length thereof, and
a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits
shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the
same.
3. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,
the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns
thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
4. And two golden rings shalt thou make to
it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the
two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places
for the staves to bear it withal.
5. And thou shalt make the staves of shittim
wood, and overlay them with gold.
6. And thou shalt put it before the vail that
is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is
over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
7. And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense
every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense
upon it.
8. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even,
he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the
LORD throughout your generations.
9. Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon,
nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour
drink offering thereon.
10. 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 unto the LORD.
11. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12. When thou takest the sum of the children
of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a
ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that
there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
13. This they shall give, every one that passeth
among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of
the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall
be the offering of the LORD.
14. Every one that passeth among them that
are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering
unto the LORD.
15. The rich shall not give more, and the poor
shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering
unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
16. And thou shalt take the atonement money
of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service
of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial
unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement
for your souls.
17. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
18. Thou shalt also make a laver of brass,
and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put
it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and
thou shalt put water therein.
19. For Aaron and his sons shall wash their
hands and their feet thereat:
20. When they go into the tabernacle of the
congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or
when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering
made by fire unto the LORD:
21. So they shall wash their hands and their
feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to
them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
22. Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
23. Take thou also unto thee 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,
24. And of cassia five hundred shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
25. And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment,
an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall
be an holy anointing oil.
26. And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of
the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
27. And the table and all his vessels, and
the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
28. And the altar of burnt offering with all
his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
29. And thou shalt sanctify them, that they
may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
30. And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons,
and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's
office.
31. And thou shalt speak unto the children
of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me
throughout your generations.
32. Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured,
neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition
of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
33. Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever
putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from
his people.
34. And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto
thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet
spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
35. And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection
after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
36. And thou shalt beat some of it very small,
and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation,
where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
37. And as for the perfume which thou shalt
make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition
thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
38. Whosoever shall make like unto that, to
smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
Exodus - Chapter 31
1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2. See, I have called by name Bezaleel the
son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
3. And I have filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in
all manner of workmanship,
4. To devise cunning works, to work in gold,
and in silver, and in brass,
5. And in cutting of stones, to set them, and
in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
6. And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab,
the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of
all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make
all that I have commanded thee;
7. The tabernacle of the congregation, and
the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon,
and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
8. And the table and his furniture, and the
pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,
9. And the altar of burnt offering with all
his furniture, and the laver and his foot,
10. 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,
11. And the anointing oil, and sweet incense
for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee
shall they do.
12. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
13. Speak thou also unto the children of Israel,
saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between
me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that
I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
14. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for
it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be
put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul
shall be cut off from among his people.
15. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh
is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any
work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
16. Wherefore the children of Israel shall
keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations,
for a perpetual covenant.
17. It is a sign between me and the children
of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth,
and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
18. And he gave unto 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.
Exodus - Chapter 32
1. And when the people saw that Moses delayed
to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves
together unto Aaron, and said unto 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 wot not what is become of him.
2. And Aaron said unto them, Break off the
golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your
sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
3. And all the people brake off the golden
earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4. And he received them at their hand, and
fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten
calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought
thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar
before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is
a feast to the LORD.
6. And they rose up early on the morrow, and
offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the
people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee
down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of
Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
8. They have turned aside quickly out of the
way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf,
and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said,
These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt.
9. And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen
this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
10. Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath
may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will
make of thee a great nation.
11. And Moses besought the LORD his God, and
said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which
thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power,
and with a mighty hand?
12. Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and
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 thy
fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
13. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy
servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto
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.
14. And the LORD repented of the evil which
he thought to do unto his people.
15. And Moses turned, and went down from the
mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the
tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on
the other were they written.
16. And the tables were the work of God, and
the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
17. And when Joshua heard the noise of the
people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of
war in the camp.
18. And he said, It is not the voice of them
that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry
for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
19. And it came to pass, as soon as he came
nigh unto 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 brake them beneath the mount.
