8 And the LORD ahardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and bthe children of Israel went out with boldness.
9 So the aEgyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel acried out to the LORD.
11 aThen they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?
12 a“Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”
13 And Moses said to the people, a“Do not be afraid. bStand still, and see the csalvation1 of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall dsee again no more forever.
14 a“The LORD will fight for you, and you shall bhold1 your peace.”
15 And the LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.
16 “But alift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
17 “And I indeed will aharden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will bgain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.
18 “Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
19 And the Angel of God, awho went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them.
20 So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night.
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and amade the sea into dry land, and the *waters were bdivided.
22 So athe children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were ba wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
23 And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 Now it came to pass, in the morning awatch, that bthe LORD looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He 1troubled the army of the Egyptians.
25 And He 1took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the LORD afights for them against the Egyptians.”
26 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”
27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea areturned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the LORD boverthrew1 the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 Then athe waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained.
29 But athe children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
30 So the LORD asaved1 Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel bsaw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
31 Thus Israel saw the great 1work which the LORD had done in Egypt; so the people feared the LORD, and abelieved* the LORD and His servant Moses.
The Song of Moses
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1 Then aMoses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying:
“I will bsing to the LORD,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
2 The LORD is my strength and asong,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and bI will praise Him;
My cfather’s God, and I dwill exalt Him.
3 The LORD is a man of awar;
The LORD is His bname.
4 aPharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
bHis chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The depths have covered them;
aThey sank to the bottom like a stone.
6 “Your aright hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
7 And in the greatness of Your aexcellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth bYour wrath;
It cconsumed them dlike stubble.
8 And awith the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
bThe floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths 1congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 aThe enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will bdivide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’
10 You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 “Whoa is like You, O LORD, among the 1gods?
Who is like You, bglorious in holiness,
Fearful in cpraises, ddoing wonders?
12 You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.
13 You in Your *mercy have aled forth
The people whom You have *redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To bYour holy habitation.
14 “The apeople will hear and be afraid;
bSorrow1 will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 aThen bthe chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;
cThe mighty men of Moab,
Trembling will take hold of them;
dAll the inhabitants of Canaan will emelt away.
16 aFear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be bas still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O LORD,
Till the people pass over
cWhom You have purchased.
17 You will bring them in and aplant them
In the bmountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O LORD, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The csanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.
18 “Thea LORD shall reign forever and ever.”
19 For the ahorses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and bthe LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
The Song of Miriam
20 Then Miriam athe prophetess, bthe sister of Aaron, ctook the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her dwith timbrels and with dances.
21 And Miriam aanswered them:
b“Sing* to the LORD,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!”
Bitter Waters Made Sweet
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of aShur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no bwater.
23 Now when they came to aMarah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called 1Marah.
24 And the people acomplained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
25 So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. aWhen he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He bmade a statute and an 1ordinance for them, and there cHe tested them,
26 and said, a“If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His *commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the bdiseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD cwho heals you.”
27 aThen they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.
Bread from Heaven
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1 And they ajourneyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and bSinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they de-parted from the land of Egypt.
2 Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel acomplained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
3 And the children of Israel said to them, a“Oh, that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, bwhen we sat by the pots of *meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain abread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather 1a certain quota every day, that I may btest* them, whether they will cwalk in My law or not.
5 “And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and ait shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”
6 Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, a“At evening you shall know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt.
7 “And in the morning you shall see athe glory of the LORD; for He bhears your complaints against the LORD. But cwhat are we, that you complain against us?”
8 Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but aagainst the LORD.”
9 Then Moses spoke to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, a‘Come near before the LORD, for He has heard your complaints.’ ”
10 Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the *glory of the LORD aappeared in the cloud.
11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
12 a“I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, b‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and cin the morning you shall be *filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the LORD your God.’ ”
13 So it was that aquails came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning bthe dew lay all around the camp.
14 And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was aa small round bsubstance, as fine as frost on the ground.
15 So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, a“This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
16 “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it aaccording to each one’s need, one bomer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ”
17 Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less.
18 So when they measured it by omers, ahe who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need.
19 And Moses said, “Let no one aleave any of it till morning.”
20 Notwithstanding they did not 1heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
21 So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.
22 And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
23 Then he said to them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is aa Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’ ”
24 So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not astink, nor were there any worms in it.
25 Then Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the field.
26 a“Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”
27 Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none.
28 And the LORD said to Moses, “How long ado you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?
29 “See! For the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.”
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And the house of Israel called its name 1Manna. And ait was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
32 Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: ‘Fill an omer with it, to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ”
33 And Moses said to Aaron, a“Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.”
34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up abefore the Testimony, to be kept.
35 And the children of Israel aate manna bforty years, cuntil they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
36 Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.
Water from the Rock
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1 Then aall the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of bSin, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to cdrink.
2 aTherefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.” So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you btempt the LORD?”
