出埃及記 3-13

Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)

耶和華顯現於荊棘火中

3 摩西牧養他岳父米甸祭司葉忒羅的羊群，一日領羊群往野外去，到了神的山，就是何烈山。 ²耶和華的使者從荊棘裡火焰中向摩西顯現。摩西觀看，不料，荊棘被火燒著，卻沒有燒毀。 ³摩西說：「我要過去看這大異象，這荊棘為何沒有燒壞呢？」 ⁴耶和華神見他過去要看，就從荊棘裡呼叫說：「摩西！摩西！」他說：「我在這裡。」 ⁵神說：「不要近前來。當把你腳上的鞋脫下來，因為你所站之地是聖地。」 ⁶又說：「我是你父親的神，是亞伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神。」摩西蒙上臉，因為怕看神。

遣摩西領以色列人出埃及

⁷耶和華說：「我的百姓在埃及所受的困苦，我實在看見了；他們因受督工的轄制所發的哀聲，我也聽見了。我原知道他們的痛苦。 ⁸我下來是要救他們脫離埃及人的手，領他們出了那地，到美好寬闊、流奶與蜜之地，就是到迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人之地。 ⁹現在以色列人的哀聲達到我耳中，我也看見埃及人怎樣欺壓他們。 ¹⁰故此，我要打發你去見法老，使你可以將我的百姓以色列人從埃及領出來。」 ¹¹摩西對神說：「我是什麼人？竟能去見法老，將以色列人從埃及領出來呢？」 ¹²神說：「我必與你同在。你將百姓從埃及領出來之後，你們必在這山上侍奉我，這就是我打發你去的證據。」

¹³摩西對神說：「我到以色列人那裡，對他們說：『你們祖宗的神打發我到你們這裡來。』他們若問我說：『他叫什麼名字？』我要對他們說什麼呢？」 ¹⁴神對摩西說：「我是自有永有的。」又說：「你要對以色列人這樣說：『那自有的打發我到你們這裡來。』」 ¹⁵神又對摩西說：「你要對以色列人這樣說：『耶和華你們祖宗的神，就是亞伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神，打發我到你們這裡來。』耶和華是我的名，直到永遠；這也是我的紀念，直到萬代。 ¹⁶你去招聚以色列的長老，對他們說：『耶和華你們祖宗的神，就是亞伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神，向我顯現，說：我實在眷顧了你們，我也看見埃及人怎樣待你們。』 ¹⁷我也說：『要將你們從埃及的困苦中領出來，往迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人的地去，就是到流奶與蜜之地。』 ¹⁸他們必聽你的話。你和以色列的長老要去見埃及王，對他說：『耶和華希伯來人的神遇見了我們，現在求你容我們往曠野去，走三天的路程，為要祭祀耶和華我們的神。』 ¹⁹我知道雖用大能的手，埃及王也不容你們去。 ²⁰我必伸手在埃及中間施行我一切的奇事，攻擊那地，然後他才容你們去。 ²¹我必叫你們在埃及人眼前蒙恩，你們去的時候就不至於空手而去。 ²²但各婦女必向她的鄰舍並居住在她家裡的女人要金器銀器和衣裳，好給你們的兒女穿戴，這樣你們就把埃及人的財物奪去了。」

杖變蛇為證

4 摩西回答說：「他們必不信我，也不聽我的話，必說：『耶和華並沒有向你顯現。』」 ²耶和華對摩西說：「你手裡是什麼？」他說：「是杖。」 ³耶和華說：「丟在地上。」他一丟下去，就變做蛇，摩西便跑開。 ⁴耶和華對摩西說：「伸出手來，拿住牠的尾巴，牠必在你手中仍變為杖。 ⁵如此好叫他們信耶和華他們祖宗的神，就是亞伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神，是向你顯現了。」

手生大痲瘋為證

⁶耶和華又對他說：「把手放在懷裡。」他就把手放在懷裡，及至抽出來，不料，手長了大痲瘋，有雪那樣白。 ⁷耶和華說：「再把手放在懷裡。」他就再把手放在懷裡，及至從懷裡抽出來，不料，手已經復原，與周身的肉一樣。 ⁸又說：「倘或他們不聽你的話，也不信頭一個神蹟，他們必信第二個神蹟。 ⁹這兩個神蹟若都不信，也不聽你的話，你就從河裡取些水，倒在旱地上，你從河裡取的水必在旱地上變做血。」

¹⁰摩西對耶和華說：「主啊，我素日不是能言的人，就是從你對僕人說話以後，也是這樣。我本是拙口笨舌的。」 ¹¹耶和華對他說：「誰造人的口呢？誰使人口啞、耳聾、目明、眼瞎呢？豈不是我耶和華嗎？ ¹²現在去吧，我必賜你口才，指教你所當說的話。」 ¹³摩西說：「主啊，你願意打發誰，就打發誰去吧！」 ¹⁴耶和華向摩西發怒說：「不是有你的哥哥利未人亞倫嗎？我知道他是能言的，現在他出來迎接你，他一見你，心裡就歡喜。 ¹⁵你要將當說的話傳給他，我也要賜你和他口才，又要指教你們所當行的事。 ¹⁶他要替你對百姓說話，你要以他當做口，他要以你當做神。 ¹⁷你手裡要拿這杖，好行神蹟。」

耶和華命摩西行奇事於法老前

¹⁸於是，摩西回到他岳父葉忒羅那裡，對他說：「求你容我回去見我在埃及的弟兄，看他們還在不在。」葉忒羅對摩西說：「你可以平平安安地去吧。」 ¹⁹耶和華在米甸對摩西說：「你要回埃及去，因為尋索你命的人都死了。」 ²⁰摩西就帶著妻子和兩個兒子，叫他們騎上驢，回埃及地去。摩西手裡拿著神的杖。 ²¹耶和華對摩西說：「你回到埃及的時候，要留意將我指示你的一切奇事行在法老面前。但我要使^[a]他的心剛硬，他必不容百姓去。 ²²你要對法老說：『耶和華這樣說：以色列是我的兒子，我的長子。 ²³我對你說過容我的兒子去，好侍奉我，你還是不肯容他去。看哪，我要殺你的長子。』」

²⁴摩西在路上住宿的地方，耶和華遇見他，想要殺他。 ²⁵西坡拉就拿一塊火石，割下他兒子的陽皮，丟在摩西腳前，說：「你真是我的血郎了！」 ²⁶這樣，耶和華才放了他。西坡拉說：「你因割禮就是血郎了。」

²⁷耶和華對亞倫說：「你往曠野去迎接摩西。」他就去，在神的山遇見摩西，和他親嘴。 ²⁸摩西將耶和華打發他所說的言語和囑咐他所行的神蹟都告訴了亞倫。 ²⁹摩西、亞倫就去招聚以色列的眾長老。 ³⁰亞倫將耶和華對摩西所說的一切話述說了一遍，又在百姓眼前行了那些神蹟。 ³¹百姓就信了。以色列人聽見耶和華眷顧他們，鑒察他們的困苦，就低頭下拜。

法老益虐以色列人

5 後來摩西、亞倫去對法老說：「耶和華以色列的神這樣說：『容我的百姓去，在曠野向我守節。』」 ²法老說：「耶和華是誰，使我聽他的話，容以色列人去呢？我不認識耶和華，也不容以色列人去。」 ³他們說：「希伯來人的神遇見了我們。求你容我們往曠野去，走三天的路程，祭祀耶和華我們的神，免得他用瘟疫、刀兵攻擊我們。」 ⁴埃及王對他們說：「摩西，亞倫，你們為什麼叫百姓曠工呢？你們去擔你們的擔子吧！」 ⁵又說：「看哪，這地的以色列人如今眾多，你們竟叫他們歇下擔子！」 ⁶當天，法老吩咐督工的和官長說： ⁷「你們不可照常把草給百姓做磚，叫他們自己去撿草。 ⁸他們素常做磚的數目，你們仍舊向他們要，一點不可減少。因為他們是懶惰的，所以呼求說：『容我們去祭祀我們的神。』 ⁹你們要把更重的工夫加在這些人身上，叫他們勞碌，不聽虛謊的言語。」

¹⁰督工的和官長出來對百姓說：「法老這樣說：『我不給你們草， ¹¹你們自己在哪裡能找草，就往哪裡去找吧！但你們的工一點不可減少。』」 ¹²於是百姓散在埃及遍地，撿碎秸當做草。 ¹³督工的催著說：「你們一天當完一天的工，與先前有草一樣。」 ¹⁴法老督工的責打他所派以色列人的官長，說：「你們昨天、今天為什麼沒有照向來的數目做磚，完你們的工作呢？」

¹⁵以色列人的官長就來哀求法老說：「為什麼這樣待你的僕人？ ¹⁶督工的不把草給僕人，並且對我們說：『做磚吧！』看哪，你僕人挨了打，其實是你百姓的錯。」 ¹⁷但法老說：「你們是懶惰的！你們是懶惰的！所以說：『容我們去祭祀耶和華。』 ¹⁸現在你們去做工吧！草是不給你們的，磚卻要如數交納。」 ¹⁹以色列人的官長聽說「你們每天做磚的工作一點不可減少」，就知道是遭遇禍患了。 ²⁰他們離了法老出來，正遇見摩西、亞倫站在對面， ²¹就向他們說：「願耶和華鑒察你們，施行判斷！因你們使我們在法老和他臣僕面前有了臭名，把刀遞在他們手中殺我們。」

²²摩西回到耶和華那裡，說：「主啊，你為什麼苦待這百姓呢？為什麼打發我去呢？ ²³自從我去見法老，奉你的名說話，他就苦待這百姓，你一點也沒有拯救他們。」

神復言所許

6 耶和華對摩西說：「現在你必看見我向法老所行的事，使他因我大能的手容以色列人去，且把他們趕出他的地。」

²神曉諭摩西說：「我是耶和華。 ³我從前向亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各顯現為全能的神，至於我名耶和華，他們未曾知道。 ⁴我與他們堅定所立的約，要把他們寄居的迦南地賜給他們。 ⁵我也聽見以色列人被埃及人苦待的哀聲，我也記念我的約。 ⁶所以你要對以色列人說：我是耶和華，我要用伸出來的膀臂重重地刑罰埃及人，救贖你們脫離他們的重擔，不做他們的苦工。 ⁷我要以你們為我的百姓，我也要做你們的神。你們要知道我是耶和華你們的神，是救你們脫離埃及人之重擔的。 ⁸我起誓應許給亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的那地，我要把你們領進去，將那地賜給你們為業。我是耶和華。」 ⁹摩西將這話告訴以色列人，只是他們因苦工愁煩，不肯聽他的話。

¹⁰耶和華曉諭摩西說： ¹¹「你進去對埃及王法老說，要容以色列人出他的地。」 ¹²摩西在耶和華面前說：「以色列人尚且不聽我的話，法老怎肯聽我這拙口笨舌的人呢？」 ¹³耶和華吩咐摩西、亞倫往以色列人和埃及王法老那裡去，把以色列人從埃及地領出來。

