 CHAPTER ONE THROUGH FIVE of Exodus, American Standard Version. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Sam Stinson. CHAPTER ONE. Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt. Every man in his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Izekar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already, and Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation, and the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty, and the land was filled with them. Now there arose a new king over Egypt who knew not Joseph, and he said unto his people, Behold the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens, and they built for Pharaoh's store-cities, Piphom and Ramses, but the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied, and the more they spread abroad, and they were grieved because of the children of Israel, and the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor, and they made their lives bitter with hard service, and mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor. And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, on whom the name of the one was Shifra, and the name of the other Pua, and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them. And God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass because the midwives feared God, that he made them households. And Pharaoh charged all his people saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. End of chapter 1, chapter 2. And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bear a son. And when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bullrushes, and dobb'd it with slime and with pitch. And she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off to know what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, and her maidens walked along by the riverside. And she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it. And she opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrew's children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, While I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee. And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go! And the maiden went, and called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto 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 the child grew, and she brought him unto 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 up that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smoked the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. And he went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together, and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smiteest thou thy fellow? And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killest the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses, that Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. Now 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 stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. And when they came to Ruel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today? And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock. And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread. And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses Zibra his daughter. And she bear a son, and he called his name Gersham, for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land. And it came to pass in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage. And they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them. Now, Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God unto Horrib. And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a bush. And he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will turn aside now and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. And he said, Draw not nigh hither, put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover, 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 upon God. And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason 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 land, and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Parasite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come unto me. Moreover, I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now, therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. And Moses said unto 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, Certainly, I will be with thee, and this shall be the token unto 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 unto 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 to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them? And God said unto 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 unto 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 forever, 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, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt. And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Parasite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, 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. And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go. No, not by a mighty hand. And I will put forth my hand in 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 favor in the sight of the Egyptians. And it shall come to pass, that when ye go, ye shall not go empty. But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. And ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters, and ye shall despoil the Egyptians. And of chapter 3, chapter 4, and Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice, for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee. And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod. 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 unto Moses, Put forth thy hand and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand and laid hold of it. And it became a rod 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 furthermore unto him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom. And when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow. And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. Then he put his hand into his bosom again. And when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other 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 latter sign. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land. And the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. And Moses said unto Jehovah, O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither here to fore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant. For I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh a man dumb, or death, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak. And he said, O Lord, send I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also behold, he cometh forth to meet thee, and when he seeeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth. Then I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people. And it shall come to pass that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God. And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs. And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. And Jehovah said unto Moses and Midian, Go, return into Egypt, for all the men are dead that sought thy life. And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand. And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, See that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand. But I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go. And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus sayeth Jehovah, Israel is my son, my firstborn. And I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me. And thou hast refused to let him go. Behold, I will slay thy son, thy firstborn. And it came to pass on the way at the lodging place that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him. Then Zipra took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet. And she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me. So he let him alone. Then she said a bridegroom of blood art thou, because of the circumcision. And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah, wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith he had charged him. And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. And Aaron spake all the words which Jehovah had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight 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 worshiped. End of chapter 4, chapter 5. And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah. And moreover, I will not let Israel go. And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us. Let us go. We pray thee. Three days journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword. And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye Moses and Aaron loose the people from their works? Get you unto your burdens. And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as here to four. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. And the number of the bricks which they did make here to four, ye shall lay upon them, ye shall not diminish ought thereof, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein, and let them not regard lying words. And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus sayeth Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it, for not of your work shall be diminished. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task, both yesterday and today, in making brick, as here to four? Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick, and behold, thy servants are beaten, but the fault it in thine own people. But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle, therefore ye say that it's going to sacrifice to Jehovah. Go therefore now in work, for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks. Then the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said ye shall not diminish ought from your bricks, your daily tasks. Then they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh, and they said unto them, Jehovah, look upon you and judge, because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants to put a sword in their hand to slay us. And Moses returned into Jehovah and said, Lord, wherefore has thou dealt ill with this people? Why is it that thou hast sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath dealt ill with this people, neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. End of chapter 5. Chapter 6 through 10 of Exodus, American Standard Version. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Sam Stinson. Chapter 6. And Jehovah said unto 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 unto Moses and said unto him, I am Jehovah, and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty. But by my name Jehovah I was not known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned. And, moreover, I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant. Wherefore 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 rid you of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments. And I will take you to me, for a people, and I will be to you a God, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you in unto the land which I swear to give, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it you for a heritage. I am Jehovah, and Moses spake so unto the children of Israel, but they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Go in, speak unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. And Moses spake before Jehovah, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me. How then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto 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, Hanok, and Palu, Hazrin, and Karmie. These are the families of Reuben. And the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jochen, and Zohar, and Shal, the son of a Canaanites woman. These are the families of Simeon. And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations, Gershin, and Kohath, and Morari. And the years of the life of Levi were 137 years. The sons of Gershin, Libny, and Shime, according to their families. And the sons of Kohath, Amram, and Ishar, and Hebron, and Uziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were 133 years. And the sons of Morari, Mali, and Moshi. These are the families of the Levi according to their generations. And Amram took him, Jacobot, his father's sister, to wife. And she bear him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were 137 years. And the sons of Ishar, Korah, and Nefeg, and Zikri. And the sons of Uziel, Mishael, and El Zafan, and Sithri. And Aaron took him, Eli Shiba, the daughter of Aminadab, the sister of Neishon, to wife. And she bear him Nadab, and Abihu, Eliezer, and Ithamar. And the sons of Korah, Asir, and El Kanna, and Abby Asaf. These are the families of the Korahites. And Eliezer, Aaron's son, took him one of the daughters of Putiel, to wife. And she bear him Feneas. These are the heads of the father's houses of the Levites, according to their families. These are 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 that spake to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron. And it came to pass, on the day when Jehovah spake unto Moses, in the land of Egypt, that Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, I am Jehovah. Speak thou unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, all that I speak unto thee. And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. And how shall Pharaoh harken unto me? And of chapter six, chapter seven. And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made thee as 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 harden Pharaoh's heart and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not harken 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 upon Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them. And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah commanded them, so did they. And Moses was four score years old, and Aaron four score and three years old when they spake unto Pharaoh. And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a wonder for you, then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had commanded. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. And Pharaoh's heart was heartened, and he hearkened not unto them. As Jehovah had spoken, and Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refused to let the people go. Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning. Low, he goeth out unto the water. And thou shalt stand by the river's brink to meet him. And the rod which was turned to a serpent, shalt thou take in thy hand. And thou shalt say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, had sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness. And behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened. Thus saith Jehovah, and this thou shalt know that I am Jehovah. Behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become fowl, and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone. And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah commanded, and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, and the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants, and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. And the fish that were in the river died, and the river became fowl, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river, and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments, and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken. And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. And all the Egyptians digged 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 that Jehovah had smitten the river. End of chapter seven. Chapter eight. And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, Go in 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, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bed chamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, 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 servants. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon 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 magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, And treat Jehovah that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people, and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto Jehovah. And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me? Against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only? And he said, Against tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word, that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Jehovah our God. And the frog shelled apart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people, they shall remain in the river only. And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried unto Jehovah concerning the frogs, which he had brought upon 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 together in heaps, and the land stank. But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them. As Jehovah had spoken, and Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And they did so. And Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast, all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice. But they could not, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast. Then the magician said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Low he cometh forth to the water, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses, and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there. To the end thou mayest know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth. And I will put a division between my people and thy people. By tomorrow shall this sign be. And Jehovah did so, and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies. And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said, Go ye sacrifice to your God in the land. And Moses said, It is not meat so to do, for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Jehovah our God. Lo shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will 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 ye may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness. Only ye shall not go very far away and treat for me. And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Tomorrow only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more and not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah. And Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated Jehovah. And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people that remained not one. And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go. End of chapter 8. Chapter 9. Then Jehovah said unto 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 will hold them still, behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks, there shall be a very grievous moraine. And Jehovah shall make a distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt, and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel. And Jehovah appointed a set time saying, Tomorrow Jehovah shall do this thing in the land. And Jehovah did that thing on the morrow, 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 so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go. And Jehovah sent unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the side of Pharaoh. And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blades upon man and upon beast throughout all the land of Egypt. And they took ashes of the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven, and it became a boil breaking forth with blades upon man and upon beast. And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians. And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken unto Moses. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me, for I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. For now I had put forth my hand and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence. Thou hast been cut off from the earth, but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. As yet, exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded, even until now. Now therefore send hasten in thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field, for every man and beast that shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. He that feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh, made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses, and he that regarded not the word of Jehovah left his servants and his cattle in the field. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field throughout the land of Egypt. And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven, and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth. And Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beast, and the hail smote every herb of the field, and break 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 for Moses and Aaron and said unto them, I have sinned this time, Jehovah is righteous, and I and my people are wicked, and treat Jehovah, for there have been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail, and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto Jehovah, the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail, that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's. But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear Jehovah God. And the flax, and the barley were smitten, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. But the wheat, and the spelt were not smitten, for they were not grown up. And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto Jehovah, and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go, as Jehovah had spoken by Moses. And of Chapter 9, Chapter 10, And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them, and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs, which I have done among them, that ye may know that I am Jehovah. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, how long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me, else if thou refuse to let my people go. Behold, tomorrow will I bring locusts into thy border, and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth, and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field. And thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, as 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 servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? Let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God. Knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh, and he said unto them, Go, serve Jehovah your God, but 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, we will go, for we must hold a feast unto Jehovah. And he said unto them, So be Jehovah with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones, look to it, for evil is before you. Not so. Go now ye that our men, and serve Jehovah, for that is what ye desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt, for the locusts that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Jehovah brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night, and 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 were they. Before them there were no such locusts as they. Neither after them shall be such. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. And they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail hath left. And they remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses, and Aaron in haste, and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin, only this once, and entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only. And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah. And Jehovah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt. But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt, three days. They saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. And Pharaoh called into Moses and said, Go ye, serve Jehovah, only let your flocks and your herds be stayed. Let your little ones also go with you. And Moses said, Thou must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings that we may sacrifice unto Jehovah our God. Our cattle also shall go with us. There shall not a hoof be left behind. For therefore must we take to serve Jehovah our God. And we know not with what we must serve Jehovah until we come thither. But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's art and he would not let them go. And Pharaoh said unto 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 well, I will see thy face again, no more. End of chapter 10. Chapters 11 through 15 of Exodus, American Standard Version. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Sam Stinson. Chapter 11. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterwards he will let you go hence. When he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. Speak now in the ears of the people and let them ask every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver and jewels of gold. And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. And Moses said, Thus saith Jehovah, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt, and all the first born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first born of the maid servant that is behind the mill, and all the first born of cattle. And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath not been, nor shall be 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 how that Jehovah doth make a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel. And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee, and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land. End of chapter 11, chapter 12. And Jehovah spoke unto 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 ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their father's houses, a lamb for a household. And if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls. According to every man's eating, ye shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old, ye shall take it from the sheep or from the goats, and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even. And they shall take up the blood, and put it on the two side-posts, and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread, with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor boil at all with water, but roast with fire, its head with its legs, and with the inwards thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning, but that which remaineth of it until the morning, ye shall burn with fire, and thus shall ye eat it, with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And ye shall eat it in haste, it is Jehovah's Passover. For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and against all the gods of Egypt, I will execute judgments. I am Jehovah, and the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses, where ye are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt. And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah. Throughout your generations, ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread. Even the first day, ye shall put away leaven out of your houses. For whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. And in the first day, there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation. No manner of work shall be done in them. Save that which every man must eat. That only may be done by you. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. For in this self-same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses. For whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel. Whether he be a sojourner or one that is born in the land, ye shall eat nothing leavened and all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said unto them, Draw out and take you lambs according to your families and kill the Passover. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin and strike the lintel and the two sideposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel and on the two sideposts, Jehovah will pass over the door and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons forever. And it shall come to pass when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you according as he hath promised. That ye shall keep this service. And it shall come to pass when your children shall say unto you what mean ye by this service? That ye shall say it is the sacrifice of Jehovah's Passover who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses and the people bound the head and worshiped. And the children of Israel went and did so. As Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron so did they. And it came to pass at midnight that Jehovah smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto 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 servants and all the Egyptians and there was a great cry in Egypt for there was not a house where there was not one dead. And he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said Rise up get you forth from among my people both ye and the children of Israel and go serve Jehovah as ye have said take both your flocks and your herds as ye have said and be gone and bless me also. And the Egyptians were urgent upon 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 being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders and the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment and Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians so that they let them have what they asked and they despoiled the Egyptians and the children of Israel journeyed from Ramses to Sukkoth about 600,000 on foot that were men besides children and a mixed multitude went up also with them and flocks and herds even very much cattle and they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt for it was not leavened because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was 430 years and it came to pass at the end of 430 years even the self-same day it came to pass that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt it is a night to be much observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt this is that night of Jehovah to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations and Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron this is the ordinance of the Passover there shall no foreigner eat thereof but every man's servant that is bought for money when thou hast circumcised him then shall he eat thereof a sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof and one house shall it be eaten thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house neither shall ye break a bone thereof all the congregation of Israel shall keep it and when a stranger shall sojourn with thee and will keep the Passover to Jehovah let all his males be circumcised and then let him come near and keep it and he shall be as one that is born in the land but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof one law shall be to him that is home born and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you thus did all the children of Israel as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron so did they and it came to pass the self same day that Jehovah did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts end of chapter 12 chapter 13 and Jehovah spake unto Moses saying sanctify unto me all the firstborn whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel both of man and of beast it is mine and Moses said unto the people remember this day in which he came out from Egypt out of the house of bondage for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place there shall no leavened bread be eaten this day ye go forth in the month Abib and it shall be when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite which he swear unto thy fathers to give thee a land flowing with milk and honey that thou shall keep this service in this month seven days thou shall eat unleavened bread and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee neither shall there be leavened seen with thee in all thy borders and thou shalt tell thy son in that day saying it is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt and it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand and for a memorial between thine eyes that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year and it shall be when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite as he swear unto thee and to thy fathers and shall give it thee that thou shalt set apart unto Jehovah all that openeth the womb and every firstling which thou hast that cometh of a beast the males shall be Jehovah's and every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb and if thou wilt not redeem it then thou shalt break its neck and all the firstborn of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem and it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come saying what is this that thou shalt say unto him by strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt from the house of bondage and it came to pass when Pharaoh would hardly let us go that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the womb being males but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem and it shall be for a sign upon thy hand and for frontlands between thine eyes for by strength of hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt and it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines although that was near for God said lest per adventure the people repent when they see war and they return to Egypt but God led the people about by the way of the wilderness by the red sea and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt and Moses took the bones of Joseph with him for he had straightly sworn the children of Israel saying God will surely visit you and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you and they took their journey from Sukhoth and encamped in Ethan in the edge of the wilderness and Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light that they might go by day and by night the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night departed not from before the people end of chapter 13 chapter 14 and Jehovah spake unto Moses saying speak unto the children of Israel that they turn back and encamp before Pihah Hiroth between Migdal and the sea before Baal Ziphon over against it shall ye encamp by the sea and Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel they are entangled in the land the wilderness hath shut them in and I will harden Pharaoh's heart and he shall follow after them and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh and upon 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 were fled and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people and they said what is this we have done that we have let Israel go from serving us and he made ready his chariot and took his people with him and he took 600 chosen chariots and all the chariots of Egypt and captains over all of them and Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he pursued after the children of Israel for the children of Israel went 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 in camping by the sea beside Pihah Hiroth before Baal Ziphon and when Pharaoh drew nigh the children of Israel lifted up their eyes and behold the Egyptians were marching after them and they were so afraid and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah and they sent unto Moses because there were no graves in Egypt hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us to bring us forth out of Egypt is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt saying let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians for it were better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness and Moses said unto the people fear ye not stand still and see the salvation of Jehovah which he will work for you today for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today ye shall see them again no more for ever Jehovah will fight for you and ye shall hold your peace and Jehovah said unto Moses wherefore cryest thou unto me speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward and lift thou up thy rod and stretch out thy hand over the sea and divide it and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground and I behold I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians and they shall go in after them and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh and upon all his host upon his chariots and upon his horsemen and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh upon his chariots and upon his horsemen and the angel of God who went before the camp of Israel removed and went behind them and the pillar of cloud removed from before them and stood behind them and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel and there was the cloud in the darkness yet gave it light by night and the one came not near the other all the night and Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night and made the sea dry land and the waters were divided and the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left and the Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea all Pharaoh's horses his chariots and his horsemen and it came to pass in the morning watch that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud and discomfited the host of the Egyptians and he took off their chariot wheels and they drove them heavily so that the Egyptians said let us flee from the face of Israel for Jehovah fighteth for