3 And the people thirsted there for water, and the people acomplained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our blivestock with thirst?”
4 So Moses acried out to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to bstone1 me!”
5 And the LORD said to Moses, a“Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which byou struck the river, and go.
6 a“Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 So he called the name of the place aMassah1 and 2Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they 3tempted the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Victory over the Amalekites
8 aNow Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with athe rod of God in my hand.”
10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 And so it was, when Moses aheld up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 But Moses’ hands became 1heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 Then the LORD said to Moses, a“Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that bI will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”
15 And Moses built an *altar and called its name, 1The-LORD-Is-My-Banner;
16 for he said, “Because 1the LORD has asworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
Jethro’s Advice
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1 And aJethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that bGod had done for Moses and for Israel His people—that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took aZipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
3 with her atwo sons, of whom the name of one was 1Gershom (for he said, b“I have been a 2stranger in a foreign land”)
4 and the name of the other was 1Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my ahelp, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”);
5 and Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at athe mountain of God.
6 Now he had said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her.”
7 So Moses awent out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and bkissed him. And they asked each other about their well-being, and they went into the tent.
8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had come upon them on the way, and how the LORD had adelivered them.
9 Then Jethro rejoiced for all the agood which the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10 And Jethro said, a“Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11 “Now I know that the LORD is agreater than all the gods; bfor in the very thing in which they 1behaved cproudly, He was above them.”
12 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, 1took a burnt aoffering and other sacrifices to offer to God. And Aaron came with all the el-ders of Israel bto eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.
13 And so it was, on the next day, that Moses asat to judge the people; and the people stood before Moses from morning until evening.
14 So when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone 1sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?”
15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because athe people come to me to inquire of God.
16 “When they have aa 1difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.”
17 So Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.
18 “Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing is too much for you; ayou are not able to perform it by yourself.
19 “Listen now to my voice; I will give you 1counsel, and God will be with you: Stand abefore God for the people, so that you may bbring the difficulties to God.
20 “And you shall ateach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and bthe work they must do.
21 “Moreover you shall select from all the people aable men, such as bfear God, cmen of truth, dhating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
22 “And let them judge the people at all times. aThen it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for bthey will bear the burden with you.
23 “If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their aplace in peace.”
24 So Moses heeded the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.
25 And aMoses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
26 So they judged the people at all times; the ahard1 cases they brought to Moses, but they judged every small case themselves.
27 Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and ahe went his way to his own land.
Israel at Mount Sinai
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1 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, athey came to the Wilderness of Sinai.
2 For they had departed from aRephidim, had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Israel camped there before bthe mountain.
3 And aMoses went up to God, and the LORD bcalled to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
4 a‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how bI 1bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
5 ‘Now atherefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and bkeep My *covenant, then cyou shall be a *special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is dMine.
6 ‘And you shall be to Me a akingdom of priests and a bholy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
7 So Moses came and called for the aelders of the people, and 1laid before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.
8 Then aall the people answered together and said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do.” So Moses *brought back the words of the people to the LORD.
9 And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you ain the thick cloud, bthat the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever.” So Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
10 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and aconsecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.
11 “And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
12 “You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. aWhoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
13 ‘Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain.”
14 So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; ado not come near your wives.”
16 Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were athunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the *trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp btrembled.
17 And aMoses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
18 Now aMount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon bit in fire. cIts smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and 1the dwhole mountain quaked greatly.
19 And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, aMoses spoke, and bGod answered him by voice.
20 Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21 And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through ato gaze at the LORD, and many of them perish.
22 “Also let the apriests who come near the LORD bconsecrate themselves, lest the LORD cbreak out against them.”
23 But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You warned us, saying, a‘Set bounds around the mountain and consecrate it.’ ”
24 Then the LORD said to him, “Away! Get down and then come up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest He break out against them.”
25 So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.
The Ten Commandments
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1 And God spoke aall these words, saying:
2 a“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, bout of the house of 1bond-age.
3 a“You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 a“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
5 ayou shall not bow down to them nor 1serve them. bFor I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, cvisiting2 the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
6 but ashowing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and *keep My commandments.
7 a“You shall not take the *name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD bwill not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
8 a“Remember the Sabbath *day, to keep it holy.
9 aSix days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 but the aseventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, bnor your stranger who is within your gates.
11 For ain six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
12 a“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be blong upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
13 a“You shall not murder.
14 a“You shall not commit badultery.
15 a“You shall not steal.
16 a“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 a“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; byou shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
The People Afraid of God’s Presence
18 Now aall the people bwitnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain csmoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.
19 Then they said to Moses, a“You speak with us, and we will hear; but blet not God speak with us, lest we die.”
20 And Moses said to the people, a“Do not fear; bfor God has come to *test you, and cthat His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.”
21 So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near athe thick darkness where God was.
The Law of the Altar
22 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘You have seen that I have talked with you afrom heaven.
