Monthly Archives: July 2017

The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread 1 TheLordsaid to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lambfor […]

Consecration of the Firstborn 1 TheLordsaid to Moses, 2 “Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.” 3 Then Moses said to the people, “Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because […]

1 Then theLordsaid to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. 3 Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’ 4 And I will […]

The Song of Moses and Miriam 1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to theLord: “I will sing to theLord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea. 2 “TheLordis my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I […]

Manna and Quail 1 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt. 2 In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites […]

Water From the Rock 1 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as theLordcommanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses replied, “Why do you […]

Jethro Visits Moses 1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how theLordhad brought Israel out of Egypt. 2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her 3 and her two sons. One […]

At Mount Sinai 1 On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt—on that very day—they came to the Desert of Sinai. 2 After they set out from Rephidim, they entered the Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped there in the desert in front of the mountain. 3 Then Moses went […]

The Ten Commandments 1 And God spoke all these words: 2 “I am theLordyour God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods beforeme. 4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the […]

1 “These are the laws you are to set before them: Hebrew Servants 2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. 3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has […]