6:1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, ¹  for compelled by my strong hand ²  he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land.” ³ 

6:2 God spoke ⁴  to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. ⁵  6:3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as ⁶  God Almighty, ⁷  but by ⁸  my name ‘the Lord’ ⁹  I was not known to them. ¹⁰  6:4 I also established my covenant with them ¹¹  to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners. ¹²  6:5 I ¹³  have also heard ¹⁴  the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, ¹⁵  and I have remembered my covenant. ¹⁶  6:6 Therefore, tell the Israelites, ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out ¹⁷  from your enslavement to ¹⁸  the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, ¹⁹  and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 6:7 I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. ²⁰  Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to ²¹  the Egyptians. 6:8 I will bring you to the land I swore to give ²²  to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob – and I will give it to you ²³  as a possession. I am the Lord!’”

6:9 ²⁴ 

Moses told this ²⁵  to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him ²⁶  because of their discouragement ²⁷  and hard labor. 6:10 Then the Lord said to Moses, 6:11 “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release ²⁸  the Israelites from his land.” 6:12 But Moses replied to ²⁹  the Lord, “If the Israelites did not listen to me, then ³⁰  how will Pharaoh listen to me, since ³¹  I speak with difficulty?” ³² 

6:13 The Lord spoke ³³  to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge ³⁴  for the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

6:14 ³⁵ 

These are the heads of their fathers’ households: ³⁶ 

The sons ³⁷  of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans ³⁸  of Reuben.

6:15 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

6:16 Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: ³⁹  Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi’s life was 137 years.)

6:17 The sons of Gershon, by their families, were Libni and Shimei.

6:18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (The length of Kohath’s life was 133 years.)

6:19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records.

6:20 Amram married ⁴⁰  his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram’s life was 137 years.)

6:21 The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri.

6:22 The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

6:23 Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

6:24 The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.

6:25 Now Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel and she bore him Phinehas.

These are the heads of the fathers’ households ⁴¹  of Levi according to their clans.

6:26 It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments.” ⁴²  6:27 They were the men who were speaking to Pharaoh king of Egypt, in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron.

6:28 ⁴³ 

When ⁴⁴  the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 6:29 he said to him, ⁴⁵  “I am the Lord. Tell ⁴⁶  Pharaoh king of Egypt all that ⁴⁷  I am telling ⁴⁸  you.” 6:30 But Moses said before the Lord, “Since I speak with difficulty, ⁴⁹  why should Pharaoh listen to me?”

7:1 So the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God ⁵⁰  to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. ⁵¹  7:2 You are to speak ⁵²  everything I command you, ⁵³  and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh that he must release ⁵⁴  the Israelites from his land. 7:3 But I will harden ⁵⁵  Pharaoh’s heart, and although I will multiply ⁵⁶  my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt, 7:4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. ⁵⁷  I will reach into ⁵⁸  Egypt and bring out my regiments, ⁵⁹  my people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment. 7:5 Then ⁶⁰  the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I extend my hand ⁶¹  over Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.

7:6 And Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them. 7:7 Now Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.

7:8 The Lord said ⁶²  to Moses and Aaron, ⁶³  7:9 “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Do ⁶⁴  a miracle,’ and you say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down ⁶⁵  before Pharaoh,’ it will become ⁶⁶  a snake.” 7:10 When ⁶⁷  Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, they did so, just as the Lord had commanded them – Aaron threw ⁶⁸  down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants and it became a snake. ⁶⁹  7:11 Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, ⁷⁰  and the magicians ⁷¹  of Egypt by their secret arts ⁷²  did the same thing. 7:12 Each man ⁷³  threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 7:13 Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard, ⁷⁴  and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.

7:14 ⁷⁵ 

The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hard; ⁷⁶  he refuses to release ⁷⁷  the people. 7:15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning when ⁷⁸  he goes out to the water. Position yourself ⁷⁹  to meet him by the edge of the Nile, ⁸⁰  and take ⁸¹  in your hand the staff ⁸²  that was turned into a snake. 7:16 Tell him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say, ⁸³  “Release my people, that they may serve me ⁸⁴  in the desert!” But until now ⁸⁵  you have not listened. ⁸⁶  7:17 Thus says the Lord: “By this you will know that I am the Lord: I am going to strike ⁸⁷  the water of the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned into blood. ⁸⁸  7:18 Fish ⁸⁹  in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable ⁹⁰  to drink water from the Nile.”’” 7:19 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over Egypt’s waters – over their rivers, over their canals, ⁹¹  over their ponds, and over all their reservoirs ⁹²  – so that it becomes ⁹³  blood.’ There will be blood everywhere in ⁹⁴  the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.” 7:20 Moses and Aaron did so, ⁹⁵  just as the Lord had commanded. Moses raised ⁹⁶  the staff ⁹⁷  and struck the water that was in the Nile right before the eyes ⁹⁸  of Pharaoh and his servants, ⁹⁹  and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood. ¹⁰⁰  7:21 When the fish ¹⁰¹  that were in the Nile died, the Nile began ¹⁰²  to stink, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood ¹⁰³  everywhere in the land of Egypt! 7:22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same ¹⁰⁴  by their secret arts, and so ¹⁰⁵  Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, ¹⁰⁶  and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron ¹⁰⁷  – just as the Lord had predicted. 7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not pay any attention to this. ¹⁰⁸  7:24 All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, ¹⁰⁹  because they could not drink the water of the Nile.

