GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:2urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:2And these are the names of the sons of Israel who had come into Egypt ; with Jacob had they come , each with his household : Reuben , Simeon , Levi , and Judah ; Issachar , Zebulun , and Benjamin ; Dan and Naphtali ; Gad and Asher . And all the souls that had come out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls ; and Joseph was in Egypt . And Joseph died , and all his brethren , and all that generation . And the children of Israel were fruitful , and swarmed and multiplied , and became exceeding strong ; and the land was full of them . And there arose a new king over Egypt , who did not know Joseph . And he said to his people , Behold , the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we . Come on , let us deal wisely with them , lest they multiply , and it come to pass that , if war occur , they take side with our enemies and fight against us , and go up out of the land . And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens . And they built store-cities for Pharaoh , Pithom and Rameses . But the more they afflicted them , the more they multiplied and spread ; and they were distressed because of the children of Israel . And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness ; and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks , and in all manner of labour in the field : all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness . And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives -- of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah , and the name of the other was Puah -- and he said , When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing , and see [ them ] on the stool , if it be a son , then ye shall kill him , but if a daughter , then she shall live . But the midwives feared God , and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them , but saved the male children alive . And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them , Why have ye done this , and saved the male children alive ? And the midwives said to Pharaoh , Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian ; for they are strong , and they have borne before the midwife comes to them . And God dealt well with the midwives ; and the people multiplied and became very strong . And it came to pass , because the midwives feared God , that he made them houses . Then Pharaoh charged all his people , saying , Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river , but every daughter ye shall save alive . And a man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi . And the woman conceived , and bore a son . And she saw him that he was fair , and hid him three months . And when she could no longer hide him , she took for him an ark of reeds , and plastered it with resin and with pitch , and put the child in it , and laid [ it ] in the sedge on the bank of the river . And his sister stood afar off to see what would happen to him . And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the river ; and her maids went along by the river's side . And she saw the ark in the midst of the sedge , and sent her handmaid and fetched it . And she opened [ it ] , and saw the child , and behold , the boy wept . And she had compassion on him , and said , This is [ one ] of the Hebrews' children . And his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter , Shall I go and call thee a wet-nurse of the Hebrew women , that she may nurse the child for thee ? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her , Go . And the damsel went and called the child's mother . And Pharaoh's daughter said to her , Take this child away and nurse it for me , and I will give [ thee ] thy wages . And the woman took the child and nursed it . And when the child was grown , she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter , and he became her son . And she called his name Moses , and said , Because I drew him out of the water . And it came to pass in those days , when Moses was grown , that he went out to his brethren and looked on their burdens ; and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew , one of his brethren . And he turned this way and that way , and when he saw that there was no man , he smote the Egyptian , and hid him in the sand . And he went out on the second day , and behold , two Hebrew men were quarrelling ; and he said to him that was in the wrong , Why art thou smiting thy neighbour ? And he said , Who made thee ruler and judge over us ? dost thou intend to kill me , as thou killedst the Egyptian ? Then Moses feared , and said , Surely the matter is known . And Pharaoh heard of this matter , and sought to slay Moses . But Moses fled from before Pharaoh , and dwelt in the land of Midian . And he sat by the well . And the priest of Midian had seven daughters ; and they came and drew [ water ] , and filled the troughs , to water their father's flock . And the shepherds came and drove them away ; but Moses rose and helped them , and watered their flock . And when they came to Reuel their father , he said , Why are ye come so soon to-day ? And they said , An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds , and also drew [ water ] abundantly for us , and watered the flock . And he said to his daughters , And where is he ? why then have ye left the man behind ? Call him , that he may eat bread . And Moses consented to remain with the man ; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter . And she bore a son , and he called his name Gershom ; for he said , I have been a sojourner in a foreign land . And it came to pass during those many days , that the king of Egypt died . And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage , and cried ; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage ; and God heard their groaning , and God remembered his covenant with Abraham , with Isaac , and with Jacob ; and God looked upon the children of Israel , and God acknowledged [ them ] . And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law , the priest of Midian . And he led the flock behind the wilderness , and came to the mountain of God -- to Horeb . And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thorn-bush : and he looked , and behold , the thorn-bush burned with fire , and the thorn-bush was not being consumed . And Moses said , Let me now turn aside and see this great sight , why the thorn-bush is not burnt . And Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see , and God called to him out of the midst of the thorn-bush and said , Moses , Moses ! And he said , Here am I . And he said , Draw not nigh hither : loose thy sandals from off thy feet , for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground . And he said , I am the God of thy father , the God of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob . And Moses hid his face ; for he was afraid to look at God . And Jehovah said , I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt , and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows . And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians , and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and spacious land , unto a land flowing with milk and honey , unto the place of the Canaanites , and the Hittites , and the Amorites , and the Perizzites , and the Hivites , and the Jebusites . And now behold , the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me ; and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them . And now come , and I will send thee unto Pharaoh , that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt . And Moses said to God , Who am I , that I should go unto Pharaoh , and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt ? And he said , For I will be with thee ; and this shall be the sign to thee that I have sent thee : when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt , ye shall serve God upon this mountain . And Moses said to God , Behold , [ when ] I come unto the children of Israel , and shall say unto them , The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you ; and they shall say , What is his name ? what shall I say unto them ? And God said to Moses , I AM THAT I AM . And he said , Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel : I AM hath sent me unto you . And God said moreover to Moses , Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel : Jehovah , the God of your fathers , the God of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob , hath sent me unto you . This is my name for ever , and this is my memorial unto all generations . Go and gather the elders of Israel together , and say unto them , Jehovah the God of your fathers , the God of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , hath appeared to me , saying , I have indeed visited you , and [ seen ] that which is done unto you in Egypt ; and I have said , I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt , unto the land of the Canaanites , and the Hittites , and the Amorites , and the Perizzites , and the Hivites , and the Jebusites , unto a land flowing with milk and honey . And they shall hearken to thy voice . And thou shalt come , thou and the elders of Israel , unto the king of Egypt , and ye shall say unto him , Jehovah , the God of the Hebrews , hath met with us ; and now , let us go , we pray thee , three days' journey into the wilderness , that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God . But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go , no , not by a powerful hand . And I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof ; and after that he will let you go . And I will give this people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians , and it shall come to pass , when ye go out , that ye shall not go out empty ; but every woman shall ask of her neighbour , and of her that is the inmate of her house , utensils of silver , and utensils of gold , and clothing ; and ye shall put [ them ] on your sons and on your daughters , and shall spoil the Egyptians . And Moses answered and said , But behold , they will not believe me , nor hearken unto my voice ; for they will say , Jehovah has not appeared to thee . And Jehovah said to him , What is that in thy hand ? And he said , A staff . And he said , Cast it on the ground . And he cast it on the ground , and it became a serpent ; and Moses fled from before it . And Jehovah said to Moses , Stretch out thy hand and take it by the tail -- and he stretched out his hand and caught it , and it became a staff in his hand -- that they may believe that Jehovah , the God of their fathers , the God of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob , hath appeared unto thee . And Jehovah said moreover to him , Put now thy hand into thy bosom . And he put his hand into his bosom , and took it out , and behold , his hand was leprous , as snow . And he said , Put thy hand into thy bosom again . And he put his hand into his bosom again , and took it out of his bosom , and behold , it was turned again as his flesh . And it shall come to pass , if they will not believe thee , neither hearken to the voice of the first sign , that they will believe the voice of the other sign . And it shall come to pass , if they will not believe also those two signs , neither hearken unto thy voice , that thou shalt take of the water of the river , and pour [ it ] on the dry [ land ] ; and the water that thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry [ land ] . And Moses said to Jehovah , Ah Lord ! I am not eloquent , neither heretofore nor since thou hast spoken to thy servant , for I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue . And Jehovah said to him , Who gave man a mouth ? or who maketh dumb , or deaf , or seeing , or blind ? [ have ] not I , Jehovah ? And now go , and I will be with thy mouth , and will teach thee what thou shalt say . And he said , Ah Lord ! send , I pray thee , by the hand [ of him whom ] thou wilt send . Then the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses , and he said , Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother ? I know that he can speak well . And also behold , he goeth out to meet thee ; and when he seeth thee he will be glad in his heart . And thou shalt speak unto him , and put the words in his mouth ; and I will be with thy mouth , and with his mouth , and will teach you what ye shall do . And he shall speak for thee unto the people ; and it shall come to pass that he shall be to thee for a mouth , and thou shalt be to him for God . And thou shalt take this staff in thy hand , with which thou shalt do the signs . And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law , and said to him , Let me go , I pray thee , and return to my brethren who are in Egypt , that I may see whether they are yet alive . And Jethro said to Moses , Go in peace . And Jehovah said to Moses in Midian , Go , return to Egypt ; for all the men are dead who sought thy life . And Moses took his wife and his sons , and set them riding upon an ass , and he returned to the land of Egypt . And Moses took the staff of God in his hand . And Jehovah said to Moses , When thou goest to return to Egypt , see that thou do all the wonders before Pharaoh that I have put in thy hand . And I will harden his heart , that he shall not let the people go . And thou shalt say to Pharaoh , Thus saith Jehovah : Israel is my son , my firstborn . And I say to thee , Let my son go , that he may serve me . And if thou refuse to let him go , behold , I will kill thy son , thy firstborn . And it came to pass on the way , in the inn , that Jehovah came upon him , and sought to slay him . Then Zipporah took a stone and cut off the foreskin of her son , and cast it at his feet , and said , A bloody husband indeed art thou to me ! And he let him go . Then she said , A bloody husband -- because of the circumcision . And Jehovah said to Aaron , Go into the wilderness to meet Moses . And he went , and met him on the mountain of God , and kissed him . And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah who had sent him , and all the signs that he had commanded him . And Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders of the children of Israel ; and Aaron spoke all the words that Jehovah had spoken to Moses , and did the signs before the eyes of the people . And the people believed . And when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel , and that he had seen their affliction , then they bowed their heads and worshipped . And afterwards Moses and Aaron went in , and said to Pharaoh , Thus saith Jehovah , the God of Israel , Let my people go that they may celebrate a feast to me in the wilderness . And Pharaoh said , Who is Jehovah , to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go ? I do not know Jehovah , neither will I let Israel go . And they said , The God of the Hebrews has met with us : let us go , we pray thee , three days' journey into the wilderness , and sacrifice to Jehovah our God ; lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with sword . And the king of Egypt said to them , Why do ye , Moses and Aaron , wish to have the people go off from their works ? Away , to your burdens ! And Pharaoh said , Behold the people of the land are now many , and ye wish to make them rest from their burdens . And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people , and their officers , saying , Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick , as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves . And the number of the bricks they have made heretofore shall ye lay upon them : ye shall not diminish any of it , for they are idle ; therefore they cry , saying , Let us go [ and ] sacrifice to our God . Let them put heavier labour on the men , that they may be taken up with it , and not regard vain words . And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people , saying , Thus says Pharaoh : I will not give you straw : go ye , get yourselves straw where ye may find it ; but none of your work shall be diminished . And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw . And the taskmasters urged [ them ] , saying , Fulfil your labours , the daily work , as when there was straw . And the officers of the children of Israel , whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them , were beaten , [ and ] it was said , Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick , both yesterday and to-day , as heretofore ? Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh , saying , Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen ? There is no straw given to thy bondmen , and they say to us , Make brick ; and behold , thy bondmen are beaten , but it is the fault of thy people . And he said , Ye are idle , idle ! therefore ye say , Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah . And now go -- work ! and straw shall not be given you , and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks . And the officers of the children of Israel saw [ that ] it stood ill with them , because it was said , Ye shall not diminish anything from your bricks , the daily work . And they met Moses and Aaron , who stood there to meet them , as they came out from Pharaoh . And they said to them , Jehovah look upon you and judge , that ye have made our odour to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh , and in the eyes of his bondmen , putting a sword into their hand to kill us ! And Moses returned to Jehovah , and said , Lord , why hast thou done evil to this people ? why now hast thou sent me ? For ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name , he hath done evil to this people ; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all ! And Jehovah said to Moses , Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh ; for by a strong hand shall he let them go , and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land . And God spoke to Moses , and said to him , I am Jehovah . And I appeared unto Abraham , unto Isaac , and unto Jacob , as the Almighty God ; but by my name Jehovah I was not made known to them . And I established also my covenant with them , to give them the land of Canaan , the land of their pilgrimage , in which they were sojourners . And I have heard also the groaning of the children of Israel , whom the Egyptians have forced to serve , and I have remembered my covenant . Therefore say unto the children of Israel , I am Jehovah , and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians , and I will deliver you from their service , and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm , and with great judgments . And I will take you to me for a people , and will be your God ; and ye shall know that I , Jehovah your God , am he who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians . And I will bring you into the land concerning which I swore to give it unto Abraham , unto Isaac , and unto Jacob ; and I will give it you for a possession : I am Jehovah . And Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel ; but they did not listen to Moses from anguish of spirit , and from hard service . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Go in , speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt , that he let the children of Israel go out of his land . And Moses spoke before Jehovah , saying , Lo , the children of Israel do not hearken to me : how then should Pharaoh hearken to me , to me of uncircumcised lips ? And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron , and gave them a commandment to the children of Israel , and to Pharaoh king of Egypt , to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt . These are the heads of their fathers' houses : the sons of Reuben , the firstborn of Israel : Enoch and Phallu , Hezron and Carmi : these are the families of Reuben . -- And the sons of Simeon : Jemuel , and Jamin , and Ohad , and Jachin , and Zohar , and Saul the son of a Canaanitish woman : these are the families of Simeon . And these are the names of the sons of Levi , according to their generations : Gershon , and Kohath , and Merari . And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven years . The sons of Gershon : Libni and Shimei , according to their families . And the sons of Kohath : Amram , and Jizhar , and Hebron , and Uzziel . And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty-three years . And the sons of Merari : Mahli and Mushi : these are the families of Levi according to their generations . And Amram took Jochebed his aunt as wife ; and she bore him Aaron and Moses . And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years . And the sons of Jizhar : Korah , and Nepheg , and Zicri . And the sons of Uzziel : Mishael , and Elzaphan , and Sithri . And Aaron took Elisheba , daughter of Amminadab , sister of Nahshon , as wife ; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu , Eleazar and Ithamar . And the sons of Korah : Assir , and Elkanah , and Abiasaph : these are the families of the Korahites . And Eleazar Aaron's son took [ one ] of the daughters of Putiel as wife ; and she bore him Phinehas : these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families . This is that Aaron and Moses , to whom Jehovah said , Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts . These are they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt , to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt : this is that Moses and Aaron . And it came to pass on the day when Jehovah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt , that Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , I am Jehovah : speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee . And Moses said before Jehovah , Behold , I am of uncircumcised lips , and how will Pharaoh hearken unto me ? And Jehovah said to Moses , See , I have made thee God to Pharaoh ; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet . Thou shalt speak all that I command thee ; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh , that he let the children of Israel go out of his land . And I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate , and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt . And Pharaoh will not hearken unto you ; and I will lay my hand upon Egypt , and bring forth my hosts , my people , the children of Israel , out of the land of Egypt by great judgments . And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah , when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt , and bring out the children of Israel from among them . And Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah had commanded them : so did they . And Moses was eighty years old , and Aaron was eighty-three years old , when they spoke to Pharaoh . And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying , When Pharaoh shall speak to you , saying , Do a miracle for yourselves , -- then thou shalt say unto Aaron , Take thy staff and cast [ it ] before Pharaoh -- it will become a serpent . And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh , and did so , as Jehovah had commanded ; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh , and before his bondmen , and it became a serpent . And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers ; and they too , the scribes of Egypt , did so with their enchantments : they cast down every man his staff , and they became serpents ; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves . And Pharaoh's heart was stubborn , and he hearkened not to them , as Jehovah had said . And Jehovah said to Moses , Pharaoh's heart is hardened : he refuseth to let the people go . Go unto Pharaoh in the morning -- behold , he will go out unto the water -- and take thy stand by the bank of the river in front of him ; and take in thy hand the staff that was turned into a serpent . And say unto him , Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has sent me to thee , saying , Let my people go , that they may serve me in the wilderness ; but behold , hitherto thou hast not hearkened . Thus saith Jehovah : In this shalt thou know that I am Jehovah -- behold , I will smite with the staff that is in my hand upon the water which is in the river , and it shall be turned into blood . And the fish that is in the river shall die ; and the river shall stink ; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink the water out of the river . And Jehovah said to Moses , Say unto Aaron , Take thy staff , and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of the Egyptians -- upon their streams , upon their rivers , and upon their ponds , and upon all their reservoirs of water , that they may become blood ; and there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt , both in [ vessels of ] wood and in [ vessels of ] stone . And Moses and Aaron did so , as Jehovah had commanded ; and he lifted up the staff , and smote the waters that were in the river before the eyes of Pharaoh , and before the eyes of his bondmen ; and all the waters that were in the river were turned into blood . And the fish that was in the river died ; and the river stank , and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river ; and the blood was throughout the land of Egypt . And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries ; and Pharaoh's heart was stubborn , neither did he hearken to them , as Jehovah had said . And Pharaoh turned and went into his house , and took not this to heart either . And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink ; for they could not drink of the water of the river . And seven days were fulfilled , after Jehovah had smitten the river . And Jehovah said to Moses , Go unto Pharaoh , and say unto him , Thus saith Jehovah : Let my people go , that they may serve me . And if thou refuse to let [ them ] go , behold , I will smite all thy borders with frogs . And the river shall swarm with frogs , and they shall go up and come into thy house , and into thy bedroom , and upon thy bed , and into the house of thy bondmen , and upon thy people , and into thine ovens , and into thy kneading-troughs . And the frogs shall come up both upon thee and upon thy people , and upon all thy bondmen . And Jehovah said to Moses , Say unto Aaron , Stretch out thy hand with thy staff over the streams , over the rivers , and over the ponds , and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt . And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt ; and the frogs came up , and covered the land of Egypt . And the scribes did so with their sorceries , and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt . And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron , and said , Intreat Jehovah , that he may take away the frogs from me and from my people ; and I will let the people go , that they may sacrifice to Jehovah . And Moses said to Pharaoh , Glory over me , for what time shall I intreat for thee , and for thy bondmen , and for thy people , to cut off the frogs from thee and from thy houses ; [ so that ] they shall remain in the river only ? And he said , For to-morrow . And he said , Be it according to thy word ; that thou mayest know that there is none like Jehovah our God . And the frogs shall depart from thee , and from thy houses , and from thy bondmen , and from thy people : they shall remain in the river only . And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh ; and Moses cried to Jehovah because of the frogs that he had brought against Pharaoh . And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses ; and the frogs died out of the houses , out of the courts , and out of the fields . And they gathered them in heaps ; and the land stank . And Pharaoh saw that there was respite ; and he hardened his heart , and hearkened not to them , as Jehovah had said . And Jehovah said to Moses , Say unto Aaron , Stretch out thy staff , and smite the dust of the earth , and it shall become gnats throughout the land of Egypt . And they did so ; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff , and smote the dust of the earth , and there arose gnats on man and on beast : all the dust of the land became gnats throughout the land of Egypt . And the scribes did so with their sorceries , to bring forth gnats ; but they could not . And the gnats were on man and on beast . Then the scribes said to Pharaoh , This is the finger of God ! But Pharaoh's heart was stubborn , and he hearkened not to them , as Jehovah had said . And Jehovah said to Moses , Rise up early in the morning , and stand before Pharaoh -- behold , he will go out to the water -- and say to him , Thus saith Jehovah , Let my people go , that they may serve me . For , if thou do not let my people go , behold , I will send dog-flies upon thee , and upon thy bondmen , and upon thy people , and into thy houses ; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of dog-flies , and also the ground on which they are . And I will distinguish in that day the land of Goshen , in which my people dwell , that no dog-flies shall be there ; that thou mayest know that I Jehovah am in the midst of the land . And I will put a separation between my people and thy people ; to-morrow shall this sign be . And Jehovah did so ; and there came dog-flies in a multitude into the house of Pharaoh , and [ into ] the houses of his bondmen ; and throughout the land of Egypt , the land was corrupted by the dog-flies . And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron , and said , Go , sacrifice to your God in the land . And Moses said , It is not proper to do so ; for we should sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Jehovah our God : lo , if we sacrificed the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes , would they not stone us ? We will go three days' journey into the wilderness , and sacrifice to Jehovah our God , as he shall command us . And Pharaoh said , I will let you go , that you may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness ; only , go not very far away : intreat for me ! And Moses said , Behold , I go out from thee , and will intreat Jehovah ; and the dog-flies will depart from Pharaoh , from his bondmen , and from his people , to-morrow ; only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah . And Moses went out from Pharaoh , and intreated Jehovah . And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses ; and he removed the dog-flies from Pharaoh , from his bondmen , and from his people ; there remained not one . And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also , and would not let the people go . And Jehovah said to Moses , Go in unto Pharaoh , and tell him , Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews : Let my people go , that they may serve me . For if thou refuse to let them go , and shalt retain them still , behold , the hand of Jehovah shall be on thy cattle which is in the field , on the horses , on the asses , on the camels , on the oxen and on the sheep , with a very grievous plague . And Jehovah will distinguish between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt ; and there shall nothing die of all that the children of Israel have . And Jehovah appointed a set time , saying , To-morrow will Jehovah do this thing in the land . And Jehovah did this thing on the following day , and all the cattle of Egypt died ; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one . And Pharaoh sent , and behold , there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead . But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened , and he did not let the people go . And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron , Take to yourselves handfuls of ashes of the furnace , and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens before the eyes of Pharaoh . And it shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt , and shall become boils on man and on cattle , breaking out [ with ] blisters , throughout the land of Egypt . And they took ashes of the furnace , and stood before Pharaoh ; and Moses sprinkled it toward the heavens ; and it became boils [ with ] blisters breaking out on man and on cattle . And the scribes could not stand before Moses because of the boils ; for the boils were on the scribes , and on all the Egyptians . And Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn , and he did not hearken to them , as Jehovah had told Moses . And Jehovah said to Moses , Rise up early in the morning , and set thyself before Pharaoh , and say to him , Thus saith Jehovah , the God of the Hebrews : Let my people go , that they may serve me . For I will at this time send all my plagues to thy heart , and on thy bondmen , and on thy people ; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth . For now shall I put forth my hand , and I will smite thee and thy people with pestilence ; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth . And for this very cause have I raised thee up , to shew thee my power ; and that my name may be declared in all the earth . Dost thou still exalt thyself against my people , that thou wilt not let them go ? Behold , to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail , such as hath not been in Egypt since its foundation until now . And now send , [ and ] secure thy cattle , and all that thou hast in the field : all the men and the cattle that are found in the field , and are not brought home -- on them the hail shall come down , and they shall die . He that feared the word of Jehovah among the bondmen of Pharaoh made his bondmen and his cattle flee into the houses . But he that did not regard the word of Jehovah left his bondmen and his cattle in the field . And Jehovah said to Moses , Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens , that there may be hail throughout the land of Egypt , upon men , and upon cattle , and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt . And Moses stretched out his staff toward the heavens , and Jehovah gave thunder and hail ; and the fire ran along the ground ; and Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt . And there was hail , and fire mingled with the hail , very grievous , such as there had been none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation . And the hail smote throughout the land of Egypt all that was in the field , both men and cattle ; and the hail smote every herb of the field , and broke every tree of the field . Only in the land of Goshen , where the children of Israel were , was there no hail . And Pharaoh sent , and called Moses and Aaron , and said to them , I have sinned this time : Jehovah is the righteous [ one ] , but I and my people are the wicked [ ones ] . Intreat Jehovah that it may be enough , that there be no more thunder of God and hail ; and I will let you go , and ye shall stay no longer ! And Moses said to him , When I go out of the city , I will spread out my hands to Jehovah : the thunder will cease , and there will be no more hail ; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's . But as to thee and thy bondmen , I know that ye do not yet fear Jehovah Elohim . And the flax and the barley were smitten ; for the barley was in the ear , and the flax was bolled . But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten ; for they were not come out into ear . And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh , and spread out his hands to Jehovah ; and the thunders and hail ceased , and the rain was not [ any more ] poured on the earth . And Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased , and he sinned yet more , and hardened his heart , he , and his bondmen . And the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn , neither would he let the children of Israel go , as Jehovah had spoken by Moses . And Jehovah said to Moses , Go in unto Pharaoh ; for I have hardened his heart , and the heart of his bondmen , that I might do these my signs in their midst , and that thou mightest tell in the ears of thy son and thy son's son what I have wrought in Egypt , and my signs which I have done among them ; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah . And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh , and said to him , Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews : How long dost thou refuse to humble thyself before me ? let my people go , that they may serve me . For , if thou refuse to let my people go , behold , I will to-morrow bring locusts into thy borders ; and they shall cover the face of the land , so that ye will not be able to see the land ; and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped , which ye have remaining from the hail , and shall eat every tree which ye have growing in the field ; and they shall fill thy houses , and the houses of all thy bondmen , and the houses of all the Egyptians ; which neither thy fathers nor thy fathers' fathers have seen , since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day . And he turned and went out from Pharaoh . And Pharaoh's bondmen said to him , How long shall this man be a snare to us ? let the men go , that they may serve Jehovah their God : dost thou not yet know that Egypt is ruined ? And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh . And he said to them , Go , serve Jehovah your God . Who are they that shall go ? And Moses said , We will go with our young and with our old , with our sons and with our daughters ; with our flocks and with our herds will we go ; for we have a feast of Jehovah . And he said to them , Let Jehovah be so with you , as I let you go , and your little ones : see that evil is before you ! Not so : go now , ye [ that are ] men , and serve Jehovah ! for it is that ye have desired . And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence . And Jehovah said to Moses , Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts , that they may come up over the land of Egypt , and eat every herb of the land -- all that the hail hath left . And Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt , and Jehovah brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night . When it was morning , the east wind brought the locusts . And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt , and rested in all the borders of Egypt , very grievous ; before them there were no such locusts as they , neither after them will be such . And they covered the face of the whole land , so that the land was darkened ; and they ate every herb of the land , and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left ; and there remained not any green thing on the trees , and in the herbs of the field , throughout the land of Egypt . And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in haste ; and he said , I have sinned against Jehovah your God , and against you . And now , forgive , I pray you , my sin only this time , and intreat Jehovah your God that he may take away from me this death only ! And he went out from Pharaoh , and intreated Jehovah . And Jehovah turned a very powerful west wind , which took away the locusts , and drove them into the Red Sea : there remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt . And Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn , and he did not let the children of Israel go . And Jehovah said to Moses , Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens , that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt -- so that one may feel darkness . And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens ; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days : they saw not one another , neither rose any from his place , for three days . But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings . And Pharaoh called Moses and said , Go , serve Jehovah ; only , let your flocks and your herds remain ; let your little ones also go with you . And Moses said , Thou must give also sacrifices and burnt-offerings into our hands , that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God . Our cattle also must go with us : there shall not a hoof be left behind ; for we must take thereof to serve Jehovah our God ; and we do not know with what we must serve Jehovah , until we come there . But Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn , and he would not let them go . And Pharaoh said to him , Get thee from me , take heed to thyself , see my face no more ; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die . And Moses said , Thou hast spoken rightly : I will see thy face again no more ! And Jehovah said to Moses , Yet one plague will I bring upon Pharaoh , and upon Egypt ; afterwards he will let you go hence : when he shall let [ you ] go altogether , he shall utterly drive you out hence . Speak now in the ears of the people , that they ask every man of his neighbour , and every woman of her neighbour , utensils of silver and utensils of gold . And Jehovah gave the people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians . Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt -- in the eyes of Pharaoh's bondmen , and in the eyes of the people . And Moses said , Thus saith Jehovah : About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt . And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die , from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sitteth on his throne , even unto the firstborn of the bondwoman that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of cattle . And there shall be a great cry throughout the land of Egypt , such as there hath been none like it , nor shall be like it any more . But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue , against man or beast ; that ye may know that Jehovah distinguisheth between the Egyptians and Israel . And all these thy bondmen shall come down unto me , and bow down to me , saying , Go out , thou , and all the people that follow thee ; and after that I will go out . And he went out from Pharaoh in a glowing anger . And Jehovah had said to Moses , Pharaoh shall not hearken to you ; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt . And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh ; but Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn , and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land . And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt , saying , This month shall be unto you the beginning of months : it shall be the first month of the year to you . Speak unto all the assembly of Israel , saying , On the tenth of this month let them take themselves each a lamb , for a father's house , a lamb for a house . And if the household be too small for a lamb , let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [ it ] according to the number of the souls ; each according to [ the measure ] of his eating shall ye count for the lamb . Your lamb shall be without blemish , a yearling male ; ye shall take [ it ] from the sheep , or from the goats . And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month ; and the whole congregation of the assembly of Israel shall kill it between the two evenings . And they shall take of the blood , and put [ it ] on the two door-posts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it . And they shall eat the flesh in that night , roast with fire , and unleavened bread ; with bitter [ herbs ] shall they eat it . Ye shall eat none of it raw , nor boiled at all with water , but roast with fire ; its head with its legs and with its in-wards . And ye shall let none of it remain until the morning ; and what remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire . And thus shall ye eat it : your loins shall be girded , your sandals on your feet , and your staff in your hand ; and ye shall eat it in haste ; it is Jehovah's passover . And I will go through the land of Egypt in that night , and smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt , both man and beast ; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment : I am Jehovah . And the blood shall be for you as a sign on the houses in which ye are ; and when I see the blood , I will pass over you ; and the plague shall not be among you for destruction , when I smite the land of Egypt . And this day shall be unto you for a memorial ; and ye shall celebrate it [ as ] a feast to Jehovah ; throughout your generations [ as ] an ordinance for ever shall ye celebrate it . Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread : on the very first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses ; for whoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day -- that soul shall be cut off from Israel . And on the first day ye shall have a holy convocation , and on the seventh day a holy convocation : no manner of work shall be done on them , save what is eaten by every person -- that only shall be done by you . And ye shall keep the [ feast of ] unleavened [ bread ] ; for in this same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt ; and ye shall keep this day in your generations [ as ] an ordinance for ever . In the first [ month ] , on the fourteenth day of the month , in the evening , ye shall eat unleavened bread until the one and twentieth day of the month in the evening . Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses ; for whoever eateth what is leavened -- that soul shall be cut off from the assembly of Israel , whether he be a sojourner , or born in the land . Ye shall eat nothing leavened : in all your dwellings shall ye eat unleavened bread . And Moses called all the elders of Israel , and said to them , Seize and take yourselves lambs for your families , and kill the passover . And take a bunch of hyssop , and dip [ it ] in the blood that is in the bason , and smear the lintel and the two door-posts with the blood that is in the bason ; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning . And Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians ; and when he sees the blood on the lintel , and on the two door-posts , Jehovah will pass over the door , and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to smite [ you ] . And ye shall observe this as an ordinance for thee and for thy sons for ever . And it shall come to pass , when ye are come into the land that Jehovah will give you , as he has promised , that ye shall keep this service . And it shall come to pass , when your children shall say to you , What mean ye by this service ? that ye shall say , It is a sacrifice of passover to Jehovah , who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses . And the people bowed their heads and worshipped . And the children of Israel went away , and did as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron ; so did they . And it came to pass that at midnight Jehovah smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt , from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon , and all the firstborn of cattle . And Pharaoh rose up in the night , he , and all his bondmen , and all the Egyptians ; and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house in which there was not one dead . And he called Moses and Aaron in the night , and said , Rise up , go away from among my people , both ye and the children of Israel ; and go , serve Jehovah , as ye have said . Also take your flocks and your herds , as ye have said , and go ; and bless me also . And the Egyptians urged the people , to send them out of the land in haste ; for they said , We are all dead [ men ] ! And the people took their dough before it was leavened ; their kneading-troughs bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders . And the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses , and they had asked of the Egyptians utensils of silver , and utensils of gold , and clothing . And Jehovah had given the people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians , and they gave to them ; and they spoiled the Egyptians . And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth , about six hundred thousand on foot [ that were ] men , besides children . And a mixed multitude went up also with them ; and flocks and herds -- very much cattle . And they baked the dough that they brought forth out of Egypt into unleavened cakes , for it was not leavened ; for they were driven out of Egypt , and could not wait ; neither had they prepared for themselves any food . And the residence of the children of Israel that they resided in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years . And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years , on that same day it came to pass that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt . It is a night of observance to Jehovah , because of their being brought out from the land of Egypt : that same night is an observance to Jehovah for all the children of Israel in their generations . And Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron , This is the ordinance of the passover : No stranger shall eat of it ; but every man's bondman that is bought for money -- let him be circumcised : then shall he eat it . A settler and a hired servant shall not eat it . In one house shall it be eaten ; thou shalt not carry forth any of the flesh abroad out of the house ; neither shall ye break a bone thereof . All the assembly of Israel shall hold it . And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee , and would hold the passover to Jehovah , let all his males be circumcised , and then let him come near and hold it ; and he shall be as one that is born in the land ; but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof . One law shall be for him that is home-born and for the sojourner that sojourneth among you . And all the children of Israel did as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron ; so did they . And it came to pass on that same day , [ that ] Jehovah brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt according to their hosts . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Hallow unto me every firstborn , whatever breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel , of man and of cattle : it is mine . And Moses said to the people , Remember this day , in which ye came out from Egypt , out of the house of bondage ; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought you out from this ; and nothing leavened shall be eaten . Ye come out to-day , in the month Abib . And it shall be when Jehovah hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite , which he swore to thy fathers to give thee , a land flowing with milk and honey , that thou shalt keep this service in this month . Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread ; and in the seventh day is a feast to Jehovah . Unleavened bread shall be eaten the seven days ; and leavened bread shall not be seen with thee , neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy borders . And thou shalt inform thy son in that day , saying , It is because of what Jehovah did to me when I came out of Egypt . And it shall be for a sign to thee on thy hand , and for a memorial between thine eyes , that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth ; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt . And thou shalt keep this ordinance at its set time from year to year . And it shall be when Jehovah hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanites , as he hath sworn to thee and to thy fathers , and hath given it thee , that thou shalt offer unto Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb , and every firstling that cometh of cattle which is thine : the males [ shall be ] Jehovah's . And every firstling of an ass shalt thou ransom with a lamb ; and if thou do not ransom it , thou shalt break its neck ; and every firstborn of a man among thy sons shalt thou ransom . And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come , saying , What is this ? that thou shalt say to him , With a powerful hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt , out of the house of bondage . And it came to pass , when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go , that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt , both the firstborn of men and the firstborn of cattle : therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb -- being males ; and every firstborn of my children I ransom . And it shall be for a sign on thy hand , and for frontlets between thine eyes , for with a powerful hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt . And it came to pass , when Pharaoh let the people go , that God did not lead them the way of the land of the Philistines , although that was near ; for God said , That the people may not repent when they see conflict , and return to Egypt . And God led the people about , the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea ; and the children of Israel went arrayed out of the land of Egypt . And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him ; for he had made the children of Israel swear an oath , saying , God will be sure to visit you ; then ye shall carry my bones with you hence . And they took their journey from Succoth , and encamped in Etham , at the end of the wilderness . And Jehovah went before their face by day in a pillar of a cloud , to lead them [ in ] the way ; and by night in a pillar of fire , to give them light ; so that they could go day and night . The pillar of the cloud did not remove [ from ] before the people by day , nor the pillar of fire by night . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth , between Migdol and the sea : before Baal-Zephon , opposite to it , shall ye encamp by the sea . And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel , They are entangled in the land , the wilderness has hemmed them in . And I will harden Pharaoh's heart , that he may pursue after them ; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh , and in all his host ; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah . And they did so . And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled ; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his bondmen was turned against the people , and they said , Why have we done this , that we have let Israel go from our service ? And he yoked his chariot , and took his people with him . And he took six hundred chosen chariots , and all the chariots of Egypt , and captains over every one of them . And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt , and he pursued after the children of Israel ; and the children of Israel had gone out with a high hand . And the Egyptians pursued after them , -- all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh , and his horsemen , and his army , and overtook them where they had encamped by the sea , beside Pi-hahiroth , opposite to Baal-Zephon . And Pharaoh approached ; and the children of Israel lifted up their eyes , and behold , the Egyptians marched after them ; and the children of Israel were much afraid , and cried out to Jehovah . And they said to Moses , Is it because there were no graves in Egypt , thou hast taken us away to die in the wilderness ? why hast thou done this to us , that thou hast led us out of Egypt ? Is not this what we told thee in Egypt , when we said , Let us alone , and we will serve the Egyptians ? For [ it had been ] better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness . And Moses said to the people , Fear not : stand still , and see the salvation of Jehovah , which he will work for you to-day ; for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day , ye shall see them again no more for ever . Jehovah will fight for you , and ye shall be still . And Jehovah said to Moses , Why dost thou cry unto me ? Speak unto the children of Israel , that they go forward . And thou , lift thy staff , and stretch out thy hand over the sea , and divide it ; and the children of Israel shall go on dry [ ground ] through the midst of the sea . And I , behold , I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians , and they shall pursue after them ; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh and in all his host , in his chariots and in his horsemen . And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah , when I have glorified myself in Pharaoh , in his chariots and in his horsemen . And the Angel of God , who went before the camp of Israel , removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them , and stood behind them . And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel ; and was a cloud and darkness , and lit up the night ; and the one did not come near the other all the night . And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and Jehovah made the sea go [ back ] by a strong east wind all the night , and made the sea dry [ land ] , and the waters were divided . And the children of Israel went through 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 . And the Egyptians pursued and came after them -- all Pharaoh's horses , his chariots and his horsemen , into the midst of the sea . And it came to pass in the morning watch , that Jehovah looked upon the camp of the Egyptians , in the pillar of fire and of the cloud , and embarrassed the camp of the Egyptians . And he took off their chariot wheels , and caused them to drive with difficulty ; and the Egyptians said , Let us flee before Israel , for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians ! And Jehovah said to Moses , Stretch out thy hand over the sea , that the waters may return upon the Egyptians , upon their chariots and upon their horsemen . And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea , and the sea returned to its strength toward the morning ; and the Egyptians fled against it ; and Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the midst of the sea . And the waters returned , and covered the chariots and the horsemen of all the host of Pharaoh that had come into the sea after them ; there remained not even one of them . And the children of Israel walked on dry [ ground ] through the midst of the sea ; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left . Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians ; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea-shore . And Israel saw the great power [ with ] which Jehovah had wrought against the Egyptians ; and the people feared Jehovah , and believed in Jehovah , and in Moses his bondman . Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to Jehovah , and spoke , saying , I will sing unto Jehovah , for he is highly exalted : The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea . My strength and song is Jah , and he is become my salvation : This is my God , and I will glorify him ; My father's God , and I will extol him . Jehovah is a man of war ; Jehovah , his name . Pharaoh's chariots and his army hath he cast into the sea ; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea . The depths covered them ; they sank to the bottom as a stone . Thy right hand , Jehovah , is become glorious in power : Thy right hand , Jehovah , hath dashed in pieces the enemy . And by the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown thine adversaries : Thou sentest forth thy burning wrath , it consumed them as stubble . And by the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up ; The streams stood as a mound ; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea . The enemy said , I will pursue , I will overtake , I will divide the spoil ; my soul shall be sated upon them ; I will unsheath my sword , my hand shall dispossess them . Thou didst blow with thy breath , the sea covered them ; They sank as lead in the mighty waters . Who is like unto thee , Jehovah , among the gods ? Who is like unto thee , glorifying thyself in holiness , Fearful [ in ] praises , doing wonders ? Thou stretchedst out thy right hand , the earth swallowed them . Thou by thy mercy hast led forth the people that thou hast redeemed ; Thou hast guided them by thy strength unto the abode of thy holiness . The peoples heard it , they were afraid : A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia . Then the princes of Edom were amazed ; The mighty men of Moab , trembling hath seized them ; All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away . Fear and dread fall upon them ; By the greatness of thine arm they are still as a stone ; Till thy people pass over , Jehovah , Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased . Thou shalt bring them in , and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance , The place that thou , Jehovah , hast made thy dwelling , The Sanctuary , Lord , that thy hands have prepared . Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever ! For the horse of Pharaoh , with his chariots and with his horsemen , came into the sea , and Jehovah brought again the waters of the sea upon them ; and the children of Israel went on dry [ ground ] through the midst of the sea . And Miriam the prophetess , the sister of Aaron , took the tambour in her hand , and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances . And Miriam answered them , Sing to Jehovah , for he is highly exalted : The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea . And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea , and they went out into the wilderness of Shur ; and they went three days in the wilderness , and found no water . And they came to Marah , and could not drink the waters of Marah , for they were bitter ; therefore the name of it was called Marah . And the people murmured against Moses , saying , What shall we drink ? And he cried to Jehovah ; and Jehovah shewed him wood , and he cast it into the waters , and the waters became sweet . There he made for them a statute and an ordinance ; and there he tested them . And he said , If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God , and do what is right in his eyes , and incline thine ears to his commandments , and keep all his statutes , I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians ; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee . And they came to Elim ; and twelve springs of water were there , and seventy palm trees ; and they encamped there by the waters . And they journeyed from Elim , and the whole assembly of the children of Israel came into the wilderness of Sin , which is between Elim and Sinai , on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure out of the land of Egypt . And the whole assembly of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness . And the children of Israel said to them , Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt , when we sat by the flesh-pots , when we ate bread to the full ; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness , to kill this whole congregation with hunger ! Then said Jehovah to Moses , Behold , I will rain bread from heaven for you ; and the people shall go out and gather the daily need on its day , that I may prove them , whether they will walk in my law , or not . And it shall come to pass on the sixth day , that they shall prepare what they have brought in ; and it shall be twice as much as they shall gather daily . And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel , In the evening , then shall ye know that Jehovah has brought you out from the land of Egypt ; and in the morning , then shall ye see the glory of Jehovah ; for he has heard your murmurings against Jehovah ; -- and what are we , that ye murmur against us ? And Moses said , When Jehovah gives you in the evening flesh to eat , and in the morning bread to the full ; for Jehovah hears your murmurings which ye murmur against him . . . and what [ are ] we ? your murmurings are not against us , but against Jehovah . And Moses spoke to Aaron , Say to all the assembly of the children of Israel , Come near into the presence of Jehovah ; for he has heard your murmurings . And it came to pass , when Aaron spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel , that they turned toward the wilderness , and behold , the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel : speak to them , saying , Between the two evenings ye shall eat flesh , and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread ; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God . And it came to pass in the evening , that quails came up , and covered the camp ; and in the morning the dew lay round the camp . And when the dew that lay [ round it ] was gone up , behold , on the face of the wilderness there was [ something ] fine , granular , fine as hoar-frost , on the ground . And the children of Israel saw [ it ] , and said one to another , What is it ? for they did not know what it was . And Moses said to them , This is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat . This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded : Gather of it every man according to what he can eat , an omer a poll , [ according to ] the number of your persons : ye shall take every man for those that are in his tent . And the children of Israel did so , and gathered , some much , some little . And they measured with the omer : then he that gathered much had nothing over , and he that gathered little wanted nothing : they had gathered every man according to the measure of his eating . And Moses said to them , Let no man leave [ any ] of it until the morning . But they did not hearken to Moses ; and some men left of it until the morning ; then worms bred in it and it stank . And Moses was wroth with them . And they gathered it every morning , every man as much as he could eat ; and when the sun became hot , it melted . And it came to pass on the sixth day , that they gathered twice as much bread , two omers for one ; and all the princes of the assembly came and told Moses . And he said to them , This is what Jehovah has said : To-morrow is the rest , the holy sabbath , of Jehovah : bake what ye will bake , and cook what ye will cook ; and lay up for yourselves all that remains over , to be kept for the morning . And they laid it up for the morning , as Moses had commanded ; and it did not stink , neither was there any worm in it . And Moses said , Eat it to-day ; for to-day is sabbath to Jehovah : to-day ye shall not find it in the field . Six days shall ye gather it ; but on the seventh day is sabbath : on it there shall be none . And it came to pass on the seventh day that there went out [ some ] from the people to gather [ it ] , and they found none . And Jehovah said to Moses , How long do ye refuse to keep my commandments and my laws ? See , for Jehovah hath given you the sabbath ; therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread for two days . Abide every man in his place : let no man go from his place on the seventh day . And the people rested on the seventh day . And the house of Israel called its name Manna ; and it was like coriander-seed , white ; and the taste of it was like cake with honey . And Moses said , This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded : Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations ; that they may see the bread that I gave you to eat in the wilderness , when I brought you out of the land of Egypt . And Moses said to Aaron , Take a pot , and put in it an omer full of manna , and deposit it before Jehovah , to be kept for your generations . As Jehovah had commanded Moses , so Aaron deposited it before the Testimony , to be kept . And the children of Israel ate the manna forty years , until they came into an inhabited land : they ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan . Now an omer is the tenth [ part ] of an ephah . And all the assembly of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin , according to their journeys , at the command of Jehovah ; and they encamped in Rephidim ; and there was no water for the people to drink . And the people contended with Moses , and said , Give us water , that we may drink ! And Moses said to them , Why do ye dispute with me ? Why do ye tempt Jehovah ? And the people thirsted there for water ; and the people murmured against Moses , and said , Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt , to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst ? And Moses cried to Jehovah , saying , What shall I do with this people ? Yet a little , and they will stone me ! And Jehovah said to Moses , Go on before the people , and take with thee of the elders of Israel , and thy staff with which thou didst smite the river , take in thy hand , and go . Behold , I will stand before thee there upon the rock on Horeb ; and thou shalt strike the rock , and there shall come water out of it , that the people may drink . And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel . And he called the name of the place Massah , and Meribah , because of the contention of the children of Israel , and because they had tempted Jehovah , saying , Is Jehovah among us , or not ? And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim . And Moses said to Joshua , Choose us men , and go out , fight with Amalek ; to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand . And Joshua did as Moses had said to him , to fight with Amalek ; and Moses , Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill . And it came to pass when Moses raised his hand , that Israel prevailed ; and when he let down his hand , Amalek prevailed . And Moses' hands were heavy ; then they took a stone , and put [ it ] under him , and he sat on it ; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands , one on this side , and one on that side ; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun . And Joshua broke the power of Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword . And Jehovah said to Moses , Write this [ for ] a memorial in the book , and rehearse [ it ] in the ears of Joshua , that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens . And Moses built an altar , and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi . And he said , For the hand is on the throne of Jah ; Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation ! And Jethro the priest of Midian , Moses' father-in-law , heard of all that God had done to Moses , and to Israel his people ; that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt . And Jethro , Moses' father-in-law , took Zipporah , Moses' wife , after he had sent her back , and her two sons , of whom the name of the one was Gershom -- for he said , I have been a sojourner in a foreign land , -- and the name of the other , Eliezer -- For the God of my father has been my help , and has delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh . And Jethro , Moses' father-in-law , came to Moses with his sons and his wife into the wilderness , where he encamped at the mountain of God . And he sent word to Moses : I , thy father-in-law Jethro , am come to thee , and thy wife , and her two sons with her . And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law , and did obeisance , and kissed him ; and they asked each other [ after ] their welfare , and went into the tent . And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake ; all the trouble that had befallen them on the way , and [ how ] Jehovah had delivered them . And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness that Jehovah had done to Israel ; that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians . And Jethro said , Blessed be Jehovah , who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians , and out of the hand of Pharaoh ; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians . Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods ; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily [ he was ] above them . And Jethro , Moses' father-in-law , took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God ; and Aaron came , and all the elders of Israel , to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God . And it came to pass on the morrow , that Moses sat to judge the people ; and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening . And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people , and said , What is this thing which thou art doing with the people ? why dost thou sit alone , and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening ? And Moses said to his father-in-law , Because the people come to me to enquire of God . When they have a matter , they come to me , and I judge between one and another ; and I make known [ to them ] the statutes of God , and his laws . And Moses' father-in-law said to him , The thing that thou art doing is not good . Thou wilt be quite exhausted , both thou and this people that is with thee ; for the thing is too heavy for thee : thou canst not perform it alone . Hearken now to my voice : I will give thee counsel , and God shall be with thee . Be thou for the people with God , and bring the matters before God ; and teach them the statutes and the laws , and make known to them the way in which they must walk , and the work that they must do . But do thou provide among all the people able men , such as fear God , men of truth , hating covetousness ; and place [ them ] over them , chiefs of thousands , chiefs of hundreds , chiefs of fifties , and chiefs of tens , that they may judge the people at all times ; and it shall be [ that ] they shall bring to thee every great matter , and that they shall judge every small matter , and they shall lighten [ the task ] on thee , and they shall bear [ it ] with thee . If thou do this thing , and God command thee [ so ] , thou wilt be able to endure , and all this people shall also go to their place in peace . And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law , and did all that he had said . And Moses chose able men out of all Israel , and made them heads over the people , chiefs of thousands , chiefs of hundreds , chiefs of fifties , and chiefs of tens . And they judged the people at all times : the hard matters they brought to Moses , but every small matter they judged . And Moses sent away his father-in-law , and he departed into his land . In the third month after the departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt , the same day came they [ into ] the wilderness of Sinai : they departed from Rephidim , and came [ into ] the wilderness of Sinai , and encamped in the wilderness ; and Israel encamped there before the mountain . And Moses went up to God , and Jehovah called to him out of the mountain , saying , Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob , and tell the children of Israel : Ye have seen what I have done to the Egyptians , and [ how ] I have borne you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself . And now , if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant , then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples -- for all the earth is mine -- and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests , and a holy nation . These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel . And Moses came and called the elders of the people , and laid before the mall these words which Jehovah had commanded him . And all the people answered together , and said , All that Jehovah has spoken will we do ! And Moses brought the words of the people back to Jehovah . And Jehovah said to Moses , Lo , I will come to thee in the cloud's thick darkness , that the people may hear when I speak with thee , and believe thee also for ever . And Moses told the words of the people to Jehovah . And Jehovah said to Moses , Go to the people , and hallow them to-day and to-morrow , and let them wash their clothes ; and let them be ready for the third day ; for on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people on mount Sinai . And set bounds round about the people , saying , Take heed to yourselves , [ not ] to go up unto the mountain nor touch the border of it : whatever toucheth the mountain shall certainly be put to death : not a hand shall touch it , but it shall certainly be stoned , or shot through ; whether it be a beast or a man , it shall not live . When the long drawn note of the trumpet soundeth , they shall come up to the mountain . And Moses came down from the mountain to the people , and hallowed the people ; and they washed their clothes . And he said to the people , Be ready for the third day ; do not come near [ your ] wives . And it came to pass on the third day , when it was morning , that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain , and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud ; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled . And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God ; and they stood at the foot of the mountain . And the whole of mount Sinai smoked , because Jehovah descended on it in fire ; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace ; and the whole mountain shook greatly . And the sound of the trumpet increased and became exceeding loud ; Moses spoke , and God answered him by a voice . And Jehovah came down on mount Sinai , on the top of the mountain ; and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain , and Moses went up . And Jehovah said to Moses , Go down , testify to the people that they break not through to Jehovah to gaze , and many of them perish . And the priests also , who come near to Jehovah , shall hallow themselves , lest Jehovah break forth on them . And Moses said to Jehovah , The people cannot come up to mount Sinai ; for thou hast testified to us , saying , Set bounds about the mountain , and hallow it . And Jehovah said to him , Go , descend , and thou shalt come up , thou , and Aaron with thee ; but the priests and the people shall not break through to go up to Jehovah , lest he break forth on them . So Moses went down to the people , and told them . And God spoke all these words , saying , I am Jehovah thy God , who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt , out of the house of bondage . Thou shalt have no other gods before me . Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image , or any form of what is in the heavens above , or what is in the earth beneath , or what is in the waters under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them , nor serve them ; for I , Jehovah thy God , am a jealous God , visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth [ generation ] of them that hate me , and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments . Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God ; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name . Remember the sabbath day to hallow it . Six days shalt thou labour , and do all thy work ; but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God : thou shalt not do any work , thou , nor thy son , nor thy daughter , thy bondman , nor thy handmaid , nor thy cattle , nor thy stranger that is within thy gates . For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth , the sea , and all that is in them , and rested on the seventh day ; therefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day , and hallowed it . Honour thy father and thy mother , that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee . Thou shalt not kill . Thou shalt not commit adultery . Thou shalt not steal . Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour . Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's house , thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's wife , nor his bondman , nor his handmaid , nor his ox , nor his ass , nor anything that is thy neighbour's . And all the people saw the thunderings , and the flames , and the sound of the trumpet , and the mountain smoking ; and when the people saw [ it ] , they trembled , and stood afar off , and said to Moses , Speak thou with us , and we will hear ; but let not God speak with us , lest we die . And Moses said to the people , Fear not ; for God is come to prove you , and that his fear may be before you , that ye sin not . And the people stood afar off , and Moses drew near to the obscurity where God was . And Jehovah said to Moses , Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel : Ye have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens . Ye shall not make beside me gods of silver , and ye shall not make to you gods of gold . An altar of earth shalt thou make unto me , and shalt sacrifice on it thy burnt-offerings , and thy peace-offerings , thy sheep and thine oxen : in all places where I shall make my name to be remembered , I will come unto thee , and bless thee . And if thou make me an altar of stone , thou shalt not build it of hewn stone ; for if thou lift up thy sharp tool upon it , thou hast profaned it . Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar , that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon . And these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them . If thou buy a Hebrew bondman , six years shall he serve ; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing . If he came in alone , he shall go out alone : if he had a wife , then his wife shall go out with him . If his master have given him a wife , and she have borne him sons or daughters , the wife and her children shall be her master's , and he shall go out alone . But if the bondman shall say distinctly , I love my master , my wife , and my children , I will not go free ; then his master shall bring him before the judges , and shall bring him to the door , or to the door-post ; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl ; and he shall be his bondman for ever . And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid , she shall not go out as the bondmen go out . If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master , who had taken her for himself , then shall he let her be ransomed : to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power , after having dealt unfaithfully with her . And if he have appointed her unto his son , he shall deal with her after the law of daughters . If he take himself another , her food , her clothing , and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish . And if he do not these three things unto her , then shall she go out free without money . He that striketh a man , so that he die , shall certainly be put to death . But if he have not lain in wait , and God have delivered [ him ] into his hand , I will appoint thee a place to which he shall flee . But if a man act wantonly toward his neighbour , and slay him with guile , thou shalt take him from mine altar , that he may die . And he that striketh his father , or his mother , shall certainly be put to death . And he that stealeth a man , and selleth him , or if he be found in his hand , he shall certainly be put to death . And he that curseth his father , or his mother , shall certainly be put to death . And if men dispute , and one strike the other with a stone , or with the fist , and he die not , but take to [ his ] bed , -- if he rise , and walk abroad upon his staff , then shall he that struck [ him ] be guiltless ; only he shall pay [ for ] the loss of his time , and shall cause [ him ] to be thoroughly healed . And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff , and he die under his hand , he shall certainly be avenged . Only , if he continue [ to live ] a day or two days , he shall not be avenged ; for he is his money . And if men strive together , and strike a woman with child , so that she be delivered , and no mischief happen , he shall in any case be fined , according as the woman's husband shall impose on him , and shall give it as the judges estimate . But if mischief happen , then thou shalt give life for life , eye for eye , tooth for tooth , hand for hand , foot for foot , branding for branding , wound for wound , stripe for stripe . And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid , and it be marred , he shall let him go for his eye . And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his handmaid's tooth , he shall let him go free for his tooth . And if an ox gore a man or a woman , so that they die , then the ox shall certainly be stoned , and its flesh shall not be eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall be guiltless . But if the ox have gored heretofore , and it have been testified to its owner , and he have not kept it in , and it kill a man or a woman , -- the ox shall be stoned , and its owner also shall be put to death . If there be imposed on him a satisfaction , then he shall give the ransom of his life , according to what is imposed on him . Whether it gore a son or gore a daughter , according to this judgment shall it be done to him . If the ox gore a bondman or a handmaid , he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver , and the ox shall be stoned . -- And if a man open a pit , or if a man dig a pit , and do not cover it , and an ox or an ass fall into it , the owner of the pit shall make it good , shall give money to the owner of them ; and the dead [ ox ] shall be his . -- And if one man's ox gore his neighbour's ox , and it die , then they shall sell the live ox , and divide the money thereof , and divide the dead also . Or if it be known that the ox have gored heretofore , and its owner have not kept him in , he shall in any case restore ox for ox ; and the dead shall be his . If a man steal an ox , or a sheep , and kill it , or sell it , he shall restore five oxen for the ox , and four sheep for the sheep . If the thief be encountered breaking in , and be smitten so that he die , there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him . If the sun be risen on him , there shall be blood-guiltiness for him ; he should have made full restitution : if he had nothing , he would have been sold for his theft . If the stolen thing be actually found alive in his hand , whether it be ox , or ass , or sheep , he shall restore double . If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten , and put in his cattle , and pasture in another man's field , of the best of his own field , and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make [ it ] good . -- If fire break out , and seize the thorns , and the stacks of corn , or the standing corn , or the field be consumed , he that kindled the fire shall fully make it good . -- If a man deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep , and it be stolen out of the man's house ; if the thief be found , let him restore double ; if the thief be not found , the master of the house shall be brought before the judges , [ to see ] if he has not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods . As to all manner of fraud , -- as to ox , as to ass , as to sheep , as to clothing , as to everything lost , of which [ a man ] saith , It is this -- the cause of both parties shall come before the judges : he whom the judges shall condemn shall restore double to his neighbour . If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass , or an ox , or a sheep , or any cattle , to keep , and it die , or be hurt , or driven away , and no man see [ it ] , an oath of Jehovah shall be between them both , that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods ; and the owner of it shall accept it , and he shall not make [ it ] good . But if it have been stolen from him , he shall make [ it ] good unto its owner . If it have been torn in pieces , let him bring it [ as ] witness : he shall not make good what was torn . -- And if a man borrow anything of his neighbour , and it be hurt , or die , its owner not being with it , he shall fully make it good ; if the owner thereof be with it , he shall not make [ it ] good ; if it be a hired [ thing ] , it came for its hire . And if a man seduce a virgin that is not betrothed , and lie with her , he shall certainly endow her , to be his wife . If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him , he shall weigh money according to the dowry of virgins . -- Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live . -- Every one that lieth with a beast shall certainly be put to death . -- He that sacrificeth to [ any ] god , save to Jehovah only , shall be devoted to destruction . Thou shalt neither vex a stranger , nor oppress him ; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt . Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child . If thou afflict him in any way , if he cry at all unto me , I will certainly hear his cry ; and my anger shall burn , and I will slay you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows , and your children fatherless . -- If thou lend money to my people , the poor with thee , thou shalt not be to him as a usurer : ye shall charge him no interest . -- If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge , thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down ; for that is his only covering , his garment for his skin : on what shall he lie down ? And it shall come to pass , when he crieth unto me , that I will hear ; for I am gracious . Thou shalt not revile the judges , nor curse a prince amongst thy people . -- Thou shalt not delay the fulness of thy [ threshing-floor ] and the outflow of thy [ winepress ] . The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me . Likewise shalt thou do with thy calf , with thy sheep : seven days shall it be with its dam ; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me . -- And ye shall be holy men unto me ; and ye shall not eat flesh torn in the field : ye shall cast it to the dog . Thou shalt not accept a false report ; extend not thy hand to the wicked , to be an unrighteous witness . Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil ; neither shalt thou answer in a cause , to go after the multitude to pervert [ judgment ] . Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause . -- If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray , thou shalt certainly bring it back to him . If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden , beware of leaving [ it ] to him : thou shalt certainly loosen [ it ] with him . Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause . Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood ; and the innocent and righteous slay not ; for I will not justify the wicked . And thou shalt take no bribe ; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open , and perverteth the words of the righteous . And the stranger thou shalt not oppress ; for ye know the spirit of the stranger , for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt . And six years thou shalt sow thy land , and gather in its produce ; but in the seventh thou shalt let it rest and lie [ fallow ] , that the poor of thy people may eat [ of it ] ; and what they leave , the beasts of the field shall eat . In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard , and with thine olive-tree . -- Six days thou shalt do thy work , but on the seventh day thou shalt rest ; that thine ox and thine ass may rest , and the son of thy handmaid , and the stranger may be refreshed . And ye shall be on your guard as to everything that I have said unto you ; and shall make no mention of the name of other gods -- it shall not be heard in thy mouth . Thrice in the year thou shalt celebrate a feast to me . Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread , ( thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days , as I have commanded thee , in the time appointed of the month Abib ; for in it thou camest out from Egypt ; and none shall appear in my presence empty ; ) and the feast of harvest , the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field , and the feast of in-gathering , at the end of the year , when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field . Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the presence of the Lord Jehovah . Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread ; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning . The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God . Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk . Behold , I send an Angel before thee , to keep thee in the way , and to bring thee to the place that I have prepared . Be careful in his presence , and hearken unto his voice : do not provoke him , for he will not forgive your transgressions ; for my name is in him . But if thou shalt diligently hearken unto his voice , and do all that I shall say , then I will be an enemy to thine enemies , and an adversary to thine adversaries . For mine Angel shall go before thee , and bring thee in unto the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites , the Hivites and the Jebusites ; and I will cut them off . Thou shalt not bow down to their gods , nor serve them , nor do after their deeds ; but thou shalt utterly destroy them , and utterly shatter their statues . And ye shall serve Jehovah your God ; and he shall bless thy bread and thy water ; and I will take sickness away from thy midst . There shall nothing cast their young , nor be barren , in thy land ; the number of thy days will I fulfil . I will send my fear before thee , and confound every people to which thou comest , and will make all thine enemies turn their back to thee . And I will send hornets before thee , which shall drive out the Hivite , the Canaanite , and the Hittite , from before thee . I will not drive them out from before thee in one year : lest the land become desolate , and the beast of the field multiply against thee . By little and little I will drive them out from before thee , until thou art fruitful , and possess the land . And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines , and from the wilderness unto the river ; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand , that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee . Thou shalt make no covenant with them , nor with their gods . They shall not dwell in thy land , lest they make thee sin against me ; for if thou serve their gods , it is sure to be a snare unto thee . And he said to Moses , Go up to Jehovah , thou and Aaron , Nadab and Abihu , and seventy of the elders of Israel ; and worship afar off . And let Moses alone come near Jehovah ; but they shall not come near ; neither shall the people go up with him . And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah , and all the judgments ; and all the people answered with one voice , and said , All the words that Jehovah has said will we do ! And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah , and rose up early in the morning , and built an altar under the mountain , and twelve pillars , according to the twelve tribes of Israel . And he sent the youths of the children of Israel , and they offered up burnt-offerings , and sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offering of bullocks to Jehovah . And Moses took half the blood , and put [ it ] in basons ; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar . And he took the book of the covenant , and read [ it ] in the ears of the people ; and they said , All that Jehovah has said will we do , and obey ! And Moses took the blood , and sprinkled [ it ] on the people , and said , Behold the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has made with you concerning all these words . And Moses and Aaron , Nadab and Abihu , and seventy of the elders of Israel went up ; and they saw the God of Israel ; and there was under his feet as it were work of transparent sapphire , and as it were the form of heaven for clearness . And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand : they saw God , and ate and drank . And Jehovah said to Moses , Come up to me into the mountain , and be there ; and I will give thee the tables of stone , and the law , and the commandment that I have written , for their instruction . And Moses rose up , and Joshua his attendant ; and Moses went up to the mountain of God . And he said to the elders , Wait here for us , until we return to you ; and behold , Aaron and Hur are with you : if any man have any matter , let him come before them . And Moses went up to the mountain , and the cloud covered the mountain . And the glory of Jehovah abode on mount Sinai , and the cloud covered it six days ; and on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud . And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain , before the eyes of the children of Israel . And Moses went into the midst of the cloud , and ascended the mountain . And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Speak unto the children of Israel , that they bring me a heave-offering : of every one whose heart prompteth him , ye shall take my heave-offering . And this is the heave-offering that ye shall take of them : gold , and silver , and copper , and blue , and purple , and scarlet , and byssus , and goats' [ hair ] , and rams' skins dyed red , and badgers' skins ; and acacia-wood ; oil for the light ; spices for the anointing oil , and for the incense of fragrant drugs ; onyx stones , and stones to be set in the ephod , and in the breastplate . And they shall make me a sanctuary , that I may dwell among them . According to all that I shall shew thee , the pattern of the tabernacle , and the pattern of all the utensils thereof , even so shall ye make [ it ] . And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood ; two cubits and a half the length thereof , and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof , and a cubit and a half the height thereof . And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold : inside and outside shalt thou overlay it ; and shalt make upon it a border of gold round about . And cast four rings of gold for it , and put [ them ] at the four corners thereof , that two rings may be upon the one side thereof and two rings upon the other side thereof . And make staves of acacia-wood and overlay them with gold . And put the staves into the rings upon the sides of the ark , that the ark may be borne with them . The staves shall be in the rings of the ark : they shall not come out from it . And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee . And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half the length thereof , and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof . And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold ; [ of ] beaten work shalt thou make them , at the two ends of the mercy-seat . And make one cherub at the end of the one side , and one cherub at the end of the other side ; out of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim at the two ends thereof . And the cherubim shall stretch out [ their ] wings over it , covering over with their wings the mercy-seat , and their faces opposite to one another : toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be [ turned ] . And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark , and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee . And there will I meet with thee , and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat , from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony , everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel . And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood , two cubits the length thereof , and a cubit the breadth thereof , and a cubit and a half the height thereof . And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold , and make upon it a border of gold round about . And thou shalt make for it a margin of a handbreadth round about , and shalt make a border of gold for the margin thereof round about . And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold , and put the rings at the four corners that are on the four feet thereof . Close to the margin shall the rings be , as receptacles of the staves to carry the table . And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood , and overlay them with gold ; and the table shall be carried upon them . And thou shalt make the dishes thereof , and cups thereof , and goblets thereof , and bowls thereof , with which to pour out : of pure gold shalt thou make them . And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually . And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold ; [ of ] beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made : its base and its shaft , its cups , its knobs , and its flowers shall be of the same . And six branches shall come out of the sides thereof -- three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side thereof , and three branches of the lamp-stand out of the other side thereof ; three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch , a knob and a flower : and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch , a knob and a flower : so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand . And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds , its knobs and its flowers ; and a knob under two branches of it , and [ again ] a knob under two branches of it , and [ again ] a knob under two branches of it , for the six branches that proceed out of the lamp-stand . Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself -- all of one beaten work of pure gold . And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof , and they shall light the lamps thereof , that they may shine out before it ; and the snuffers thereof , and the snuff-trays thereof , of pure gold . Of a talent of pure gold shall they make it , with all these utensils . And see that thou make [ them ] according to their pattern , which hath been shewn to thee in the mountain . And thou shalt make the tabernacle [ with ] ten curtains of twined byssus , and blue , and purple , and scarlet : with cherubim of artistic work shalt thou make them . The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits , and the breadth of one curtain four cubits -- one measure for all the curtains . Five of the curtains shall be coupled one to another , and [ the other ] five curtains coupled one to another . And thou shalt make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end of the coupling ; and likewise shalt thou make [ them ] in the edge of the outermost curtain in the other coupling . Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain , and fifty loops shalt thou make at the end of the curtain in the other coupling : the loops shall be opposite to one another . And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold , and couple the curtains together with the clasps , that the tabernacle may be one [ whole ] . And thou shalt make curtains of goats' [ hair ] for a tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains shalt thou make them . The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits , and the breadth of one curtain four cubits -- one measure for the eleven curtains . And thou shalt couple five of the curtains by themselves , and six of the curtains by themselves , and shalt double the sixth curtain in the front of the tent . And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the coupling , and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the other coupling . And thou shalt make fifty clasps of copper , and put the clasps into the loops , and couple the tent , that it may be one [ whole ] . And that which remaineth hanging over of the curtains of the tent , the half curtain that remaineth , shall hang over the rear of the tabernacle . And the cubit on the one side , and the cubit on the other side of that which remaineth 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 . And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red , and a covering of badgers' skins over [ that ] . And the boards for the tabernacle thou shalt make of acacia-wood , standing up ; ten cubits the length of the board , and a cubit and a half the breadth of one board . One board shall have two tenons , connected one with the other : thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle . And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle , twenty boards on the south side southward . And thou shalt make forty bases of silver under the twenty boards ; two bases under one board for its two tenons , and two bases under another board for its two tenons . And for the other side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards . And their forty bases of silver ; two bases under one board , and two bases under another board . And for the rear of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards . And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear ; and they shall be joined beneath , and together shall be united at the top thereof to one ring : thus shall it be for them both ; they shall be for the two corners . And there shall be eight boards , and their bases , of silver , sixteen bases ; two bases under one board , and two bases under another board . And thou shalt make bars of acacia-wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle , and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle , and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward ; and the middle bar in the midst of the boards reaching from one end to the other . And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold , and make [ of ] gold their rings , the receptacles of the bars , and shalt overlay the bars with gold . And thou shalt set up the tabernacle according to its fashion , as hath been shewn thee on the mountain . And thou shalt make a veil of blue , and purple , and scarlet , and twined byssus ; of artistic work shall it be made , with cherubim . And thou shalt attach it to four pillars of acacia-wood overlaid with gold , their hooks of gold ; they shall be on four bases of silver . And thou shalt bring the veil under the clasps , and bring in thither , inside the veil , the ark of the testimony ; and the curtain shall make a division to you between the holy [ place ] and the holiest of all . And thou shalt put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony in the holiest of all . And thou shalt set the table outside the veil , and the lamp-stand opposite to the table on the side of the tabernacle southward ; and thou shalt put the table on the north side . And thou shalt make for the entrance of the tent a curtain of blue , and purple , and scarlet , and twined byssus , of embroidery . And thou shalt make for the curtain five pillars of acacia [ -wood ] , and overlay them with gold ; their hooks shall be of gold ; and thou shalt cast five bases of copper for them . And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood , five cubits the length , and five cubits the breadth ; the altar shall be square ; and the height thereof three cubits . And thou shalt make its horns at the four corners thereof ; its horns shall be of itself ; and thou shalt overlay it with copper . And thou shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat , its shovels , and its bowls , and its forks , and its firepans ; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper . And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of copper ; and on the net shalt thou make four copper rings at its four corners ; and thou shalt put it under the ledge of the altar beneath , and the net shall be to the very middle of the altar . And thou shalt make staves for the altar , staves of acacia-wood , and overlay them with copper . And its staves shall be put into the rings , that the staves may be on both sides of the altar , when it is carried . Hollow with boards shalt thou make it : as it hath been shewn thee on the mountain , so shall they make [ it ] . And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle . On the south side , southward , hangings for the court of twined byssus ; a hundred cubits the length for the one side , and the twenty pillars thereof , and their twenty bases of copper , the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver . And likewise on the north side in length , hangings a hundred [ cubits ] long , and its twenty pillars , and their twenty bases of copper ; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver . -- And the breadth of the court on