Exodus: AESV

Chapter 1

1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Yisrael, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Ya’aqub): 1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Yudah, 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benyamin, 1:4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 1:5 All the souls who came out of Ya’aqub’s body were seventy souls, and Yoseph was in Egypt already. 1:6 Yoseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation. 1:7 The B’nai Yisrael were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

1:8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Yoseph. 1:9 He said to his people, “Behold, the people of B’nai Yisrael are more and mightier than we. 1:10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land.” 1:11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses. 1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the B’nai Yisrael. 1:13 The Egyptians ruthlessly made the B’nai Yisrael serve, 1:14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.

1:15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah, 1:16 and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive. 1:18 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?”

1:19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”

1:20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty. 1:21 It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families. 1:22 Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

Chapter 2

2:1 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife. 2:2 The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 2:3 When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank. 2:4 His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him. 2:5 Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it. 2:6 She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

2:7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”

2:8 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.”

The maiden went and called the child’s mother. 2:9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.”

The woman took the child, and nursed it. 2:10 The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Mosha, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

2:11 It happened in those days, when Mosha had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers. 2:12 He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

2:13 He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”

2:14 He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?”

Mosha was afraid, and said, “Surely this thing is known.” 2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Mosha. But Mosha fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. 2:17 The shepherds came and drove them away; but Mosha stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 2:18 When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”

2:19 They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.”

2:20 He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”

2:21 Mosha was content to dwell with the man. He gave Mosha Zipporah, his daughter. 2:22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”

2:23 It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the B’nai Yisrael sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 2:24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Ya’aqub. 2:25 God saw the B’nai Yisrael, and God was concerned about them.

Chapter 3

3:1 Now Mosha was keeping the flock of Yethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb. 3:2 The angel of Mar-Yah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3:3 Mosha said, “I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.”

3:4 When Mar-Yah saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, “Mosha! Mosha!”

He said, “Here I am.”

3:5 He said, “Do not come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.” 3:6 Moreover he said, “I am God of your father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Ya’aqub.”

Mosha hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

3:7 Mar-Yah said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. 3:8 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Yebusite. 3:9 Now, behold, the cry of the B’nai Yisrael has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the B’nai Yisrael, out of Egypt.”

3:11 Mosha said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the B’nai Yisrael out of Egypt?”

3:12 He said, “Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

3:13 Mosha said to God, “Behold, when I come to the B’nai Yisrael, and tell them, ‘God of your fathers has sent me to you;’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ What should I tell them?”

3:14 God said to Mosha, “I AM WHO I AM,” [Heb. Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh] and he said, “You shall tell the B’nai Yisrael this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” 3:15 God said moreover to Mosha, “You shall tell the B’nai Yisrael this, ‘Mar-Yah, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Ya’aqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations. 3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Yisrael together, and tell them, ‘Mar-Yah, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Ya’aqub, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt; 3:17 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Yebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ 3:18 They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Yisrael, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, ‘Mar-Yah, God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Mar-Yah, our God.’ 3:19 I know that the king of Egypt will not grant you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand. 3:20 I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that he will let you go. 3:21 I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed. 3:22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians.”

Chapter 4

4:1 Mosha answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Mar-Yah has not appeared to you.’”

4:2 Mar-Yah said to him, “What is that in your hand?”

He said, “A rod.”

4:3 He said, “Throw it on the ground.”

He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Mosha ran away from it.

4:4 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail.”
He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

4:5 “That they may believe that Mar-Yah, God of their fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Ya’aqub, has appeared to you.” 4:6 Mar-Yah said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.”

He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.

4:7 He said, “Put your hand inside your cloak again.”

He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.

4:8 “It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 4:9 It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”

4:10 Mosha said to Mar-Yah, “O Mar-Yah, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

4:11 Mar-Yah said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Mar-Yah? 4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”

4:13 He said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”

4:14 The anger of Mar-Yah was kindled against Mosha, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 4:15 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. 4:16 He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God. 4:17 You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”

4:18 Mosha went and returned to Yethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.”

Yethro said to Mosha, “Go in peace.”

4:19 Mar-Yah said to Mosha in Midian, “Go, and return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”

4:20 Mosha took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Mosha took God’s rod in his hand. 4:21 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go. 4:22 You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Thus says Mar-Yah, Yisrael is my son, my firstborn, 4:23 and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.’”

4:24 It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Mar-Yah met Mosha and wanted to kill him. 4:25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

4:26 So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
4:27 Mar-Yah said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Mosha.”