7:25 ¹¹⁰ 

Seven full days passed ¹¹¹  after the Lord struck ¹¹²  the Nile. 8:1 ¹¹³  Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Release my people in order that they may serve me! 8:2 But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague ¹¹⁴  all your territory with frogs. ¹¹⁵  8:3 The Nile will swarm ¹¹⁶  with frogs, and they will come up and go into your house, in your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading troughs. ¹¹⁷  8:4 Frogs ¹¹⁸  will come up against you, your people, and all your servants.”’” ¹¹⁹ 

8:5 The Lord spoke to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Extend your hand with your staff ¹²⁰  over the rivers, over the canals, and over the ponds, and bring the frogs up over the land of Egypt.’” 8:6 So Aaron extended his hand over the waters of Egypt, and frogs ¹²¹  came up and covered the land of Egypt.

8:7 The magicians did the same ¹²²  with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too. ¹²³ 

8:8 Then Pharaoh summoned ¹²⁴  Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray ¹²⁵  to the Lord that he may take the frogs away ¹²⁶  from me and my people, and I will release ¹²⁷  the people that they may sacrifice ¹²⁸  to the Lord.” 8:9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me ¹²⁹  – when shall I pray for you, your servants, and your people, for the frogs to be removed ¹³⁰  from you and your houses, so that ¹³¹  they will be left ¹³²  only in the Nile?” 8:10 He said, “Tomorrow.” And Moses said, ¹³³  “It will be ¹³⁴  as you say, ¹³⁵  so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God. 8:11 The frogs will depart from you, your houses, your servants, and your people; they will be left only in the Nile.”

8:12 Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried ¹³⁶  to the Lord because of ¹³⁷  the frogs that he had brought on ¹³⁸  Pharaoh. 8:13 The Lord did as Moses asked ¹³⁹  – the ¹⁴⁰  frogs died out of the houses, the villages, and the fields. 8:14 The Egyptians ¹⁴¹  piled them in countless heaps, ¹⁴²  and the land stank. 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, ¹⁴³  he hardened ¹⁴⁴  his heart and did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted. ¹⁴⁵ 

8:16 ¹⁴⁶ 

The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Extend your staff and strike the dust of the ground, and it will become ¹⁴⁷  gnats ¹⁴⁸  throughout all the land of Egypt.’” 8:17 They did so; Aaron extended his hand with his staff, he struck the dust of the ground, and it became gnats on people ¹⁴⁹  and on animals. All the dust of the ground became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt. 8:18 When ¹⁵⁰  the magicians attempted ¹⁵¹  to bring forth gnats by their secret arts, they could not. So there were gnats on people and on animals. 8:19 The magicians said ¹⁵²  to Pharaoh, “It is the finger ¹⁵³  of God!” But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, ¹⁵⁴  and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.

8:20 ¹⁵⁵ 

The Lord ¹⁵⁶  said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and position yourself before Pharaoh as he goes out to the water, and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Release my people that they may serve me! 8:21 If you do not release ¹⁵⁷  my people, then I am going to send ¹⁵⁸  swarms of flies ¹⁵⁹  on you and on your servants and on your people and in your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground they stand on. ¹⁶⁰  8:22 But on that day I will mark off ¹⁶¹  the land of Goshen, where my people are staying, ¹⁶²  so that no swarms of flies will be there, that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of this land. ¹⁶³  8:23 I will put a division ¹⁶⁴  between my people and your people. This sign will take place ¹⁶⁵  tomorrow.”’” 8:24 The Lord did so; a ¹⁶⁶  thick ¹⁶⁷  swarm of flies came into ¹⁶⁸  Pharaoh’s house and into the houses ¹⁶⁹  of his servants, and throughout the whole land of Egypt the land was ruined ¹⁷⁰  because of the swarms of flies.

8:25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.” ¹⁷¹  8:26 But Moses said, “That would not be the right thing to do, ¹⁷²  for the sacrifices we make ¹⁷³  to the Lord our God would be an abomination ¹⁷⁴  to the Egyptians. ¹⁷⁵  If we make sacrifices that are an abomination to the Egyptians right before their eyes, ¹⁷⁶  will they not stone us? ¹⁷⁷  8:27 We must go ¹⁷⁸  on a three-day journey ¹⁷⁹  into the desert and sacrifice ¹⁸⁰  to the Lord our God, just as he is telling us.” ¹⁸¹ 

8:28 Pharaoh said, “I will release you ¹⁸²  so that you may sacrifice ¹⁸³  to the Lord your God in the desert. Only you must not go very far. ¹⁸⁴  Do ¹⁸⁵  pray for me.”

8:29 Moses said, “I am going to go out ¹⁸⁶  from you and pray to the Lord, and the swarms of flies will go away from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only do not let Pharaoh deal falsely again ¹⁸⁷  by not releasing ¹⁸⁸  the people to sacrifice to the Lord.” 8:30 So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord, 8:31 and the Lord did as Moses asked ¹⁸⁹  – he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained! 8:32 But Pharaoh hardened ¹⁹⁰  his heart this time also and did not release the people.