20. And he took the calf which they had made,
and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed
it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
21. And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this
people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
22. And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my
lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
23. For they said unto me, 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 wot not what is become of him.
24. And I said unto them, Whosoever hath 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.
25. And when Moses saw that the people were
naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their
enemies:)
26. Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp,
and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And
all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
27. And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD
God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in
and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every
man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his
neighbour.
28. And the children of Levi did according
to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about
three thousand men.
29. For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves
to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his
brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
30. And it came to pass on the morrow, that
Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now
I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement
for your sin.
31. And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said,
Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods
of gold.
32. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--;
and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast
written.
33. And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever
hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
34. Therefore now go, lead the people unto
the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel
shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will
visit their sin upon them.
35. And the LORD plagued the people, because
they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Exodus - Chapter 33
1. And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and
go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out
of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
2. And I will send an angel before thee; and
I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite,
and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
3. Unto a land flowing with milk and honey:
for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked
people: lest I consume thee in the way.
4. And when the people heard these evil tidings,
they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
5. For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto
the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come
up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore
now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do
unto thee.
6. And the children of Israel stripped themselves
of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
7. And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched
it without the camp, afar 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 unto the tabernacle of the
congregation, which was without the camp.
8. And it came to pass, when Moses went out
unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every
man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone
into the tabernacle.
9. And it came to pass, as Moses entered into
the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the
door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
10. And all the people saw the cloudy pillar
stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped,
every man in his tent door.
11. And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face,
as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the
camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed
not out of the tabernacle.
12. And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou
sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me
know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know
thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
13. Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found
grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee,
that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation
is thy people.
14. And he said, My presence shall go with
thee, and I will give thee rest.
15. And he said unto him, If thy presence go
not with me, carry us not up hence.
16. For wherein shall it be known here that
I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in
that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy
people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
17. And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do
this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace
in my sight, and I know thee by name.
18. And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy
glory.
19. And he said, I will make all my goodness
pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before
thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will
shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
20. And he said, Thou canst not see my face:
for there shall no man see me, and live.
21. And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place
by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
22. And it shall come to pass, while my glory
passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will
cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
23. And I will take away mine hand, and thou
shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Exodus - Chapter 34
1. And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two
tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these
tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
2. And be ready in the morning, and come up
in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to
me in the top of the mount.
3. And no man shall come up with thee, neither
let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the
flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
4. And he hewed two tables of stone like unto
the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up
unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his
hand the two tables of stone.
5. And the LORD descended in the cloud, and
stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed,
The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering,
and abundant in goodness and truth,
7. Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity
and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the
guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children,
and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth
generation.
8. And Moses made haste, and bowed his head
toward the earth, and worshipped.
9. And he said, If now I have found grace in
thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for
it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin,
and take us for thine inheritance.
10. And he said, Behold, I make a covenant:
before all thy 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 thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible
thing that I will do with thee.
11. Observe thou that which I command thee
this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the
Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite,
and the Jebusite.
12. Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a
covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest,
lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
13. But ye shall destroy their altars, break
their images, and cut down their groves:
14. For thou shalt worship no other god: for
the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
15. Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants
of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice
unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
16. And thou take of their daughters unto thy
sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make
thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
17. Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
18. The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou
keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded
thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou
camest out from Egypt.
19. All that openeth the matrix is mine; and
every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is
male.
20. But the firstling of an ass thou shalt
redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou
break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem.
And none shall appear before me empty.
21. Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh
day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt
rest.
22. And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks,
of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering
at the year's end.
23. Thrice in the year shall all your men children
appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
24. For I will cast out the nations before
thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy
land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God
thrice in the year.
25. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice
with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover
be left unto the morning.
26. The first of the firstfruits of thy land
thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt
not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
27. And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou
these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a
covenant with thee and with Israel.
28. And he was there with the LORD forty days
and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water.
And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten
commandments.
29. And it came to pass, when Moses came down
from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand,
when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the
skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
30. And when Aaron and all the children of
Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they
were afraid to come nigh him.
