God in Exodus

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1. 1:17

   The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

2. 1:20

   So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

3. 1:21

   And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

4. 2:23

   After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

5. 2:24

   So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

6. 2:25

   God saw the Israelites and took notice.

7. 3:1

   Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

8. 3:2

   There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

9. 3:4

   When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.

10. 3:6

    Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

11. 3:7

    The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

12. 3:11

    But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

13. 3:12

    “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

14. 3:13

    Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”

15. 3:14

    God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

16. 3:15

    God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

17. 3:16

    Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

18. 3:18

    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

19. 4:1

    Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

20. 4:2

    And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

21. 4:4

    “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.

22. 4:5

    “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”

23. 4:6

    Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.

24. 4:10

    “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

25. 4:11

    And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

26. 4:13

    But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”

27. 4:14

    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

28. 4:16

    He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.

29. 4:19

    Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”

30. 4:20

    So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

31. 4:21

    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

32. 4:22

    Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

33. 4:24

    Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.

34. 4:27

    Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.

35. 4:28

    And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.

36. 4:30

    and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,

37. 4:31

    and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.

38. 5:1

    After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

39. 5:2

    But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

40. 5:3

    “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

41. 5:8

    But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

42. 5:17

    “You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

43. 5:21

    “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

44. 5:22

    So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?

45. 6:1

    But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

46. 6:2

    God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.

47. 6:3

    I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.

48. 6:6

    Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

49. 6:7

    I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

50. 6:8

    And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”

51. 6:10

    So the LORD said to Moses,

52. 6:12

    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”

53. 6:13

    Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

54. 6:26

    It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”

55. 6:28

    Now on the day that the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt,

56. 6:29

    He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”

57. 6:30

    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

58. 7:1

    The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

59. 7:5

    And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”

60. 7:6

    So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.

61. 7:8

    The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

62. 7:10

    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.

63. 7:13

    Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

64. 7:14

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.

65. 7:16

    Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.

66. 7:17

    This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.

67. 7:19

    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

68. 7:20

    Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.

69. 7:22

    But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

70. 7:25

    And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

71. 8:1

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

72. 8:5

    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

73. 8:8

    Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”

74. 8:10

    “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

75. 8:12

    After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

76. 8:13

    And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.

77. 8:15

    When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

78. 8:16

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

79. 8:19

    “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

80. 8:20

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

81. 8:22

    But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.

82. 8:24

    And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.

83. 8:25

    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”

84. 8:26

    But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?

85. 8:27

    We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”

86. 8:28

    Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

87. 8:29

    “As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”

88. 8:30

    Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,

89. 8:31

    and the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.

90. 9:1

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

91. 9:3

    then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

92. 9:4

    But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”

93. 9:5

    The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”

94. 9:6

    And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

95. 9:8

    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.

96. 9:12

    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.

97. 9:13

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

98. 9:20

    Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,

99. 9:21

    but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.

100. 9:22

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”

101. 9:23

     So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

102. 9:27

     Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

103. 9:28

     Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

104. 9:29

     Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

105. 9:30

     But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”

106. 9:33

     Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.

107. 9:35

     So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.

108. 10:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,

109. 10:2

     and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”

110. 10:3

     So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

111. 10:7

     Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”

112. 10:8

     So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”

113. 10:9

     “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”

114. 10:10

     Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.

115. 10:11

     No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.

116. 10:12

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”

117. 10:13

     So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

118. 10:16

     Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

119. 10:17

     Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

120. 10:18

     So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.

121. 10:19

     And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

122. 10:20

     But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

123. 10:21

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

124. 10:24

     Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”

125. 10:25

     But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.

126. 10:26

     Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”

127. 10:27

     But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.

128. 11:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.

129. 11:3

     And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.

130. 11:4

     So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,

131. 11:7

     But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

132. 11:9

     The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

133. 11:10

     Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.

134. 12:1

     Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

135. 12:11

     This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

136. 12:12

     On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

137. 12:14

     And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

138. 12:23

     When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

139. 12:25

     When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.

140. 12:27

     you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

141. 12:28

     And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

142. 12:29

     Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.

143. 12:31

     Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.

144. 12:36

     And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.

145. 12:41

     At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.

146. 12:42

     Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.

147. 12:43

     And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.

148. 12:48

     If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.

149. 12:50

     Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

150. 12:51

     And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

151. 13:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

152. 13:3

     So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

153. 13:5

     And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.

154. 13:6

     For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.

155. 13:8

     And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

156. 13:9

     It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

157. 13:11

     And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,

158. 13:12

     you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

159. 13:14

     In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

160. 13:15

     And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’

161. 13:16

     So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

162. 13:17

     When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

163. 13:18

     So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.

164. 13:19

     Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”

165. 13:21

     And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

166. 14:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

167. 14:4

     And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.

168. 14:8

     And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.

169. 14:10

     As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.

170. 14:13

     But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

171. 14:14

     The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

172. 14:15

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.

173. 14:18

     The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

174. 14:19

     And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

175. 14:21

     Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

176. 14:24

     At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.

177. 14:25

     He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”

178. 14:26

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”

179. 14:27

     So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.

180. 14:30

     That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.

181. 14:31

     When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.

182. 15:1

     Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

183. 15:2

     The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

184. 15:3

     The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.

185. 15:6

     Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.

186. 15:11

     Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

187. 15:16

     and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

188. 15:17

     You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

189. 15:18

     The LORD will reign forever and ever!”

190. 15:19

     For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.

191. 15:21

     And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

192. 15:25

     And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

193. 15:26

     saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

194. 16:3

     “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

195. 16:4

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

196. 16:6

     So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

197. 16:7

     and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?”

