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Exodus 1
The new Pharaoh of Egypt, who knew not Joseph, becomes concerned about the military implications of the large increase in the Israelite population. He enslaves and oppresses them with forced labour, ordering the Hebrew midwives to kill all male babies.
PEOPLE: Jacob - Reuben - Simeon - Levi - Judah - Issachar - Zebulun - Benjamin - Dan - Naphtali - Gad - Asher - Joseph - children of Israel - Pharaoh - Egyptians - Shiphrah - Puah - God
PLACES: Egypt - Pithom - Raamses
RELATED ARTICLES: Shemot (parsha)
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A Levite woman gives birth to a son and places him in the Nile to keep him safe from Pharaoh. Pharaoh's daughter discovers him while bathing, adopts him, and names him Moses. After Moses grows up, he kills an Egyptian who was abusing one of his people. When his crime is discovered, Moses flees to Midian where he meets a priest, Reuel, and his family. Moses marries his daughter, Zipporah, and she gives birth to Gershom.
PEOPLE: Moses' father - Moses' mother - Moses - Moses' sister - daughter of Pharaoh - Pharaoh - Reuel - Zipporah - Gershom - God
RELATED ARTICLES: Shemot (parsha) - Hebrews
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 3
While Moses is tending the flock of Jethro, he comes to Horeb, the mountain of God. The Lord appears to him in a burning bush. "Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." (Exodus 3:5 NIV)
God tells Moses that he is the god of Israel and would send Moses to Pharaoh to deliver the Israelites out of Egypt. When Moses asks God whom he should say has sent him, God said to Moses, "I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I am has sent me to you.'" (Exodus 3:14 NIV)
God promises to deliver Israel into "a land flowing with milk and honey" and tells Moses that the Israelites will listen to him, but Egypt will refuse to let them go.
PEOPLE: Moses - Jethro - Angel of the Lord - יהוה YHVH (I AM) God - children of Israel - Egyptians - Canaanites - Hittites - Amorites - Perizzites - Hivites - Jebusites
PLACES: Midian - Horeb - Egypt
RELATED ARTICLES: Shemot (parsha) - Names of God - Names of God in Judaism
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 4
Moses, who has been called by God to deliver Israel from Pharaoh, asks, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The Lord did not appear to you'?" (Exodus 4:1 NIV). God gives Moses three signs that he can perform to authenticate his call – the ability to turn Moses' staff into a snake, the ability to make his hand leprous and then well again, and the ability to turn water into blood.
Moses then objects that he is "slow of speech and tongue" (Exodus 4:10 NIV). God says, "Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." (Exodus 4:12 NIV). But Moses asks that God send someone else to speak for him and God tells him to take his brother Aaron.
In the King James Version there is reference to God moving the lips of Moses, a spiritual possession, and putting words in his mouth so that he may be an avatar, a tele-presence for imparting God's message to the people. Exodus 4 Verse 15 "And 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 to do."
Moses leaves Jethro with his wife and sons. God reminds Moses that Pharaoh will refuse to let Israel go and that the firstborn son of every Egyptian will die as a result. God briefly wants to kill Moses, but a bloody foreskin changes his mind. Moses meets Aaron in the desert and they go to speak with the elders of Israel. "And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped." (Exodus 4:31 NIV).
PEOPLE: Moses – יהוה YHVH God – Aaron – Jethro – Zipporah – children of Israel
RELATED ARTICLES: Shemot (parsha) – circumcision – Zipporah at the inn
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The date can be calculated based on a 961BC date for Solomon's Temple, we then add the 480 years which arrives at 1441 BC for the Exodus. The 10 Commandments would have been received some time after that – probably in 1440 or later in 1441, depending on which month the Exodus began in. The verse below indicates it took 3 months to travel from Egypt to Sinai where the commandments were given to Moses.[1]Exodus 5
Moses and Aaron tell Pharaoh, "Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness." (Exodus 5:1 KJV). Pharaoh refuses to let the Israelites go and instead commands that they no longer be given straw with which to make brick - they must gather the straw themselves, but still produce the same quota.
The Israelite foremen realized that they could not meet this quota and they asked Pharaoh to relent, but he would not. They then accused Moses and Aaron of stirring up trouble and giving the Egyptians a reason to kill them.
After they said this, Moses asked God, "O Lord, why have you brought trouble upon this people? Is this why you sent me? Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all." (Exodus 5:22-23 NIV).