記以色列人族長之名

¹⁴以色列人家長的名字記在下面。以色列長子魯本的兒子是哈諾、法路、希斯崙、迦米，這是魯本的各家。 ¹⁵西緬的兒子是耶母利、雅憫、阿轄、雅斤、瑣轄和迦南女子的兒子掃羅，這是西緬的各家。 ¹⁶利未眾子的名字按著他們的後代記在下面，就是革順、哥轄、米拉利。利未一生的歲數是一百三十七歲。 ¹⁷革順的兒子按著家室是立尼、示每。 ¹⁸哥轄的兒子是暗蘭、以斯哈、希伯倫、烏薛。哥轄一生的歲數是一百三十三歲。 ¹⁹米拉利的兒子是抹利和母示。這是利未的家，都按著他們的後代。 ²⁰暗蘭娶了他父親的妹妹約基別為妻，她給他生了亞倫和摩西。暗蘭一生的歲數是一百三十七歲。 ²¹以斯哈的兒子是可拉、尼斐、細基利。 ²²烏薛的兒子是米沙利、以利撒反、西提利。 ²³亞倫娶了亞米拿達的女兒、拿順的妹妹以利沙巴為妻，她給他生了拿答、亞比戶、以利亞撒、以他瑪。 ²⁴可拉的兒子是亞惜、以利加拿、亞比亞撒，這是可拉的各家。 ²⁵亞倫的兒子以利亞撒娶了普鐵的一個女兒為妻，她給他生了非尼哈。這是利未人的家長，都按著他們的家。 ²⁶耶和華說：「將以色列人按著他們的軍隊從埃及地領出來。」這是對那亞倫、摩西說的。 ²⁷對埃及王法老說要將以色列人從埃及領出來的，就是這摩西、亞倫。

²⁸當耶和華在埃及地對摩西說話的日子， ²⁹他向摩西說：「我是耶和華，我對你說的一切話，你都要告訴埃及王法老。」 ³⁰摩西在耶和華面前說：「看哪，我是拙口笨舌的人，法老怎肯聽我呢？」

摩西亞倫受神命

7 耶和華對摩西說：「我使你在法老面前代替神，你的哥哥亞倫是替你說話的。 ²凡我所吩咐你的，你都要說。你的哥哥亞倫要對法老說，容以色列人出他的地。 ³我要使法老的心剛硬，也要在埃及地多行神蹟奇事。 ⁴但法老必不聽你們，我要伸手重重地刑罰埃及，將我的軍隊以色列民從埃及地領出來。 ⁵我伸手攻擊埃及，將以色列人從他們中間領出來的時候，埃及人就要知道我是耶和華。」 ⁶摩西、亞倫這樣行，耶和華怎樣吩咐他們，他們就照樣行了。 ⁷摩西、亞倫與法老說話的時候，摩西八十歲，亞倫八十三歲。

杖變蛇為證

⁸耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說： ⁹「法老若對你們說：『你們行件奇事吧』，你就吩咐亞倫說：『把杖丟在法老面前，使杖變做蛇。』」 ¹⁰摩西、亞倫進去見法老，就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫把杖丟在法老和臣僕面前，杖就變做蛇。 ¹¹於是法老召了博士和術士來，他們是埃及行法術的，也用邪術照樣而行。 ¹²他們各人丟下自己的杖，杖就變做蛇，但亞倫的杖吞了他們的杖。

法老剛硬其心

¹³法老心裡剛硬，不肯聽從摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。

¹⁴耶和華對摩西說：「法老心裡固執，不肯容百姓去。 ¹⁵明日早晨，他出來往水邊去，你要往河邊迎接他，手裡要拿著那變過蛇的杖， ¹⁶對他說：『耶和華希伯來人的神打發我來見你，說：「容我的百姓去，好在曠野侍奉我」，到如今你還是不聽。 ¹⁷耶和華這樣說：我要用我手裡的杖擊打河中的水，水就變做血，因此你必知道我是耶和華。 ¹⁸河裡的魚必死，河也要腥臭，埃及人就要厭惡吃這河裡的水。』」 ¹⁹耶和華曉諭摩西說：「你對亞倫說：『把你的杖伸在埃及所有的水以上，就是在他們的江、河、池、塘以上，叫水都變做血。在埃及遍地，無論在木器中、石器中，都必有血。』」

水變血之災

²⁰摩西、亞倫就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫在法老和臣僕眼前舉杖擊打河裡的水，河裡的水都變做血了。 ²¹河裡的魚死了，河也腥臭了，埃及人就不能吃這河裡的水。埃及遍地都有了血。 ²²埃及行法術的，也用邪術照樣而行。法老心裡剛硬，不肯聽摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。 ²³法老轉身進宮，也不把這事放在心上。 ²⁴埃及人都在河的兩邊挖地，要得水喝，因為他們不能喝這河裡的水。 ²⁵耶和華擊打河以後滿了七天。

8 耶和華吩咐摩西說：「你進去見法老，對他說：『耶和華這樣說：容我的百姓去，好侍奉我。 ²你若不肯容他們去，我必使青蛙糟蹋你的四境。 ³河裡要滋生青蛙，這青蛙要上來進你的宮殿和你的臥房，上你的床榻，進你臣僕的房屋，上你百姓的身上，進你的爐灶和你的摶麵盆， ⁴又要上你和你百姓並你眾臣僕的身上。』」

蛙災

⁵耶和華曉諭摩西說：「你對亞倫說：『把你的杖伸在江、河、池以上，使青蛙到埃及地上來。』」 ⁶亞倫便伸杖在埃及的諸水以上，青蛙就上來，遮滿了埃及地。 ⁷行法術的也用他們的邪術照樣而行，叫青蛙上了埃及地。

⁸法老召了摩西、亞倫來，說：「請你們求耶和華，使這青蛙離開我和我的民，我就容百姓去祭祀耶和華。」 ⁹摩西對法老說：「任憑你吧！我要何時為你和你的臣僕並你的百姓祈求，除滅青蛙離開你和你的宮殿，只留在河裡呢？」 ¹⁰他說：「明天。」摩西說：「可以照你的話吧！好叫你知道沒有像耶和華我們神的。 ¹¹青蛙要離開你和你的宮殿，並你的臣僕與你的百姓，只留在河裡。」 ¹²於是摩西、亞倫離開法老出去。摩西為擾害法老的青蛙呼求耶和華。 ¹³耶和華就照摩西的話行。凡在房裡、院中、田間的青蛙都死了。 ¹⁴眾人把青蛙聚攏成堆，遍地就都腥臭。 ¹⁵但法老見災禍鬆緩，就硬著心，不肯聽他們，正如耶和華所說的。

蝨災

¹⁶耶和華吩咐摩西說：「你對亞倫說：『伸出你的杖擊打地上的塵土，使塵土在埃及遍地變做蝨子^[b]。』」 ¹⁷他們就這樣行。亞倫伸杖擊打地上的塵土，就在人身上和牲畜身上有了蝨子，埃及遍地的塵土都變成蝨子了。 ¹⁸行法術的也用邪術要生出蝨子來，卻是不能。於是在人身上和牲畜身上都有了蝨子。

¹⁹行法術的就對法老說：「這是神的手段。」法老心裡剛硬，不肯聽摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。

蠅災

²⁰耶和華對摩西說：「你清早起來，法老來到水邊，你站在他面前，對他說：『耶和華這樣說：容我的百姓去，好侍奉我。 ²¹你若不容我的百姓去，我要叫成群的蒼蠅到你和你臣僕並你百姓的身上，進你的房屋，並且埃及人的房屋和他們所住的地都要滿了成群的蒼蠅。 ²²當那日，我必分別我百姓所住的歌珊地，使那裡沒有成群的蒼蠅，好叫你知道我是天下的耶和華。 ²³我要將我的百姓和你的百姓分別出來。明天必有這神蹟。』」 ²⁴耶和華就這樣行。蒼蠅成了大群，進入法老的宮殿和他臣僕的房屋，埃及遍地就因這成群的蒼蠅敗壞了。

²⁵法老召了摩西、亞倫來，說：「你們去，在這地祭祀你們的神吧！」 ²⁶摩西說：「這樣行本不相宜，因為我們要把埃及人所厭惡的祭祀耶和華我們的神。若把埃及人所厭惡的在他們眼前獻為祭，他們豈不拿石頭打死我們嗎？ ²⁷我們要往曠野去，走三天的路程，照著耶和華我們神所要吩咐我們的祭祀他。」 ²⁸法老說：「我容你們去，在曠野祭祀耶和華你們的神，只是不要走得很遠。求你們為我祈禱。」 ²⁹摩西說：「我要出去求耶和華，使成群的蒼蠅明天離開法老和法老的臣僕並法老的百姓，法老卻不可再行詭詐，不容百姓去祭祀耶和華。」 ³⁰於是摩西離開法老去求耶和華。 ³¹耶和華就照摩西的話行，叫成群的蒼蠅離開法老和他的臣僕並他的百姓，一個也沒有留下。 ³²這一次法老又硬著心，不容百姓去。

畜疫之災

9 耶和華吩咐摩西說：「你進去見法老，對他說：『耶和華希伯來人的神這樣說：容我的百姓去，好侍奉我。 ²你若不肯容他們去，仍舊強留他們， ³耶和華的手加在你田間的牲畜上，就是在馬、驢、駱駝、牛群、羊群上，必有重重的瘟疫。 ⁴耶和華要分別以色列的牲畜和埃及的牲畜，凡屬以色列人的，一樣都不死。』」 ⁵耶和華就定了時候，說：「明天耶和華必在此地行這事。」 ⁶第二天，耶和華就行這事。埃及的牲畜幾乎都死了，只是以色列人的牲畜一個都沒有死。 ⁷法老打發人去看，誰知以色列人的牲畜連一個都沒有死。法老的心卻是固執，不容百姓去。

瘡災

⁸耶和華吩咐摩西、亞倫說：「你們取幾捧爐灰，摩西要在法老面前向天揚起來。 ⁹這灰要在埃及全地變做塵土，在人身上和牲畜身上成了起泡的瘡。」 ¹⁰摩西、亞倫取了爐灰，站在法老面前。摩西向天揚起來，就在人身上和牲畜身上成了起泡的瘡。 ¹¹行法術的在摩西面前站立不住，因為在他們身上和一切埃及人身上都有這瘡。 ¹²耶和華使法老的心剛硬，不聽他們，正如耶和華對摩西所說的。

¹³耶和華對摩西說：「你清早起來，站在法老面前，對他說：『耶和華希伯來人的神這樣說：容我的百姓去，好侍奉我。 ¹⁴因為這一次我要叫一切的災殃臨到你和你臣僕並你百姓的身上，叫你知道在普天下沒有像我的。 ¹⁵我若伸手用瘟疫攻擊你和你的百姓，你早就從地上除滅了。 ¹⁶其實，我叫你存立，是特要向你顯我的大能，並要使我的名傳遍天下。 ¹⁷你還向我的百姓自高，不容他們去嗎？ ¹⁸到明天約在這時候，我必叫重大的冰雹降下，自從埃及開國以來，沒有這樣的冰雹。 ¹⁹現在你要打發人把你的牲畜和你田間一切所有的催進來，凡在田間不收回家的，無論是人是牲畜，冰雹必降在他們身上，他們就必死。』」 ²⁰法老的臣僕中，懼怕耶和華這話的，便叫他的奴僕和牲畜跑進家來。 ²¹但那不把耶和華這話放在心上的，就將他的奴僕和牲畜留在田裡。

雹災

²²耶和華對摩西說：「你向天伸杖，使埃及遍地的人身上和牲畜身上，並田間各樣菜蔬上，都有冰雹。」 ²³摩西向天伸杖，耶和華就打雷下雹，有火閃到地上，耶和華下雹在埃及地上。 ²⁴那時，雹與火摻雜，甚是厲害，自從埃及成國以來，遍地沒有這樣的。 ²⁵在埃及遍地，雹擊打了田間所有的人和牲畜，並一切的菜蔬，又打壞田間一切的樹木。 ²⁶唯獨以色列人所住的歌珊地沒有冰雹。