9:1 ¹⁹¹ 

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Release my people that they may serve me! 9:2 For if you refuse to release them ¹⁹²  and continue holding them, ¹⁹³  9:3 then the hand of the Lord will surely bring ¹⁹⁴  a very terrible plague ¹⁹⁵  on your livestock in the field, on the horses, the donkeys, the camels, ¹⁹⁶  the herds, and the flocks. 9:4 But the Lord will distinguish ¹⁹⁷  between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing ¹⁹⁸  will die of all that the Israelites have.”’” ¹⁹⁹ 

9:5 The Lord set ²⁰⁰  an appointed time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this ²⁰¹  in the land.” 9:6 And the Lord did this ²⁰²  on the next day; ²⁰³  all ²⁰⁴  the livestock of the Egyptians ²⁰⁵  died, but of the Israelites’ livestock not one died. 9:7 Pharaoh sent representatives to investigate, ²⁰⁶  and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, ²⁰⁷  and he did not release the people.

9:8 ²⁰⁸ 

Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot ²⁰⁹  from a furnace, and have Moses throw it ²¹⁰  into the air while Pharaoh is watching. ²¹¹  9:9 It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt and will cause boils to break out and fester ²¹²  on both people and animals in all the land of Egypt.” 9:10 So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh, Moses threw it into the air, and it caused festering boils to break out on both people and animals.

9:11 The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians. 9:12 But the Lord hardened ²¹³  Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted to Moses.

9:13 ²¹⁴ 

The Lord said ²¹⁵  to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand ²¹⁶  before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: “Release my people so that they may serve me! 9:14 For this time I will send all my plagues ²¹⁷  on your very self ²¹⁸  and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth. 9:15 For by now I could have stretched out ²¹⁹  my hand and struck you and your people with plague, and you would have been destroyed ²²⁰  from the earth. 9:16 But ²²¹  for this purpose I have caused you to stand: ²²²  to show you ²²³  my strength, and so that my name may be declared ²²⁴  in all the earth. 9:17 You are still exalting ²²⁵  yourself against my people by ²²⁶  not releasing them. 9:18 I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down ²²⁷  about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred ²²⁸  in Egypt from the day it was founded ²²⁹  until now. 9:19 So now, send instructions ²³⁰  to gather ²³¹  your livestock and all your possessions in the fields to a safe place. Every person ²³²  or animal caught ²³³  in the field and not brought into the house – the hail will come down on them, and they will die!”’”

9:20 Those ²³⁴  of Pharaoh’s servants who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their ²³⁵  servants and livestock into the houses, 9:21 but those ²³⁶  who did not take ²³⁷  the word of the Lord seriously left their servants and their cattle ²³⁸  in the field.

9:22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Extend your hand toward the sky ²³⁹  that there may be ²⁴⁰  hail in all the land of Egypt, on people and on animals, ²⁴¹  and on everything that grows ²⁴²  in the field in the land of Egypt.” 9:23 When Moses extended ²⁴³  his staff toward the sky, the Lord ²⁴⁴  sent thunder ²⁴⁵  and hail, and fire fell to the earth; ²⁴⁶  so the Lord caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt. 9:24 Hail fell ²⁴⁷  and fire mingled ²⁴⁸  with the hail; the hail was so severe ²⁴⁹  that there had not been any like it ²⁵⁰  in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. 9:25 The hail struck everything in the open fields, both ²⁵¹  people and animals, throughout all the land of Egypt. The hail struck everything that grows ²⁵²  in the field, and it broke all the trees of the field to pieces. 9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was there no hail.

9:27 So Pharaoh sent and summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, “I have sinned this time! ²⁵³  The Lord is righteous, and I and my people are guilty. ²⁵⁴  9:28 Pray to the Lord, for the mighty ²⁵⁵  thunderings and hail are too much! ²⁵⁶  I will release you and you will stay no longer.” ²⁵⁷ 

9:29 Moses said to him, “When I leave the city ²⁵⁸  I will spread my hands to the Lord, the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord. ²⁵⁹  9:30 But as for you ²⁶⁰  and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear ²⁶¹  the Lord God.”

9:31 (Now the ²⁶²  flax and the barley were struck ²⁶³  by the hail, ²⁶⁴  for the barley had ripened ²⁶⁵  and the flax ²⁶⁶  was in bud. 9:32 But the wheat and the spelt ²⁶⁷  were not struck, for they are later crops.) ²⁶⁸ 

9:33 So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain stopped pouring on the earth. 9:34 When Pharaoh saw ²⁶⁹  that the rain and hail and thunder ceased, he sinned again: ²⁷⁰  both he and his servants hardened ²⁷¹  their hearts. 9:35 So Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, ²⁷²  and he did not release the Israelites, as the Lord had predicted through Moses.

10:1 ²⁷³ 

The Lord said ²⁷⁴  to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order to display ²⁷⁵  these signs of mine before him, ²⁷⁶  10:2 and in order that in the hearing of your son and your grandson you may tell ²⁷⁷  how I made fools ²⁷⁸  of the Egyptians ²⁷⁹  and about ²⁸⁰  my signs that I displayed ²⁸¹  among them, so that you may know ²⁸²  that I am the Lord.”