He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him. 4:28 Mosha told Aaron all the words of Mar-Yah with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him. 4:29 Mosha and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the B’nai Yisrael. 4:30 Aaron spoke all the words that Mar-Yah had spoken to Mosha, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 4:31 The people believed, and when they heard that Mar-Yah had visited the B’nai Yisrael, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

Chapter 5

5:1 Afterward Mosha and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Mar-Yah, God of Yisrael, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”

5:2 Pharaoh said, “Who is Mar-Yah, that I should listen to his voice to let Yisrael go? I do not know Mar-Yah, and moreover I will not let Yisrael go.”

5:3 They said, “God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Mar-Yah, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.”

5:4 The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Mosha and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!” 5:5 Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.” 5:6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 5:7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. 5:8 The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ 5:9 Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labour therein; and do not let them pay any attention to lying words.”

5:10 The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you straw. 5:11 Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’” 5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 5:13 The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfil your work quota daily, as when there was straw!” 5:14 The officers of the B’nai Yisrael, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?”

5:15 Then the officers of the B’nai Yisrael came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants? 5:16 No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, ‘Make brick!’ and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”

5:17 But he said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to Mar-Yah.’ 5:18 Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!”

5:19 The officers of the B’nai Yisrael saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, “You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!”

5:20 They met Mosha and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: 5:21 and they said to them, “May Mar-Yah look at you, and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

5:22 Mosha returned to Mar-Yah, and said, “Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me? 5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people; neither have you delivered your people at all.”

Chapter 6

6:1 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land.”

6:2 God spoke to Mosha, and said to him, “I am Mar-Yah; 6:3 and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Ya’aqub, as God Almighty; but by my name Mar-Yah I was not known to them. 6:4 I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens. 6:5 Moreover I have heard the groaning of the B’nai Yisrael, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant. 6:6 Therefore tell the B’nai Yisrael, ‘I am Mar-Yah, 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 an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: 6:7 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Mar-Yah your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 6:8 I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Ya’aqub; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Mar-Yah.’”

6:9 Mosha spoke so to the B’nai Yisrael, but they did not listen to Mosha for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

6:10 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 6:11 “Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the B’nai Yisrael go out of his land.”

6:12 Mosha spoke before Mar-Yah, saying, “Behold, the B’nai Yisrael have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?” 6:13 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha and to Aaron, and gave them a command to the B’nai Yisrael, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the B’nai Yisrael out of the land of Egypt.

6:14 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Yisrael: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. 6:15 The sons of Simeon: Yemuel, and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. 6:16 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 one hundred thirty-seven years. 6:17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. 6:18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years. 6:19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. 6:20 Amram took Yochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Mosha and Miriam: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years. 6:21 The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 6:22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. 6:23 Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 6:24 The sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. 6:25 Eleazar Aaron’s son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families. 6:26 These are that Aaron and Mosha, to whom Mar-Yah said, “Bring out the B’nai Yisrael from the land of Egypt according to their armies.” 6:27 These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the B’nai Yisrael from Egypt. These are that Mosha and Aaron.

6:28 It happened on the day when Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha in the land of Egypt, 6:29 that Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, “I am Mar-Yah. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.”
6:30 Mosha said before Mar-Yah, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?”

Chapter 7

7:1 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. 7:2 You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the B’nai Yisrael go out of his land. 7:3 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 7:4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my people the B’nai Yisrael, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 7:5 The Egyptians shall know that I am Mar-Yah, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the B’nai Yisrael from among them.”

7:6 Mosha and Aaron did so. As Mar-Yah commanded them, so they did. 7:7 Mosha was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

7:8 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha and to Aaron, saying, 7:9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.’”

7:10 Mosha and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Mar-Yah had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 7:11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments. 7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. 7:13 Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as Mar-Yah had spoken.

7:14 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go. 7:15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him; and the rod, which was turned to a serpent you, shall take in your hand. 7:16 You shall tell him, ‘Mar-Yah, God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:” and behold, until now you have not listened. 7:17 Thus says Mar-Yah, “In this you shall know that I am Mar-Yah. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 7:18 The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.”’” 7:19 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”

7:20 Mosha and Aaron did so, as Mar-Yah commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck 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. 7:21 The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. 7:22 The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments; and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as Mar-Yah had spoken. 7:23 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. 7:24 All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 7:25 Seven days were fulfilled, after Mar-Yah had struck the river.

Chapter 8

8:1 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, “This is what Mar-Yah says, ‘Let my people go, that they may serve me. 8:2 If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs: 8:3 and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs: 8:4 and the frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.’” 8:5 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.’” 8:6 Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 8:7 The magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Mosha and Aaron, and said, “Entreat Mar-Yah, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Mar-Yah.”

8:9 Mosha said to Pharaoh, “I give you the honour of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only.”

8:10 He said, “Tomorrow.”

He said, “Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is none like Mar-Yah our God. 8:11 The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only.”