the west side , hangings of fifty cubits ; their pillars ten , and their bases ten . -- And the breadth of the court on the east side , eastward , fifty cubits ; the hangings on the one wing , of fifteen cubits ; their pillars three , and their bases three . And on the other wing hangings of fifteen [ cubits ] ; their pillars three , and their bases three . -- And for the gate of the court a curtain of twenty cubits , of blue , and purple , and scarlet , and twined byssus , embroidered with needlework ; their pillars four , and their bases four . All the pillars of the court round about shall be fastened together with [ rods of ] silver ; their hooks of silver , and their bases of copper . The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits , and the breadth fifty everywhere , and the height five cubits of twined byssus ; and their bases of copper . All the utensils of the tabernacle for the service thereof and all the pegs thereof , and all the pegs of the court shall be of copper . And thou shalt command the children of Israel , that they bring thee olive oil , pure , beaten , for the light , to light the lamp continually . In the tent of meeting outside the veil , which is before the testimony , Aaron and his sons shall dress them from evening to morning before Jehovah : [ it is ] an everlasting statute , for their generations , on the part of the children of Israel . And thou shalt take thee Aaron thy brother , and his sons with him , from among the children of Israel , that he may serve me as priest -- Aaron , Nadab and Abihu , Eleazar and Ithamar , Aaron's sons . And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother , for glory and for ornament . And thou shalt speak with all [ that are ] wise-hearted , whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom , that they may make Aaron's garments to hallow him , that he may serve me as priest . And these are the garments which they shall make : a breastplate , and an ephod , and a cloak , and a checkered vest , a turban , and a girdle ; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother , and his sons , that he may serve me as priest . And they shall take gold , and blue , and purple , and scarlet , and twined byssus , and shall make the ephod of gold , blue , and purple , scarlet and twined byssus , of artistic work . It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined at the two ends thereof , where it is joined together . And the girdle of the ephod , which is upon it , shall be of the same , according to its work of gold , blue , and purple , and scarlet and twined byssus . And thou shalt take two onyx stones , and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel : six of their names on the one stone , and the six names of the rest on the other stone , according to their birth . According to the work of an engraver in stone , as the engravings of a seal , shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel ; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them . And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod [ as ] stones of memorial for the children of Israel ; and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial . And thou shalt make enclosures of gold ; and two chains of pure gold ; of laced work shalt thou make them , of wreathen work , and fasten the wreathen chains to the enclosures . And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment of artistic work , like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it ; of gold , blue , and purple , and scarlet , and twined byssus shalt thou make it . Square shall it be , doubled ; a span the length thereof , and a span the breadth thereof . And thou shalt set in it settings of stones -- four rows of stones : [ one ] row , a sardoin , a topaz , and an emerald -- the first row ; and the second row , a carbuncle , a sapphire , and a diamond ; and the third row , an opal , an agate , and an amethyst ; and the fourth row , a chrysolite , and an onyx , and a jasper ; enclosed in gold shall they be in their settings . And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel , twelve , according to their names , engraved as a seal : every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes . And thou shalt make on the breastplate chains of laced work , of wreathen work , of pure gold . And thou shalt make on the breastplate two rings of gold , and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate . And thou shalt put the two wreathen [ cords ] of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate ; and the two ends of the two wreathen [ cords ] thou shalt fasten to the two enclosures , and shalt put [ them ] on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod , on the front thereof . And thou shalt make two rings of gold , and shalt put them on the two ends of the breastplate , on the border thereof , which faceth the ephod inwards . And two rings of gold shalt thou make , and shalt put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath , to the front thereof just by the coupling thereof , above the girdle of the ephod . And they shall bind the breastplate with its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue , that it may be above the girdle of the ephod , and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod . And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart , when he goes in to the sanctuary , for a memorial before Jehovah continually . And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim , that they may be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before Jehovah ; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually . And thou shalt make the cloak of the ephod all of blue . And its opening for the head shall be in the midst thereof ; there shall be a binding of woven work at its opening round about ; as the opening of a coat of mail , it shall be in it -- it shall not rend . And on the skirts thereof thou shalt make pomegranates of blue , and purple , and scarlet , round about the skirts thereof ; and bells of gold between them round about : a golden bell and a pomegranate , a golden bell and a pomegranate , in the skirts of the cloak round about . And it shall be on Aaron for service ; that his sound may be heard when he goeth into the sanctuary before Jehovah , and when he cometh out , that he may not die . And thou shalt make a thin plate of pure gold , and engrave on it , as the engravings of a seal , Holiness to Jehovah ! And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue , and it shall be upon the turban -- upon the front of the turban shall it be . And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead , and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things , which the children of Israel shall hallow in all gifts of their holy things ; and it shall be continually on his forehead , that they may be accepted before Jehovah . And thou shalt weave the vest of byssus ; and thou shalt make a turban of byssus ; and thou shalt make a girdle of embroidery . And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make vests ; and thou shalt make for them girdles ; and high caps shalt thou make for them , for glory and for ornament . And thou shalt clothe with them Aaron thy brother , and his sons with him ; and shalt anoint them , and consecrate them , and hallow them , that they may serve me as priests . And thou shalt make them linen trousers to cover the flesh of nakedness ; from the loins even to the hips shall they reach . And they shall be upon Aaron and his sons when they enter into the tent of meeting , or when they come near to the altar to serve in the sanctuary ; that they may not bear iniquity and die -- an everlasting statute for him and his seed after him . And this is the thing which thou shalt do to them to hallow them , that they may serve me as priests : take one young bullock , and two rams without blemish , and unleavened bread , and unleavened cakes mingled with oil , and unleavened wafers anointed with oil -- of wheaten flour shalt thou make them . And thou shalt put them into one basket , and present them in the basket , with the bullock and the two rams . And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring near the entrance of the tent of meeting , and shalt bathe them with water . And thou shalt take the garments , and clothe Aaron with the vest , and the cloak of the ephod , and the ephod , and the breastplate , and shalt gird him with the girdle of the ephod . And thou shalt put the turban upon his head , and fasten the holy diadem to the turban , and shalt take the anointing oil , and pour [ it ] on his head , and anoint him . And thou shalt bring his sons near , and clothe them with the vests . And thou shalt gird them with the girdle -- Aaron and his sons , and bind the high caps on them ; and the priesthood shall be theirs for an everlasting statute ; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons . And thou shalt present the bullock before the tent of meeting ; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock ; and thou shalt slaughter the bullock before Jehovah , at the entrance of the tent of meeting ; and thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock , and put it on the horns of the altar with thy finger , and shalt pour all the blood at the bottom of the altar . And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards , and the net of the liver , and the two kidneys , and the fat that is upon them , and burn them upon the altar . And the flesh of the bullock , and its skin , and its dung , shalt thou burn with fire outside the camp : it is a sin-offering . And thou shalt take one of the rams , and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram ; and thou shalt slaughter the ram , and shalt take its blood , and sprinkle [ it ] on the altar round about . And thou shalt cut up the ram into its pieces , and wash its inwards , and its legs , and put [ them ] upon its pieces , and upon its head ; and thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar : it is a burnt-offering to Jehovah -- a sweet odour ; it is an offering by fire to Jehovah . And thou shalt take the second ram , and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram ; and thou shalt slaughter the ram , and take of its blood , and put [ it ] on the tip of the [ right ] ear of Aaron , and on the tip of the right ear of his sons , and on the thumb of their right hand , and on the great toe of their right foot ; and thou shalt sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about . And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar , and of the anointing oil , and sprinkle [ it ] on Aaron , and on his garments , and on his sons , and on the garments of his sons with him ; and he shall be hallowed , and his garments , and his sons , and his sons' garments with him . Also of the ram shalt thou take the fat , and the fat-tail , and the fat that covereth the inwards , and the net of the liver , and the two kidneys , and the fat that is upon them , and the right shoulder -- for it is a ram of consecration -- and one loaf of bread , and one cake of oiled bread , and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened [ bread ] that is before Jehovah ; and thou shalt put all this in the hands of Aaron , and in the hands of his sons , and shalt wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah . And thou shalt receive them of their hand and burn [ them ] upon the altar over the burnt-offering , for a sweet odour before Jehovah : it is an offering by fire to Jehovah . And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of consecration which is for Aaron , and wave it as a wave-offering before Jehovah ; and it shall be thy part . And thou shalt hallow the breast of the wave-offering , and the shoulder of the heave-offering , that hath been waved and heaved up , of the ram of the consecration , of that which is for Aaron , and of [ that ] which is for his sons . And they shall be for Aaron and his sons , as an everlasting statute , on the part of the children of Israel ; for it is a heave-offering ; and it shall be a heave-offering on the part of the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings , [ as ] their heave-offering to Jehovah . And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him , to be anointed therein , and to be consecrated in them . The son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days , when he cometh into the tent of meeting to serve in the sanctuary . And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration , and boil its flesh in a holy place . And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram , and the bread that is in the basket , at the entrance of the tent of meeting . They shall eat the things with which the atonement was made , to consecrate [ and ] to hallow them ; but a stranger shall not eat [ of them ] , for they are holy . And if [ any ] of the flesh of the consecration , and of the bread , remain until the morning , then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire : it shall not be eaten , for it is holy . And thus shalt thou do to Aaron , and to his sons , according to all that I have commanded thee : seven days shalt thou consecrate them . And thou shalt offer every day a bullock as a sin-offering for atonement ; and the altar shalt thou cleanse from sin , by making atonement for it , and shalt anoint it , to hallow it . Seven days shalt thou make atonement for the altar and hallow it ; and the altar shall be most holy : whatever toucheth the altar shall be holy . And this is what thou shalt offer upon the altar -- two lambs of the first year , day by day continually . The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning ; and the other lamb thou shalt offer between the two evenings . And with the one lamb a tenth part of wheaten flour mingled with beaten oil , a fourth part of a hin ; and a drink-offering , a fourth part of a hin of wine . And the second lamb shalt thou offer between the two evenings ; as the oblation in the morning , and as its drink-offering shalt thou offer with this , for a sweet odour , an offering by fire to Jehovah . It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before Jehovah , where I will meet with you , to speak there with thee . And there will I meet with the children of Israel ; and it shall be hallowed by my glory . And I will hallow the tent of meeting , and the altar ; and I will hallow Aaron and his sons , that they may serve me as priests . And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel , and will be their God . And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God , who have brought them forth out of the land of Egypt , to dwell in their midst : I am Jehovah their God . And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of incense : of acacia-wood shalt thou make it ; a cubit the length thereof , and a cubit the breadth thereof -- square shall it be ; and two cubits its height ; of itself shall be its horns . And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold , the top thereof , and the sides thereof round about , and the horns thereof ; and thou shalt make upon it a border of gold round about . And two rings of gold shalt thou make for it under its border ; by its two corners shalt thou make [ them ] , on the two sides thereof ; and they shall be for receptacles for the staves , with which to carry it . And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood , and overlay them with gold . And thou shalt put it in front of the veil which is before the ark of the testimony in front of the mercy-seat which is over the testimony , where I will meet with thee . And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense : every morning , when he dresseth the lamps , he shall burn the incense . And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two evenings , he shall burn the incense -- a continual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations . Ye shall offer up no strange incense thereon , nor burnt-offering , nor oblation ; neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon . And Aaron shall make atonement for its horns once in the year : with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement shall he make atonement for it , once in the year , throughout your generations : it is most holy to Jehovah . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , When thou shalt take the sum of the children of Israel according to those of them that are numbered , then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to Jehovah on their being numbered , that there be no plague among them on their being numbered . This shall they give -- every one that passeth among them that are numbered -- half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary , -- twenty gerahs the shekel ; a half shekel shall be the heave-offering for Jehovah . Every one that passeth among those that are numbered , from twenty years old and above , shall give the heave-offering of Jehovah . The rich shall not give more , and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel , when ye give the heave-offering of Jehovah , to make atonement for your souls . And thou shalt take the atonement-money of the children of Israel , and devote it to the service of the tent of meeting ; and it shall be a memorial to the children of Israel before Jehovah , to make atonement for your souls . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , Thou shalt also make a laver of copper , and its stand of copper , for washing ; and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar , and shalt put water in it . And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet out of it . When they go into the tent of meeting , they shall wash with water , that they may not die ; or when they come near to the altar to serve , to burn an offering by fire to Jehovah . And they shall wash their hands and their feet , that they may not die ; and it shall be an everlasting statute for them , for him and for his seed throughout their generations . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , And thou , take best spices -- of liquid myrrh five hundred [ shekels ] , and of sweet cinnamon the half -- two hundred and fifty , and of sweet myrtle two hundred and fifty , and of cassia five hundred , after the shekel of the sanctuary , and of olive oil a hin ; and make of it an oil of holy ointment , a perfume of perfumery after the work of the perfumer : it shall be the holy anointing oil . And thou shalt anoint the tent of meeting with it , and the ark of the testimony , and the table and all its utensils , and the lamp-stand and its utensils , and the altar of incense , and the altar of burnt-offering and all its utensils , and the laver and its stand . And thou shalt hallow them , that they may be most holy : whatever toucheth them shall be holy . And Aaron and his sons thou shalt anoint , and shalt hallow them , that they may serve me as priests . And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel , saying , A holy anointing oil shall this be unto me throughout your generations . Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured , neither shall ye make [ any ] like it , after the preparation of it : it is holy -- holy shall it be unto you . Whoever compoundeth [ any ] like it , or whoever putteth [ any ] of it upon any strange thing , shall be cut off from his peoples . And Jehovah said to Moses , Take fragrant drugs -- stacte , and onycha , and galbanum -- fragrant drugs and pure frankincense ; in like proportions shall it be . And thou shalt make it into incense , a perfume , after the work of the perfumer , salted , pure , holy . And thou shalt beat [ some ] of it to powder , and put [ some ] of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting , where I will meet with thee : it shall be unto you most holy . And the incense that thou shalt make , ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it ; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah . Whoever maketh like unto it , to smell it , shall be cut off from his peoples . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , See , I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri , the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judah , and have filled him with the spirit of God , in wisdom , and in understanding , and in knowledge , and in every work , to devise artistic work -- to work in gold , and in silver , and in copper , and in cutting of stones , for setting , and for carving of timber -- to work in all manner of work . And I , behold , I have given with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan ; and in the heart of every one that is wise-hearted have I given wisdom , that they may make all that I have commanded thee -- the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony , and the mercy-seat that is thereupon , and all the utensils of the tent , and the table and its utensils , and the pure lamp-stand and all its utensils , and the altar of incense ; and the altar of burnt-offering and all its utensils , and the laver and its stand ; and the garments of service , both the holy garments of Aaron the priest , and the garments of his sons , to serve as priests ; and the anointing oil , and the incense of fragrant drugs for the sanctuary : according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , And thou , speak thou unto the children of Israel , saying , Surely my sabbaths shall ye keep ; for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations , that ye may know that it is I , Jehovah , who do hallow you . Keep the sabbath , therefore ; for it is holy unto you ; every one that profaneth it shall certainly be put to death : yea , whoever doeth work on it , that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples . Six days shall work be done ; but on the seventh day is the sabbath of rest , holy to Jehovah : whoever doeth work on the sabbath day shall certainly be put to death . And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath , to observe the sabbath throughout their generations -- [ it is ] an everlasting covenant . It shall be a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever ; for [ in ] six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth , and on the seventh day he rested , and was refreshed . And he gave to Moses , when he had ended speaking with him on mount Sinai , the two tables of testimony , tables of stone , written with the finger of God . And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain , the people collected together to Aaron , and said to him , Up , make us a god , who will go before us ; for this Moses , the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt , -- we do not know what is become of him ! And Aaron said to them , Break off the golden rings that are in the ears of your wives , of your sons , and of your daughters , and bring [ them ] to me . Then all the people broke off the golden rings that were in their ears , and brought [ them ] to Aaron . And he took [ them ] out of their hand , and fashioned it with a chisel and made of it a molten calf : and they said , This is thy god , Israel , who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt ! And Aaron saw [ it ] , and built an altar before it ; and Aaron made a proclamation , and said , To-morrow is a feast to Jehovah ! And they rose up early on the morrow , and offered up burnt-offerings , and brought peace-offerings ; and the people sat down to eat and to drink , and rose up to sport . Then Jehovah said to Moses , Away , go down ! for thy people , which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt , is acting corruptly . They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them : they have made themselves a molten calf , and have bowed down to it , and have sacrificed thereunto , and said , This is thy god , Israel , who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt ! And Jehovah said to Moses , I see this people , and behold , it is a stiff-necked people . And now let me alone , that my anger may burn against them , and I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation . And Moses besought Jehovah his God , and said , Why , Jehovah , doth thy wrath burn against thy people , which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand ? Why should the Egyptians speak , and say , For misfortune he has brought them out , to slay them on the mountains , and to annihilate them from the face of the earth ? Turn from the heat of thine anger , and repent of this evil against thy people ! Remember Abraham , Isaac and Israel , thy servants , to whom thou sworest by thyself , and saidst to them , I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven , and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your seed , and they shall possess [ it ] for ever ! And Jehovah repented of the evil that he had said he would do to his people . And Moses turned and went down from the mountain , [ with ] the two tables of the testimony in his hand -- tables written on both their sides : on this side and on that were they written . And the tables [ were ] God's work , and the writing was God's writing , engraven on the tables . And Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted , and said to Moses , There is a shout of war in the camp . And he said , It is not the sound of a shout of victory , neither is it the sound of a shout of defeat : it is the noise of alternate singing I hear . And it came to pass , when he came near the camp , and saw the calf and the dancing , that Moses' anger burned , and he cast the tables out of his hands , and shattered them beneath the mountain . And he took the calf that they had made , and burned [ it ] with fire , and ground it to powder , and strewed [ it ] on the water , and made the children of Israel drink [ it ] . And Moses said to Aaron , What has this people done to thee , that thou hast brought so great a sin on them ? And Aaron said , Let not the anger of my lord burn ! thou knowest the people , that they are [ set ] on mischief . And they said to me , Make us a god , who will go before us ; for this Moses , the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt , we do not know what is become of him ! And I said to them , Who has gold ? They broke [ it ] off , and gave [ it ] me , and I cast it into the fire , and there came out this calf . And Moses saw the people how they were stripped ; for Aaron had stripped them to [ their ] shame before their adversaries . And Moses stood in the gate of the camp , and said , He that is for Jehovah , [ let him come ] to me . And all the sons of Levi gathered to him . And he said to them , Thus saith Jehovah , the God of Israel : Put every man his sword upon his hip ; go and return from gate to gate through the camp , and slay every man his brother , and every man his friend , and every man his neighbour . And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses ; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men . And Moses said , Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah , yea , every man with his son , and with his brother , and bring on yourselves a blessing to-day . And it came to pass the next day , that Moses said to the people , Ye have sinned a great sin . And now I will go up to Jehovah : perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin . And Moses returned to Jehovah , and said , Alas , this people has sinned a great sin , and they have made themselves a god of gold ! And now , if thou wilt forgive their sin . . . but if not , blot me , I pray thee , out of thy book that thou hast written . And Jehovah said to Moses , Whoever hath sinned against me , him will I blot out of my book . And now go , lead the people whither I have told thee : behold , my Angel shall go before thee ; but in the day of my visiting I will visit their sin upon them . And Jehovah smote the people , because they made the calf , which Aaron had made . And Jehovah said to Moses , Depart , go up hence , thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt , into the land that I swore unto Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob , saying , Unto thy seed will I give it , ( and I will send an angel before thee , and dispossess the Canaanite , the Amorite , and the Hittite , and the Perizzite , the Hivite , and the Jebusite , ) into a land flowing with milk and honey ; for I will not go up in the midst of thee , for thou art a stiff-necked people , -- lest I consume thee on the way . And when the people heard this evil word , they mourned ; and no man put on his ornaments . Now Jehovah had said to Moses , Say unto the children of Israel , Ye are a stiff-necked people : in one moment I will come up into the midst of thee and will consume thee . And now put off thine ornaments from thee , and I will know what I will do unto thee . And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments at mount Horeb . And Moses took the tent , and pitched it outside the camp , far from the camp , and called it the Tent of meeting . And it came to pass [ that ] every one who sought Jehovah went out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp . And it came to pass , when Moses went out to the tent , all the people rose up , and stood every man at the entrance of his tent , and they looked after Moses until he entered into the tent . And it came to pass when Moses entered into the tent , the pillar of cloud descended , and stood at the entrance of the tent , and [ Jehovah ] talked with Moses . And all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent ; and all the people rose and worshipped , every man at the entrance of his tent . And Jehovah spoke with Moses face to face , as a man speaks with his friend . And he returned to the camp ; but his attendant , Joshua the son of Nun , a young man , departed not from within the tent . And Moses said to Jehovah , Behold , thou sayest unto me , Bring up this people ; but thou dost not let me know whom thou wilt send with me ; and thou hast said , I know thee by name , and thou hast also found grace in mine eyes . And now , if indeed I have found grace in thine eyes , make me now to know thy way , that I may know thee , that I may find grace in thine eyes ; and consider that this nation is thy people ! And he said , My presence shall go , and I will give thee rest . And he said to him , If thy presence do not go , bring us not up hence . And how shall it be known then that I have found grace in thine eyes -- I and thy people ? [ Is it ] not by thy going with us ? so shall we be distinguished , I and thy people , from every people that is on the face of the earth . And Jehovah said to Moses , I will do this thing also that thou hast said ; for thou hast found grace in mine eyes , and I know thee by name . And he said , Let me , I pray thee , see thy glory . And he said , I will make all my goodness pass before thy face , and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee ; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious , and I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy . And he said , Thou canst not see my face ; for Man shall not see me , and live . And Jehovah said , Behold , [ there is ] a place by me : there shalt thou stand on the rock . And it shall come to pass , when my glory passeth by , that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock , and will cover thee with my hand , until I have passed by . And I will take away my hand , and thou shalt see me from behind ; but my face shall not be seen . And Jehovah said to Moses , Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first ; and I will write upon the tables the words that were upon the first tables , which thou hast broken . And be ready for the morning , and go up in the morning to mount Sinai , and stand there before me on the top of the mountain . And let no man go up with thee , neither shall any man be seen on all the mountain ; neither shall sheep and oxen feed in front of that mountain . And he hewed two tables of stone like the first ; and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to mount Sinai , as Jehovah had commanded him , and took in his hand the two tables of stone . And Jehovah came down in the cloud , and stood beside him there , and proclaimed the name of Jehovah . And Jehovah passed by before his face , and proclaimed , Jehovah , Jehovah God merciful and gracious , slow to anger , and abundant in goodness and truth , keeping mercy unto thousands , forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin , but by no means clearing [ the guilty ] ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children , and upon the children's children , upon the third and upon the fourth [ generation ] . And Moses made haste , and bowed his head to the earth and worshipped , and said , If indeed I have found grace in thine eyes , Lord , let the Lord , I pray thee , go in our midst ; for it is a stiff-necked people ; and pardon our iniquity and our sin , and take us for an inheritance ! And he said , Behold , I make a covenant : before all thy people I will do marvels that have not been done in all the earth , nor in any nation ; and all the people in the midst of which thou [ art ] shall see the work of Jehovah ; for a terrible thing it shall be that I will do with thee . Observe what I command thee this day : behold , I will drive out before thee the Amorite , and the Canaanite , and the Hittite , and the Perizzite , and the Hivite , and the Jebusite . Take heed to thyself , that thou make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which thou shalt come , lest it be a snare in the midst of thee ; but ye shall demolish their altars , shatter their statues , and hew down their Asherahs . For thou shalt worship no other God ; for Jehovah -- Jealous is his name -- is a jealous God ; lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land , and then , when they go a whoring after their gods , and sacrifice unto their gods , thou be invited , and eat of their sacrifice , and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons , and their daughters go a whoring after their gods , and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods . -- Thou shalt make thyself no molten gods . -- The feast of the unleavened bread shalt thou keep : seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread , as I have commanded thee , at the appointed time of the month Abib ; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt . -- All that openeth the womb [ is ] mine ; and all the cattle that is born a male , the firstling of ox and sheep . But the firstling of an ass thou shalt ransom with a lamb ; and if thou ransom [ it ] not , then shalt thou break its neck . All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt ransom ; and none shall appear before me empty . -- Six days shalt thou work , but on the seventh day thou shalt rest ; in ploughing time and in harvest thou shalt rest . -- And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks , of the first-fruits of wheat-harvest , and the feast of ingathering at the turn of the year . Thrice in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah , the God of Israel . For I will dispossess the nations before thee , and enlarge thy border , and no man shall desire thy land , when thou goest up to appear before the face of Jehovah thy God thrice in the year . -- Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven ; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left over night until the morning . -- The first of the first-fruits of thy land shalt thou bring into the house of Jehovah thy God . Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk . And Jehovah said to Moses , Write thee these words ; for after the tenor of these words have I made a covenant with thee and with Israel . -- And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights ; he ate no bread , and drank no water . -- And he wrote on the tables the words of the covenant , the ten words . And it came to pass , when Moses came down from mount Sinai -- and the two tables of testimony were in Moses' hand , when he came down from the mountain -- that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone through his talking with him . And Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses , and behold , the skin of his face shone ; and they were afraid to come near him . And Moses called to them ; and they turned to him , -- Aaron and all the principal men of the assembly ; and Moses talked with them . And afterwards , all the children of Israel came near ; and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him on mount Sinai . And Moses ended speaking with them ; and he had put on his face a veil . And when Moses went in before Jehovah to speak with him , he took the veil off , until he came out ; and he came out , and spoke to the children of Israel what he was commanded . And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses , that the skin of Moses' face shone ; and Moses put the veil on his face again , until he went in to speak with him . And Moses collected all the assembly of the children of Israel , and said to them , These are the things which Jehovah has commanded , to do them . Six days shall work be done , but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day , a sabbath of rest to Jehovah : whoever does work on it shall be put to death . Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings upon the sabbath day . And Moses spoke to all the assembly of the children of Israel , saying , This is the word which Jehovah has commanded , saying , Take from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah : every one whose heart [ is ] willing , let him bring it , Jehovah's heave-offering -- gold , and silver , and copper , and blue , and purple , and scarlet , and byssus , and goats' [ hair ] , and rams' skins dyed red , and badgers' skins , and acacia-wood , and oil for the light , and spices for the anointing oil , and for the incense of fragrant drugs ; and onyx stones , and stones to be set for the ephod , and for the breastplate . And all who are wise-hearted among you shall come and make all that Jehovah has commanded : the tabernacle , its tent , and its covering , its clasps , and its boards , its bars , its pillars , and its bases ; the ark , and its staves ; the mercy-seat , and the veil of separation ; the table and its staves , and all its utensils , and the shewbread ; and the lamp-stand for the light , and its utensils , and its lamps , and the oil for the light ; and the altar of incense , and its staves ; and the anointing-oil , and the incense of fragrant drugs ; and the entrance-curtain at the entrance of the tabernacle ; the altar of burnt-offering , and the copper grating for it , its staves , and all its utensils ; the laver and its stand ; the hangings of the court , its pillars , and its bases , and the curtains of the gate of the court ; the pegs of the tabernacle , and the pegs of the court , and their cords ; the garments of service , to do service in the sanctuary , the holy garments for Aaron the priest , and the garments of his sons , to serve as priests . And all the assembly of the children of Israel departed from before Moses . And they came , every one whose heart moved him , and every one whose spirit prompted him ; they brought Jehovah's heave-offering for the work of the tent of meeting , and for all its service , and for the holy garments . And they came , both men and women ; every one who was of willing heart brought nose-rings , and earrings , and rings , and bracelets , all kinds of utensils of gold : every man that waved a wave-offering of gold to Jehovah . And every man with whom was found blue , and purple , and scarlet , and byssus , and goats' [ hair ] , and rams' skins dyed red , and badgers' skins , brought [ them ] . All they that offered a heave-offering of silver and copper brought Jehovah's heave-offering . And every one with whom was found acacia-wood for all manner of work of the service , brought [ it ] . And every woman that was wise-hearted spun with her hands , and brought what she had spun : the blue , and the purple , and the scarlet , and the byssus . And all the women whose heart moved them in wisdom spun goats' [ hair ] . And the principal men brought the onyx stones , and the stones to be set , for the ephod , and for the breastplate ; and the spice , and the oil for the light , and for the anointing oil , and for the incense of fragrant drugs . The children of Israel brought a voluntary offering to Jehovah , every man and woman whose heart prompted them to bring for all manner of work , which Jehovah , by the hand of Moses , had commanded to be done . And Moses said to the children of Israel , See , Jehovah has called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri , the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judah , and he has filled him with the spirit of God , in wisdom , in understanding , and in knowledge , and in all manner of workmanship , and to devise artistic things : to work in gold , and in silver , and in copper , and in cutting of stones , for setting , and in carving of wood , to execute all artistic work ; and he has put in his heart to teach , he and Aholiab , the son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan : he has filled them with wisdom of heart , to work all manner of work of the engraver , and of the artificer , and of the embroiderer , in blue , and in purple , in scarlet , and in byssus , and of the weaver , [ even ] of them that do every kind of work , and of those that devise artistic work Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab , and every man that was wise-hearted , in whom Jehovah had put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work of the service of the sanctuary -- according to all that Jehovah had commanded . And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab , and every man that was wise-hearted , in whose heart God had put wisdom , every one whose heart moved him to come to the work to do it . And they took from Moses every heave-offering that the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary , to make it . And they still brought him voluntary offerings morning by morning . And all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary came , every man from his work which they wrought , and spoke to Moses , saying , The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work that Jehovah commanded to be done . Then Moses gave commandment , and they caused it to be proclaimed through the camp , saying , Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the heave-offering of the sanctuary ! So the people were restrained from bringing ; for the work they had was sufficient for all the work to do it , and it was too much . And every wise-hearted man among those that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of twined byssus , and blue , and purple , and scarlet : [ with ] cherubim of artistic work did he make them . The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits , and the breadth of one curtain four cubits -- one measure for all the curtains . And he coupled