²⁷法老打發人召摩西、亞倫來，對他們說：「這一次我犯了罪了。耶和華是公義的，我和我的百姓是邪惡的。 ²⁸這雷轟和冰雹已經夠了。請你們求耶和華，我就容你們去，不再留住你們。」 ²⁹摩西對他說：「我一出城，就要向耶和華舉手禱告，雷必止住，也不再有冰雹，叫你知道全地都是屬耶和華的。 ³⁰至於你和你的臣僕，我知道你們還是不懼怕耶和華神。」 ³¹那時，麻和大麥被雹擊打，因為大麥已經吐穗，麻也開了花。 ³²只是小麥和粗麥沒有被擊打，因為還沒有長成。 ³³摩西離了法老出城，向耶和華舉手禱告，雷和雹就止住，雨也不再澆在地上了。 ³⁴法老見雨和雹與雷止住，就越發犯罪，他和他的臣僕都硬著心。 ³⁵法老的心剛硬，不容以色列人去，正如耶和華藉著摩西所說的。

10 耶和華對摩西說：「你進去見法老。我使他和他臣僕的心剛硬，為要在他們中間顯我這些神蹟， ²並要叫你將我向埃及人所做的事，和在他們中間所行的神蹟，傳於你兒子和你孫子的耳中，好叫你們知道我是耶和華。」 ³摩西、亞倫就進去見法老，對他說：「耶和華希伯來人的神這樣說：『你在我面前不肯自卑要到幾時呢？容我的百姓去，好侍奉我。 ⁴你若不肯容我的百姓去，明天我要使蝗蟲進入你的境內， ⁵遮滿地面，甚至看不見地，並且吃那冰雹所剩的和田間所長的一切樹木。 ⁶你的宮殿和你眾臣僕的房屋，並一切埃及人的房屋，都要被蝗蟲占滿了。自從你祖宗和你祖宗的祖宗在世以來，直到今日，沒有見過這樣的災。』」摩西就轉身離開法老出去。 ⁷法老的臣僕對法老說：「這人為我們的網羅要到幾時呢？容這些人去侍奉耶和華他們的神吧！埃及已經敗壞了，你還不知道嗎？」 ⁸於是摩西、亞倫被召回來見法老，法老對他們說：「你們去侍奉耶和華你們的神，但那要去的是誰呢？」 ⁹摩西說：「我們要和我們老的少的、兒子女兒同去，且把羊群牛群一同帶去，因為我們務要向耶和華守節。」 ¹⁰法老對他們說：「我容你們和你們婦人孩子去的時候，耶和華與你們同在吧！你們要謹慎，因為有禍在你們眼前^[c]。 ¹¹不可都去，你們這壯年人去侍奉耶和華吧！因為這是你們所求的。」於是把他們從法老面前攆出去。

蝗災

¹²耶和華對摩西說：「你向埃及地伸杖，使蝗蟲到埃及地上來，吃地上一切的菜蔬，就是冰雹所剩的。」 ¹³摩西就向埃及地伸杖，那一晝一夜，耶和華使東風颳在埃及地上，到了早晨，東風把蝗蟲颳了來。 ¹⁴蝗蟲上來，落在埃及的四境，甚是厲害，以前沒有這樣的，以後也必沒有。 ¹⁵因為這蝗蟲遮滿地面，甚至地都黑暗了，又吃地上一切的菜蔬和冰雹所剩樹上的果子。埃及遍地，無論是樹木，是田間的菜蔬，連一點青的也沒有留下。 ¹⁶於是法老急忙召了摩西、亞倫來，說：「我得罪耶和華你們的神，又得罪了你們。 ¹⁷現在求你，只這一次，饒恕我的罪，求耶和華你們的神，使我脫離這一次的死亡。」 ¹⁸摩西就離開法老去求耶和華。 ¹⁹耶和華轉了極大的西風，把蝗蟲颳起，吹入紅海，在埃及的四境連一個也沒有留下。 ²⁰但耶和華使法老的心剛硬，不容以色列人去。

黑暗之災

²¹耶和華對摩西說：「你向天伸杖，使埃及地黑暗，這黑暗似乎摸得著。」 ²²摩西向天伸杖，埃及遍地就烏黑了三天。 ²³三天之久，人不能相見，誰也不敢起來離開本處，唯有以色列人家中都有亮光。 ²⁴法老就召摩西來，說：「你們去侍奉耶和華，只是你們的羊群牛群要留下，你們的婦人孩子可以和你們同去。」 ²⁵摩西說：「你總要把祭物和燔祭牲交給我們，使我們可以祭祀耶和華我們的神。 ²⁶我們的牲畜也要帶去，連一蹄也不留下，因為我們要從其中取出來，侍奉耶和華我們的神。我們未到那裡，還不知道用什麼侍奉耶和華。」 ²⁷但耶和華使法老的心剛硬，不肯容他們去。 ²⁸法老對摩西說：「你離開我去吧！你要小心，不要再見我的面，因為你見我面的那日，你就必死！」 ²⁹摩西說：「你說得好，我必不再見你的面了。」

以末次之災警告法老

11 耶和華對摩西說：「我再使一樣的災殃臨到法老和埃及，然後他必容你們離開這地。他容你們去的時候，總要催逼你們都從這地出去。 ²你要傳於百姓的耳中，叫他們男女各人向鄰舍要金器銀器。」 ³耶和華叫百姓在埃及人眼前蒙恩，並且摩西在埃及地、法老臣僕和百姓的眼中看為極大。

⁴摩西說：「耶和華這樣說：『約到半夜，我必出去巡行埃及遍地， ⁵凡在埃及地，從坐寶座的法老直到磨子後的婢女所有的長子，以及一切頭生的牲畜，都必死。 ⁶埃及遍地必有大哀號，從前沒有這樣的，後來也必沒有。 ⁷至於以色列中，無論是人是牲畜，連狗也不敢向他們搖舌，好叫你們知道耶和華是將埃及人和以色列人分別出來。』 ⁸你這一切臣僕都要俯伏來見我，說：『求你和跟從你的百姓都出去』，然後我要出去。」於是，摩西氣憤憤地離開法老，出去了。

⁹耶和華對摩西說：「法老必不聽你們，使我的奇事在埃及地多起來。」 ¹⁰摩西、亞倫在法老面前行了這一切奇事，耶和華使法老的心剛硬，不容以色列人出離他的地。

定逾越節之禮

12 耶和華在埃及地曉諭摩西、亞倫說： ²「你們要以本月為正月，為一年之首。 ³你們吩咐以色列全會眾說：本月初十日，各人要按著父家取羊羔，一家一隻。 ⁴若是一家的人太少，吃不了一隻羊羔，本人就要和他隔壁的鄰舍共取一隻。你們預備羊羔，要按著人數和飯量計算。 ⁵要無殘疾、一歲的公羊羔，你們或從綿羊裡取，或從山羊裡取，都可以。 ⁶要留到本月十四日，在黃昏的時候，以色列全會眾把羊羔宰了。 ⁷各家要取點血，塗在吃羊羔的房屋左右的門框上和門楣上。 ⁸當夜要吃羊羔的肉，用火烤了，與無酵餅和苦菜同吃。 ⁹不可吃生的，斷不可吃水煮的，要帶著頭、腿、五臟，用火烤了吃。 ¹⁰不可剩下一點留到早晨，若留到早晨，要用火燒了。 ¹¹你們吃羊羔當腰間束帶，腳上穿鞋，手中拿杖，趕緊地吃。這是耶和華的逾越節。 ¹²因為那夜我要巡行埃及地，把埃及地一切頭生的，無論是人是牲畜，都擊殺了，又要敗壞埃及一切的神。我是耶和華。 ¹³這血要在你們所住的房屋上做記號，我一見這血，就越過你們去，我擊殺埃及地頭生的時候，災殃必不臨到你們身上滅你們。 ¹⁴你們要記念這日，守為耶和華的節，作為你們世世代代永遠的定例。

¹⁵「你們要吃無酵餅七日。頭一日要把酵從你們各家中除去，因為從頭一日起，到第七日為止，凡吃有酵之餅的，必從以色列中剪除。 ¹⁶頭一日你們當有聖會，第七日也當有聖會。這兩日之內，除了預備各人所要吃的以外，無論何工都不可做。 ¹⁷你們要守無酵節，因為我正當這日把你們的軍隊從埃及地領出來。所以你們要守這日，作為世世代代永遠的定例。 ¹⁸從正月十四日晚上，直到二十一日晚上，你們要吃無酵餅。 ¹⁹在你們各家中，七日之內不可有酵，因為凡吃有酵之物的，無論是寄居的是本地的，必從以色列的會中剪除。 ²⁰有酵的物，你們都不可吃，在你們一切住處要吃無酵餅。」

²¹於是，摩西召了以色列的眾長老來，對他們說：「你們要按著家口取出羊羔，把這逾越節的羊羔宰了。 ²²拿一把牛膝草，蘸盆裡的血，打在門楣上和左右的門框上。你們誰也不可出自己的房門，直到早晨。 ²³因為耶和華要巡行擊殺埃及人，他看見血在門楣上和左右的門框上，就必越過那門，不容滅命的進你們的房屋，擊殺你們。 ²⁴這例你們要守著，作為你們和你們子孫永遠的定例。 ²⁵日後，你們到了耶和華按著所應許賜給你們的那地，就要守這禮。 ²⁶你們的兒女問你們說：『行這禮是什麼意思？』 ²⁷你們就說：『這是獻給耶和華逾越節的祭，當以色列人在埃及的時候，他擊殺埃及人，越過以色列人的房屋，救了我們各家。』」於是百姓低頭下拜。 ²⁸耶和華怎樣吩咐摩西、亞倫，以色列人就怎樣行。

耶和華擊殺埃及長子

²⁹到了半夜，耶和華把埃及地所有的長子，就是從坐寶座的法老，直到被擄囚在監裡之人的長子，以及一切頭生的牲畜，盡都殺了。 ³⁰法老和一切臣僕，並埃及眾人，夜間都起來了。在埃及有大哀號，無一家不死一個人的。 ³¹夜間，法老召了摩西、亞倫來，說：「起來！連你們帶以色列人從我民中出去，依你們所說的去侍奉耶和華吧！ ³²也依你們所說的，連羊群牛群帶著走吧！並要為我祝福。」 ³³埃及人催促百姓，打發他們快快出離那地，因為埃及人說：「我們都要死了。」 ³⁴百姓就拿著沒有酵的生麵，把摶麵盆包在衣服中，扛在肩頭上。 ³⁵以色列人照著摩西的話行，向埃及人要金器銀器和衣裳。 ³⁶耶和華叫百姓在埃及人眼前蒙恩，以致埃及人給他們所要的。他們就把埃及人的財物奪去了。

以色列人出埃及

³⁷以色列人從蘭塞起行，往疏割去，除了婦人孩子，步行的男人約有六十萬。 ³⁸又有許多閒雜人，並有羊群牛群，和他們一同上去。 ³⁹他們用埃及帶出來的生麵烤成無酵餅，這生麵原沒有發起，因為他們被催逼離開埃及，不能耽延，也沒有為自己預備什麼食物。 ⁴⁰以色列人住在埃及共有四百三十年。 ⁴¹正滿了四百三十年的那一天，耶和華的軍隊都從埃及地出來了。 ⁴²這夜是耶和華的夜，因耶和華領他們出了埃及地，所以當向耶和華謹守，是以色列眾人世世代代該謹守的。

申明逾越節例

⁴³耶和華對摩西、亞倫說：「逾越節的例是這樣：外邦人都不可吃這羊羔， ⁴⁴但各人用銀子買的奴僕，既受了割禮就可以吃。 ⁴⁵寄居的和雇工人都不可吃。 ⁴⁶應當在一個房子裡吃，不可把一點肉從房子裡帶到外頭去。羊羔的骨頭一根也不可折斷。 ⁴⁷以色列全會眾都要守這禮。 ⁴⁸若有外人寄居在你們中間，願向耶和華守逾越節，他所有的男子務要受割禮，然後才容他前來遵守，他也就像本地人一樣。但未受割禮的，都不可吃這羊羔。 ⁴⁹本地人和寄居在你們中間的外人同歸一例。」 ⁵⁰耶和華怎樣吩咐摩西、亞倫，以色列眾人就怎樣行了。 ⁵¹正當那日，耶和華將以色列人按著他們的軍隊，從埃及地領出來。