8:12 Mosha and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Mosha cried to Mar-Yah concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh. 8:13 Mar-Yah did according to the word of Mosha, and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields. 8:14 They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and did not listen to them, as Mar-Yah had spoken.

8:16 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.’” 8:17 They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man, and on animal; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 8:18 The magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they were unable. There were lice on man, and on animal. 8:19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God:” and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as Mar-Yah had spoken.

8:20 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell him, ‘This is what Mar-Yah says, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 8:21 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 8:22 I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am Mar-Yah in the midst of the earth. 8:23 I will put a division between my people and your people: by tomorrow shall this sign be.”’” 8:24 Mar-Yah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.

8:25 Pharaoh called for Mosha and for Aaron, and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God in the land!”

8:26 Mosha said, “It is not appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the repugnance of the Egyptians to Mar-Yah our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the repugnance of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? 8:27 We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Mar-Yah our God, as he shall command us.”

8:28 Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Mar-Yah your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away. Pray for me.”

8:29 Mosha said, “Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Mar-Yah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only do not let Pharaoh deal treacherously any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Mar-Yah.” 8:30 Mosha went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Mar-Yah. 8:31 Mar-Yah did according to the word of Mosha, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. There remained not one. 8:32 Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.

Chapter 9

9:1 Then Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what Mar-Yah, God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 9:2 For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still, 9:3 behold, the hand of Mar-Yah is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence. 9:4 Mar-Yah will make a distinction between the livestock of Yisrael and the livestock of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongs to the B’nai Yisrael.”’” 9:5 Mar-Yah appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow Mar-Yah shall do this thing in the land.” 9:6 Mar-Yah did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the B’nai Yisrael, not one died. 9:7 Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Yisraelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go.

9:8 Mar-Yah said to Mosha and to Aaron, “Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Mosha sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. 9:9 It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal, throughout all the land of Egypt.”

9:10 They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Mosha sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal. 9:11 The magicians could not stand before Mosha because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians. 9:12 Mar-Yah hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as Mar-Yah had spoken to Mosha.

9:13 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what Mar-Yah, God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 9:14 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. 9:15 For now I would have put forth my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth; 9:16 but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth; 9:17 as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you will not let them go. 9:18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. 9:19 Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and is not brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die.”’”

9:20 Those who feared the word of Mar-Yah among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses. 9:21 Whoever did not respect the word of Mar-Yah left his servants and his livestock in the field.

9:22 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Stretch forth your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”

9:23 Mosha stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and Mar-Yah sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. Mar-Yah rained hail on the land of Egypt. 9:24 So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 9:25 The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. 9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the B’nai Yisrael were, there was no hail.

9:27 Pharaoh sent, and called for Mosha and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. Mar-Yah is righteous, and my people and I are wicked. 9:28 Pray to Mar-Yah; for there has been enough of mighty thundering and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

9:29 Mosha said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Mar-Yah. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Mar-Yah’s. 9:30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear Mar-Yah God.”

9:31 The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. 9:32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had not grown up. 9:33 Mosha went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Mar-Yah; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth. 9:34 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. 9:35 The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the B’nai Yisrael go, just as Mar-Yah had spoken through Mosha.

Chapter 10

10:1 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them, 10:2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Mar-Yah.”

10:3 Mosha and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what Mar-Yah, God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 10:4 Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, 10:5 and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one will not be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field. 10:6 Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’” He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.

10:7 Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Mar-Yah, their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”

10:8 Mosha and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve Mar-Yah your God; but who are those who will go?”

10:9 Mosha said, “We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to Mar-Yah.”

10:10 He said to them, “Mar-Yah be with you if I will let you go with your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces. 10:11 Not so! Go now you who are men, and serve Mar-Yah; for that is what you desire!” They were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

10:12 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.” 10:13 Mosha stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Mar-Yah brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 10:14 The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 10:15 For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 10:16 Then Pharaoh called for Mosha and Aaron in haste, and he said, “I have sinned against Mar-Yah your God, and against you. 10:17 Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Mar-Yah your God, that he may also take away from me this death.”

10:18 He went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Mar-Yah. 10:19 Mar-Yah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Sea of Suf. There remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt. 10:20 But Mar-Yah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the B’nai Yisrael go.

10:21 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.” 10:22 Mosha stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 10:23 They did not see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the B’nai Yisrael had light in their dwellings.

10:24 Pharaoh called to Mosha, and said, “Go, serve Mar-Yah. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you.”

10:25 Mosha said, “You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Mar-Yah our God. 10:26 Our livestock also shall go with us. There shall not a hoof be left behind, for of it we must take to serve Mar-Yah our God; and we do not know with what we must serve Mar-Yah, until we come there.”

10:27 But Mar-Yah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 10:28 Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!”