PEOPLE: Moses - Aaron - Pharaoh - יהוה YHVH God - children of Israel
PLACES: Egypt
RELATED ARTICLES: Shemot (parsha) - Animal sacrifice
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 6
God reminds Moses of His relationship with Israel, and commands him to tell the people that He will deliver them from Egypt and bring them into the land. But because they were in anguish from their bondage, the children of Israel did not listen.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. (Exodus 6:10-11 KJV)
Moses replied that he was not an eloquent speaker and asked how Pharaoh would listen to him.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH (JEHOVAH) God - Moses - Pharaoh - children of Israel - Aaron - Reuben - Hanoch - Pallu - Hezron - Carmi - Simeon - Jemuel - Jamin - Ohad - Jachin - Zohar - Shaul - Levi - Gershon - Kohath - Merari - Libni - Shimi - Amram - Izhar - Hebron - Uzziel - Mahali - Mushi - Jochebed - Korah - Nepheg - Zichri - Mishael - Elzaphan - Zithri - Elisheba - Nadab – Abihu - Eleazar - Ithamar - Assir - Elkanah - Abiasaph - Putiel - Phinehas
PLACES: Egypt
RELATED ARTICLES: Shemot (parsha) - Va'eira - Levite - Promised Land
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 7
God tells Moses that he and Aaron will command Pharaoh to free the children of Israel, but that Pharaoh's heart will be hardened and he will not obey. God promises to send signs and wonders so that the Egyptians will know that He is the God.
Pharaoh asks Moses and Aaron for a miracle and, as God had commanded, Aaron throws down his staff and it becomes a snake. The sorcerers and magicians then duplicate this feat – they throw down their own staffs and they too become snakes, but Aaron's "snake" then eats the other snakes.
But Pharaoh's heart is hardened and he refuses to let Israel go. Moses then, at God's command, turns the waters of Egypt into blood, killing all of the fish and ruining the water supply, but Pharaoh is unrelenting.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God – Moses – Pharaoh – Aaron – children of Israel – magicians of Egypt –
RELATED ARTICLES: Va'eira – Plagues of Egypt – Aaron's rod
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard – Douay–Rheims – Free – King James – Jewish Publication Society – Tyndale – World English – WycliffeExodus 8
God commands Aaron to stretch his staff over the water, and hordes of frogs overrun Egypt. Pharaoh grants permission for the Hebrews to leave, but afterwards rescinds it. The third and fourth plagues are lice and flies. Pharaoh promises to allow the Israelites to leave, but again refuses to keep his promise.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God - Moses - Pharaoh - Aaron - Children of Israel - Magicians of Egypt
PLACES: Egypt - Nile - Land of Goshen
RELATED ARTICLES: Va'eira - Plagues of Egypt - Aaron's rod
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 9
The plagues of Egypt continue with an epidemic disease on Egyptian livestock. The Israelites' cattle are unharmed. Once again, Pharaoh makes no concessions.
God commands Moses and Aaron to each take two handfuls of soot from a furnace, and scatter it skyward in Pharaoh's presence. The soot induces boils on Egyptian men and livestock. The Egyptian sorcerers are afflicted along with everyone else, and are unable to heal themselves, much less Egypt.
God commands Moses to stretch his staff skyward, which commences a powerful shower of hail intermixed with fire. The storm heavily damages Egyptian crops, as well as men and livestock. The storm strikes all of Egypt except for the Land of Goshen. Pharaoh promises to allow the Israelites to worship God in the desert. The hail stops as soon as Moses begins praying to God. However, Pharaoh refuses to keep his promise.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God - Moses - Pharaoh - Aaron - children of Israel - magicians of Egypt
PLACES: Egypt - land of Goshen
RELATED ARTICLES: Va'eira - Plagues of Egypt - Aaron's rod
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 10
Moses warns Pharaoh of the impending plague of locusts. Pharaoh's officials beg him to let the men go, but he is still unwilling to give in. He proposes a compromise: the men will be allowed to go, while women, children and livestock will remain in Egypt. Moses repeats God's demand that every last person and animal shall go, but Pharaoh refuses.
