The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.

“In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble.

the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.

“Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.

“Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”

Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.

Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.

with an opening for the head in its center. There shall be a woven edge like a collar around this opening, so that it will not tear.

Make two gold rings for the altar below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it.

But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.”

The Lord replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book.

They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.

They made two gold rings below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it.

with an opening in the center of the robe like the opening of a collar, and a band around this opening, so that it would not tear.

He placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

He shall tear it open by the wings, not dividing it completely, and then the priest shall burn it on the wood that is burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the defiling disease, and then pronounce them clean. After that, he is to release the live bird in the open fields.

Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.”

This is so the Israelites will bring to the Lord the sacrifices they are now making in the open fields. They must bring them to the priest, that is, to the Lord, at the entrance to the tent of meeting and sacrifice them as fellowship offerings.

But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as belonging to the open country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee.

When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the Lord your God and rescued from your enemies.

Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses

Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.

They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?”