10:29 Mosha said, “You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more.”

Chapter 11

11:1 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether. 11:2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.” 11:3 Mar-Yah gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Mosha was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.

11:4 Mosha said, “This is what Mar-Yah says: ‘About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt, 11:5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of livestock. 11:6 There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall be any more. 11:7 But against any of the B’nai Yisrael a dog will not even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know that Mar-Yah makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Yisrael. 11:8 All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, “Get out, with all the people who follow you;” and after that I will go out.’” He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

11:9 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” 11:10 Mosha and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Mar-Yah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the B’nai Yisrael go out of his land.
Chapter 12

12:1 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 12:2 “This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you. 12:3 Speak to all the congregation of Yisrael, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household; 12:4 and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbour next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls; according to what everyone can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: 12:6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Yisrael shall kill it at evening. 12:7 They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it. 12:8 They shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs. 12:9 Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts. 12:10 You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire. 12:11 This is how you shall eat it: with your waist girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is Mar-Yah’s Passover. 12:12 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. Against all the deities of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Mar-Yah. 12:13 The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. 12:14 This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Mar-Yah: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

12:15 “‘Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Yisrael. 12:16 In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. 12:17 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever. 12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month at evening. 12:19 Seven days shall there be no yeast found in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Yisrael, whether he be a foreigner, or one who is born in the land. 12:20 You shall eat nothing leavened. In all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.’”

12:21 Then Mosha called for all the elders of Yisrael, and said to them, “Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover. 12:22 You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 12:23 For Mar-Yah will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two doorposts, Mar-Yah will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you. 12:24 You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever. 12:25 It shall happen when you have come to the land which Mar-Yah will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service. 12:26 It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 12:27 that you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of Mar-Yah’s Passover, who passed over the houses of the B’nai Yisrael in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.’”

The people bowed their heads and worshiped. 12:28 The B’nai Yisrael went and did so; as Mar-Yah had commanded Mosha and Aaron, so they did.

12:29 It happened at midnight, that Mar-Yah struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of livestock. 12:30 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. 12:31 He called for Mosha and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the B’nai Yisrael; and go, serve Mar-Yah, as you have said! 12:32 Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!”

12:33 The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We are all dead men.” 12:34 The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. 12:35 The B’nai Yisrael did according to the word of Mosha; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing. 12:36 Mar-Yah gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. They despoiled the Egyptians.

12:37 The B’nai Yisrael travelled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children. 12:38 A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much livestock. 12:39 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 wait, neither had they prepared for themselves any food. 12:40 Now the time that the B’nai Yisrael lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years. 12:41 It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years, even the same day it happened, that all the armies of Mar-Yah went out from the land of Egypt. 12:42 It is a night to be much observed to Mar-Yah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of Mar-Yah, to be much observed of all the B’nai Yisrael throughout their generations.

12:43 Mar-Yah said to Mosha and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner shall eat of it, 12:44 but every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it. 12:45 A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it. 12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone of it. 12:47 All the congregation of Yisrael shall keep it. 12:48 When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you, and will keep the Passover to Mar-Yah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one who is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 12:49 One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you.” 12:50 All the B’nai Yisrael did so. As Mar-Yah commanded Mosha and Aaron, so they did. 12:51 It happened the same day, that Mar-Yah brought the B’nai Yisrael out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

Chapter 13

13:1 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 13:2 “Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the B’nai Yisrael, both of man and of animal. It is mine.”

13:3 Mosha said to the people, “Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Mar-Yah brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten. 13:4 This day you go forth in the month Abib. 13:5 It shall be, when Mar-Yah shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Yebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month. 13:6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Mar-Yah. 13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall there be yeast seen with you, in all your borders. 13:8 You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which Mar-Yah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.’ 13:9 It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Mar-Yah may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Mar-Yah has brought you out of Egypt. 13:10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

13:11 “It shall be, when Mar-Yah shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it you, 13:12 that you shall set apart to Mar-Yah all that opens the womb, and every firstborn which you have that comes from an animal. The males shall be Mar-Yah’s. 13:13 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons. 13:14 It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand Mar-Yah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage; 13:15 and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Mar-Yah killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Mar-Yah all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ 13:16 It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes: for by strength of hand Mar-Yah brought us forth out of Egypt.”

13:17 It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;” 13:18 but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Sea of Suf; and the B’nai Yisrael went up armed out of the land of Egypt. 13:19 Mosha took the bones of Yoseph with him, for he had made the B’nai Yisrael swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you.” 13:20 They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 13:21 Mar-Yah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night: 13:22 the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, did not depart from before the people.