them against the Egyptians and Jehovah said unto Moses stretch out thy hand over the sea that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians upon their chariots and upon their horsemen and Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared and the Egyptians fled against it and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea and the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea there remained not so much as one of them but the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea and the waters were a wall into 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 upon the seashore and Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians and the people feared Jehovah and they believed in Jehovah and in his servant Moses and of chapter 14 chapter 15 then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah and spake saying I will sing unto Jehovah for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea Jehovah is my strength and my song and he has become my salvation this is my God and I will praise him my Father's God and I will exalt him Jehovah is a man of war Jehovah is his name Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea and his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea the deeps covered them they went down into the depths like a stone thy right hand, O Jehovah is glorious in power thy right hand, O Jehovah dasheth in pieces the enemy and in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee thou sendest forth thy wrath it consumeth them as double and with the blast by nostrils the waters were piled up the flood stood up right as a heap the deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea the enemy said I will pursue I will overtake I will divide the spoil my desire shall be satisfied upon them I will draw my sword my hand shall destroy them thou didst blow with thy wind the sea covered them they sank as lead in the mighty waters who is like unto thee, O Jehovah among the gods who is like thee glorious in holiness fearful in praises doing wonders thou stretchest out thy right hand the earth swallowed them thou in thy loving kindness hast led the people that thou hast redeemed thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation the peoples have heard they tremble pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed the mighty men of Moab trembling taketh hold upon them all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away terror and dread falleth upon them by the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone till thy people pass over, O Jehovah till the people pass over that thou hast purchased thou wilt bring them in and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance the place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever for the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea in Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them that the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea and Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances and Miriam answered them sing ye to Jehovah for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea and Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea and they went out into the wilderness of shore and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water and when they came to Mara they could not drink of the waters of Mara for they were bitter therefore the name of it was called Mara and the people murmured against Moses saying what shall we drink and he cried unto Jehovah and Jehovah showed him a tree and he cast it into the waters and the waters were made sweet there he made for them a statute and an ordinance and there he proved them and he said if thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God and wilt do that which is right in his eyes and wilt give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes I will put none of the diseases upon thee which I have put upon the Egyptians for I am Jehovah that healeth thee and they came to Elam where were twelve springs of water and three score and ten palm trees and they encamped there by the waters End of Chapter 15 and they took their journey from Elam and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin which is between Elam and Sinai on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt and the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness and the children of Israel said unto 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 did eat bread to the full for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger then said Jehovah unto Moses Behold, I will reign bread from heaven for you and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every 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 that which they bring in and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily and Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel at even then ye shall know that Jehovah hath brought you out from the land of Egypt and in the morning then ye shall see the glory of Jehovah for that he heareth your murmurings against Jehovah and what are we that ye murmur against us and Moses said this shall be when Jehovah shall give you in the morning flesh to eat and in the morning bread to the full for that Jehovah heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him and what are we your murmurings are not against us but against Jehovah and Moses said unto Aaron say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel come near before Jehovah for he hath heard your murmurings and it came to pass as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel that they look toward the wilderness and behold the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud and Jehovah spake unto Moses saying I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel speak unto them saying at even 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 it even that the quails came up and covered the camp and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp and when the dew that lay was gone behold upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing small as the whorefrost on the ground and when the children of Israel saw it they said one to another what is it for they knew not what it was and Moses said unto them it is the bread which Jehovah hath given you to eat this is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded gather ye of it every man according to his eating an omer ahead according to the number of your persons shall ye take it every man for them that are in his tent and the children of Israel did so and gathered some more some less and when they measured it with an omer he that gathered much had nothing over and he that gathered little had no lack they gathered every man according to his eating and Moses said unto them let no man leave of it till the morning notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses but some of them left of it until the morning and it bred worms and became fowl and Moses was wroth with them and they gathered it morning by morning every man according to his eating and when the sun waxed hot it melted and it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread two omers for each one and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses and he said unto them this is that which Jehovah hath spoken tomorrow is a solemn rest a holy Sabbath unto Jehovah bake that which ye will bake and boil that which ye will boil and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning and they laid it up till the morning as Moses spayed and it did not become fowl neither was there any worm therein and Moses said eat that today for today is a Sabbath unto Jehovah today ye shall not find it in the field six days ye shall gather it but on the seventh day is the Sabbath in it there shall be none and it came to pass on the seventh day that there went out some of the people to gather and they found none and Jehovah said unto Moses how long refuse ye to keep my commandments in my laws see for that Jehovah hath given you the Sabbath therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days abide ye every man in his place let no man go out of his place on the seventh day so the people rested on the seventh day and the house of Israel called the name thereof manna and it was like coriander seed white and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey and Moses said this is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded let an omer full of it be kept throughout your generations that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt and Moses said unto Aaron take a pot and put an omer full of manna therein and lay it up before Jehovah to be kept throughout your generations as Jehovah commanded Moses so Aaron laid it up before the testimony to be kept and the children of Israel did eat the manna 40 years until they came to a land inhabited they did eat the manna until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan now an omer is the tenth part of an ifa end of chapter 16 chapter 17 and all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of sin by their journeys according to the commandment of Jehovah and encamped in refudim and there was no water for the people to drink wherefore the people strove with Moses and said give us water that we may drink and Moses said unto them why strive ye with me wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah and the people