31. And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and
all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses
talked with them.
32. And afterward all the children of Israel
came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had
spoken with him in mount Sinai.
33. And till Moses had done speaking with them,
he put a vail on his face.
34. But when Moses went in before the LORD
to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And
he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which
he was commanded.
35. And the children of Israel saw the face
of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the
vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
Exodus - Chapter 35
1. And Moses gathered all the congregation
of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These
are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do
them.
2. Six days shall work be done, but on the
seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest
to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
3. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your
habitations upon the sabbath day.
4. And Moses spake unto all the congregation
of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the
LORD commanded, saying,
5. Take ye from among you an offering unto
the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an
offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
6. And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
linen, and goats' hair,
7. And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins,
and shittim wood,
8. And oil for the light, and spices for anointing
oil, and for the sweet incense,
9. And onyx stones, and stones to be set for
the ephod, and for the breastplate.
10. And every wise hearted among you shall
come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;
11. The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering,
his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
12. The ark, and the staves thereof, with the
mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
13. The table, and his staves, and all his
vessels, and the shewbread,
14. The candlestick also for the light, and
his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
15. And the incense altar, and his staves,
and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging
for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
16. The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen
grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
17. The hangings of the court, his pillars,
and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
18. The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins
of the court, and their cords,
19. The 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.
20. And all the congregation of the children
of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
21. 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.
22. 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 offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.
23. And every man, with whom was found blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and
red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them.
24. Every one that did offer an offering of
silver and brass brought the LORD's offering: and every man, with
whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought
it.
25. And all the women that were wise hearted
did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun,
both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
26. And all the women whose heart stirred them
up in wisdom spun goats' hair.
27. And the rulers brought onyx stones, and
stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
28. And spice, and oil for the light, and for
the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
29. The children of Israel brought a willing
offering unto 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.
30. And Moses said unto the children of Israel,
See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the
son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
31. And he hath filled him with the spirit
of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in
all manner of workmanship;
32. And to devise curious works, to work in
gold, and in silver, and in brass,
33. And in the cutting of stones, to set them,
and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
34. And he hath put in his heart that he may
teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe
of Dan.
35. Them hath he 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.
Exodus - Chapter 36
1. Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every
wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding
to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the
sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.
2. And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and
every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom,
even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work
to do it:
3. And they received of Moses all the offering,
which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service
of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto
him free offerings every morning.
4. And all the wise men, that wrought all the
work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they
made;
5. And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people
bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which
the LORD commanded to make.
6. And Moses gave commandment, and they caused
it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man
nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained from bringing.
7. For the stuff they had was sufficient for
all the work to make it, and too much.
8. And every wise hearted man among them that
wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined
linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning
work made he them.
9. The length of one curtain was twenty and
eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the
curtains were all of one size.
10. And he coupled the five curtains one unto
another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
11. And he made loops of blue on the edge of
one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made
in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the
second.
12. Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and
fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the
coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
13. And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled
the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one
tabernacle.
14. And he made curtains of goats' hair for
the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
15. The length of one curtain was thirty cubits,
and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains
were of one size.
16. And he coupled five curtains by themselves,
and six curtains by themselves.
17. And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost
edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon
the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
18. And he made fifty taches of brass to couple
the tent together, that it might be one.
19. And he made a covering for the tent of
rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.
20. And he made boards for the tabernacle of
shittim wood, standing up.
21. The length of a board was ten cubits, and
the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
22. One board had two tenons, equally distant
one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
23. And he made boards for the tabernacle;
twenty boards for the south side southward:
24. And forty sockets of silver he made under
the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons,
and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
25. And for the other side of the tabernacle,
which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
26. And their forty sockets of silver; two
sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
27. And for the sides of the tabernacle westward
he made six boards.
28. And two boards made he for the corners
of the tabernacle in the two sides.
29. And they were coupled beneath, and coupled
together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both
of them in both the corners.
30. And there were eight boards; and their
sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two
sockets.