God has Moses stretch his staff over Egypt, and a wind brings a locust swarm. The swarm covers the sky, casting a shadow over Egypt, consuming all remaining crops. Pharaoh again promises to allow the children of Israel to worship God in the desert. As promised, God hardens Pharaoh's heart, and Pharaoh does not allow Israel to leave.
God instructs Moses to stretch his hand over Egypt, and bringing a tangible darkness for three days. The children of Israel are able to see perfectly. Pharaoh summons Moses again to bargain with him: he offers to let all the Hebrews go, but leave their livestock in Egypt. Moses refuses this condition. Pharaoh is outraged, and he threatens Moses with death.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God - Moses - Pharaoh - Aaron - children of Israel
RELATED ARTICLES: Bo (parsha) - Plagues of Egypt - Aaron's rod
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 11
God tells Moses that the final plague of Egypt is the death of all Egyptian first born males. This plague will cause Pharaoh to send the Israelites away, and God orders Moses to prepare the people to leave.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God - Moses - Pharaoh - Aaron - children of Israel
PLACES: Egypt
RELATED ARTICLES: Bo (parsha) - Plagues of Egypt
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 12
God commanded Moses to teach the ritual of Pesah. God told Moses to order the Hebrews to mark their doorpost with the lamb's blood, in order that the plague of death would pass over them.
In the middle of the night, God came upon Egypt to take the life of all the Egyptian first-born sons, including Pharaoh's own son. There was a great cry in Egypt, such as had never been heard before, or ever will be heard again. However, no Hebrew first-born was killed, as God "passed over" the Israelite houses.
Pharaoh ordered the Israelites to go away, taking whatever they wanted. The Israelites didn't hesitate; and at the end of that night Moses led them out of Egypt.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God - Moses - Aaron - children of Israel - Pharaoh
PLACES: Egypt - Rameses - Succoth
RELATED ARTICLES: Bo (parsha) - Plagues of Egypt - Pesah
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 13
The LORD tells Moses that the first born of each family should be redeemed. Moses commands the people to remember the flight from Egypt, to eat unleavened bread and hold a feast on the seventh day. Led by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, the Israelites continue their journey into the desert, carefully avoiding the war-torn land of the Philistines.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH - Moses - children of Israel
RELATED ARTICLES: Bo (parsha) - Beshalach - Sancitification of firstborns - Abib - Promised land - Canaanites - Biblical Hittites - Amorites - Hivites - Jebusites - Unleavened bread - Shabbat - Egypt - Pharaoh - Plagues of Egypt - Philistines - Joseph (Hebrew Bible) - Pillar of Fire (theophany)
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 14
God tells the Israelites to camp between Migdol and the sea. Pharaoh continues his pursuit. The Israelites see the Egyptians approaching and become frightened, but God commands Moses to stretch out his staff and divide the sea. The angel of God and the pillar of cloud move between the Israelites and the Egyptians, separating them. God sends a strong east wind and the Israelites enter the sea on dry ground, the water like a wall on the right and left. The Egyptians follow, but God commands Moses to stretch out his staff again, and the waters return, covering the chariots and horsemen. The people fear the LORD and have faith in Moses.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH - Moses - children of Israel - Pharaoh - Angel of God
PLACES: Pi-hahiroth - Baal-zephon - Migdol - Red Sea
RELATED ARTICLES: Beshalach - Passage of the Red Sea - Egyptians - Egypt - chariot - Pillar of Fire (theophany)
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 15
After the Passage of the Red Sea, Moses and the people of Israel rejoice: "The LORD ... has become my salvation; ... Pharaoh's chariots and his army He cast into the Red Sea ... The LORD will reign for ever and ever."
The Israelites continue travelling into the Wilderness of Shur. At Marah The Israelites complain to Moses about the bitterness of the water. To remedy this problem, God instructs Moses to throw a certain piece of wood into the water, which sweetened the water and made it fit to drink.
PEOPLE: Moses - children of Israel - Miriam - Aaron - יהוה YHVH God
PLACES: Red Sea - Marah - Shur - Elim
RELATED ARTICLES: Beshalach - Song of the sea - Psalms 90 - Passage of the Red Sea - Pharaoh - chariot - Palestine - Edom - Moab - Canaan
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 16
The Israelites continue their journey into the desert, and once in the Wilderness of Sin, they complain about the lack of food. Listening to their complaint, God sends them a shower of quail, and subsequently provides a daily shower of manna from heaven.