以色列中凡首生者當分別為聖

13 耶和華曉諭摩西說： ²「以色列中凡頭生的，無論是人是牲畜，都是我的，要分別為聖歸我。」

³摩西對百姓說：「你們要記念從埃及為奴之家出來的這日，因為耶和華用大能的手將你們從這地方領出來。有酵的餅都不可吃。 ⁴亞筆月間的這日是你們出來的日子。 ⁵將來耶和華領你進迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、希未人、耶布斯人之地，就是他向你的祖宗起誓應許給你那流奶與蜜之地，那時你要在這月間守這禮。 ⁶你要吃無酵餅七日，到第七日要向耶和華守節。 ⁷這七日之久，要吃無酵餅，在你四境之內不可見有酵的餅，也不可見發酵的物。 ⁸當那日，你要告訴你的兒子說：『這是因耶和華在我出埃及的時候為我所行的事。』 ⁹這要在你手上做記號，在你額上做紀念，使耶和華的律法常在你口中，因為耶和華曾用大能的手將你從埃及領出來。 ¹⁰所以你每年要按著日期守這例。

¹¹「將來，耶和華照他向你和你祖宗所起的誓將你領進迦南人之地，把這地賜給你， ¹²那時你要將一切頭生的，並牲畜中頭生的，歸給耶和華，公的都要屬耶和華。 ¹³凡頭生的驢，你要用羊羔代贖，若不代贖，就要打折牠的頸項。凡你兒子中頭生的都要贖出來。 ¹⁴日後，你的兒子問你說：『這是什麼意思？』你就說：『耶和華用大能的手將我們從埃及為奴之家領出來。 ¹⁵那時法老幾乎不容我們去，耶和華就把埃及地所有頭生的，無論是人是牲畜，都殺了。因此，我把一切頭生的公牲畜獻給耶和華為祭，但將頭生的兒子都贖出來。 ¹⁶這要在你手上做記號，在你額上做經文，因為耶和華用大能的手將我們從埃及領出來。』」

¹⁷法老容百姓去的時候，非利士地的道路雖近，神卻不領他們從那裡走，因為神說：「恐怕百姓遇見打仗後悔，就回埃及去。」 ¹⁸所以神領百姓繞道而行，走紅海曠野的路。以色列人出埃及地，都帶著兵器上去。 ¹⁹摩西把約瑟的骸骨一同帶去，因為約瑟曾叫以色列人嚴嚴地起誓，對他們說：「神必眷顧你們，你們要把我的骸骨從這裡一同帶上去。」 ²⁰他們從疏割起行，在曠野邊的以倘安營。 ²¹日間耶和華在雲柱中領他們的路，夜間在火柱中光照他們，使他們日夜都可以行走。 ²²日間雲柱，夜間火柱，總不離開百姓的面前。

Footnotes

出埃及記 4:21 或作：任憑。下同。
出埃及記 8:16 或作：虼蚤。下同。
出埃及記 10:10 或作：你們存著惡意。

出埃及 3-12

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

上帝呼召摩西

3 摩西为岳父米甸祭司叶忒罗放羊。一天他领着羊群穿越旷野，来到上帝的山——何烈山。 ²忽然有耶和华的天使在荆棘里的火焰中向他显现。摩西看见荆棘虽然在燃烧，却没有被烧毁。 ³摩西想：“我要过去看这个奇异的景象，荆棘为什么没有被烧掉呢？” ⁴耶和华上帝见他要上前观看，就从荆棘丛中呼唤他说：“摩西！摩西！”摩西说：“我在这里。” ⁵上帝说：“别再靠近，脱下你脚上的鞋子，因为你所站的地方是圣地。” ⁶又说：“我是你祖先的上帝，是亚伯拉罕的上帝，以撒的上帝，雅各的上帝。”摩西害怕看上帝，就把脸蒙起来。 ⁷耶和华说：“我已经看见我子民在埃及所受的苦难，听见了他们因监工的压迫而发出的呼求。我知道他们的痛苦。 ⁸我下来是要从埃及人手中救他们，带他们离开那里，到一个辽阔肥沃的奶蜜之乡，就是现在迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人和耶布斯人居住的地方。 ⁹现在，以色列人的呼求传到我耳中，我也看到了埃及人怎样压迫他们。 ¹⁰现在去吧，我要派你到法老那里，带领我的以色列子民离开埃及。” ¹¹但摩西对上帝说：“我是谁啊？怎么能去见法老，把以色列人从埃及领出来呢？” ¹²上帝说：“我必与你同在，你带百姓离开埃及后，你们必在这座山上事奉我——这将是我派你去的证据。” ¹³摩西问上帝：“假如我到以色列人那里，对他们说，‘你们祖先的上帝派我来你们这里。’他们如果问我，‘祂叫什么名字？’我该怎样回答他们呢？” ¹⁴上帝对摩西说：“我是自有永有者。你要这样回答以色列人，‘那位自有永有者派我到你们这里。’” ¹⁵上帝又对摩西说：“你要告诉以色列人是我派遣你到他们那里，我是他们祖先的上帝耶和华，是亚伯拉罕的上帝，以撒的上帝，雅各的上帝。耶和华是我的名字，直到永远，世世代代的人都要这样称呼我。 ¹⁶你去招聚以色列的长老，对他们说，‘你们祖先的上帝耶和华，就是亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的上帝向我显现，说祂关切你们，知道你们在埃及的遭遇。 ¹⁷祂应许要带领你们脱离在埃及所受的苦难，到迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人，希未人和耶布斯人住的地方，那里是奶蜜之乡。’ ¹⁸以色列的长老们必定听从你的话，你就跟他们一起去见埃及王，对他说，‘希伯来人的上帝耶和华向我们显现。现在请你容许我们走三天的路程，到旷野去，向我们的上帝耶和华献祭。’ ¹⁹我也知道除非我用大能的手向他施压，不然埃及王不会让你们离开。 ²⁰因此，我必伸手行各种神迹攻击埃及，之后他必让你们离开。 ²¹我必使埃及人恩待你们，好叫你们不致空手离开埃及。 ²²你们的妇女只管向埃及邻居及住在邻居家的妇女索取金器、银器和衣服，给自己的儿女穿戴，你们必这样夺取埃及人的财物。”

上帝赐摩西能力

4 摩西回答说：“他们不会相信我或听我的话，他们会说，‘耶和华根本没有向你显现。’” ²耶和华对摩西说：“你手里拿的是什么？”摩西说：“是一根手杖。” ³耶和华说：“把它丢在地上！”于是，摩西把杖丢在地上，杖变成了一条蛇。摩西连忙跑开。 ⁴耶和华说：“你伸手抓住它的尾巴！”摩西就伸手抓蛇的尾巴，蛇在他手中变回了杖。 ⁵耶和华说：“这样，他们就会相信他们祖先的上帝耶和华，就是亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各的上帝，曾经向你显现。”

⁶耶和华又说：“把手放进怀里。”摩西把手放进怀里，手抽出来的时候，竟患了麻风病，像雪一样白。 ⁷耶和华说：“再把手放进怀里。”摩西又把手放进怀里，这次再抽出来的时候，手已经复原，跟其他地方的皮肉一样。 ⁸耶和华说：“纵然他们不听你的话，不信第一个神迹，也必定相信第二个神迹。 ⁹如果他们两个神迹都不相信，还是不听你的话，你就从尼罗河里取些水来倒在旱地上，那水就会在旱地上变成血。”

¹⁰摩西对耶和华说：“主啊！我向来不善言辞，即使你对仆人说话以后，我还是不善言辞，因为我是个拙口笨舌的人。” ¹¹耶和华对他说：“是谁造人的口舌？是谁使人变成哑巴或聋子？是谁使人目明或眼瞎？不都是我耶和华吗？ ¹²去吧！我必赐给你口才，指示你说什么话。” ¹³但是摩西说：“主啊，请派其他人去吧。” ¹⁴耶和华向摩西发怒说：“利未人亚伦不是你哥哥吗？他是个能言善辨的人，正要来迎接你。他见到你一定很欢喜。 ¹⁵你要把该说的话传给他，我会赐你们口才，教你们如何行事。 ¹⁶他要替你向百姓说话，做你的发言人，你对他来说就像上帝一样。 ¹⁷你要把手杖带在身边，以便行神迹。”

¹⁸摩西回到家里，对他的岳父叶忒罗说：“求你让我回埃及去探望我的亲人，看看他们是否在世。”叶忒罗说：“你平安地去吧。” ¹⁹耶和华在米甸对摩西说：“你只管放心回埃及去，想害你性命的人都已经死了。” ²⁰于是，摩西拿着上帝的杖，带着妻子和儿子骑驴返回埃及。 ²¹耶和华对摩西说：“你到了埃及，见到法老的时候，务要照我赐给你的能力在法老面前行神迹。但我要使他的心刚硬，他必不让百姓离开。 ²²那时，你就告诉法老，‘耶和华说，以色列是我的长子， ²³我对你说过让我的长子出去事奉我，但你执意不肯。看啊，我要杀你的长子。’”

²⁴摩西在途中夜宿的时候，耶和华遇见摩西，想要杀他。 ²⁵他的妻子西坡拉拿起锋利的火石，割下儿子的包皮，放在摩西脚前，说：“你真是我的血郎。” ²⁶这样，耶和华才没杀他。当时，西坡拉说“血郎”是指割礼一事。

²⁷耶和华对亚伦说：“你到旷野去迎接摩西。”他就在上帝的山上遇见摩西，并亲吻他。 ²⁸摩西把耶和华吩咐他的以及要他行的神迹都告诉了亚伦。 ²⁹摩西和亚伦一起回去招聚以色列的众长老， ³⁰亚伦把耶和华对摩西的吩咐详细地告诉他们。摩西又在百姓面前行了那些神迹， ³¹百姓相信了。以色列人听见耶和华眷顾他们、看到了他们的苦难，都俯伏敬拜祂。

摩西和亚伦见法老

5 之后，摩西和亚伦去见法老，对他说：“以色列的上帝耶和华说，‘放我的子民走，让他们到旷野去为我守节期。’” ²法老说：“耶和华是谁？我凭什么要听从祂，放走以色列人？我不认识祂，也不会让以色列人离开！” ³摩西和亚伦说：“希伯来人的上帝向我们显现了。求你容我们走三天的路程，到旷野去向我们的上帝耶和华献祭，请你让我们去吧，免得祂用刀剑、瘟疫来攻击我们。” ⁴埃及王说：“摩西、亚伦，你们竟敢煽动百姓旷工！快回去工作！” ⁵法老又说：“这地方的以色列人如此众多，你竟叫他们停止工作！” ⁶当天，法老就对埃及监工和以色列人的工头下令： ⁷“从今天开始，不许再供应草给他们制砖，叫他们自己去捡， ⁸但上交的砖的数量要和往常一样，一块也不可少。因为他们懒惰，所以才嚷着要去给他们的上帝献祭。 ⁹你们要加重他们的工作，他们就无暇再听那些蛊惑人心的话了！”

¹⁰于是，那些监工和工头就出来向百姓宣布：“法老下令不再供应草给你们制砖。 ¹¹你们要自己设法去找，但上交的砖一块也不能少。” ¹²百姓只好在埃及全国收集碎禾秸当草用。 ¹³监工催逼他们说：“你们要完成每天规定的数目，像从前有草时一样。” ¹⁴他们又鞭打以色列人的工头，说：“你们这两天为什么没有像从前一样完成规定的砖数？”