10:3 So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long do you refuse ²⁸³  to humble yourself before me? ²⁸⁴  Release my people so that they may serve me! 10:4 But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring ²⁸⁵  locusts ²⁸⁶  into your territory ²⁸⁷  tomorrow. 10:5 They will cover ²⁸⁸  the surface ²⁸⁹  of the earth, so that you ²⁹⁰  will be unable to see the ground. They will eat the remainder of what escaped ²⁹¹  – what is left over ²⁹²  for you – from the hail, and they will eat every tree that grows for you from the field. 10:6 They will fill your houses, the houses of your servants, and all the houses of Egypt, such as ²⁹³  neither ²⁹⁴  your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since they have been ²⁹⁵  in the land until this day!’” Then Moses ²⁹⁶  turned and went out from Pharaoh.

10:7 Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long ²⁹⁷  will this man be a menace ²⁹⁸  to us? Release the people so that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not know ²⁹⁹  that Egypt is destroyed?”

10:8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the Lord your God. Exactly who is going with you?” ³⁰⁰  10:9 Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our sheep and our cattle we will go, because we are to hold ³⁰¹  a pilgrim feast for the Lord.”

10:10 He said to them, “The Lord will need to be with you ³⁰²  if I release you and your dependents! ³⁰³  Watch out! ³⁰⁴  Trouble is right in front of you! ³⁰⁵  10:11 No! ³⁰⁶  Go, you men ³⁰⁷  only, and serve the Lord, for that ³⁰⁸  is what you want.” ³⁰⁹  Then Moses and Aaron ³¹⁰  were driven ³¹¹  out of Pharaoh’s presence.

10:12 The Lord said to Moses, “Extend your hand over the land of Egypt for ³¹²  the locusts, that they may come up over the land of Egypt and eat everything that grows ³¹³  in the ground, everything that the hail has left.” 10:13 So Moses extended his staff over the land of Egypt, and then the Lord ³¹⁴  brought ³¹⁵  an east wind on the land all that day and all night. ³¹⁶  The morning came, ³¹⁷  and the east wind had brought up ³¹⁸  the locusts! 10:14 The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and settled down in all the territory ³¹⁹  of Egypt. It was very severe; ³²⁰  there had been no locusts like them before, nor will there be such ever again. ³²¹  10:15 They covered ³²²  the surface ³²³  of all the ground, so that the ground became dark with them, ³²⁴  and they ate all the vegetation of the ground and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green remained on the trees or on anything that grew in the fields throughout the whole land of Egypt.

10:16 ³²⁵ 

Then Pharaoh quickly ³²⁶  summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned ³²⁷  against the Lord your God and against you! 10:17 So now, forgive my sin this time only, and pray to the Lord your God that he would only ³²⁸  take this death ³²⁹  away from me.” 10:18 Moses ³³⁰  went out ³³¹  from Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord, 10:19 and the Lord turned a very strong west wind, ³³²  and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. ³³³  Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt. 10:20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites.

10:21 ³³⁴ 

The Lord said to Moses, “Extend your hand toward heaven ³³⁵  so that there may be ³³⁶  darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt.” ³³⁷ 

10:22 So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness ³³⁸  throughout the land of Egypt for three days. ³³⁹  10:23 No one ³⁴⁰  could see ³⁴¹  another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.

10:24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, serve the Lord – only your flocks and herds will be detained. Even your families ³⁴²  may go with you.”

10:25 But Moses said, “Will you also ³⁴³  provide us ³⁴⁴  with sacrifices and burnt offerings that we may present them ³⁴⁵  to the Lord our God? 10:26 Our livestock must ³⁴⁶  also go with us! Not a hoof is to be left behind! For we must take ³⁴⁷  these animals ³⁴⁸  to serve the Lord our God. Until we arrive there, we do not know what we must use to serve the Lord.” ³⁴⁹ 

10:27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to release them. 10:28 Pharaoh said to him, “Go from me! ³⁵⁰  Watch out for yourself! Do not appear before me again, ³⁵¹  for when ³⁵²  you see my face you will die!” 10:29 Moses said, “As you wish! ³⁵³  I will not see your face again.” ³⁵⁴ 

11:1 ³⁵⁵ 

The Lord said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will release you from this place. When he releases you, ³⁵⁶  he will drive you out completely ³⁵⁷  from this place. 11:2 Instruct ³⁵⁸  the people that each man and each woman is to request ³⁵⁹  from his or her neighbor ³⁶⁰  items of silver and gold.” ³⁶¹ 

11:3 (Now the Lord granted the people favor with ³⁶²  the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh’s servants and by the Egyptian people.) ³⁶³ 

11:4 Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘About midnight ³⁶⁴  I will go throughout Egypt, ³⁶⁵  11:5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh ³⁶⁶  who sits on his throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle. 11:6 There will be a great cry throughout the whole land of Egypt, such as there has never been, ³⁶⁷  nor ever will be again. ³⁶⁸  11:7 But against any of the Israelites not even a dog will bark ³⁶⁹  against either people or animals, ³⁷⁰  so that you may know that the Lord distinguishes ³⁷¹  between Egypt and Israel.’ 11:8 All these your servants will come down to me and bow down ³⁷²  to me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow ³⁷³  you,’ and after that I will go out.” Then Moses ³⁷⁴  went out from Pharaoh in great anger.