23 ‘You shall not make anything to be awith Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.
24 ‘An altar of aearth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, byour sheep and your oxen. In every cplace where I 1record My name I will come to you, and I will dbless you.
25 ‘And aif you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you buse your tool on it, you have profaned it.
26 ‘Nor shall you go up by *steps to My altar, that your anakedness may not be exposed on it.’
The Law Concerning Servants
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1 “Now these are the 1judgments which you shall aset before them:
2 a“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.
3 “If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 “If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
5 a“But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’
6 “then his master shall bring him to the ajudges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
7 “And if a man asells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
8 “If she 1does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.
9 “And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.
10 “If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, aand her marriage rights.
11 “And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.
The Law Concerning Violence
12 a“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
13 “However, aif he did not lie in wait, but God bdelivered him into his hand, then cI will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
14 “But if a man acts with apremeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, byou shall take him from My altar, that he may die.
15 “And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
16 a“He who kidnaps a man and bsells him, or if he is cfound in his hand, shall surely be put to death.
17 “And ahe who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
18 “If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,
19 “if he rises again and walks about outside awith his staff, then he who struck him shall be 1acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed.
20 “And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
21 “Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his aproperty.
22 “If men 1fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that 2she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s *husband imposes on him; and he shall apay as the judges determine.
23 “But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,
24 a“eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 “burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 “If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.
27 “And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.
Animal Control Laws
28 “If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then athe ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be 1acquitted.
29 “But if the ox 1tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.
30 “If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay ato redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him.
31 “Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
32 “If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master athirty shekels of silver, and the box shall be stoned.
33 “And if a man *opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it,
34 “the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal shall be his.
35 “If one man’s ox hurts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead ox they shall also divide.
36 “Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.
Responsibility for Property
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1 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall arestore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
2 “If the thief is found abreaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be bno guilt for his bloodshed.
3 “If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be asold1 for his theft.
4 “If the theft is certainly afound alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall brestore double.
5 “If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain, or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
7 “If a man adelivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house, bif the thief is found, he shall pay double.
8 “If the thief is not found, then the *master of the house shall be brought to the ajudges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbor’s goods.
9 “For any kind of trespass, whether it concerns an ox, a donkey, a sheep, or clothing, or for any kind of lost thing which another claims to be his, the acause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whomever the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.
10 “If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing it,
11 “then an aoath of the LORD shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand into his neighbor’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept that, and he shall not make it good.
12 “But aif, in fact, it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.
13 “If it is atorn to pieces by a beast, then he shall bring it as evidence, and he shall not make good what was torn.
14 “And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make it good.
15 “If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire.
Moral and Ceremonial Principles
16 a“If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife.
17 “If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the abride-price of virgins.
18 a“You shall not permit a sorceress to *live.
19 a“Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.
20 a“He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
21 a“You shall neither mistreat a 1stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 a“You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
23 “If you afflict them in any way, and they acry at all to Me, I will surely bhear their cry;
24 “and My awrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; byour wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25 a“If you lend money to any of My peo-ple who are *poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him binterest.
26 a“If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.
27 “For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am agracious.
28 a“You shall not *revile God, nor curse a bruler of your people.
29 “You shall not delay to offer athe first of your ripe produce and your juices. bThe firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.
30 a“Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother bseven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
31 “And you shall be aholy men to Me: byou shall not eat meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
Justice for All
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1 “You ashall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an bunrighteous witness.
2 a“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; bnor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice.
3 “You shall not show partiality to a apoor man in his dispute.
4 a“If you *meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
5 a“If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.
6 a“You shall not pervert the *judgment of your *poor in his dispute.
7 a“Keep yourself far from a false matter; bdo not kill the innocent and righteous. For cI will not justify the wicked.
8 “And ayou shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
9 “Also ayou shall not oppress a 1stranger, for you *know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
The Law of Sabbaths
10 a“Six years you shall *sow your land and gather in its produce,
11 “but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your 1olive grove.
12 a“Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall *rest, that your ox and your donkey may *rest, and the son of your female servant and the stranger may be refreshed.
13 “And in all that I have said to you, abe circumspect and bmake no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.
Three Annual Feasts
14 a“Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year:
15 a“You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; bnone shall appear before Me empty);
16 a“and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and bthe Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.
17 a“Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord 1GOD.
18 a“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bbread; nor shall the fat of My 1sacrifice remain until morning.
19 a“The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. bYou shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
The Angel and the Promises
20 a“Behold, I send an *Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
21 “Beware of Him and obey His voice; ado not provoke Him, for He will bnot pardon your *transgressions; for cMy name is in Him.
22 “But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then aI will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
23 a“For My Angel will go before you and bbring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will 1cut them off.
24 “You shall not abow down to their gods, nor serve them, bnor do according to their works; cbut you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.