198. 16:8

     And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

199. 16:9

     Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”

200. 16:10

     And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.

201. 16:11

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

202. 16:12

     “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

203. 16:15

     When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

204. 16:16

     This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”

205. 16:23

     He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”

206. 16:25

     “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.

207. 16:28

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?

208. 16:29

     Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”

209. 16:32

     Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

210. 16:33

     So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”

211. 16:34

     And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

212. 17:1

     Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

213. 17:2

     So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

214. 17:4

     Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

215. 17:5

     And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

216. 17:7

     He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

217. 17:9

     So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

218. 17:14

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

219. 17:16

     “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

220. 18:1

     Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

221. 18:4

     The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

222. 18:5

     Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.

223. 18:8

     Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

224. 18:9

     And Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had rescued from the hand of the Egyptians.

225. 18:10

     Jethro declared, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from the hand of the Egyptians.

226. 18:11

     Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

227. 18:12

     Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

228. 18:15

     “Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.

229. 18:16

     “Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”

230. 18:19

     Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.

231. 18:21

     Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

232. 18:23

     If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”

233. 19:3

     Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

234. 19:7

     So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.

235. 19:8

     And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

236. 19:9

     The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.

237. 19:10

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

238. 19:11

     and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

239. 19:17

     Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

240. 19:18

     Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

241. 19:19

     And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

242. 19:20

     The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

243. 19:21

     and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.

244. 19:22

     Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”

245. 19:23

     But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

246. 19:24

     And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”

247. 20:1

     And God spoke all these words:

248. 20:2

     “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

249. 20:5

     You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

250. 20:7

     You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

251. 20:10

     but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

252. 20:11

     For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

253. 20:12

     Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

254. 20:19

     “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

255. 20:20

     “Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”

256. 20:21

     And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

257. 20:22

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.

258. 21:13

     If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

259. 22:11

     an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.

260. 22:20

     If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.

261. 23:17

     Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

262. 23:19

     Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

263. 23:25

     So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.

264. 24:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

265. 24:2

     Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”

266. 24:3

     When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

267. 24:4

     And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

268. 24:5

     Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

269. 24:7

     Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

270. 24:8

     So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

271. 24:10

     and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

272. 24:11

     But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

273. 24:12

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

274. 24:13

     So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.

275. 24:16

     and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

276. 24:17

     And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.

277. 25:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

278. 27:21

     In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.

279. 28:12

     Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.

280. 28:29

     Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.

281. 28:30

     And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.

282. 28:35

     Aaron must wear the robe whenever he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he enters or exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he will not die.

283. 28:36

     You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

284. 28:38

     And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.

285. 29:11

     And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

286. 29:18

     Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.

287. 29:23

     along with one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.

288. 29:24

     Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.

289. 29:25

     Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is a food offering to the LORD.

290. 29:26

     Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.

291. 29:28

     This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings.

292. 29:41

     And offer the second lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.

293. 29:42

     For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.

294. 29:45

     Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

295. 29:46

     And they will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.

296. 30:8

     When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.

297. 30:10

     Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”

298. 30:11

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

299. 30:12

     “When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.

300. 30:13

     Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.

301. 30:14

     Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.

302. 30:15

     In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.

303. 30:16

     Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.”

304. 30:17

     And the LORD said to Moses,

305. 30:20

     Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

306. 30:22

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

307. 30:34

     The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,

308. 30:37

     You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.

309. 31:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

310. 31:3

     And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

311. 31:12

     And the LORD said to Moses,

312. 31:13

     “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

313. 31:15

     For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

314. 31:17

     It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

315. 31:18

     When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

316. 32:5

     When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”

317. 32:7

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.

318. 32:9

     The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

319. 32:11

     But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

320. 32:14

     So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

321. 32:16

     The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

322. 32:26

     So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

323. 32:27

     He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

324. 32:29

     Afterward, Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.”

325. 32:30

     The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

326. 32:31

     So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.

327. 32:33

     The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.

328. 32:35

     And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.

329. 33:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’

330. 33:5

     For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”

331. 33:7

     Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.

332. 33:9

     As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

333. 33:11

     Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.

334. 33:12

     Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’

335. 33:17

     So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

336. 33:19

     “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

337. 33:21

     The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,

338. 34:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

339. 34:4

     So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.

340. 34:5

     And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.

341. 34:6

     Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

342. 34:9

     “O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”

343. 34:10

     And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.

344. 34:14

     For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

345. 34:23

     Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

346. 34:24

     For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.

347. 34:26

     Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

348. 34:27

     The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

349. 34:28

     So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

350. 34:32

     And after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai.

351. 34:34

     But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,

352. 35:1

     Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:

353. 35:2

     For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

354. 35:4

     Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

355. 35:5

     Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;

356. 35:10

     Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:

357. 35:21

     And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

358. 35:22

     So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.

359. 35:24

     And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.

360. 35:29

     So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

361. 35:30

     Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

362. 35:31

     And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

363. 36:1

     “So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”

364. 36:2

     Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.

365. 36:5

     and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”

366. 38:22

     Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.

367. 39:1

     From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

368. 39:5

     And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

369. 39:7

     Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

370. 39:21

     Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

371. 39:26

     alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

372. 39:29

     and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

373. 39:30

     They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

374. 39:31

     Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

375. 39:32

     So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

376. 39:42

     The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

377. 39:43

     And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

378. 40:1

     Then the LORD said to Moses,

379. 40:16

     Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.

380. 40:19

     Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.

381. 40:21

     Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.

382. 40:23

     He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

383. 40:25

     and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

384. 40:27

     and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.

385. 40:29

     He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.

386. 40:32

     They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

387. 40:34

     Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

388. 40:35

     Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

389. 40:38

     For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.