11:9 The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that my wonders ³⁷⁵  may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

11:10 So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites from his land.

12:1 ³⁷⁶ 

The Lord said ³⁷⁷  to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, ³⁷⁸  12:2 “This month is to be your beginning of months; it will be your first month of the year. ³⁷⁹  12:3 Tell the whole community of Israel, ‘In the tenth day of this month they each ³⁸⁰  must take a lamb ³⁸¹  for themselves according to their families ³⁸²  – a lamb for each household. ³⁸³  12:4 If any household is too small ³⁸⁴  for a lamb, ³⁸⁵  the man ³⁸⁶  and his next-door neighbor ³⁸⁷  are to take ³⁸⁸  a lamb according to the number of people – you will make your count for the lamb according to how much each one can eat. ³⁸⁹  12:5 Your lamb must be ³⁹⁰  perfect, ³⁹¹  a male, one year old; ³⁹²  you may take ³⁹³  it from the sheep or from the goats. 12:6 You must care for it ³⁹⁴  until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole community ³⁹⁵  of Israel will kill it around sundown. ³⁹⁶  12:7 They will take some of the blood and put it on the two side posts and top of the doorframe of the houses where they will eat it. 12:8 They will eat the meat the same night; ³⁹⁷  they will eat it roasted over the fire with bread made without yeast ³⁹⁸  and with bitter herbs. 12:9 Do not eat it raw ³⁹⁹  or boiled in water, but roast it over the fire with its head, its legs, and its entrails. 12:10 You must leave nothing until morning, but you must burn with fire whatever remains of it until morning. 12:11 This is how you are to eat it – dressed to travel, ⁴⁰⁰  your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. ⁴⁰¹ 

12:12 I will pass through ⁴⁰²  the land of Egypt in the same ⁴⁰³  night, and I will attack ⁴⁰⁴  all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, ⁴⁰⁵  and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. ⁴⁰⁶  I am the Lord. 12:13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see ⁴⁰⁷  the blood I will pass over you, ⁴⁰⁸  and this plague ⁴⁰⁹  will not fall on you to destroy you ⁴¹⁰  when I attack ⁴¹¹  the land of Egypt. ⁴¹² 

12:14 This day will become ⁴¹³  a memorial ⁴¹⁴  for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival ⁴¹⁵  to the Lord – you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance. ⁴¹⁶  12:15 For seven days ⁴¹⁷  you must eat ⁴¹⁸  bread made without yeast. ⁴¹⁹  Surely ⁴²⁰  on the first day you must put away yeast from your houses because anyone who eats bread made with yeast ⁴²¹  from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off ⁴²²  from Israel.

12:16 On the first day there will be a holy convocation, ⁴²³  and on the seventh day there will be a holy convocation for you. You must do no work of any kind ⁴²⁴  on them, only what every person will eat – that alone may be prepared for you. 12:17 So you will keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because on this very ⁴²⁵  day I brought your regiments ⁴²⁶  out from the land of Egypt, and so you must keep this day perpetually as a lasting ordinance. ⁴²⁷  12:18 In the first month, ⁴²⁸  from the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat bread made without yeast until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening. 12:19 For seven days ⁴²⁹  yeast must not be found in your houses, for whoever eats what is made with yeast – that person ⁴³⁰  will be cut off from the community of Israel, whether a foreigner ⁴³¹  or one born in the land. 12:20 You will not eat anything made with yeast; in all the places where you live you must eat bread made without yeast.’”

12:21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel, and told them, “Go and select ⁴³²  for yourselves a lamb or young goat ⁴³³  for your families, and kill the Passover animals. ⁴³⁴  12:22 Take a branch of hyssop, ⁴³⁵  dip it in the blood that is in the basin, ⁴³⁶  and apply to the top of the doorframe and the two side posts some of the blood that is in the basin. Not one of you is to go out ⁴³⁷  the door of his house until morning. 12:23 For the Lord will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees ⁴³⁸  the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the Lord will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer ⁴³⁹  to enter your houses to strike you. ⁴⁴⁰  12:24 You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever. 12:25 When you enter the land that the Lord will give to you, just as he said, you must observe ⁴⁴¹  this ceremony. 12:26 When your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ ⁴⁴²  – 12:27 then you will say, ‘It is the sacrifice ⁴⁴³  of the Lord’s Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck ⁴⁴⁴  Egypt and delivered our households.’” The people bowed down low ⁴⁴⁵  to the ground, 12:28 and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. ⁴⁴⁶ 

12:29 ⁴⁴⁷ 

It happened ⁴⁴⁸  at midnight – the Lord attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle. 12:30 Pharaoh got up ⁴⁴⁹  in the night, ⁴⁵⁰  along with all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no house ⁴⁵¹  in which there was not someone dead. 12:31 Pharaoh ⁴⁵²  summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, “Get up, get out ⁴⁵³  from among my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, serve the Lord as you have requested! ⁴⁵⁴  12:32 Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also.” ⁴⁵⁵ 

