Category Archives: Exodus

Death of the Firstborn Announced 1 And theLordsaid to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt.Afterward he will let you go from here.When he letsyougo, he will surely drive you out of here altogether. 2 Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask from his […]

The Passover Instituted 1 Now theLordspoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “This monthshallbeyour beginning of months; itshallbethe first month of the year to you. 3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On thetenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the […]

The Firstborn Consecrated 1 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel,bothof man and beast; it is Mine.” The Feast of Unleavened Bread 3 And Moses said to the people:“Remember this day in which you went out of Egypt, out of the […]

The Red Sea Crossing 1 Now theLordspoke to Moses, saying: 2 “Speak to the children of Israel,that they turn and camp beforePi Hahiroth, betweenMigdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel,‘Theyarebewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed […]

The Song of Moses 1 ThenMoses and the children of Israel sang this song to theLord, and spoke, saying: # “I willsing to theLord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea! 2 TheLordismy strength andsong, And He has become my salvation; # Heismy God, andI will […]

Bread from Heaven 1 And theyjourneyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim andSinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt. 2 Then the whole congregation of the children of Israelcomplained against […]

Water from the Rock 1 Thenall the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness ofSin, according to the commandment of theLord, and camped in Rephidim; buttherewasno water for the people todrink. 2 Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.” # […]

Jethro’s Advice 1 AndJethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all thatGod had done for Moses and for Israel His people—that theLordhad brought Israel out of Egypt. 2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, tookZipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, 3 with hertwo sons, of whom the name of onewasGershom (for he […]

Israel at Mount Sinai 1 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day,they cametothe Wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they had departed fromRephidim, had cometothe Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Israel camped there beforethe mountain. 3 AndMoses went […]

The Ten Commandments 1 And God spokeall these words, saying: 2 “IamtheLordyour God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,out of the house of bondage. 3 “You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likenessofanythingthatisin heaven above, or thatisin the earth beneath, or […]