¹⁵以色列人的工头来见法老，向他哀求说：“你为什么要这样对待仆人们？ ¹⁶监工不给仆人们草，却命令我们做砖，还打我们，其实是你百姓的错。” ¹⁷法老说：“你们是懒惰的人，懒惰的人！所以才嚷着要去给耶和华献祭。 ¹⁸回去继续工作！我不再供应草给你们，但砖要如数交齐。” ¹⁹以色列人的工头听见每天做的砖数不可减少，就知道情况不妙。 ²⁰他们从法老那里出来的时候，遇见摩西和亚伦站在外面等候， ²¹便埋怨二人说：“愿耶和华鉴察、惩罚你们！你们使我们在法老和他的臣仆面前有了臭名，使他们有借口来杀我们。”

²²摩西回到耶和华那里说：“主啊！你为什么这样苦待你的子民呢？为什么要派我去呢？ ²³自从我去法老那里奉你的名发言后，他更加虐待你的子民，你并没有拯救他们。”

上帝应许拯救以色列人

6 耶和华对摩西说：“你就要看见我怎样用大能的手对付法老，那时他会让以色列人走，甚至把他们赶出埃及！” ²上帝又对摩西说：“我是耶和华， ³我曾以全能上帝的身份向亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各显现，但没有让他们知道我的名字是耶和华。 ⁴我向他们坚守所立的约，要把他们寄居的迦南赐给他们。 ⁵我已听见以色列人因受埃及人的奴役而发出的呼求，也想起了我的约。 ⁶所以，你要转告以色列人说，‘我是耶和华。我要伸出臂膀重重地惩罚埃及，救赎你们脱离埃及人的辖制，脱离他们的奴役。 ⁷我要接纳你们做我的子民，我要做你们的上帝。这样，你们就知道我是你们的上帝耶和华，曾救你们脱离埃及人的辖制。 ⁸我必带领你们进入我举手起誓要给亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各的那片土地，把它赐给你们作产业。我是耶和华。’”

⁹摩西把这番话转告百姓，可是他们因为残酷的劳役无比沮丧，不肯听他的话。 ¹⁰耶和华对摩西说： ¹¹“你再去见法老，要他让以色列人离开他的土地。” ¹²摩西却说：“以色列人都不听我的话，法老又怎么肯听我这拙口笨舌的人呢？” ¹³耶和华吩咐摩西和亚伦回到以色列人和法老那里，要他们领以色列人离开埃及。

摩西和亚伦的族谱

¹⁴以下是以色列各宗族族长的名字：

以色列长子吕便的儿子是哈诺、法路、希斯仑和迦米。这些是吕便的宗族。

¹⁵西缅的儿子是耶姆利、雅悯、阿辖、雅斤、琐辖和扫罗，扫罗的母亲是迦南人。这些是西缅的各宗族。

¹⁶利未的儿子依次是革顺、哥辖和米拉利，利未享年一百三十七岁。 ¹⁷革顺的儿子是立尼和示每，二人各成宗族。 ¹⁸哥辖的儿子是暗兰、以斯哈、希伯仑和乌薛，哥辖享年一百三十三岁。 ¹⁹米拉利的儿子是抹利和姆示。这些是利未的各宗族。 ²⁰暗兰娶了他父亲的妹妹约基别，生了亚伦和摩西，暗兰享年一百三十七岁。 ²¹哥辖另一个儿子以斯哈生了可拉、尼斐和细基利。 ²²乌薛的儿子是米沙利、以利撒反和西提利。 ²³亚伦与亚米拿达的女儿、拿顺的妹妹以利沙巴结婚，生了拿答、亚比户、以利亚撒和以他玛。 ²⁴可拉的儿子是亚惜、以利加拿和亚比亚撒，这些是可拉的各宗族。 ²⁵亚伦的儿子以利亚撒与普铁的一个女儿结婚，生了非尼哈。以上是利未各宗族的族长。

²⁶正是亚伦和摩西受耶和华之命，要按以色列人的宗族支派把他们带出埃及。 ²⁷也是这二人要求埃及王法老让他们把以色列人带出埃及。 ²⁸那时，耶和华曾经在埃及对摩西说： ²⁹“我是耶和华，你要把我吩咐你的一切话告诉埃及王法老。” ³⁰摩西却对耶和华说：“你看，我拙口笨舌，法老怎肯听我的话？”

亚伦和摩西面见法老

7 耶和华对摩西说：“我要使你在法老面前像上帝一样，你哥哥亚伦是你的发言人。 ²你要把我吩咐你的话告诉你哥哥亚伦，由他要求法老让以色列人离开埃及。 ³可是，我要使法老的心刚硬，虽然我在埃及行许多神迹奇事， ⁴他将无动于衷。那时，我必伸手重重地惩罚埃及，然后领我的大队子民离开埃及。 ⁵埃及人看见我伸手攻击他们、把以色列人带出埃及，就会知道我是耶和华。” ⁶摩西和亚伦便遵命而行。 ⁷去见法老的时候，摩西八十岁，亚伦八十三岁。

⁸耶和华对摩西和亚伦说： ⁹“倘若法老要你们行神迹给他看，你就吩咐亚伦把手杖丢在法老面前，使杖变作蛇。”

¹⁰摩西和亚伦照耶和华的吩咐来到法老面前。亚伦把手杖丢在法老和他的臣仆面前，杖就变作蛇。 ¹¹法老召他的谋士和巫师前来，这些人是埃及的术士，他们也用邪术如法炮制。 ¹²各人将自己的手杖扔在地上，杖就变作蛇，但亚伦的杖吞噬了他们的杖。 ¹³法老却仍然硬着心，不肯听从摩西和亚伦，正如耶和华所言。

水变血之灾

¹⁴耶和华对摩西说：“法老非常顽固，不肯释放百姓。 ¹⁵明天早晨，法老会去尼罗河边，你就在那里等他，要拿着曾变成蛇的手杖。 ¹⁶你要对他说，‘希伯来人的上帝耶和华差遣我来告诉你，要让祂的子民到旷野去事奉祂，但到如今你还是不肯。 ¹⁷所以祂说要用手杖击打尼罗河水，使河水变成血，好叫你知道祂是耶和华。 ¹⁸河里的鱼会死，河水会发臭，埃及人不能再喝尼罗河的水。’”

¹⁹耶和华对摩西说：“你告诉亚伦，让他向埃及境内的各江河、溪流、池塘伸杖，使水变成血。埃及境内，包括木桶和石缸里将到处是血。” ²⁰摩西和亚伦就按着耶和华所吩咐的去做，亚伦在法老和埃及众臣仆面前举杖击打尼罗河水，河水都变成了血。 ²¹河里的鱼都死了，河水臭得不能饮用。埃及遍地都是血。 ²²可是，法老的巫师也一样用邪术使水变成血。法老的心仍然刚硬，不肯听从摩西和亚伦的话，正如耶和华所言。 ²³法老若无其事地转身回宫去了。 ²⁴因为河水不能饮用，埃及人就在尼罗河两岸掘井取水饮用。

²⁵击打河水后，七天过去了。

蛙灾

8 耶和华对摩西说：“你进宫去告诉法老，‘耶和华说，让以色列百姓离开，好事奉我。 ²如果你不听从，我就使青蛙来毁坏你的国土。 ³尼罗河将充满青蛙，它们要跳到你的宫里、卧室和床铺上，你的臣仆和百姓家里，你的炉灶和揉面盆里。 ⁴青蛙还会跳到你和你的百姓及众臣仆身上。’”

⁵耶和华对摩西说：“你叫亚伦向埃及各地的江河、溪流和池塘伸杖，使青蛙遍布埃及全境。” ⁶亚伦伸杖，青蛙就遍布了埃及全境。 ⁷巫师也行邪术如法炮制，叫青蛙上来。 ⁸法老召摩西和亚伦进宫，对他们说：“你们快求耶和华，使这些青蛙离开我们，我便让百姓去献祭给耶和华。” ⁹摩西对法老说：“好吧，你要我在什么时候为你以及你的臣仆和百姓祷告，叫这些青蛙离开你和你的宫殿，只留在河里呢？” ¹⁰法老说：“明天。”摩西说：“就照你说的，这样你就知道没有神明能比得上我们的上帝耶和华。 ¹¹明天青蛙会离开你、你的宫殿、你的臣仆和百姓，只留在河里。” ¹²摩西和亚伦离开法老后，摩西就为法老所受的蛙灾一事向耶和华呼求。 ¹³耶和华答应了摩西的祈求。凡在房屋内、院子里和田野中的青蛙都死了。 ¹⁴百姓把青蛙的尸体堆积起来，埃及全境都充满了死青蛙的腐臭气味。 ¹⁵法老看见灾难已经过去，便又硬着心，不肯听从摩西和亚伦的话，正如耶和华所言。

虱灾

¹⁶耶和华对摩西说：“你吩咐亚伦用杖击打地上的尘土，使埃及境内的尘土变成虱子。” ¹⁷他们就照上帝的吩咐去做，亚伦伸杖击打地上的尘土，虱子就跑到人和牲畜身上，全埃及的尘土都变成了虱子。 ¹⁸巫师们也试图用邪术变出虱子来，却无法成功。埃及的百姓和牲畜身上长满了虱子。 ¹⁹巫师们对法老说：“这是上帝的作为。”法老的心却仍然刚硬，不肯答应摩西和亚伦的要求，正如耶和华所言。

苍蝇之灾

²⁰耶和华对摩西说：“明天清早，你趁法老去河边时去见他，告诉他，‘耶和华说，放我的子民走，他们好事奉我， ²¹不然，我就叫无数的苍蝇飞到你、你的臣仆和百姓身上，进到你们各自的家中，使埃及遍地布满苍蝇。 ²²但那天，我子民居住的歌珊却丝毫不会受搅扰，这样你就知道我耶和华主宰天下。 ²³我要把我的子民跟你的百姓分开，明天我必行这神迹。’” ²⁴耶和华果然这样行。密密麻麻的苍蝇飞进法老的王宫和他臣仆的家里，埃及全国都受到苍蝇的毁坏。 ²⁵法老召见摩西和亚伦，对他们说：“你们可以去献祭给你们的上帝，不过要在我的境内举行。” ²⁶摩西说：“这怎么行？我们用来献祭的东西，是埃及人最憎恶的。如果我们在埃及境内举行这样的仪式，他们一定会拿石头打死我们。 ²⁷我们要照我们上帝耶和华的吩咐离开这里，走三天的路程到旷野去献祭给祂。” ²⁸法老说：“好，我让你们去旷野献祭给你们的上帝耶和华，只是不要走得太远。现在为我祈求吧。” ²⁹摩西说：“我离开这里就去祈求耶和华，使苍蝇明天就离开你及你的臣仆和百姓，但这次你不可再食言，阻止以色列人去向耶和华献祭。” ³⁰摩西说完以后，便离开王宫，去祈求耶和华。 ³¹耶和华就照摩西的祈求，使成群的苍蝇离开法老及其臣仆和百姓，一只也没有留下。 ³²这一次，法老又硬着心，不肯让百姓离开埃及。

瘟疫之灾

9 耶和华对摩西说：“你再进宫见法老，告诉他，‘希伯来人的上帝耶和华说，让我的子民去事奉我。 ²如果你不让他们走，继续扣留他们， ³我就会使你田间所有的牲畜，包括马、驴、骆驼和牛羊，都染上严重的瘟疫。 ⁴但我要把埃及和以色列的牲畜分开，以色列人的牲畜必丝毫无损。’” ⁵耶和华定了日期，说：“明天耶和华必在此地行这事。” ⁶第二天，耶和华就这样行了，埃及的牲畜都死了，但以色列人的牲畜一头也没死。 ⁷法老派人去探查，发现以色列人的牲畜真的安然无恙。可是，他仍然顽固，不肯让以色列人离开。