12:33 The Egyptians were urging ⁴⁵⁶  the people on, in order to send them out of the land quickly, ⁴⁵⁷  for they were saying, “We are all dead!” 12:34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, ⁴⁵⁸  with their kneading troughs bound up in their clothing on their shoulders. 12:35 Now the Israelites had done ⁴⁵⁹  as Moses told them – they had requested from the Egyptians ⁴⁶⁰  silver and gold items and clothing. 12:36 The Lord ⁴⁶¹  gave the people favor ⁴⁶²  in the sight of the Egyptians, and they gave them whatever they wanted, ⁴⁶³  and so they plundered Egypt. ⁴⁶⁴ 

12:37 The Israelites journeyed ⁴⁶⁵  from Rameses ⁴⁶⁶  to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men ⁴⁶⁷  on foot, plus their dependants. ⁴⁶⁸  12:38 A mixed multitude ⁴⁶⁹  also went up with them, and flocks and herds – a very large number of cattle. ⁴⁷⁰  12:39 They baked cakes of bread without yeast using the dough they had brought from Egypt, for it was made without yeast – because they were thrust out ⁴⁷¹  of Egypt and were not able to delay, they ⁴⁷²  could not prepare ⁴⁷³  food for themselves either.

12:40 Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years. ⁴⁷⁴  12:41 At the end of the 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments ⁴⁷⁵  of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt. 12:42 It was a night of vigil for the Lord to bring them out from the land of Egypt, ⁴⁷⁶  and so ⁴⁷⁷  on this night all Israel is to keep the vigil ⁴⁷⁸  to the Lord for generations to come.

12:43 ⁴⁷⁹ 

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may ⁴⁸⁰  share in eating it. ⁴⁸¹  12:44 But everyone’s servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it. 12:45 A foreigner and a hired worker must not eat it. 12:46 It must be eaten in one house; you must not bring any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break a bone of it. 12:47 The whole community of Israel must observe it.

12:48 “When a foreigner lives ⁴⁸²  with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, all his males must be circumcised, ⁴⁸³  and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land ⁴⁸⁴  – but no uncircumcised person may eat of it. 12:49 The same law will apply ⁴⁸⁵  to the person who is native-born and to the foreigner who lives among you.”

12:50 So all the Israelites did exactly as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. ⁴⁸⁶  12:51 And on this very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments.

13:1 ⁴⁸⁷ 

The Lord spoke ⁴⁸⁸  to Moses: 13:2 “Set apart ⁴⁸⁹  to me every firstborn male – the first offspring of every womb ⁴⁹⁰  among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.” ⁴⁹¹ 

13:3 Moses said to the people, “Remember ⁴⁹²  this day on which you came out from Egypt, from the place where you were enslaved, ⁴⁹³  for the Lord brought you out of there ⁴⁹⁴  with a mighty hand – and no bread made with yeast may be eaten. ⁴⁹⁵  13:4 On this day, ⁴⁹⁶  in the month of Abib, ⁴⁹⁷  you are going out. ⁴⁹⁸ 

13:5 When ⁴⁹⁹  the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, ⁵⁰⁰  then you will keep ⁵⁰¹  this ceremony ⁵⁰²  in this month. 13:6 For seven days ⁵⁰³  you must eat ⁵⁰⁴  bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day there is to be ⁵⁰⁵  a festival to the Lord. 13:7 Bread made without yeast must be eaten ⁵⁰⁶  for seven days; ⁵⁰⁷  no bread made with yeast shall be seen ⁵⁰⁸  among you, and you must have no yeast among you within any of your borders.

13:8 You are to tell your son ⁵⁰⁹  on that day, ⁵¹⁰  ‘It is ⁵¹¹  because of what ⁵¹²  the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 13:9 ⁵¹³  It ⁵¹⁴  will be a sign ⁵¹⁵  for you on your hand and a memorial ⁵¹⁶  on your forehead, ⁵¹⁷  so that the law of the Lord may be ⁵¹⁸  in your mouth, ⁵¹⁹  for ⁵²⁰  with a mighty hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. 13:10 So you must keep ⁵²¹  this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year. ⁵²² 

13:11 When the Lord brings you ⁵²³  into the land of the Canaanites, ⁵²⁴  as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it ⁵²⁵  to you, 13:12 then you must give over ⁵²⁶  to the Lord the first offspring of every womb. ⁵²⁷  Every firstling ⁵²⁸  of a beast that you have ⁵²⁹  – the males will be the Lord’s. ⁵³⁰  13:13 Every firstling ⁵³¹  of a donkey you must redeem ⁵³²  with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, then you must break its neck. ⁵³³  Every firstborn of ⁵³⁴  your sons you must redeem.

13:14 ⁵³⁵ 

In the future, ⁵³⁶  when your son asks you ⁵³⁷  ‘What is this?’ ⁵³⁸  you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand ⁵³⁹  the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery. ⁵⁴⁰  13:15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused ⁵⁴¹  to release us, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. ⁵⁴²  That is why I am sacrificing ⁵⁴³  to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’ 13:16 It will be for a sign on your hand and for frontlets ⁵⁴⁴  on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.” ⁵⁴⁵ 

13:17 ⁵⁴⁶ 

When Pharaoh released ⁵⁴⁷  the people, God did not lead them ⁵⁴⁸  by the way to the land ⁵⁴⁹  of the Philistines, ⁵⁵⁰  although ⁵⁵¹  that was nearby, for God said, ⁵⁵²  “Lest ⁵⁵³  the people change their minds ⁵⁵⁴  and return to Egypt when they experience ⁵⁵⁵  war.” 13:18 So God brought the people around by the way of the desert to the Red Sea, ⁵⁵⁶  and the Israelites went up from the land of Egypt prepared for battle. ⁵⁵⁷ 

13:19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph ⁵⁵⁸  had made the Israelites solemnly swear, ⁵⁵⁹  “God will surely attend ⁵⁶⁰  to you, and you will carry ⁵⁶¹  my bones up from this place with you.”