31. And he made bars of shittim wood; five
for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
32. And five bars for the boards of the other
side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle
for the sides westward.
33. And he made the middle bar to shoot through
the boards from the one end to the other.
34. And he overlaid the boards with gold, and
made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid
the bars with gold.
35. And he made a vail of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it
of cunning work.
36. And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim
wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and
he cast for them four sockets of silver.
37. And he made an hanging for the tabernacle
door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,
of needlework;
38. 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.
Exodus - Chapter 37
1. And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood:
two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a
half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
2. And he overlaid it with pure gold within
and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
3. And he cast for it four rings of gold, to
be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one
side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
4. And he made staves of shittim wood, and
overlaid them with gold.
5. And he put the staves into the rings by
the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
6. And he made the mercy seat of pure gold:
two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and
a half the breadth thereof.
7. And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten
out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
8. One cherub on the end on this side, and
another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy
seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
9. 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 to the mercy seatward were the
faces of the cherubims.
10. And he made the table of shittim wood:
two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof,
and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
11. And he overlaid it with pure gold, and
made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
12. Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth
round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round
about.
13. And he cast for it four rings of gold,
and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four
feet thereof.
14. Over against the border were the rings,
the places for the staves to bear the table.
15. And he made the staves of shittim wood,
and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
16. And he made the vessels which were upon
the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his
covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
17. And he made the candlestick of pure gold:
of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch,
his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
18. And six branches going out of the sides
thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side
thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other
side thereof:
19. Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds
in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like
almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout
the six branches going out of the candlestick.
20. And in the candlestick were four bowls
made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
21. And a knop under two branches of the same,
and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two
branches of the same, according to the six branches going out
of it.
22. Their knops and their branches were of
the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
23. And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers,
and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
24. Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and
all the vessels thereof.
25. And he made the incense altar of shittim
wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit;
it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns
thereof were of the same.
26. And he overlaid it with pure gold, both
the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns
of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
27. And he made two rings of gold for it under
the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides
thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.
28. And he made the staves of shittim wood,
and overlaid them with gold.
29. And he made the holy anointing oil, and
the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the
apothecary.
Exodus - Chapter 38
1. And he made the altar of burnt offering
of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five
cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits
the height thereof.
2. And he made the horns thereof on the four
corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid
it with brass.
3. And he made all the vessels of the altar,
the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks,
and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
4. And he made for the altar a brasen grate
of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of
it.
5. And he cast four rings for the four ends
of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
6. And he made the staves of shittim wood,
and overlaid them with brass.
7. And he put the staves into the rings on
the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow
with boards.
8. And he made the laver of brass, and the
foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling,
which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
9. And he made the court: on the south side
southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen,
an hundred cubits:
10. Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen
sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were
of silver.
11. 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.
12. And for the west side were hangings of
fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks
of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
13. And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
14. The hangings of the one side of the gate
were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15. And for the other side of the court gate,
on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
16. All the hangings of the court round about
were of fine twined linen.
17. And the sockets for the pillars were of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and
the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars
of the court were filleted with silver.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. And all the pins of the tabernacle, and
of the court round about, were of brass.
21. This is the sum of the tabernacle, even
of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to
the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the
hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
22. And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of
Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
23. And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach,
of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an
embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
24. All the gold that was occupied for the
work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering,
was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary.
25. And the silver of them that were numbered
of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven
hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary:
26. A bekah for every man, that is, half a
shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that
went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six
hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty
men.
27. And of the hundred talents of silver were
cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail;
an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
28. And of the thousand seven hundred seventy
and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their
chapiters, and filleted them.
29. And the brass of the offering was seventy
talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
30. And therewith he made the sockets to the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar,
and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
31. And the sockets of the court round about,
and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle,
and all the pins of the court round about.
Exodus - Chapter 39
1. And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet,
they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place,
and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
2. And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
3. And they did 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.
4. They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple
it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
5. And the curious girdle of his ephod, that
was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of
gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
6. And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in
ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names
of the children of Israel.