PEOPLE: children of Israel - Moses - Aaron - יהוה YHVH God
PLACES: Elim - wilderness of Sin - Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Beshalach - Egypt - Pillar of Fire (theophany) - quail - manna - omer - Sabbath - coriander - honey - Canaan - Ephah
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Once at Rephidim, the thirst of the people gets to them, so water is miraculously provided from a rock. The Amalekites perform a sneak attack on the Israelites, and although Joshua manages to lead an army to vanquish them, God still orders an eternal war against Amalek
PEOPLE: children of Israel - יהוה YHVH - Moses - Amalek - Joshua - Aaron - Hur
PLACES: wilderness of Sin - Rephidim - Horeb - Meribah - Jehovahnissi - Egypt
RELATED ARTICLES: Beshalach - Ancient Egypt - elders of Israel - rod of God
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 18
Jethro advises Moses to establish a system of courts to relieve Moses of the crushing burden of judging all disputes.
PEOPLE: Jethro - Moses - יהוה YHVH God - children of Israel - Zipporah - Gershom - Eliezer - Aaron
RELATED ARTICLES: Yitro (parsha) - Pharaoh - Ancient Egypt
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 19
In the third month the Israelites arrive at Mount Sinai, and God announces, via Moses, that the Israelites are God's people, because he has liberated them by his omnipotence. The Israelites accept this call, and so, with thunder and lightning, clouds of smoke, and the noise of trumpets, God appears to them at the top of Mount Sinai.
PEOPLE: children of Israel - Moses - יהוה YHVH God
PLACES: Rephidim - Biblical Mount Sinai - Egypt
RELATED ARTICLES: Yitro (parsha) - Ancient Egypt - Pillar of Fire (theophany)
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 20
God sets forth the Ten Commandments concerning man's relationship with God, and man's relationship to each other. The people are frightened by the voice of God and ask Moses to intercede. God then commands Moses to build an altar.
PEOPLE: children of Israel - Moses - יהוה YHVH God
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Yitro (parsha) - 613 Mitzvot - idolatry - Sabbath - murder - adultery - theft - lying - covetousness - altar
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God sets forth commandments regarding ethical treatment of slaves, treatment of other people and livestock.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Mishpatim - 613 Mitzvot - Covenant Code - Slavery - Christianity and Slavery - Religion and capital punishment - Murder - Abuse - An eye for an eye
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God sets forth commandments regarding ritual and civil law.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Mishpatim - 613 Mitzvot - Covenant Code - theft - restitution - arson - fornication - sexual ethics - Christian views on witchcraft - Religion and capital punishment - zoophilia - paganism - usury - sacrifice - Pidyon HaBen
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God concludes the Covenant Code, promises Canaan to the Israelites if they obey, but warns against the paganism of its inhabitants.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Mishpatim - 613 Mitzvot - Covenant Code - lying - gossip - peer pressure - honesty - dishonesty - bribery - Sabbatical year (Bible) - Sabbath - paganism - Jewish holiday - Passover - Abib - Three pilgrimage festivals - sacrifice - korban - unleavened bread - angel - Promised land - Hivites - Canaanite - Biblical Hittites - Red Sea - Philistines
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 24
Moses writes God's words and reads them to the people of Israel, who pledge their obedience. Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and seventy elders go up the mountain and see a representation of God. God calls Moses up into the mountain to receive a set of stone tablets containing the law, and further instructions.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God of Israel - Moses - Aaron - Nadab - Abihu - children of Israel - Joshua - Hur
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Mishpatim - altar - Tribes of Israel - sacrifice - korban - Book of the Covenant - Shekhinah
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 25
God instructs Moses to tell all Israelites whose heart so moves them to bring gifts to make a sanctuary — the Tabernacle — and its furnishings, so that God can dwell among them. God instructs them to make the Ark of the Covenant, a table on which to set the bread of display or shewbread, and a six-branched, seven-lamped lampstand — menorah — of pure gold.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH – Moses
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Terumah (parsha) – children of Israel – offering – gold – silver – brass – linen – Goat – Ram – תחש tachash (badger | sea cow | seal | dolphin) – Acacia – Oil – Spice – Incense – Onyx – Ephod – Breastplate – Tabernacle – Ark of the Covenant – Mercy seat – Cherub – Showbread – Menorah
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard – Douay–Rheims – Free – King James – Jewish Publication Society – Tyndale – World English – WycliffeExodus 26
God instructs the children of Israel to make the Tabernacle of ten strips of fine linen with a design of cherubim worked into them, to make a tent over the tabernacle, and coverings of tanned skins, to make planks of acacia wood, to make a curtain with a design of cherubim, to serve as a partition obscuring the Holy of Holies, to place the Ark, the table, and the lampstand in the Tabernacle, to make a screen for the entrance of the Tent, done in embroidery and supported by five posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Terumah (parsha) - Tabernacle - Curtain - Linen - Goat - Ram - תחש tachash (badger | sea cow | seal | dolphin) - Silver - Acacia - Gold - Altar - Brass - Veil - Cherub - Ark of the Covenant - Most Holy Place - Holy of Holies - Mercy seat - Menorah - Needlework
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 27
God instructs the children of Israel to make the altar and the enclosure of the Tabernacle. He then instructs them to bring clear olive oil, so that Aaron and his descendants as High Priest could kindle lamps regularly.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH - Moses - children of Israel - Aaron
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Terumah (parsha) - Tetzaveh - altar - acacia - brass - linen - silver - needlework - olive oil - veil
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 28
God describes the ornate holy robes that Aaron the priest will wear. Aaron's garments are to remind him both of the Lord and of the children of Israel.