13:20 They journeyed from Sukkoth and camped in Etham, on the edge of the desert. 13:21 Now the Lord was going before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, ⁵⁶²  so that they could ⁵⁶³  travel day or night. ⁵⁶⁴  13:22 He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people. ⁵⁶⁵ 

14:1 ⁵⁶⁶ 

The Lord spoke to Moses: 14:2 “Tell the Israelites that they must turn and camp ⁵⁶⁷  before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you are to camp by the sea before Baal Zephon opposite it. ⁵⁶⁸  14:3 Pharaoh will think ⁵⁶⁹  regarding the Israelites, ‘They are wandering around confused ⁵⁷⁰  in the land – the desert has closed in on them.’ ⁵⁷¹  14:4 I will harden ⁵⁷²  Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them. I will gain honor ⁵⁷³  because of Pharaoh and because of all his army, and the Egyptians will know ⁵⁷⁴  that I am the Lord.” So this is what they did. ⁵⁷⁵ 

14:5 When it was reported ⁵⁷⁶  to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, ⁵⁷⁷  the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said, ⁵⁷⁸  “What in the world have we done? ⁵⁷⁹  For we have released the people of Israel ⁵⁸⁰  from serving us!” 14:6 Then he prepared ⁵⁸¹  his chariots and took his army ⁵⁸²  with him. 14:7 He took six hundred select ⁵⁸³  chariots, and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, ⁵⁸⁴  and officers ⁵⁸⁵  on all of them.

14:8 But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he chased after the Israelites. Now the Israelites were going out defiantly. ⁵⁸⁶  14:9 The Egyptians chased after them, and all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-Zephon. 14:10 When ⁵⁸⁷  Pharaoh got closer, ⁵⁸⁸  the Israelites looked up, ⁵⁸⁹  and there were the Egyptians marching after them, ⁵⁹⁰  and they were terrified. ⁵⁹¹  The Israelites cried out to the Lord, ⁵⁹²  14:11 and they said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the desert? ⁵⁹³  What in the world ⁵⁹⁴  have you done to us by bringing ⁵⁹⁵  us out of Egypt? 14:12 Isn’t this what we told you ⁵⁹⁶  in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians, ⁵⁹⁷  because it is better for us to serve ⁵⁹⁸  the Egyptians than to die in the desert!’” ⁵⁹⁹ 

14:13 Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! ⁶⁰⁰  Stand firm ⁶⁰¹  and see ⁶⁰²  the salvation ⁶⁰³  of the Lord that he will provide ⁶⁰⁴  for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again. ⁶⁰⁵  14:14 The Lord ⁶⁰⁶  will fight for you, and you can be still.” ⁶⁰⁷ 

14:15 The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. ⁶⁰⁸  14:16 And as for you, ⁶⁰⁹  lift up your staff and extend your hand toward the sea and divide it, so that ⁶¹⁰  the Israelites may go through the middle of the sea on dry ground. 14:17 And as for me, I am going to harden ⁶¹¹  the hearts of the Egyptians so that ⁶¹²  they will come after them, that I may be honored ⁶¹³  because ⁶¹⁴  of Pharaoh and his army and his chariots and his horsemen. 14:18 And the Egyptians will know ⁶¹⁵  that I am the Lord when I have gained my honor ⁶¹⁶  because of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

14:19 The angel of God, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar ⁶¹⁷  of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. 14:20 It came between the Egyptian camp and the Israelite camp; it was a dark cloud ⁶¹⁸  and it lit up the night so that one camp did not come near the other ⁶¹⁹  the whole night. ⁶²⁰  14:21 Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the Lord drove the sea apart ⁶²¹  by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided. 14:22 So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall ⁶²²  for them on their right and on their left.

14:23 The Egyptians chased them and followed them into the middle of the sea – all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen. 14:24 In the morning watch ⁶²³  the Lord looked down ⁶²⁴  on the Egyptian army ⁶²⁵  through the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian army ⁶²⁶  into a panic. ⁶²⁷  14:25 He jammed ⁶²⁸  the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving, ⁶²⁹  and the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee ⁶³⁰  from Israel, for the Lord fights ⁶³¹  for them against Egypt!”