脓疮之灾

⁸耶和华对摩西和亚伦说：“你们去取几把窑里的灰，摩西要在法老面前把灰抛向空中。 ⁹这灰要变成尘土，散布在埃及每一个角落，落在人或牲畜身上，就会起疱长疮。” ¹⁰摩西和亚伦便取了一些窑里的灰，站在法老面前，摩西把灰抛向空中，埃及人和牲畜身上就开始起疱长疮。 ¹¹埃及的巫师无法与摩西对抗，因为他们及所有埃及人身上都长了脓疮。 ¹²耶和华使法老的心刚硬，他就不听他们的话，正如耶和华对摩西说的。

冰雹之灾

¹³耶和华对摩西说：“明天一早你再去见法老，对他说，‘希伯来人的上帝耶和华这样说，你要让我的子民出去事奉我。 ¹⁴这一次，我要降下大灾祸在你及你的臣仆和百姓身上，好叫你知道普天之下我独一无二。 ¹⁵我若用瘟疫攻击你和你的百姓，你们早就灭亡了。 ¹⁶我让你活到现在，是为了向你彰显我的权能，使我的名传遍天下。 ¹⁷但你竟然在我的子民面前狂傲自大，不让他们离开。 ¹⁸明天这个时候，我要使天上降下大冰雹，是你们埃及立国以来从没有见过的。 ¹⁹现在，你要叫人赶快到田间把牲畜和属于你的一切都带到安全的地方。凡留在田间的人或牲畜都会被冰雹打死。’” ²⁰有些法老的臣仆听了耶和华的话就很害怕，赶忙把在田间的仆人和牲畜都召回屋里。 ²¹但那些不把耶和华的话放在心上的，仍把他们的奴仆和牲畜留在田间。 ²²耶和华对摩西说：“你向天伸杖，天就会降下冰雹，落在埃及的一切人畜身上，摧毁田间的一切农作物。” ²³摩西向天伸出手杖，耶和华就发出雷电和冰雹，火光飞向大地。耶和华在埃及降下冰雹。 ²⁴那时冰雹夹杂着火降下来，极为严重，在埃及史无前例。 ²⁵冰雹摧毁了埃及境内田间的一切，包括人和牲畜，摧毁了田里的一切作物，打断了所有的树木， ²⁶只有以色列人所住的歌珊没有冰雹。 ²⁷法老派人召来摩西和亚伦，对他们说：“这次我犯罪了，耶和华是对的，我和我的百姓错了。 ²⁸请你们向耶和华祷告，好止住雷电和冰雹。我准许以色列人出去，你们不必再留在这里了。” ²⁹摩西回答说：“我一出城，就向耶和华举手祷告，雷电和冰雹必立刻停止，这样你就知道普天下都属于耶和华。 ³⁰但我知道你和你的臣仆还是不敬畏上帝耶和华。”

³¹这场冰雹发生在大麦吐穗和亚麻开花的时候。 ³²小麦和粗麦较晚成熟，没有被冰雹打坏。 ³³摩西离开法老，走出城外向耶和华举手祷告，雷和冰雹便停止了，豪雨也不下了。 ³⁴法老看见灾祸停止，就又犯罪，他和他的臣仆都心里顽固。 ³⁵法老硬着心，不让以色列人离开，正如耶和华借摩西所言。

蝗虫之灾

10 耶和华对摩西说：“你去见法老，我已使他和他臣仆的心刚硬，好在他们当中行我这些神迹。 ²这样，你就可以把我如何严惩埃及人以及我在他们当中所行的神迹告诉你的子孙，好叫你们知道我是耶和华。”

³摩西和亚伦便进宫去见法老，对他说：“希伯来人的上帝耶和华说，‘你要到什么时候才肯在我面前谦卑下来，让我的子民离开这里去事奉我？ ⁴这次你若再不答应，明天我要使蝗虫飞入你的国境。 ⁵它们铺天盖地，要吃光冰雹过后田间所剩的，包括一切树木。 ⁶你的王宫及臣仆和所有埃及人的房屋都要布满蝗虫，这是你祖祖辈辈从未见过的蝗灾。’”摩西说完，便转身离开法老。

⁷臣仆对法老说：“这个人还要给我们添多少麻烦呢？让他们离开去事奉他们的上帝耶和华吧！埃及已经快崩溃了，你不知道吗？” ⁸法老便召摩西和亚伦进宫，对他们说：“你们去事奉你们的上帝耶和华吧！但你们谁要去呢？” ⁹摩西回答说：“我们男女老幼都要去，还有我们的牛群和羊群，因为我们要去守耶和华的节期，向祂献祭。” ¹⁰法老听后，说：“我若让你们带走妇女和孩子，最好耶和华能保护你们！你们真是居心叵测。 ¹¹不行！只有男子可以去事奉耶和华，这是你们一直要求的。”法老说完，便下令把他们赶出去。

¹²耶和华对摩西说：“你向埃及伸杖，使蝗虫飞来吃尽冰雹过后剩下的植物。” ¹³摩西就向埃及伸杖。耶和华使东风在埃及境内刮了整整一天一夜，到早晨，东风带来了蝗虫。 ¹⁴埃及到处都布满了蝗虫，数目之多实在是空前绝后。 ¹⁵整个埃及铺满蝗虫，地上一片黑暗。这些蝗虫吃尽了冰雹过后剩下的农作物和树上的果子，没有留下一点青绿。 ¹⁶法老急忙召见摩西和亚伦，对他们说：“我得罪了你们的上帝耶和华，又得罪了你们。 ¹⁷现在求你饶恕我的罪，就这一次，为我祈求你们的上帝耶和华撤去这场死亡之灾吧！” ¹⁸摩西就离开法老出去祈求耶和华， ¹⁹耶和华就把风向倒转，变成猛烈的西风，把蝗虫刮走，吹进红海。埃及境内一只蝗虫也没留下。 ²⁰可是，耶和华又使法老心硬，不让以色列人离开埃及。

黑暗之灾

²¹耶和华对摩西说：“你向天伸杖，使埃及全境漆黑一片，那黑暗浓得甚至可以摸到。” ²²摩西向天伸杖，埃及全境便漆黑了三天之久。 ²³埃及人彼此看不见，谁也不敢移动半步。可是，以色列人住的地方却有光。 ²⁴法老把摩西召来，对他说：“去吧，带着你们的妇女和孩子去事奉耶和华吧，但你们要把牛羊留下。” ²⁵摩西回答说：“你要让我们带走牛羊，因为它们是献给我们上帝耶和华的祭物和燔祭牲。 ²⁶我们要带走所有的牲畜，一只蹄子也不留下，因为我们要从其中选一些来献给我们的上帝耶和华。我们抵达目的地前，还不知道把哪些献给祂。” ²⁷但耶和华使法老的心刚硬，不肯让以色列百姓离开。 ²⁸法老对摩西说：“给我滚出去！不要再让我见到你，因为你再见我面之日必死。” ²⁹摩西回答说：“你说得好，我必不再见你的面。”

灭长子之灾

11 耶和华对摩西说：“我给法老和埃及再降下一场灾难，之后他必放你们走，甚至是迫不及待地赶你们走。 ²你要告诉以色列人，不论男女，去向邻近的埃及人索取金器银器。” ³耶和华使埃及人恩待以色列人，法老的臣仆和百姓极其尊重摩西。

⁴摩西说：“耶和华说，‘今晚半夜，我要走遍埃及。 ⁵埃及境内，从坐王位的法老的长子到推磨的女奴的长子，以及所有头生的牲畜，都必死亡。 ⁶那时整个埃及必充满悲惨的哭号声，惨况空前绝后。 ⁷但在以色列人中，连狗也不会向人或牲畜吠叫，这样你们就知道耶和华将把埃及人和以色列人分开。 ⁸到那天，你所有的臣仆都要来俯伏在我面前，求我和跟随我的百姓离开这里。那时我才会离开。’”摩西说完便怒气冲冲地离开法老。 ⁹耶和华曾对摩西说：“法老一定不肯听你的话，因此我要在埃及多行神迹。” ¹⁰摩西和亚伦在法老面前行了这一切的神迹，但耶和华使法老的心刚硬，他不让以色列人离开他的国土。

逾越节

12 耶和华在埃及对摩西和亚伦说： ²“从现在开始，你们要以这个月为一月，为一年之首。 ³你要向以色列全体会众宣布，本月的第十日，每家都要预备一只羊羔，一家一只。 ⁴倘若家人太少，吃不了一只，可以跟最近的邻居共享一只，你们要按人数和各人的食量预备羊羔。 ⁵羊羔必须是毫无残疾、一岁的公绵羊或公山羊。 ⁶全体会众要把羊留到本月十四日，在黄昏时分宰杀， ⁷然后取点血涂在房子的门框和门楣上，全家要在房子里吃羊肉。 ⁸当晚，你们要用火把羊肉烤熟，与无酵饼和苦菜一起吃。 ⁹不可吃生羊肉，也不可煮着吃，要把整只羊，连头带腿和内脏一并烤着吃。 ¹⁰不可把肉留到早晨，留到早晨的肉要烧掉。 ¹¹你们吃的时候，要束腰、穿鞋、手中拿杖，要赶快吃，这是耶和华的逾越节。

¹²“因为那一夜我要巡遍埃及，把境内所有长子和头生的牲畜全都杀掉，也要严惩埃及所有的神明。我是耶和华。 ¹³涂在你们房屋上的血是一个记号，我见到这血就会越过你们。我击打埃及的时候，那灾祸不会落到你们身上。

Exodus 3-13

King James Version

3 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

²And the angel of the Lord 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.

³And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

⁴And when the Lord 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.

⁵And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

⁶Moreover 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.

⁷And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

⁸And 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 Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

⁹Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

¹⁰Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

¹¹And 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?

¹²And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a 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.

¹³And 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?

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁵And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord 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 for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

¹⁶Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

¹⁷And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

¹⁸And 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, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.

¹⁹And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

²⁰And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.

²¹And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.

²²But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, 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 spoil the Egyptians.

4 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.

²And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

³And 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.

⁴And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

⁵That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

⁶And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

⁷And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

⁸And 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.

⁹And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also 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.

¹⁰And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

¹¹And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

¹²Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

¹³And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

¹⁴And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

¹⁵And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

¹⁶And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

¹⁷And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

¹⁸And 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 which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

¹⁹And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

²⁰And 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.

²¹And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

²²And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

²³And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

²⁴And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.

²⁵Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

²⁶So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

²⁷And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

²⁸And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

²⁹And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

³⁰And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

³¹And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

5 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

²And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

³And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

⁴And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

⁵And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

⁶And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

⁷Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

⁸And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

⁹Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

¹⁰And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

¹¹Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

¹²So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

¹³And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

¹⁴And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

¹⁵Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

¹⁶There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

¹⁷But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.

¹⁸Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

¹⁹And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

²⁰And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

²¹And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour 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.

²²And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

²³For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

6 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.

²And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:

³And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.

⁴And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

⁵And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

⁶Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

⁷And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

⁸And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.

⁹And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

¹⁰And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

¹¹Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

¹²And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

¹³And the Lord 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.

¹⁴These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.

¹⁵And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

¹⁶And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

¹⁷The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

¹⁸And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

¹⁹And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

²⁰And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

²¹And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

²²And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

²³And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

²⁴And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

²⁵And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

²⁶These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

²⁷These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.

²⁸And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,

²⁹That the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

³⁰And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

7 And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

²Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

³And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

⁴But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

⁵And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

⁶And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.

⁷And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

⁸And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

⁹When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

¹⁰And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

¹¹Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

¹²For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

¹³And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

¹⁴And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

¹⁵Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

¹⁶And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

¹⁷Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

¹⁸And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

¹⁹And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.

²⁰And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

²¹And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

²²And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.

²³And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.

²⁴And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

²⁵And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river.

8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

²And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

³And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

⁴And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

⁵And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

⁶And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

⁷And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

⁸Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord.

⁹And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

¹⁰And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.