thirsted therefore water and the people murmured against Moses and said wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst and Moses cried into Jehovah saying what shall I do unto this people they are almost ready to stone me and Jehovah said unto Moses pass on before the people and take with thee of the elders of Israel and thy rod wherewith thou smotest the river take in thy hand and go behold I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horab and thou shalt smite the rock and there shall come water out of it that the people may drink and Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel and he called the name of the place Massa and Meraba because of the striving of the children of Israel and because they tempted Jehovah saying is Jehovah among us or not then came Amalek and fought with Israel and refudim and Moses said unto Joshua choose us out men and go out fight with Amalek tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand so Joshua did as Moses had said to him and fought with Amalek and Moses Aaron and her went up to the top of the hill and it came to pass when Moses held up his hand that Israel prevailed and when he let down his hand Amalek prevailed but Moses's hands were heavy and they took a stone and put it under him and he sat there on and Aaron and her stayed up his hands the one on the one side and the other on the other side and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun and Joshua discomforted Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword and Jehovah said unto Moses write this for a memorial in a book and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven and Moses built an altar and called the name of it Jehovah Nisi and he said Jehovah hath sworn Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation End of Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Now Jethro the priest of Minion Moses's father-in-law heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt and Jethro Moses's father-in-law took Zipra Moses's wife after he had sent her away and her two sons of whom the name of the one was Gershum for he said I have been a sojourner in a foreign land and the name of the other was Eliezer for he said the God of my father was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh and Jethro Moses's father-in-law came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped at the Mount of God and he said unto Moses I thy father-in-law Jethro and come unto 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 of their welfare and they came into the tent and Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake all the travail that had come upon them by the way and how Jehovah delivered them and Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Jehovah had done to Israel and that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians and Jethro said blessed be Jehovah who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods yea and the thing wherein they dealt proudly against 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 before God and it came to pass on the morrow that Moses sat to judge the people and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto the evening and when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people he said what is this thing that thou doest to the people why sittest thou thyself alone and all the people stand about thee from morning unto evening and Moses said unto his father-in-law because the people come unto me to inquire of God when they have a matter they come unto me and I judge between a man and his neighbor and I make them know the statutes of God and his laws and Moses' father-in-law said unto him the thing that thou doest is not good thou wilt surely wear away both thou and this people that is with thee for the thing is too heavy for thee thou art not able to perform it thyself alone harken now unto my voice I will give thee counsel and God be with thee be thou for the people to God ward and bring thou that causes unto God and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk and the work that they must do moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men such as fear God men of truth hating unjust gain and place such over them to be rulers of thousands rulers of hundreds rulers of fifties and rulers of tens and let them judge the people at all seasons and it shall be that every great matter shall they bring unto thee but every small matter they shall judge themselves so shall it be easier for thyself and they shall bear the burden with thee if thou shalt do this thing and God command thee so then thou shalt be able to endure and all this people also shall go to their place in peace so 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 rulers of thousands rulers of hundreds rulers of fifties and rulers of tens and they judged the people at all seasons the hard causes they brought unto Moses but every small matter they judged themselves and Moses let his father-in-law depart and he went his way into his own land end of chapter 18 chapter 19 in the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai and when they were departed from Refideem and were come to the wilderness of Sinai they encamped in the wilderness and there Israel encamped before the mount and Moses went up unto God and Jehovah called unto 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 did unto the Egyptians and how I bear you on eagle's wings and brought you unto myself now therefore if ye will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples for all the earth is mine and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation these are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel and Moses came and called for the elders of the people and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him and all the people answered together and said all that Jehovah have spoken we will do and Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah and Jehovah said unto Moses lo I come unto thee in a thick cloud that the people may hear when I speak with thee and may also believe thee forever and Moses told the words of the people unto Jehovah and Jehovah said unto Moses go unto the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow and let them wash their garments and be ready against the third day for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai and thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about saying take heed to yourselves that ye go not up into the mount or touch the border of it whosoever touches the mount shall be surely put to death no hand shall touch him but he shall surely be stoned or shot through whether it be beast or man he shall not live when the trumpet soundeth long they shall come up to the mount and Moses went down from the mount unto the people and sanctified the people and they washed their garments and he said unto the people be ready against the third day come not near a woman and it came to pass on the third day when it was morning that there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon the mount and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud and all the people that were in the camp trembled and Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God and they stood at the nether part of the mount and Mount Sinai the whole of it smoked because Jehovah descended upon it in fire and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace and the whole mount quaked greatly and when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder Moses spake and God answered him by a voice and Jehovah came down upon Mount Sinai to the top of the mount and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mount and Moses went up and Jehovah said unto Moses go down charge the people lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze and many of them perish and let the priests also that come near to Jehovah sanctify themselves lest Jehovah break forth upon them and Moses said unto Jehovah the people cannot come up to Mount Sinai for thou didst charge us saying set bounds about the mount and sanctify it and Jehovah said unto him go get thee down and thou shalt come up thou and Aaron with thee but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah lest he break forth upon them so Moses went down unto the people and told them end of chapter 19 chapter 20 and God spake all these words saying I am Jehovah thy God who 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 unto thee a graven image nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them nor serve them for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me and showing loving kindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work but the seventh day is a Sabbath unto Jehovah thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter thy manservant nor thy maidservant nor thy cattle nor thy stranger that is within thy gates for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore Jehovah blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which 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 neighbor thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife nor his manservant nor his maidservant nor his ox nor his ass nor anything that is thy neighbor's and all the people perceived the thunderings and the lightnings and the voice of the trumpet and the mountains smoking and when the people saw it they trembled and stood