Chapter 14

14:1 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 14:2 “Speak to the B’nai Yisrael, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea. 14:3 Pharaoh will say of the B’nai Yisrael, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’ 14:4 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honour over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Mar-Yah.” They did so.

14:5 It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Yisrael go from serving us?” 14:6 He made ready his chariot, and took his army with him; 14:7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. 14:8 Mar-Yah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the B’nai Yisrael; for the B’nai Yisrael went out with a high hand. 14:9 The Egyptians pursued after them: all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army; and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.

14:10 When Pharaoh drew near, the B’nai Yisrael lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The B’nai Yisrael cried out to Mar-Yah. 14:11 They said to Mosha, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt? 14:12 Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?’ For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.”

14:13 Mosha said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Mar-Yah, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again. 14:14 Mar-Yah will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

14:15 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the B’nai Yisrael, so that they move on! 14:16 Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the B’nai Yisrael shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. 14:17 I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get myself honour over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen. 14:18 The Egyptians shall know that I am Mar-Yah, when I have gotten myself honour over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.” 14:19 The angel of God, who went before the camp of Yisrael, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them. 14:20 It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Yisrael; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one did not come near the other the entire night.

14:21 Mosha stretched out his hand over the sea, and Mar-Yah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 14:22 The B’nai Yisrael went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. 14:23 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea: all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 14:24 It happened in the morning watch, that Mar-Yah looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and began to destroy the Egyptian army. 14:25 He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face of Yisrael, for Mar-Yah fights for them against the Egyptians!”

14:26 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.” 14:27 Mosha stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. Mar-Yah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 14:28 The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh’s army that went in after them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them. 14:29 But the B’nai Yisrael walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. 14:30 Thus Mar-Yah saved Yisrael that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Yisrael saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 14:31 Yisrael saw the great work which Mar-Yah did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Mar-Yah; and they believed in Mar-Yah, and in his servant Mosha.

Chapter 15

15:1 Then Mosha and the B’nai Yisrael sang this song to Mar-Yah, and said,

“I will sing to Mar-Yah, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
15:2 Mar-Yah is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
This is God to me, and I will praise him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
15:3 Mar-Yah is The Man of War.
Mar-Yah is his name.
15:4 He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.
His chosen captains are sunk in the Sea of Suf.
15:5 The deeps cover them.
They went down into the depths like a stone.
15:6 Your right hand, Mar-Yah, is glorious in power.
Your right hand, Mar-Yah, dashes the enemy in pieces.
15:7 In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you.
You send forth your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.
15:8 With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up.
The floods stood upright as a heap.
The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
15:9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the spoil.
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’
15:10 You blew with your wind.
The sea covered them.
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
15:11 Who is like you, Mar-Yah, among the deities?
Who is like you, glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises, doing wonders?
15:12 You stretched out your right hand.
The earth swallowed them.
15:13 “You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed.
You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
15:14 The peoples have heard.
They tremble.
Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
15:15 Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed.
Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab.
All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.
15:16 Terror and dread falls on them.
By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone—
until your people pass over, Mar-Yah,
until the people pass over who you have purchased.
15:17 You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,
the place, Mar-Yah, which you have made for yourself to dwell in;
the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
15:18 Mar-Yah shall reign forever and ever.”
15:19 For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Mar-Yah brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the B’nai Yisrael walked on dry land in the midst of the sea. 15:20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. 15:21 Miriam answered them,

“Sing to Mar-Yah, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

15:22 Mosha led Yisrael onward from the Sea of Suf, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 15:23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah. 15:24 The people murmured against Mosha, saying, “What shall we drink?” 15:25 Then he cried to Mar-Yah. Mar-Yah showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them; 15:26 and he said, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of Mar-Yah your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Mar-Yah who heals you.”

15:27 They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

Chapter 16

16:1 They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of B’nai Yisrael came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 16:2 The whole congregation of the B’nai Yisrael murmured against Mosha and against Aaron in the wilderness; 16:3 and the B’nai Yisrael said to them, “We wish that we had died by the hand of Mar-Yah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

16:4 Then said Mar-Yah to Mosha, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not. 16:5 It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”

16:6 Mosha and Aaron said to all the B’nai Yisrael, “At evening, then you shall know that Mar-Yah has brought you out from the land of Egypt; 16:7 and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Mar-Yah; because he hears your murmurings against Mar-Yah. Who are we, that you murmur against us?” 16:8 Mosha said, “Now Mar-Yah shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Mar-Yah hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Mar-Yah.” 16:9 Mosha said to Aaron, “Tell all the congregation of the B’nai Yisrael, ‘Come near before Mar-Yah, for he has heard your murmurings.’” 16:10 It happened, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the B’nai Yisrael, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Mar-Yah appeared in the cloud. 16:11 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 16:12 “I have heard the murmurings of the B’nai Yisrael. Speak to them, saying, ‘At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am Mar-Yah your God.’”

