Category Archives: Exodus

The Priestly Garments 1 “Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests. 2 Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron to give him dignity and honor. 3 Tell all the skilled workers to whom I […]

Offerings for the Tabernacle 1 TheLordsaid to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give. 3 These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; 4 blue, purple and scarlet yarn and […]

The Israelites Oppressed 1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; 4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. 5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventyin all; Joseph was already in Egypt. 6 […]

The Birth of Moses 1 Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a […]

Moses and the Burning Bush 1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of theLordappeared to him in flames of fire from within a […]

Signs for Moses 1 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘TheLorddid not appear to you’?” 2 Then theLordsaid to him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied. 3 TheLordsaid, “Throw it on the ground.” Moses threw it on the ground and it became […]

Bricks Without Straw 1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what theLord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’ ” 2 Pharaoh said, “Who is theLord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do […]

1 Then theLordsaid to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.” 2 God also said to Moses, “I am theLord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and […]

1 Then theLordsaid to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. 2 You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, […]

# 1 Then theLordsaid to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what theLordsays: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 2 If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country. 3 The Nile will teem with frogs. They will […]