afar off and they said unto Moses speak thou with us and we will hear but let not God speak with us lest we die and Moses said unto the people fear not for God has 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 unto the thick darkness where God was and Jehovah said unto Moses thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven ye shall not make other gods with me gods of silver or gods of gold ye shall not make unto you an altar of earth thou shalt make unto me and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings thy sheep and thine oxen in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee and if thou make me an altar of stone thou shalt not build it of hewn stones for if thou lift up thy tool upon it thou hast polluted it neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon in the public domain for more information and to find out how you can volunteer please visit LibriVox.org recording by Sam Stinson now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them if thou by a Hebrew servant six years he shall serve and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing if he come in by himself he shall go out by himself if he be married then his wife shall go out with him if his master give him a wife and she bear him sons or daughters the wife and her children shall be her masters and he shall go out by himself but if the servant shall plainly say I love my master my wife and my children I will not go out free then his master shall bring him unto God and shall bring him to the door or unto the door post and his master shall bore his ear through with an all and he shall serve him for ever and if a man sell his daughter to be a maid servant she shall not go out as the men servants do if she please not her master who hath espoused her to himself then shall he let her be redeemed to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her and if he espouse her unto his son he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters if he take him another wife her food her raiment and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish and if he do not these three things under her then shall she go out for nothing without money he that smideth a man so that he dyeth shall surely be put to death and if a man lie not in wait but God deliver him into his hand then I will appoint thee a place with her he shall flee and if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor to slay him with guile thou shalt take him from mine altar that he may die and he that smideth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death and he that stealeth a man and selleth him or if he be found in his hand he shall surely be put to death and he that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death and if men contend and one smite the other with a stone or with his fist and he die not but keep his bed if he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff then shall he that smote him be quit only he shall pay for the loss of his time and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed and if a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod and he die under his hand he shall surely be punished notwithstanding if he continue a day or two he shall not be punished for he is his money and if men strive together and hurt a woman with child so that her fruit depart and yet no harm follow he shall be surely fined according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him and he shall pay as the judges determine but if any harm follow then thou shalt give life for life eye for eye tooth for tooth hand for hand foot for foot burning for burning wound for wound stripe for stripe and if a man smite the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid and destroy it he shall let him go free for his eyes sake and if he smite out his man's servant's tooth or his maid's servant's tooth he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake and if an ox gore a man or a woman to death the ox shall be surely stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten but the owner of the ox shall be quit but if the ox was want to gore and time passed and it hath been testified to its owner and he hath not kept it in but it hath killed a man or a woman the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death if there be laid on him a ransom then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him whether it have gored a son or have gored a daughter according to this judgment shall it be done unto him if the ox gore a man's servant or a maid's servant there shall be given unto their master thirty shekels of silver and the ox shall be stoned and if a man shall open a pit or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it and an ox or an ass fall therein the owner of the pit shall make it good he shall give money unto the owner thereof and the dead beast shall be his and if one man's ox hurt another's so that it dyeth then they shall sell the live ox and divide the price of it and the dead also they shall divide or if it be known that the ox was want to gore in time past and its owner hath not kept it in he shall surely pay ox for ox and the dead beast shall be his own if a man shall steal an ox or a sheep and kill it or sell it he shall pay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep if the thief be found breaking in and be smitten so that he dyeth there shall be no blood guiltiness for him if the son be risen upon him there shall be blood guiltiness for him he shall make restitution if he hath nothing then he shall be sold for his theft if the theft be found in his hand alive whether it be an ox or ass or sheep he shall pay double if a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten and shall let his beast loose and it feed in another man's field of the best of his own field and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make restitution if fire break out and catch in thorns so that the shocks of grain or the standing grain or the field are consumed he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution if a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep and it be stolen out of the man's house if the thief be found he shall pay double if the thief be not found then the master of the house shall come near unto God to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods for every matter of trespass whether it be for ox for ass for sheep for raiment or for any manner of lost thing whereof one sayeth this is it the cause of both parties shall come before God he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor if a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep and it die or be hurt or driven away no man seeing it the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods and the owner thereof shall accept it and he shall not make restitution but if it be stolen from him he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof if it be torn in pieces let him bring it for witness he shall not make good that which was torn and if a man borrow ought of his neighbor and it be hurt or die the owner thereof not being with it he shall surely make restitution 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 entice a virgin that is not betrothed and lie with her he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife if her father utterly refuse to give her unto him he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death he that sacrifices unto any god save unto Jehovah only shall be utterly destroyed and a sojourner shalt thou not wrong neither shalt thou oppress him for ye were sojourners in the land of each you shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child if thou afflict them at all and they cry at all unto me I will surely hear their cry and my wrath shall wax hot and I will kill you with the sword and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless if thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor thou shalt not be to him as a creditor neither shall ye lay upon him interest if thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goes down for that is his only covering it is his garment for his skin wherein shall he sleep and it shall come to pass when he cryeth unto me that I will hear for I am gracious thou shalt not revile God nor curse a ruler of thy people thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest and of the outflow of thy presses the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen and with thy sheep seven days it shall be with its dam on the eighth day thou shalt give it me and ye shall be holy men unto me therefore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field ye shall cast it to the dogs and of chapter 22 chapter 23 thou shalt not take up a false report put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to rest justice neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause if thou meet thine enemies ox or ass going astray thou shalt shortly bring it back to him again if thou see the ass of him that hadith thee lying under his burden thou shalt forbear to leave him thou shalt surely release it with him thou shalt not rest the justice due to thy poor in his cause keep thee far from a false matter in the innocent and righteous slay thou not for I will not justify the wicked and thou shalt take no bribe for a bribe blindeth them that have sight and perverted the words of the righteous an assertioner shalt