16:13 It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp. 16:14 When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground. 16:15 When the B’nai Yisrael saw it, they said one to another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Mosha said to them, “It is the bread which Mar-Yah has given you to eat.” 16:16 This is the thing which Mar-Yah has commanded: “Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.” 16:17 The B’nai Yisrael did so, and gathered some more, some less. 16:18 When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating. 16:19 Mosha said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.” 16:20 Notwithstanding they did not listen to Mosha, but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Mosha was angry with them. 16:21 They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted. 16:22 It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Mosha. 16:23 He said to them, “This is that which Mar-Yah has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Mar-Yah. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’” 16:24 They laid it up until the morning, as Mosha asked, and it did not become foul, neither was there any worm in it. 16:25 Mosha said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Mar-Yah. Today you shall not find it in the field. 16:26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.” 16:27 It happened on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and they found none. 16:28 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? 16:29 Behold, because Mar-Yah has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.” 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

16:31 The house of Yisrael called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey. 16:32 Mosha said, “This is the thing which Mar-Yah has commanded, ‘Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.’” 16:33 Mosha said to Aaron, “Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before Mar-Yah, to be kept throughout your generations.” 16:34 As Mar-Yah commanded Mosha, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 16:35 The B’nai Yisrael ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan. 16:36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an efah.
Chapter 17

17:1 All the congregation of the B’nai Yisrael travelled from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to Mar-Yah’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink. 17:2 Therefore the people quarrelled with Mosha, and said, “Give us water to drink.”

Mosha said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Mar-Yah?”

17:3 The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured against Mosha, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”

17:4 Mosha cried to Mar-Yah, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”

17:5 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Yisrael with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go. 17:6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Mosha did so in the sight of the elders of Yisrael. 17:7 He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the B’nai Yisrael quarrelled, and because they tested Mar-Yah, saying, “Is Mar-Yah among us, or not?”

17:8 Then Amalek came and fought with Yisrael in Rephidim. 17:9 Mosha said to Yoshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.” 17:10 So Yoshua did as Mosha had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Mosha, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 17:11 It happened, when Mosha held up his hand, that Yisrael prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 17:12 But Mosha’s hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset. 17:13 Yoshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 17:14 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Yoshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.” 17:15 Mosha built an altar, and called its name Mar-Yah our Banner. 17:16 He said, “Mar-Yah has sworn: ‘Mar-Yah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”

Chapter 18

18:1 Now Yethro, the priest of Midian, Mosha’s father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Mosha, and for Yisrael his people, how that Mar-Yah had brought Yisrael out of Egypt. 18:2 Yethro, Mosha’s father-in-law, received Zipporah, Mosha’s wife, after he had sent her away, 18:3 and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Mosha said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”. 18:4 The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.” 18:5 Yethro, Mosha’s father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Mosha into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God. 18:6 He said to Mosha, “I, your father-in-law Yethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”

18:7 Mosha went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent. 18:8 Mosha told his father-in-law all that Mar-Yah had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Yisrael’s sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Mar-Yah delivered them. 18:9 Yethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Mar-Yah had done to Yisrael, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. 18:10 Yethro said, “Blessed be Mar-Yah, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 18:11 Now I know that Mar-Yah is greater than all deities because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them.” 18:12 Yethro, Mosha’s father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Yisrael, to eat bread with Mosha’s father-in-law before God.

18:13 It happened on the next day, that Mosha sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Mosha from the morning to the evening. 18:14 When Mosha’s father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?”

18:15 Mosha said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God. 18:16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.” 18:17 Mosha’s father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good. 18:18 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone. 18:19 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God. 18:20 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. 18:21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 18:22 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you. 18:23 If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace.”

18:24 So Mosha listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 18:25 Mosha chose able men out of all Yisrael, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 18:26 They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Mosha, but every small matter they judged themselves. 18:27 Mosha let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.

Chapter 19

19:1 In the third month after the B’nai Yisrael had gone forth out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 19:2 When they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Yisrael encamped before the mountain. 19:3 Mosha went up to God, and Mar-Yah called to him out of the mountain, saying, “This is what you shall tell the house of Ya’aqub, and tell the B’nai Yisrael: 19:4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself. 19:5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; 19:6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the B’nai Yisrael.”

19:7 Mosha came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Mar-Yah commanded him. 19:8 All the people answered together, and said, “All that Mar-Yah has spoken we will do.”

Mosha reported the words of the people to Mar-Yah. 19:9 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever.” Mosha told the words of the people to Mar-Yah. 19:10 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments, 19:11 and be ready against the third day; for on the third day Mar-Yah will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai. 19:12 You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, ‘Be careful that you do not go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death. 19:13 No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.’ When the shofar sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain.”

