Israel Increases Greatly in Egypt

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:

Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,

When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”

She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?”

God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.”

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them.

These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years.

But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.

When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.

Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner,

along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land”),

and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.

“Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.

Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.

You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree.

And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance.

There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.

So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before the Lord.

“See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

Moses' Intercession

Moses said to the Lord, “See, you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’

And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

(for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

Construction of the Tabernacle

Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree, and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.

There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.