thou not oppress for ye know the heart of assertioner seeing ye were assertioners in the land of Egypt and six years thou shalt sow thy land and shalt gather in the increase thereof but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow that the poor of thy people may eat and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat and like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard and with thy olive yard six days thou shalt do thy work and on the seventh day thou shalt rest that thine ox and thine ass may have rest and the son of thy handmaid and the sojourner may be refreshed and in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed and make no mention of the name of other gods neither let it be heard out of thy mouth three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me and the year the feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread as I commanded thee at the time appointed in the month Abib for in it thou camest out from Egypt and none shall appear before me empty and the feast of the harvest the first fruits of thy labors which thou sowest in the field and the feast of in-gathering at the end of the year when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field three times in the year all thy males shall appear before 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 ground 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 by the way and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared take ye heed before him and hearken unto his voice provoke him not for he will not pardon your transgression for my name is in him but if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice and do all that I speak then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies and an adversary unto thine adversaries for mine angel shall go before thee and bring thee in unto the Amorite and the Hittite and the Parasite and the Canaanite the Hivite and the Jebusite and I will cut them off thou shalt not bow down to their gods nor serve them nor do after their works but thou shalt utterly overthrow them and break in pieces their pillars and ye shall serve Jehovah your God and he will bless thy bread and thy water and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee there shall none cast her young nor be barren in thy land the number of thy days I will fulfill I will send my terror before thee and will discomfort all the people to whom thou shalt come and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee and I will send the Hornet 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 beasts of the field multiply against thee but little and little I will drive them out from before thee until thou be increased and inherit the land and I will set thy border from the red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines and from the wilderness unto the river for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand and thou shalt drive them out 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 will surely be a snare unto thee End of Chapter 23 Chapter 24 And he said unto Moses Come up unto Jehovah, Thou and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel and worship ye afar off And Moses alone shall come near unto 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 ordinances and all the people answered with one voice and said All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah and rose up early in the morning and build it in altar under the mount and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel And he sent young men of the children of Israel who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto Jehovah And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar and he took the book of the covenant and read in the audience of the people and they said All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do and be obedient And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said Behold the blood of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you concerning all these words Then went up Moses and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel and they saw the God of Israel and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone and as it were the very heaven for clearness And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand and they beheld God and did eat and drink And Jehovah said unto Moses Come up to me into the mount and be there and I will give thee the tables of stone and the law and the commandment which I have written that thou mayest teach them And Moses rose up in Joshua his minister and Moses went up into the mount of God And he said unto the elders Terri ye here for us until we come again unto you and behold Aaron and her are with you whosoever hath a cause let him come near unto them And Moses went up into the mount and the cloud covered the mount and the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai and the cloud covered it six days and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud and the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount and the eyes of the children of Israel And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mount and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights End of chapter 24 chapter 25 And Jehovah spake unto Moses saying Speak unto the children of Israel that they take for me an offering of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering and this is the offering which ye shall take of them gold and silver and brass and blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goat's hair and ram's skin dyed red and seal skins and acacia wood oil for the light spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense Onyx stones and stones to be set for the ephid and for the breastplate and let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them According to all that I show thee the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all the furniture thereof even so shall ye make it and they shall make an ark of acacia wood two cubits and a half shall be 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 within and without shalt thou overlay it and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about and thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it and put them in the four feet thereof and two rings shall be on the one side of it and two rings on the other side of it and thou shalt make staves of acacia wood and overlay them with gold and thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark wherewith to bear the ark the staves shall be in the rings of the ark they shall not be taken from it and thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee and thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold two cubits and a half shall be 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 one end and one cherub at the other end of one piece with the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof and the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high covering the mercy seat with their wings with their faces one to another toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be and thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee and there I will meet with thee and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel and thou shalt make a table of acacia wood two cubits shall be 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 there to a crown of gold round about and thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreath round about and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about and thou shalt make for it four rings of gold and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof close by the border shall the rings be for places for the staves to bear the table and thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood and overlay them with gold that the table may be born with them thou shalt make the dishes thereof and the spoons thereof and the flagons thereof and the bowls thereof wherewith to pour out of pure gold shall thou make them and thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me all way and thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold of beaten work shall the candlestick be made even its base and its shaft its cups its knobs and its flowers shall be of one piece with it and there shall be six branches going 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 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch a knob and a flower and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch a knob and a flower so for the six branches going out of the candlestick And in the candlestick four cups made like almond blossoms, The knops thereof, and the flowers thereof, And a knop under two branches of one piece with it, And a knop under two branches of one piece with it, And a knop under two branches of one piece with it, For the six branches going out of the candlestick. Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it, The whole of it, one beaten work of pure gold, And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven, And they shall light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it, And the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-dishes thereof, Shall be of pure gold, of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, With all these vessels, and see that thou make them after their pattern, Which hath been showed thee in the mount.