19:14 Mosha went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 19:15 He said to the people, “Be ready by the third day. Do not have sexual relations with a woman.”

19:16 It happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there was thunder and lightning, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceptionally loud shofar; and all the people who were in the camp trembled. 19:17 Mosha led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain. 19:18 Mount Sinai, all it, smoked, because Mar-Yah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. 19:19 When the sound of the shofar grew louder and louder, Mosha spoke, and God answered him by a voice. 19:20 Mar-Yah came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Mar-Yah called Mosha to the top of the mountain, and Mosha went up.

19:21 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Mar-Yah to gaze, and many of them perish. 19:22 Let the priests also, who come near to Mar-Yah, sanctify themselves, lest Mar-Yah break forth on them.”

19:23 Mosha said to Mar-Yah, “The people ca not come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, ‘Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.’”

19:24 Mar-Yah said to him, “Go down and you shall bring Aaron up with you, but do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to Mar-Yah, lest he break forth on them.”

19:25 So Mosha went down to the people, and told them.

Chapter 20

20:1 God spoke all these words, saying, 20:2 “I am Mar-Yah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

20:3 “You shall have no other deities before me.

20:4 “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 20:5 you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Mar-Yah your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, 20:6 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

20:7 “You shall not swear a false oath in the name of Mar-Yah your God, for Mar-Yah will not hold him guiltless who swears a false oath in his name.

20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 20:9 You shall labour six days, and do all your work, 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Mar-Yah your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; 20:11 for in six days Mar-Yah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Mar-Yah blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

20:12 “Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Mar-Yah your God gives you.

20:13 “You shall not murder.
20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.

20:15 “You shall not steal.

20:16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour.

20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbour’s house. You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.”

20:18 All the people witnessed the thundering, the lightning, the sound of the shofar, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance. 20:19 They said to Mosha, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

20:20 Mosha said to the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you will not sin.” 20:21 The people stayed at a distance, and Mosha drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

20:22 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, "This is what you shall tell the B'nai Yisrael: 'You yourselves have seen that I have spoken with you from heaven. 20:23 You shall most certainly not make alongside of me deities of silver, or deities of gold for yourselves to worship. 20:24 You shall make an altar from earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my Name I will come to you and I will bless you. 20:25 If you make an altar for me of stone, you shall not construct it with stones that have been carved without authority; for if you lift up your tool on it without authority, you have polluted it. 20:26 Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.'

Chapter 21

21:1 “Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.

21:2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything. 21:3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him. 21:4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. 21:5 But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’ 21:6 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

21:7 “If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do. 21:8 If she does not please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her. 21:9 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 21:10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights. 21:11 If he does not do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.

21:12 “One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death, 21:13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. 21:14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbour to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

21:15 “Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

21:16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

21:17 “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

21:18 “If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but is confined to bed; 21:19 if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.

21:20 “If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. 21:21 Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.

21:22 “If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow. 21:23 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life, 21:24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 21:25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

21:26 “If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. 21:27 If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

21:28 “If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible. 21:29 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death. 21:30 If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him. 21:31 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. 21:32 If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.

21:33 “If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it, 21:34 the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.

21:35 “If one man’s bull injures another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal. 21:36 Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.

Chapter 22

22:1 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 22:2 If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him. 22:3 If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt of bloodshed for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 22:4 If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

22:5 “If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.

22:6 “If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
22:7 “If a man delivers to his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double. 22:8 If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he has not put his hand to his neighbour’s goods. 22:9 For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, ‘This is mine,’ the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbour.

22:10 “If a man delivers to his neighbour a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it; 22:11 the oath of Mar-Yah shall be between them both, whether he has not put his hand to his neighbour’s goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution. 22:12 But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner. 22:13 If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.

22:14 “If a man borrows anything of his neighbour’s, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution. 22:15 If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.

22:16 “If a man entices a virgin who is not pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. 22:17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

22:18 “You shall not allow a sorceress to live.

22:19 “Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.

22:20 “He who sacrifices to any deity, except only to Mar-Yah, shall be utterly destroyed.

22:21 “You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

22:22 “You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. 22:23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; 22:24 and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

22:25 “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest. 22:26 If you take your neighbour’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down, 22:27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.

22:28 “You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

22:29 “You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses.

“You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me. 22:30 You shall do likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, and then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.

22:31 “You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.

Chapter 23

23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

23:2 “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice; 23:3 neither shall you favour a poor man in his cause.

23:4 “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. 23:5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, do not leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

23:6 “You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

23:7 “Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

23:8 “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

23:9 “You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, seeing you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

23:10 “For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase, 23:11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.