29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH - Moses - children of Israel - Aaron - Nadab - Abihu - Eleazar - Ithamar
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Tetzaveh - Kohen - breastplate of judgement - ephod - embroidery - mitre - gold - linen - onyx - sardius - ruby - topaz - carbuncle - emerald - turquoise - sapphire - diamond - ligure - jacinth - agate - amethyst - beryl - chrysolite - jasper - Urim and Thummim - habergeon - pomegranate - bell - needlework
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 29
God gives details of the ritual to be used to ordain the priests, including robing, anointing, and seven days of sacrifices. There are also instructions for daily morning and evening offerings of a lamb.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God - Aaron and his sons - children of Israel
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Tetzaveh - Kohen - Bullock - Ram - Unleavened Bread - Oil - Ephod - Breastplate - Mitre - Crown - Sacrifice - Sin offering - Wave offering - Heave offering - Tabernacle - Lamb
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 30
God instructs Moses to make an incense altar. God instructs Moses that each person 20 years old or older, regardless of wealth, should pay a half-shekel ransom to the service of the Tent of Meeting. God tells Moses to place a laver between the tabernacle and the altar, so that Aaron and the priests could wash their hands and feet in water when they enter the tent or approach the altar. God directs Moses to make a sacred anointing oil from choice spices and olive oil to anoint the tabernacle, the furnishings, and the priests. God directed Moses make sacred incense from herbs to burn in the tabernacle. God warns against making anointing oil and incense from the same recipes for lay purposes.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH - Moses - Aaron and his sons - children of Israel
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Tetzaveh - Ki Tissa - altar - incense - acacia - cubit - gold - veil - Ark of the Covenant - mercy seat - Korban - shekel - laver - brass - tabernacle - spice - myrrh - cinnamon - calamus - cassia - olive oil - hin - apothecary - Holy anointing oil - anointing - Kohen - onycha - galbanum - frankincense - perfume
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 31
God informs Moses that God has endowed Bezalel of the Tribe of Judah with divine skill in every kind of craft. God assigns to him Aholiab of the Tribe of Dan and grants skill to all who are skillful, that they might make the furnishings of the Tabernacle, the priests’ vestments, the anointing oil, and the incense. God tells Moses to admonish the Israelites nevertheless to keep the Sabbaths, on pain of death. Then God gives Moses two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH - Moses - Bezalel - Aholiab - Aaron - children of Israel
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Ki Tisa - Uri - Hur - tribe of Judah - spirit of God - gold - silver - brass - Ahisamach - tribe of Dan - tabernacle - Ark of the Covenant - mercy seat - menorah - altar - laver - Kohen - oil - incense - Sabbath - capital punishment - tablets of stone
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 32
The people, impatient for Moses’ return, implore Aaron to make them a god. Aaron molds a golden calf and the people offer sacrifices, eat, drink, and dance. God tells Moses what the people have done, saying he will destroy them. Moses implores God not to do so, calling on God to remember his oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and God renounces the planned punishment. Moses goes down the mountain bearing the two tablets, and becomes enraged and shatters the tablets. He burns the calf, grinds it to powder, strews it upon the water, and makes the Israelites drink it. All the Levites, at Moses’ instruction, kills 3,000 people. God punishes the remaining sinners by means of a plague.