five of the curtains one to another , and [ the other ] five curtains coupled he one to another . And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain at the edge of the coupling ; he did likewise in the edge of the outermost curtain in the other coupling . He made fifty loops in one curtain , and he made fifty loops at the end of the curtain that was in the other coupling : the loops were opposite to one another . And he made fifty clasps of gold , and coupled the curtains together with the clasps , so that the tabernacle became one . And he made curtains of goats' [ hair ] for the tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains did he make them . The length of one curtain was thirty cubits , and four cubits the breadth of one curtain -- one measure for the eleven curtains . And he coupled five of the curtains by themselves , and six of the curtains by themselves . And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the coupling , and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain in the other coupling . And he made fifty clasps of copper to couple the tent , that it might be one . And he made a covering for the tent [ of ] rams' skins dyed red , and a covering of badgers' skins above [ that ] . And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood , standing up ; ten cubits the length of the boards , and one cubit and a half the breadth of one board ; two tenons in one board , connected one with the other : thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle . And he made the boards for the tabernacle : twenty boards for the south side southward ; and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty boards , two bases under one board , for its two tenons , and two bases under another board for its two tenons . And for the other side of the tabernacle , on the side toward the north , he made twenty boards , and their forty bases of silver , two bases under one board , and two bases under another board . And at the rear of the tabernacle , westward , he made six boards ; and he made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear ; and they were joined beneath , and were coupled together at the top thereof into one ring : thus he did to both of them in both the corners ; and there were eight boards , and their silver bases : sixteen bases , under every board two bases . -- And he made bars of acacia-wood : five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle , and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle , and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle at the rear , westward . And he made the middle bar in the midst of the boards reach from one end to the other . And he overlaid the boards with gold ; and made their rings of gold [ as ] receptacles for the bars ; and overlaid the bars with gold . And he made the veil of blue , and purple , and scarlet , and twined byssus : of artistic work he made it [ with ] cherubim . And he made four pillars of acacia [ -wood ] for it , and overlaid them with gold ; their hooks were of gold ; and he cast for them four bases of silver . And he made a curtain for the entrance of the tent of blue , and purple , and scarlet , and twined byssus , of embroidery ; and its five pillars with their hooks ; and he overlaid their capitals and their connecting-rods with gold ; and their five bases were of copper . And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia-wood ; two cubits and a half the length thereof , and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof , and a cubit and a half the height thereof . And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside , and made a border of gold upon it round about . And he cast for it four rings of gold , for its four corners : two rings on the one side of it , and two rings on the other side of it . And he made staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold . And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark , to carry the ark . -- And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold ; two cubits and a half the length thereof , and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof . And he made two cherubim of gold ; of beaten work did he make them , at the two ends of the mercy-seat ; one cherub at the end of one side , and one cherub at the end of the other side ; out of the mercy-seat he made the two cherubim at the two ends thereof . And the cherubim spread out [ their ] wings over it , covering over with their wings the mercy-seat ; and their faces were opposite to one another : the faces of the cherubim were [ turned ] toward the mercy-seat . And he made the table of acacia-wood ; two cubits the length thereof , and a cubit the breadth thereof , and a cubit and a half the height thereof . And he overlaid it with pure gold , and made upon it a border of gold round about . And he made for it a margin of a hand-breadth round about ; and made a border of gold for the margin thereof round about . And he cast for it four rings of gold , and put the rings on the four corners that were on the four feet thereof . Close to the margin were the rings , as receptacles of the staves to carry the table . And he made the staves of acacia-wood , and overlaid them with gold , to carry the table . And he made the utensils that were on the table , the dishes thereof , and the cups thereof , and the bowls thereof , and the goblets with which to pour out , of pure gold . And he made the candlestick of pure gold ; [ of ] beaten work he made the candlestick : its base , and its shaft , its cups , its knobs , and its flowers were of itself . And six branches went out of the sides thereof -- three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof , and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof ; [ there were ] three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch , a knob and a flower ; and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch , a knob and a flower : so in the six branches which went out of the candlestick . And in the candlestick were four cups , shaped like almonds , its knobs , and its flowers ; and a knob under two branches thereof , and [ again ] a knob under two branches thereof , and [ again ] a knob under two branches thereof , for the six branches which went out of it . Their knobs and their branches were of itself -- all of one beaten work of pure gold . And he made the seven lamps thereof , and the snuffers thereof , and the snuff-trays thereof , of pure gold . Of a talent of pure gold he made it , and all its utensils . And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood ; a cubit the length thereof , and a cubit the breadth thereof , square , and two cubits the height thereof : its horns were of itself . And he overlaid it with pure gold , the top thereof , and the sides thereof round about , and the horns thereof ; and made upon it a border of gold round about . And he made two rings of gold for it under its border , by its two corners , on the two sides thereof , as receptacles for the staves with which to carry it . And he made the staves of acacia-wood , and overlaid them with gold . And he made the holy anointing oil , and the pure incense of fragrant drugs , according to the work of the perfumer . And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood ; five cubits the length thereof , and five cubits the breadth thereof , square , and three cubits the height thereof . And he made its horns on the four corners thereof ; its horns were of itself ; and he overlaid it with copper . And he made all the utensils of the altar : the pots , and the shovels , and the bowls , the forks , and the firepans ; all its utensils made he of copper . And he made for the altar a grating of network of copper under its ledge from beneath , to the very middle of it . And he cast four rings for the four corners of the grating of copper , as receptacles for the staves . And he made the staves of acacia-wood , and overlaid them with copper . And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar , with which to carry it . Hollow with boards did he make it . And he made the laver of copper , and its stand of copper , of the mirrors of the crowds of women who crowded before the entrance of the tent of meeting . And he made the court . On the south side southward , the hangings of the court were of twined byssus , a hundred cubits ; their pillars twenty , and their bases twenty , of copper ; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver . And on the north side , a hundred cubits ; their pillars twenty , and their bases twenty , of copper ; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver . And on the west side , hangings of fifty cubits ; their pillars ten , and their bases ten ; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver . And for the east side , eastward , fifty cubits ; the hangings on the one wing of fifteen cubits , their pillars three , and their bases three ; and on the other wing , on this side as on that side of the gate of the court , hangings of fifteen cubits , their pillars three , and their bases three . All the hangings of the court round about were of twined byssus ; and the bases of the pillars of copper , the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver , and the overlaying of their capitals of silver ; and all the pillars of the court were fastened together with [ rods of ] silver . -- And the curtain of the gate of the court was of embroidery of blue , and purple , and scarlet , and twined byssus ; and the length was twenty cubits , and the height like the breadth , five cubits , just as the hangings of the court ; and their pillars four , and their bases four , of copper ; their hooks of silver , and the overlaying of their capitals and their connecting-rods of silver . And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were of copper . These are the things numbered of the tabernacle , the tabernacle of the testimony , which were counted , according to the commandment of Moses , by the service of the Levites , under the hand of Ithamar , son of Aaron the priest . And Bezaleel the son of Uri , the son of Hur , of the tribe of Judah , made all that Jehovah had commanded Moses ; and with him Aholiab , son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan , an engraver and artificer , and an embroiderer in blue , and in purple , and in scarlet , and in byssus . All the gold that it took for the work in all the work of the sanctuary -- the gold of the wave-offering , was twenty-nine talents , and seven hundred and thirty shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary . And the silver of them that were numbered of the assembly was a hundred talents , and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary : a bekah the head -- half a shekel , according to the shekel of the sanctuary , for every one that passed the numbering from twenty years old and upward , [ of ] the six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty . And there were a hundred talents of silver for casting the bases of the sanctuary , and the bases of the veil ; a hundred bases of a hundred talents , a talent for a base . And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five [ shekels ] he made the hooks for the pillars , and overlaid their capitals , and fastened them [ with rods ] . And the copper of the wave-offering was seventy talents , and two thousand four hundred shekels . And he made with it the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting , and the copper altar , and the copper grating for it , and all the utensils of the altar . And the bases of the court round about , and the bases of the gate of the court , and all the pegs of the tabernacle , and all the pegs of the court round about . And of the blue and purple and scarlet they made garments of service , for service in the sanctuary , and made the holy garments for Aaron ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And he made the ephod of gold , blue , and purple , and scarlet , and twined byssus . And they beat the gold into thin plates , and cut it [ into ] wires , to work it artistically into the blue , and into the purple , and into the scarlet , and into the byssus . They made shoulder-pieces for it , joining it : at its two ends was it joined together . And the girdle of his ephod , which was on it , was of the same , according to its work , of gold , blue , and purple , and scarlet , and twined byssus ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And they wrought the onyx stones mounted in enclosures of gold , engraved with the engravings of a seal , according to the names of the sons of Israel . And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod , [ as ] stones of memorial for the children of Israel ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And he made the breastplate of artistic work , like the work of the ephod , of gold , blue , and purple , and scarlet , and twined byssus . It was square ; double did they make the breastplate , a span the length thereof , and a span the breadth thereof , doubled . And they set in it four rows of stones : [ one ] row , a sardoin , a topaz , and an emerald -- the first row ; and the second row , a carbuncle , a sapphire , and a diamond ; and the third row , an opal , an agate , and an amethyst ; and the fourth row , a chrysolite , an onyx , and a jasper ; mounted in enclosures of gold in their settings . And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel , twelve , according to their names , engraved as a seal , every one according to his name , for the twelve tribes . And they made on the breastplate chains of laced work of wreathen work , of pure gold . And they made two settings of gold , and two gold rings , and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate . And they put the two wreathen [ cords ] of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate ; and the two ends of the two wreathen [ cords ] they fastened to the two settings , and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod , on the front thereof . And they made two rings of gold , and put [ them ] on the two ends of the breastplate , on the border thereof , which faceth the ephod inwards . And they made two rings of gold , and put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath , to the front thereof , just by the coupling thereof , above the girdle of the ephod . And they bound the breastplate with its rings to the rings of the ephod with lace of blue , that it might be above the girdle of the ephod , and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And he made the cloak of the ephod of woven work , all of blue ; and the opening of the cloak in its middle , as the opening of a coat of mail ; a binding was round about the opening , that it should not rend . And they made on the skirts of the cloak pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet , twined . And they made bells of pure gold , and put the bells between the pomegranates , in the skirts of the cloak , round about , between the pomegranates : a bell and a pomegranate , a bell and a pomegranate , in the skirts of the cloak round about , for service ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And they made the vests of byssus of woven work , for Aaron , and for his sons ; and the turban of byssus ; and the ornamental caps , of byssus ; and the linen trousers , of twined byssus ; and the girdle , of twined byssus , and blue , and purple , and scarlet , of embroidery ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And they made the thin plate , the holy diadem , of pure gold , and wrote on it with the writing of the engravings of a seal , Holiness to Jehovah ! And they fastened to it a lace of blue , to fasten [ it ] on the turban above ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And all the labour of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was ended ; and the children of Israel had done [ it ] according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses -- so had they done [ it ] . And they brought the tabernacle to Moses -- the tent , and all its utensils , its clasps , its boards , its bars , and its pillars , and its bases ; and the covering of rams' skins dyed red , and the covering of badgers' skins , and the veil of separation ; the ark of the testimony , and its staves , and the mercy-seat ; the table , all its utensils , and the shewbread ; the pure candlestick , its lamps , the lamps set in order , and all its utensils , and the oil for the light ; and the golden altar , and the anointing oil , and the incense of fragrant drugs ; and the curtain for the entrance of the tent ; the copper altar , and the copper grating that was for it , its staves and all its utensils ; the laver and its stand ; the hangings of the court , its pillars , and its bases ; and the curtain for the gate of the court , its cords , and its pegs ; and all the vessel's of service of the tabernacle , for the tent of meeting ; the garments of service , for service in the sanctuary ; the holy garments for Aaron the priest , and his sons' garments , to serve as priests . According to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses , so had the children of Israel done all the labour . And Moses saw all the work , and behold , they had done it as Jehovah had commanded -- so had they done [ it ] ; and Moses blessed them . And Jehovah spoke to Moses , saying , On the day of the first month , on the first of the month , shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting . And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony , and shalt cover the ark with the veil . And thou shalt bring in the table , and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it . And thou shalt bring in the candlestick and light its lamps . And thou shalt set the golden altar for the incense before the ark of the testimony ; and hang up the curtain of the entrance to the tabernacle . And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting . And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar , and shalt put water in it . And thou shalt fix the court round about , and hang up the curtain at the gate of the court . And thou shalt take the anointing oil , and anoint the tabernacle , and all that is in it , and shalt hallow it , and all its utensils ; and it shall be holy . And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering , and all its utensils ; and thou shalt hallow the altar , and the altar shall be most holy . And thou shalt anoint the laver and its stand , and hallow it . And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons near , at the entrance of the tent of meeting , and bathe them with water . And thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments , and anoint him , and hallow him , that he may serve me as priest . And thou shalt bring his sons near , and clothe them with vests . And thou shalt anoint them , as thou didst anoint their father , that they may serve me as priests . And their anointing shall be to them an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations . And Moses did so : as Jehovah had commanded him , so did he . And it came to pass in the first month in the second year , on the first of the month , that the tabernacle was set up . And Moses set up the tabernacle , and put in its bases , and fixed its boards , and put in its bars , and set up its pillars . And he spread the tent over the tabernacle , and put the covering of the tent above over it ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And he took and put the testimony into the ark , and put the staves in the ark , and put the mercy-seat above on the ark . And he brought the ark into the tabernacle , and hung up the veil of separation , and covered the ark of the testimony ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And he put the table in the tent of meeting , on the side of the tabernacle northward , outside the veil , and arranged the bread in order upon it before Jehovah ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting , opposite to the table , on the side of the tabernacle southward . And he lighted the lamps before Jehovah ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil . And he burnt on it fragrant incense ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And he hung up the curtain of the entrance to the tabernacle . And he put the altar of burnt-offering at the entrance to the tabernacle of the tent of meeting , and offered on it the burnt-offering and the oblation ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar , and put water in it for washing . And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet out of it : when they went into the tent of meeting , and when they drew near to the altar , they washed ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses . And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar , and hung up the curtain of the gate of the court . And so Moses finished the work . And the cloud covered the tent of meeting , and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle . And Moses could not enter into the tent of meeting , for the cloud abode on it , and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle . And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle , the children of Israel journeyed in all their journeys . And if the cloud were not taken up , then they did not journey until the day that it was taken up . For the cloud of Jehovah was on the tabernacle by day , and fire was in it by night , before the eyes of all the house of Israel , throughout all their journeys .