¹¹And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

¹²And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

¹³And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

¹⁴And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

¹⁵But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

¹⁶And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

¹⁷And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

¹⁸And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

¹⁹Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

²⁰And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

²¹Else, 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.

²²And I will sever 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 the Lord in the midst of the earth.

²³And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.

²⁴And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

²⁵And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.

²⁶And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

²⁷We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us.

²⁸And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.

²⁹And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.

³⁰And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.

³¹And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

³²And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.

9 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

²For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

³Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

⁴And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.

⁵And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.

⁶And the Lord 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.

⁷And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

⁸And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

⁹And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

¹⁰And 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 blains upon man, and upon beast.

¹¹And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

¹²And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses.

¹³And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

¹⁴For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

¹⁵For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

¹⁶And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

¹⁷As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

¹⁸Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

¹⁹Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.

²⁰He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

²¹And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field.

²²And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine 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.

²³And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

²⁴So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

²⁵And 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 brake every tree of the field.

²⁶Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

²⁷And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

²⁸Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

²⁹And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord's.

³⁰But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God.

³¹And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

³²But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.

³³And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

³⁴And 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.

³⁵And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by Moses.

10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:

²And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord.

³And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

⁴Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

⁵And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot 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:

⁶And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

⁷And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

⁸And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go?

⁹And 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 will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord.

¹⁰And he said unto them, Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

¹¹Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

¹²And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine 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.

¹³And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

¹⁴And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

¹⁵For 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 had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

¹⁶Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.

¹⁷Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

¹⁸And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.

¹⁹And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

²⁰But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

²¹And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

²²And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

²³They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

²⁴And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

²⁵And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.

²⁶Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.

²⁷But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.

²⁸And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

²⁹And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.

11 And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more 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.

²Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and jewels of gold.

³And the Lord gave the people favour 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.

⁴And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

⁵And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

⁶And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

⁷But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

⁸And 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 a great anger.

⁹And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

¹⁰And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,

²This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

³Speak 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 the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

⁴And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

⁵Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

⁶And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

⁷And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

⁸And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

⁹Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

¹⁰And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

¹¹And 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 the Lord's passover.

¹²For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.

¹³And 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 the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

¹⁴And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

¹⁵Seven 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.

¹⁶And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

¹⁷And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

¹⁸In 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.

¹⁹Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

²⁰Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

²¹Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

²²And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

²³For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

²⁴And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

²⁵And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

²⁶And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

²⁷That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord'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 bowed the head and worshipped.

²⁸And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

²⁹And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord 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.

³⁰And 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.

³¹And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.

³²Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.

³³And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

³⁴And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

³⁵And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:

³⁶And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.

³⁷And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

³⁸And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

³⁹And 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 victual.

⁴⁰Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

⁴¹And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

⁴²It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

⁴³And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

⁴⁴But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

⁴⁵A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

⁴⁶In 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.

⁴⁷All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

⁴⁸And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, 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: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

⁴⁹One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

⁵⁰Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

⁵¹And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

²Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

³And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.

⁴This day came ye out in the month Abib.

⁵And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

⁶Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.

⁷Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.

⁸And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

⁹And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

¹⁰Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

¹¹And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,

¹²That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord's.

¹³And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

¹⁴And 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 the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

¹⁵And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

¹⁶And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.

¹⁷And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

¹⁸But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁹And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

²⁰And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

²¹And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

²²He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Exodus 3-12

New International Version

Moses and the Burning Bush

3 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro^(A) his father-in-law, the priest of Midian,^(B) and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb,^(C) the mountain^(D) of God. ²There the angel of the Lord^(E) appeared to him in flames of fire^(F) from within a bush.^(G) Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. ³So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”

⁴When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called^(H) to him from within the bush,^(I) “Moses! Moses!”

And Moses said, “Here I am.”^(J)

⁵“Do not come any closer,”^(K) God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”^(L) ⁶Then he said, “I am the God of your father,^[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.”^(M) At this, Moses hid^(N) his face, because he was afraid to look at God.^(O)

⁷The Lord said, “I have indeed seen^(P) the misery^(Q) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned^(R) about their suffering.^(S) ⁸So I have come down^(T) to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land,^(U) a land flowing with milk and honey^(V)—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites^(W) and Jebusites.^(X) ⁹And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing^(Y) them. ¹⁰So now, go. I am sending^(Z) you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”^(AA)

¹¹But Moses said to God, “Who am I^(AB) that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

¹²And God said, “I will be with you.^(AC) And this will be the sign^(AD) to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you^[b] will worship God on this mountain.^(AE)”

¹³Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’^(AF) Then what shall I tell them?”

¹⁴God said to Moses, “I am who I am.^[c] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am^(AG) has sent me to you.’”

¹⁵God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,^[d] the God of your fathers^(AH)—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob^(AI)—has sent me to you.’

“This is my name^(AJ) forever,
the name you shall call me
from generation to generation.^(AK)

¹⁶“Go, assemble the elders^(AL) of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob^(AM)—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen^(AN) what has been done to you in Egypt. ¹⁷And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt^(AO) into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’^(AP)

¹⁸“The elders of Israel will listen^(AQ) to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews,^(AR) has met^(AS) with us. Let us take a three-day journey^(AT) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices^(AU) to the Lord our God.’ ¹⁹But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand^(AV) compels him. ²⁰So I will stretch out my hand^(AW) and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders^(AX) that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.^(AY)

²¹“And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed^(AZ) toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed.^(BA) ²²Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver^(BB) and gold^(BC) and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder^(BD) the Egyptians.”^(BE)

Signs for Moses

4 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen^(BF) to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”

²Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”

“A staff,”^(BG) he replied.

³The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.”

Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake,^(BH) and he ran from it. ⁴Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand. ⁵“This,” said the Lord, “is so that they may believe^(BI) that the Lord, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”

⁶Then the Lord said, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous^[e]—it had become as white as snow.^(BJ)

⁷“Now put it back into your cloak,” he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored,^(BK) like the rest of his flesh.

⁸Then the Lord said, “If they do not believe^(BL) you or pay attention to the first sign,^(BM) they may believe the second. ⁹But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood^(BN) on the ground.”

¹⁰Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”^(BO)

¹¹The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute?^(BP) Who gives them sight or makes them blind?^(BQ) Is it not I, the Lord? ¹²Now go;^(BR) I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”^(BS)

¹³But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”^(BT)

¹⁴Then the Lord’s anger burned^(BU) against Moses and he said, “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet^(BV) you, and he will be glad to see you. ¹⁵You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth;^(BW) I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. ¹⁶He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth^(BX) and as if you were God to him.^(BY) ¹⁷But take this staff^(BZ) in your hand^(CA) so you can perform the signs^(CB) with it.”

Moses Returns to Egypt

¹⁸Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.”

Jethro said, “Go, and I wish you well.”

¹⁹Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill^(CC) you are dead.^(CD)” ²⁰So Moses took his wife and sons,^(CE) put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff^(CF) of God in his hand.

²¹The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders^(CG) I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart^(CH) so that he will not let the people go.^(CI) ²²Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,^(CJ) ²³and I told you, “Let my son go,^(CK) so he may worship^(CL) me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”^(CM)

²⁴At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses^[f] and was about to kill^(CN) him. ²⁵But Zipporah^(CO) took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin^(CP) and touched Moses’ feet with it.^[g] “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. ²⁶So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision.)

²⁷The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he met Moses at the mountain^(CQ) of God and kissed^(CR) him. ²⁸Then Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say, and also about all the signs he had commanded him to perform.

²⁹Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders^(CS) of the Israelites, ³⁰and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs^(CT) before the people, ³¹and they believed.^(CU) And when they heard that the Lord was concerned^(CV) about them and had seen their misery,^(CW) they bowed down and worshiped.^(CX)

Bricks Without Straw

5 Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go,^(CY) so that they may hold a festival^(CZ) to me in the wilderness.’”

²Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord,^(DA) that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.”^(DB)

³Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey^(DC) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, or he may strike us with plagues^(DD) or with the sword.”

⁴But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor?^(DE) Get back to your work!” ⁵Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous,^(DF) and you are stopping them from working.”

⁶That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers^(DG) and overseers in charge of the people: ⁷“You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks;^(DH) let them go and gather their own straw. ⁸But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota.^(DI) They are lazy;^(DJ) that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’^(DK) ⁹Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”

¹⁰Then the slave drivers^(DL) and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw. ¹¹Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced^(DM) at all.’” ¹²So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw. ¹³The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.” ¹⁴And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed,^(DN) demanding, “Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?”

¹⁵Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why have you treated your servants this way? ¹⁶Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”

¹⁷Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy!^(DO) That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ ¹⁸Now get to work.^(DP) You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”

¹⁹The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.” ²⁰When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them, ²¹and they said, “May the Lord look on you and judge^(DQ) you! You have made us obnoxious^(DR) to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword^(DS) in their hand to kill us.”^(DT)

God Promises Deliverance

²²Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people?^(DU) Is this why you sent me? ²³Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued^(DV) your people at all.”

6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand^(DW) he will let them go;^(DX) because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”^(DY)

²God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord.^(DZ) ³I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,^[h]^(EA) but by my name^(EB) the Lord^[i]^(EC) I did not make myself fully known to them. ⁴I also established my covenant^(ED) with them to give them the land^(EE) of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.^(EF) ⁵Moreover, I have heard the groaning^(EG) of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.^(EH)

⁶“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.^(EI) I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem^(EJ) you with an outstretched arm^(EK) and with mighty acts of judgment.^(EL) ⁷I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.^(EM) Then you will know^(EN) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. ⁸And I will bring you to the land^(EO) I swore^(EP) with uplifted hand^(EQ) to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.^(ER) I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”^(ES)

⁹Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.^(ET)

¹⁰Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹¹“Go, tell^(EU) Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”^(EV)

¹²But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen^(EW) to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips^[j]?”^(EX)

Family Record of Moses and Aaron

¹³Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.^(EY)

¹⁴These were the heads of their families^[k]:^(EZ)

The sons of Reuben^(FA) the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

¹⁵The sons of Simeon^(FB) were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

¹⁶These were the names of the sons of Levi^(FC) according to their records: Gershon,^(FD) Kohath and Merari.^(FE) Levi lived 137 years.

¹⁷The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.^(FF)

¹⁸The sons of Kohath^(FG) were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.^(FH) Kohath lived 133 years.

¹⁹The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.^(FI)

These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

²⁰Amram^(FJ) married his father’s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses.^(FK) Amram lived 137 years.

²¹The sons of Izhar^(FL) were Korah, Nepheg and Zikri.

²²The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan^(FM) and Sithri.

²³Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab^(FN) and sister of Nahshon,^(FO) and she bore him Nadab and Abihu,^(FP) Eleazar^(FQ) and Ithamar.^(FR)

²⁴The sons of Korah^(FS) were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.

²⁵Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.^(FT)

These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.

²⁶It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of Egypt^(FU) by their divisions.”^(FV) ²⁷They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh^(FW) king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt—this same Moses and Aaron.^(FX)

Aaron to Speak for Moses

²⁸Now when the Lord spoke to Moses in Egypt, ²⁹he said to him, “I am the Lord.^(FY) Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you.”

³⁰But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I speak with faltering lips,^(FZ) why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God^(GA) to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.^(GB) ²You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. ³But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart,^(GC) and though I multiply my signs and wonders^(GD) in Egypt, ⁴he will not listen^(GE) to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment^(GF) I will bring out my divisions,^(GG) my people the Israelites. ⁵And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord^(GH) when I stretch out my hand^(GI) against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.”

⁶Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded^(GJ) them. ⁷Moses was eighty years old^(GK) and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Snake

⁸The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ⁹“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,^(GL)’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.”^(GM)

¹⁰So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. ¹¹Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers,^(GN) and the Egyptian magicians^(GO) also did the same things by their secret arts:^(GP) ¹²Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. ¹³Yet Pharaoh’s heart^(GQ) became hard and he would not listen^(GR) to them, just as the Lord had said.

