Exodus

Exodus 1 - The Israelites Are Oppressed

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,...

Exodus 2 - Birth and Youth of Moses, Moses Flees to Midian

Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a...

Exodus 3 - Moses at the Burning Bush, The Divine Name Revealed

Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb,...

Exodus 4 - Moses’ Miraculous Power, Moses Returns to Egypt

Then Moses answered, “But suppose they do not believe me or listen to me, but say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’” 2 The Lord said to...

Exodus 5 - Bricks without Straw

Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, so that they may celebrate...

Exodus 6 - Israel’s Deliverance Assured, The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh: Indeed, by a mighty hand he will let them go; by a mighty hand...

Exodus 7 - Aaron’s Miraculous Rod, The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood

The Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all...

Exodus 8 - The Plagues: Frogs, Gnats, Flies

[a] Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 2 If...

Exodus 9 - The Plagues: Livestock Diseased, Boils, Thunder + Hail

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go, so that they...

Exodus 10 - The Eighth Plague: Locusts

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his officials, in order that I may show these...

Exodus 11 - Warning of the Final Plague

The Lord said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go from here; indeed, when...

Exodus 12 - First Passover Instituted, The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn, The Exodus

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2 This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first...

Exodus 13 - Festival of Unleavened Bread, The Consecration of the Firstborn

The Lord said to Moses: 2 Consecrate to me all the firstborn; whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites, of human...

Exodus 14 - Crossing the Red Sea, The Pursuers Drowned

Then the Lord said to Moses: 2 Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of...

Exodus 15 - The Song of Moses, The Song of Miriam, Bitter Water Made Sweet

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he...

Exodus 16 - Bread from Heaven

The whole congregation of the Israelites set out from Elim; and Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on...

Exodus 17 - Water from the Rock, Amalek Attacks Israel and Is Defeated

From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim,...

Exodus 18 - Jethro’s Advice

Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, how the Lord had...

Exodus 19 - Israelites Reach Mount Sinai, The People Consecrated

On the third new moon after the Israelites had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came into the wilderness of Sinai....

Exodus 20 - The Ten Commandments, The Law concerning the Altar

Then God spoke all these words: 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you...

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