7. And he put them on the shoulders of the
ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children
of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
8. And he made the breastplate of cunning work,
like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen.
9. It was foursquare; they made the breastplate
double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth
thereof, being doubled.
10. And they set in it four rows of stones:
the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was
the first row.
11. And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire,
and a diamond.
12. And the third row, a ligure, an agate,
and an amethyst.
13. And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and
a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
14. And the stones were according to the names
of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like
the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according
to the twelve tribes.
15. And they made upon the breastplate chains
at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.
16. And they made two ouches of gold, and two
gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
17. And they put the two wreathen chains of
gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
18. And the two ends of the two wreathen chains
they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces
of the ephod, before it.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. And they did bind the breastplate by his
rings unto 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 loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
22. And he made the robe of the ephod of woven
work, all of blue.
23. And there was an hole in the midst of the
robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the
hole, that it should not rend.
24. And they made upon the hems of the robe
pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
25. And they made bells of pure gold, and put
the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round
about between the pomegranates;
26. 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.
27. And they made coats of fine linen of woven
work for Aaron, and for his sons,
28. And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets
of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
29. And a girdle of fine twined linen, and
blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
30. And they made the plate of the holy crown
of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings
of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
31. And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to
fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
32. Thus was all the work of the tabernacle
of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of
Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so
did they.
33. And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses,
the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars,
and his pillars, and his sockets,
34. And the covering of rams' skins dyed red,
and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,
35. The ark of the testimony, and the staves
thereof, and the mercy seat,
36. The table, and all the vessels thereof,
and the shewbread,
37. 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,
38. And the golden altar, and the anointing
oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle
door,
39. The brasen altar, and his grate of brass,
his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
40. The hangings of the court, his pillars,
and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords,
and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle,
for the tent of the congregation,
41. 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.
42. According to all that the LORD commanded
Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
43. And Moses did look upon all the work, and,
behold, they have done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had
they done it: and Moses blessed them.
Exodus - Chapter 40
1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2. On the first day of the first month shalt
thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
3. And thou shalt put therein the ark of the
testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
4. And thou shalt bring in the table, and set
in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou
shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
5. And thou shalt set the altar of gold for
the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging
of the door to the tabernacle.
6. And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt
offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the
congregation.
7. And thou shalt set the laver between the
tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
8. And thou shalt set up the court round about,
and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
9. And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and
anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow
it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
10. And thou shalt anoint the altar of the
burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and
it shall be an altar most holy.
11. And thou shalt anoint the laver and his
foot, and sanctify it.
12. And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash
them with water.
13. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy
garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister
unto me in the priest's office.
14. And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe
them with coats:
15. And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst
anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's
office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood
throughout their generations.
16. Thus did Moses: according to all that the
LORD commanded him, so did he.
17. And it came to pass in the first month
in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle
was reared up.
18. And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and
fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in
the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
19. And he spread abroad the tent over the
tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
20. And he took and put the testimony into
the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat
above upon the ark:
21. And he brought the ark into the tabernacle,
and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the
testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
22. And he put the table in the tent of the
congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without
the vail.
23. And he set the bread in order upon it before
the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
24. And he put the candlestick in the tent
of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the
tabernacle southward.
25. And he lighted the lamps before the LORD;
as the LORD commanded Moses.
26. And he put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the vail:
27. And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
28. And he set up the hanging at the door of
the tabernacle.
29. And he put the altar of burnt offering
by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation,
and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering;
as the LORD commanded Moses.
30. And he set the laver between the tent of
the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
31. And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed
their hands and their feet thereat:
32. When they went into the tent of the congregation,
and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
33. And he reared up the court round about
the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court
gate. So Moses finished the work.
34. Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation,
and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
35. And Moses was not able to enter into the
tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and
the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
36. And when the cloud was taken up from over
the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their
journeys:
37. But if the cloud were not taken up, then
they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
38. For the cloud of the LORD was upon the
tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of
all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.