14:26 The Lord said to Moses, “Extend your hand toward the sea, so that the waters may flow ⁶³²  back on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen!” 14:27 So Moses extended his hand toward the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state ⁶³³  when the sun began to rise. ⁶³⁴  Now the Egyptians were fleeing ⁶³⁵  before it, but the Lord overthrew ⁶³⁶  the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. 14:28 The water returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh that was coming after the Israelites into the sea ⁶³⁷  – not so much as one of them survived! ⁶³⁸  14:29 But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. 14:30 So the Lord saved ⁶³⁹  Israel on that day from the power ⁶⁴⁰  of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead ⁶⁴¹  on the shore of the sea. 14:31 When Israel saw ⁶⁴²  the great power ⁶⁴³  that the Lord had exercised ⁶⁴⁴  over the Egyptians, they ⁶⁴⁵  feared the Lord, and they believed in ⁶⁴⁶  the Lord and in his servant Moses. ⁶⁴⁷ 

15:1 ⁶⁴⁸ 

Then Moses and the Israelites sang ⁶⁴⁹  this song to the Lord. They said, ⁶⁵⁰ 

“I will sing ⁶⁵¹  to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously, ⁶⁵² 

the horse and its rider ⁶⁵³  he has thrown into the sea.

15:2 The Lord ⁶⁵⁴  is my strength and my song, ⁶⁵⁵ 

and he has become my salvation.

This is my God, and I will praise him, ⁶⁵⁶ 

my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

15:3 The Lord is a warrior, ⁶⁵⁷ 

the Lord is his name. ⁶⁵⁸ 

15:4 The chariots of Pharaoh ⁶⁵⁹  and his army he has thrown into the sea,

and his chosen ⁶⁶⁰  officers were drowned ⁶⁶¹  in the Red Sea.

15:5 The depths have covered them, ⁶⁶² 

they went down to the bottom ⁶⁶³  like a stone.

15:6 Your right hand, O Lord, was majestic ⁶⁶⁴  in power,

your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy.

15:7 In the abundance of your majesty ⁶⁶⁵  you have overthrown ⁶⁶⁶ 

those who rise up against you. ⁶⁶⁷ 

You sent forth ⁶⁶⁸  your wrath; ⁶⁶⁹ 

it consumed them ⁶⁷⁰  like stubble.

15:8 By the blast of your nostrils ⁶⁷¹  the waters were piled up,

the flowing water stood upright like a heap, ⁶⁷² 

and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea.

15:9 The enemy said, ‘I will chase, ⁶⁷³  I will overtake,

I will divide the spoil;

my desire ⁶⁷⁴  will be satisfied on them.

I will draw ⁶⁷⁵  my sword, my hand will destroy them.’ ⁶⁷⁶ 

15:10 But ⁶⁷⁷  you blew with your breath, and ⁶⁷⁸  the sea covered them.

They sank ⁶⁷⁹  like lead in the mighty waters.

15:11 Who is like you, ⁶⁸⁰  O Lord, among the gods? ⁶⁸¹ 

Who is like you? – majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, ⁶⁸²  working wonders?

15:12 You stretched out your right hand,

the earth swallowed them. ⁶⁸³ 

15:13 By your loyal love you will lead ⁶⁸⁴  the people whom ⁶⁸⁵  you have redeemed;

you will guide ⁶⁸⁶  them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.

15:14 The nations will hear ⁶⁸⁷  and tremble;

anguish ⁶⁸⁸  will seize ⁶⁸⁹  the inhabitants of Philistia.

15:15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, ⁶⁹⁰ 

trembling will seize ⁶⁹¹  the leaders of Moab,

and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake.

15:16 Fear and dread ⁶⁹²  will fall ⁶⁹³  on them;

by the greatness ⁶⁹⁴  of your arm they will be as still as stone ⁶⁹⁵ 

until ⁶⁹⁶  your people pass by, O Lord,

until the people whom you have bought ⁶⁹⁷  pass by.

15:17 You will bring them in ⁶⁹⁸  and plant them in the mountain ⁶⁹⁹  of your inheritance,

in the place you made ⁷⁰⁰  for your residence, O Lord,

the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.

15:18 The Lord will reign forever and ever!

15:19 For the horses of Pharaoh came with his chariots and his footmen into the sea,

and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea on them,

but the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.”

15:20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances. ⁷⁰¹  15:21 Miriam sang in response ⁷⁰²  to them, “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.” ⁷⁰³ 

15:22 ⁷⁰⁴ 

Then Moses led Israel to journey ⁷⁰⁵  away from the Red Sea. They went out to the Desert of Shur, walked for three days ⁷⁰⁶  into the desert, and found no water. 15:23 Then they came to Marah, ⁷⁰⁷  but they were not able to drink ⁷⁰⁸  the waters of Marah, because ⁷⁰⁹  they were bitter. ⁷¹⁰  (That is ⁷¹¹  why its name was ⁷¹²  Marah.)

15:24 So the people murmured ⁷¹³  against Moses, saying, “What can ⁷¹⁴  we drink?” 15:25 He cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him ⁷¹⁵  a tree. ⁷¹⁶  When Moses ⁷¹⁷  threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the Lord ⁷¹⁸  made for them ⁷¹⁹  a binding ordinance, ⁷²⁰  and there he tested ⁷²¹  them. 15:26 He said, “If you will diligently obey ⁷²²  the Lord your God, and do what is right ⁷²³  in his sight, and pay attention ⁷²⁴  to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all ⁷²⁵  the diseases ⁷²⁶  that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer.” ⁷²⁷ 

15:27 Then they came to Elim, ⁷²⁸  where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.