23:12 “Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

23:13 “Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and do not invoke the name of other deities, neither let them be heard out of your mouth.

23:14 “You shall observe a feast to me three times a year. 23:15 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty. 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labours, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labours out of the field. 23:17 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before Mar-Yah God.

23:18 “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning. 23:19 The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Mar-Yah your God.

“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

23:20 “Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 23:21 Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Do not provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him. 23:22 But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. 23:23 For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Yebusite; and I will cut them off. 23:24 You shall not bow down to their deities, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars. 23:25 You shall serve Mar-Yah your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst. 23:26 No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfil the number of your days. 23:27 I will send my terror before you, and will destroy all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 23:28 I will send the hornets before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you. 23:29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you. 23:30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land. 23:31 I will set your border from the Sea of Suf even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. 23:32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their deities. 23:33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their deities, it will surely be a snare to you.”

Chapter 24

24:1 He said to Mosha, “Come up to Mar-Yah, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Yisrael; and worship from a distance. 24:2 Mosha alone shall come near to Mar-Yah, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him.”

24:3 Mosha came and told the people all the words of Mar-Yah, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which Mar-Yah has spoken will we do.”

24:4 Mosha wrote all the words of Mar-Yah, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Yisrael. 24:5 He sent young men of the B’nai Yisrael, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Mar-Yah. 24:6 Mosha took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 24:7 He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “All that Mar-Yah has spoken will we do, and be obedient.”

24:8 Mosha took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Mar-Yah has made with you concerning all these words.”

24:9 Then Mosha, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Yisrael went up. 24:10 They saw God of Yisrael. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness. 24:11 He did not lay his hand on the nobles of the B’nai Yisrael. They saw God, and ate and drank.

24:12 Mar-Yah said to Mosha, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.”

24:13 Mosha rose up with Yoshua, his servant, and Mosha went up onto God’s Mountain. 24:14 He said to the elders, “Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them.”

24:15 Mosha went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 24:16 The glory of Mar-Yah settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Mosha out of the midst of the cloud. 24:17 The appearance of the glory of Mar-Yah was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the B’nai Yisrael. 24:18 Mosha entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Mosha was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Chapter 25

25:1 Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying, 25:2 “Speak to the B’nai Yisrael, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering. 25:3 This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, brass, 25:4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats’ hair, 25:5 rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood, 25:6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense, 25:7 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate. 25:8 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. 25:9 According to all that I show you, the pattern of the Tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.

25:10 “They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height. 25:11 You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it. 25:12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. 25:13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 25:14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark. 25:15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it. 25:16 You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark. 25:17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. 25:18 You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. 25:19 Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat. 25:20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat. 25:21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you. 25:22 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the B’nai Yisrael.

25:23 “You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its height. 25:24 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it. 25:25 You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it. 25:26 You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet. 25:27 the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table. 25:28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them. 25:29 You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold. 25:30 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.

25:31 “You shall make a menorah of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the menorah be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it. 25:32 There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the menorah out of its one side, and three branches of the menorah out of its other side; 25:33 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the menorah; 25:34 and in the menorah four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers; 25:35 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the menorah. 25:36 Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold. 25:37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it. 25:38 Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold. 25:39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories. 25:40 See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.

Chapter 26

26:1 “Moreover you shall make the Tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skilful workman you shall make them. 26:2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure. 26:3 Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 26:4 You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling; and likewise you shall make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling. 26:5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one to another. 26:6 You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the Tabernacle shall be a unit.

26:7 “You shall make curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the Tabernacle. You shall make them eleven curtains. 26:8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure. 26:9 You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent. 26:10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling. 26:11 You shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 26:12 The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the Tabernacle. 26:13 The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the Tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 26:14 You shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

26:15 “You shall make the boards for the Tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up. 26:16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half cubits the breadth of each board. 26:17 There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus you shall make for all the boards of the Tabernacle. 26:18 You shall make the boards for the Tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward. 26:19 You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. 26:20 For the second side of the Tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards, 26:21 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 26:22 For the far part of the Tabernacle westward you shall make six boards. 26:23 You shall make two boards for the corners of the Tabernacle in the far part. 26:24 They shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire to its top to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 26:25 There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

26:26 “You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the Tabernacle, 26:27 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 far part westward. 26:28 The middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end. 26:29 You shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and you shall overlay the bars with gold. 26:30 You shall set up the Tabernacle according to the way that it was shown to you on the mountain.

26:31 “You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skilful workman shall it be made. 26:32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver. 26:33 You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you. 26:34 You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 26:35 You shall set the table outside the veil, and the menorah over against the table on the side of the Tabernacle toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side.

26:36 “You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. 26:37 You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.