The Plague of Blood

¹⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding;^(GS) he refuses to let the people go. ¹⁵Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river.^(GT) Confront him on the bank of the Nile,^(GU) and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. ¹⁶Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship^(GV) me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.^(GW) ¹⁷This is what the Lord says: By this you will know that I am the Lord:^(GX) With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood.^(GY) ¹⁸The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink;^(GZ) the Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.’”^(HA)

¹⁹The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff^(HB) and stretch out your hand^(HC) over the waters of Egypt—over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs—and they will turn to blood.’ Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in vessels^[l] of wood and stone.”

²⁰Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded.^(HD) He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile,^(HE) and all the water was changed into blood.^(HF) ²¹The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. Blood was everywhere in Egypt.

²²But the Egyptian magicians^(HG) did the same things by their secret arts,^(HH) and Pharaoh’s heart^(HI) became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said. ²³Instead, he turned and went into his palace, and did not take even this to heart. ²⁴And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile to get drinking water^(HJ), because they could not drink the water of the river.

The Plague of Frogs

²⁵Seven days passed after the Lord struck the Nile. 8 ¹^[m]Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship^(HK) me. ²If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs^(HL) on your whole country. ³The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people,^(HM) and into your ovens and kneading troughs.^(HN) ⁴The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”

⁵Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff^(HO) over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs^(HP) come up on the land of Egypt.’”

⁶So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs^(HQ) came up and covered the land. ⁷But the magicians did the same things by their secret arts;^(HR) they also made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

⁸Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray^(HS) to the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifices^(HT) to the Lord.”

⁹Moses said to Pharaoh, “I leave to you the honor of setting the time^(HU) for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.”

¹⁰“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh said.

Moses replied, “It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God.^(HV) ¹¹The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”

¹²After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the Lord about the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh. ¹³And the Lord did what Moses asked.^(HW) The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields. ¹⁴They were piled into heaps, and the land reeked of them. ¹⁵But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief,^(HX) he hardened his heart^(HY) and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

The Plague of Gnats

¹⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff^(HZ) and strike the dust of the ground,’ and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats.” ¹⁷They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats^(IA) came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats. ¹⁸But when the magicians^(IB) tried to produce gnats by their secret arts,^(IC) they could not.

Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, ¹⁹the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger^(ID) of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart^(IE) was hard and he would not listen,^(IF) just as the Lord had said.

The Plague of Flies

²⁰Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning^(IG) and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the river and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship^(IH) me. ²¹If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them.

²²“‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen,^(II) where my people live;^(IJ) no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know^(IK) that I, the Lord, am in this land. ²³I will make a distinction^[n] between my people and your people.^(IL) This sign will occur tomorrow.’”

²⁴And the Lord did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials; throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies.^(IM)

²⁵Then Pharaoh summoned^(IN) Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land.”

²⁶But Moses said, “That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the Lord our God would be detestable to the Egyptians.^(IO) And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us? ²⁷We must take a three-day journey^(IP) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices^(IQ) to the Lord our God, as he commands us.”

²⁸Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the Lord your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray^(IR) for me.”

²⁹Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only let Pharaoh be sure that he does not act deceitfully^(IS) again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”

³⁰Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord,^(IT) ³¹and the Lord did what Moses asked. The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. ³²But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart^(IU) and would not let the people go.

The Plague on Livestock

9 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, so that they may worship^(IV) me.” ²If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back, ³the hand^(IW) of the Lord will bring a terrible plague^(IX) on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats. ⁴But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt,^(IY) so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”

⁵The Lord set a time and said, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.” ⁶And the next day the Lord did it: All the livestock^(IZ) of the Egyptians died,^(JA) but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died. ⁷Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart^(JB) was unyielding and he would not let the people go.^(JC)

The Plague of Boils

⁸Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh. ⁹It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils^(JD) will break out on people and animals throughout the land.”

¹⁰So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on people and animals. ¹¹The magicians^(JE) could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians. ¹²But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart^(JF) and he would not listen^(JG) to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said to Moses.

The Plague of Hail

¹³Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship^(JH) me, ¹⁴or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know^(JI) that there is no one like^(JJ) me in all the earth. ¹⁵For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people^(JK) with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth. ¹⁶But I have raised you up^[o] for this very purpose,^(JL) that I might show you my power^(JM) and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. ¹⁷You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go. ¹⁸Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm^(JN) that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now.^(JO) ¹⁹Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every person and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.’”

²⁰Those officials of Pharaoh who feared^(JP) the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside. ²¹But those who ignored^(JQ) the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the field.

²²Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over Egypt—on people and animals and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt.” ²³When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder^(JR) and hail,^(JS) and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt; ²⁴hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.^(JT) ²⁵Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields—both people and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.^(JU) ²⁶The only place it did not hail was the land of Goshen,^(JV) where the Israelites were.^(JW)

²⁷Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,”^(JX) he said to them. “The Lord is in the right,^(JY) and I and my people are in the wrong. ²⁸Pray^(JZ) to the Lord, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go;^(KA) you don’t have to stay any longer.”

²⁹Moses replied, “When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands^(KB) in prayer to the Lord. The thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth^(KC) is the Lord’s. ³⁰But I know that you and your officials still do not fear^(KD) the Lord God.”

³¹(The flax and barley^(KE) were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom. ³²The wheat and spelt,^(KF) however, were not destroyed, because they ripen later.)

³³Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. He spread out his hands toward the Lord; the thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the land. ³⁴When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts. ³⁵So Pharaoh’s heart^(KG) was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.

The Plague of Locusts

10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart^(KH) and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs^(KI) of mine among them ²that you may tell your children^(KJ) and grandchildren how I dealt harshly^(KK) with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.”^(KL)

³So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble^(KM) yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. ⁴If you refuse^(KN) to let them go, I will bring locusts^(KO) into your country tomorrow. ⁵They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left^(KP) after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields.^(KQ) ⁶They will fill your houses^(KR) and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.’”^(KS) Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.

⁷Pharaoh’s officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare^(KT) to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”^(KU)

⁸Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship^(KV) the Lord your God,” he said. “But tell me who will be going.”

⁹Moses answered, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival^(KW) to the Lord.”

¹⁰Pharaoh said, “The Lord be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.^[p] ¹¹No! Have only the men go and worship the Lord, since that’s what you have been asking for.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.

¹²And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand^(KX) over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”

¹³So Moses stretched out his staff^(KY) over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts;^(KZ) ¹⁴they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts,^(LA) nor will there ever be again. ¹⁵They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured^(LB) all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

¹⁶Pharaoh quickly summoned^(LC) Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned^(LD) against the Lord your God and against you. ¹⁷Now forgive^(LE) my sin once more and pray^(LF) to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”

¹⁸Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.^(LG) ¹⁹And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea.^[q] Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. ²⁰But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,^(LH) and he would not let the Israelites go.

The Plague of Darkness

²¹Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness^(LI) spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.” ²²So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness^(LJ) covered all Egypt for three days. ²³No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.^(LK)

²⁴Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go,^(LL) worship the Lord. Even your women and children^(LM) may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”^(LN)

²⁵But Moses said, “You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings^(LO) to present to the Lord our God. ²⁶Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the Lord our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the Lord.”

²⁷But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,^(LP) and he was not willing to let them go. ²⁸Pharaoh said to Moses, “Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.”

²⁹“Just as you say,” Moses replied. “I will never appear^(LQ) before you again.”

The Plague on the Firstborn

11 Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go^(LR) from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely.^(LS) ²Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”^(LT) ³(The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed^(LU) toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded^(LV) in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.)

⁴So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight^(LW) I will go throughout Egypt.^(LX) ⁵Every firstborn^(LY) son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill,^(LZ) and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. ⁶There will be loud wailing^(MA) throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. ⁷But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction^(MB) between Egypt and Israel. ⁸All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go,^(MC) you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.”^(MD) Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.

⁹The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen^(ME) to you—so that my wonders^(MF) may be multiplied in Egypt.” ¹⁰Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,^(MG) and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.

The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread^(MH)

12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, ²“This month is to be for you the first month,^(MI) the first month of your year. ³Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb^[r]^(MJ) for his family, one for each household.^(MK) ⁴If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. ⁵The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,^(ML) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. ⁶Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,^(MM) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.^(MN) ⁷Then they are to take some of the blood^(MO) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. ⁸That same night^(MP) they are to eat the meat roasted^(MQ) over the fire, along with bitter herbs,^(MR) and bread made without yeast.^(MS) ⁹Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs.^(MT) ¹⁰Do not leave any of it till morning;^(MU) if some is left till morning, you must burn it. ¹¹This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste;^(MV) it is the Lord’s Passover.^(MW)

¹²“On that same night I will pass through^(MX) Egypt and strike down^(MY) every firstborn^(MZ) of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods^(NA) of Egypt. I am the Lord.^(NB) ¹³The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over^(NC) you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.^(ND)

Footnotes

Exodus 3:6 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (see Acts 7:32) fathers
Exodus 3:12 The Hebrew is plural.
Exodus 3:14 Or I will be what I will be
Exodus 3:15 The Hebrew for Lord sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for I am in verse 14.
Exodus 4:6 The Hebrew word for leprous was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
Exodus 4:24 Hebrew him
Exodus 4:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
Exodus 6:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
Exodus 6:3 See note at 3:15.
Exodus 6:12 Hebrew I am uncircumcised of lips; also in verse 30
Exodus 6:14 The Hebrew for families here and in verse 25 refers to units larger than clans.
Exodus 7:19 Or even on their idols
Exodus 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-4 is numbered 7:26-29, and 8:5-32 is numbered 8:1-28.
Exodus 8:23 Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew will put a deliverance
Exodus 9:16 Or have spared you
Exodus 10:10 Or Be careful, trouble is in store for you!
Exodus 10:19 Or the Sea of Reeds
Exodus 12:3 The Hebrew word can mean lamb or kid; also in verse 4.

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出埃及記 3-13 Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)

耶和華顯現於荊棘火中

遣摩西領以色列人出埃及

杖變蛇為證

手生大痲瘋為證

耶和華命摩西行奇事於法老前

法老益虐以色列人

神復言所許

記以色列人族長之名

摩西亞倫受神命

杖變蛇為證

法老剛硬其心

水變血之災

蛙災

蝨災

蠅災

畜疫之災

瘡災

雹災

蝗災

黑暗之災

以末次之災警告法老

定逾越節之禮

耶和華擊殺埃及長子

以色列人出埃及

申明逾越節例

以色列中凡首生者當分別為聖

Footnotes

出埃及 3-12 Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

上帝呼召摩西

上帝赐摩西能力

摩西和亚伦见法老

上帝应许拯救以色列人

摩西和亚伦的族谱

亚伦和摩西面见法老

水变血之灾

蛙灾

虱灾

苍蝇之灾

瘟疫之灾

脓疮之灾

冰雹之灾

蝗虫之灾

黑暗之灾

灭长子之灾

逾越节

Exodus 3-13 King James Version

Exodus 3-12 New International Version

Moses and the Burning Bush

Signs for Moses

Moses Returns to Egypt

Bricks Without Straw

God Promises Deliverance

Family Record of Moses and Aaron

Aaron to Speak for Moses

Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Snake

The Plague of Blood

The Plague of Frogs

The Plague of Gnats

The Plague of Flies

The Plague on Livestock

The Plague of Boils

The Plague of Hail

The Plague of Locusts

The Plague of Darkness

The Plague on the Firstborn

The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread(MH)

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出埃及記 3-13

Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)

出埃及 3-12

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Exodus 3-13

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Exodus 3-12

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The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread^(MH)