PEOPLE: Children of Israel - Moses - Aaron - יהוה YHVH God - Joshua
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Ki Tisa - Gold - Golden calf - altar - sacrifice - Egypt - Abraham - Isaac - Jacob - tablets of stone - nudity - sons of Levi - angel - plague
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 33
God dispatches Moses and the people to the Promised Land, but God decides not to go in their midst and the Israelites go into mourning. Moses erects the Tabernacle outside the camp, and enters to speak to God, face to face. Moses asks God to lead the people and God agrees. Moses asks God to let him behold God’s Presence, but God explains that no human can see God’s face and live. God instructs Moses to station himself on a rock, where God will cover him with God’s hand until God has passed, at which point Moses can see God’s back.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH - Moses - children of Israel - Joshua
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai (Horeb)
RELATED ARTICLES: Ki Tisa - Egypt - Abraham - Isaac - Jacob - Promised Land - Angel - Canaanites - Amorites - Biblical Hittites - Perizzites - Hivites - Jebusites - Tabernacle - cloudy pillar - Nun - Glory of The Lord
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay–Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 34
God directs Moses to carve two stone tablets like the ones that Moses shattered. God makes a covenant to work wonders and to drive out the peoples of the Promised Land. God warns Moses against making a covenant with them. God commands the Israelites to redeem every first-born, to observe the Sabbath and the Three Pilgrimage Festivals, to not offer sacrifices with anything leavened, to not leave the Passover lamb lying until morning, to bring choice first fruits to the house of the Lord, and to not boil a kid in its mother's milk. Moses stays with God 40 days, eating no bread, drinking no water. As Moses comes down from the mountain, his face is radiant.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God - Moses - Aaron - children of Israel
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
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ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay–Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 35
Moses reminds the Israelites of God's commandment to keep the Sabbath. Then Moses tells them to collect gifts of materials and invites all who are skilled to make the Tabernacle, its furnishings, and the priests’ vestments. The Israelites bring the gifts that Moses requested. Moses announces that God has singled out Bezalel and Aholiab to endow them with the skills needed to construct the Tabernacle.
PEOPLE: Moses – children of Israel – יהוה YHVH – Aaron and his sons – Bezalel – Aholiab
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
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ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard – Douay–Rheims – Free – King James – Jewish Publication Society – Tyndale – World English – WycliffeExodus 36
Moses calls on all skilled persons to build the Tabernacle. The Israelites bring more materials than is needed, so Moses proclaims an end to the collection. The skilled workers fashion the Tabernacle.
PEOPLE: Bezalel - Aholiab - Moses - יהוה YHVH
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
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ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 37
Bezalel makes the ark, cover, table, menorah, and incense altar for the Tabernacle.
PEOPLE: Bezalel
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
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ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 38
At Moses’ direction, Bezalel makes the altar for sacrifices, laver, and enclosure for the Tabernacle, Aaron’s son Ithamar oversees the accounts of the Tabernacle, and the text sets forth the amounts of gold, silver, and copper that Bezalel, Oholiab, and their coworkers use. The silver comes from the half-shekel a head for each man 20 years old and older who was counted in the census.
PEOPLE: Bezalel - Moses - Ithamar - יהוה YHVH - Oholiab
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
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ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 39
Bezalel, Oholiab, and their coworkers make the priests’ vestments, the ephod, the breastpiece, the robe, the tunics of fine linen, and the frontlet inscribed “Holy to the Lord” — just as God had commanded Moses. Then they bring the Tabernacle and all its furnishings to Moses, and he blesses them.
PEOPLE: Bezalel - Oholiab - Aaron and his sons - יהוה YHVH - Moses - children of Israel
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
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ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeExodus 40
God tells Moses to set up the Tabernacle, and Moses does as God commanded him, on the first day of the second year of the Exodus. When Moses finishes the work, the cloud covers the Tabernacle, and God's presence fills the Tabernacle. The Israelites travel only when the cloud lifts from the Tabernacle. God's cloud rests over the Tabernacle by day, and fire appears in it by night, throughout the Israelites’ journeys.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH – Moses – Aaron and his sons – children of Israel
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
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