25 “So you shall aserve the LORD your God, and bHe will bless your bread and your water. And cI will take sickness away from the midst of you.
26 a“No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will bfulfill the number of your days.
27 “I will send aMy fear before you, I will bcause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
28 “And aI will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.
29 a“I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
30 “Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land.
31 “And aI will set your 1bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the 2River. For I will bdeliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
32 a“You shall make no 1covenant with them, nor with their gods.
33 “They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, ait will surely be a snare to you.”
Israel Affirms the Covenant
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1 Now He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, aNadab and Abihu, band seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.
2 “And Moses alone shall come near the LORD, but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go up with him.”
3 So Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the 1judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, a“All the words which the LORD has said we will do.”
4 And Moses awrote* all the words of the LORD. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve bpillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered aburnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.
6 And Moses atook half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 Then he atook the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.”
8 And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is athe blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you according to all these words.”
On the Mountain with God
9 Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the el-ders of Israel,
10 and they asaw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of bsapphire stone, and it was like the cvery1 heavens in its clarity.
11 But on the nobles of the children of Israel He adid not 1lay His hand. So bthey saw God, and they cate and drank.
12 Then the LORD said to Moses, a“Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you btablets of stone, and the *law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.”
13 So Moses arose with ahis assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.
14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Indeed, Aaron and aHur are with you. If any man has a difficulty, let him go to them.”
15 Then Moses went up into the mountain, and aa cloud covered the mountain.
16 Now athe glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
17 The sight of the glory of the LORD was like aa consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18 So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And aMoses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Offerings for the Sanctuary
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1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an 1offering. aFrom everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.
3 “And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
4 “blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair;
5 “ram skins dyed red, 1badger skins, and acacia wood;
6 a“oil for the light, and bspices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;
7 “onyx stones, and stones to be set in the aephod* and in the breastplate.
8 “And let them make Me a asanctuary,1 that bI may *dwell among them.
9 “According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the *tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.
The Ark of the Testimony
10 a“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
11 “And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of agold all around.
12 “You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shall be on one side, and two rings on the other side.
13 “And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
14 “You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.
15 a“The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
16 “And you shall put into the ark athe Testimony which I will give you.
17 a“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width.
18 “And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 “Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat.
20 “And athe cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
21 a“You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and bin the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.
22 “And athere I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from bbetween the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
The Table for the Showbread
23 a“You shall also make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
24 “And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold all around.
25 “You shall make for it a frame of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a gold molding for the frame all around.
26 “And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that are at its four legs.
27 “The rings shall be close to the frame, as holders for the poles to bear the table.
28 “And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
29 “You shall make aits dishes, its pans, its pitchers, and its bowls for pouring. You shall make them of pure gold.
30 “And you shall set the ashowbread on the table before Me always.
The Gold Lampstand
31 a“You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece.
32 “And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side.
33 a“Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower—and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand.
34 a“On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.
35 “And there shall be a knob under the first two branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.
36 “Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold.
37 “You shall make seven lamps for it, and athey shall arrange its lamps so that they bgive light in front of it.
38 “And its wick-trimmers and their trays shall be of pure gold.
39 “It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.
40 “And asee to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.
The Tabernacle
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1 “Moreover ayou shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine woven linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim you shall weave them.
2 “The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. And every one of the curtains shall have 1the same measurements.
3 “Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.
4 “And you shall make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set, and likewise you shall do on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set.
5 “Fifty loops you shall make in the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is on the end of the second set, that the loops may be clasped to one another.
6 “And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, so that it may be one tabernacle.
7 a“You shall also make curtains of goats’ hair, to be a tent over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.
8 “The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; and the eleven curtains shall all have the same measurements.
9 “And you shall couple five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain at the forefront of the tent.
10 “You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second set.
11 “And you shall make fifty bronze clasps, put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
12 “The remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
13 “And a cubit on one side and a cubit on the other side, of what remains of the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and on that side, to cover it.
14 a“You shall also make a covering of ram skins dyed red for the tent, and a covering of badger skins above that.
15 “And for the tabernacle you shall amake the boards of acacia wood, standing upright.
16 “Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each board.
17 “Two 1tenons shall be in each board for binding one to another. Thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
18 “And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side.
19 “You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.
20 “And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, there shall be twenty boards
21 “and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under each of the boards.
22 “For the far side of the tabernacle, westward, you shall make six boards.
23 “And you shall also make two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle.
24 “They shall be 1coupled together at the bottom and they shall be coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus it shall be for both of them. They shall be for the two corners.
25 “So there shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver—sixteen sockets—two sockets under each of the boards.
26 “And you shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle,
27 “five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the far side westward.
28 “The amiddle bar shall pass through the midst of the boards from end to end.
29 “You shall overlay the boards with gold, make their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlay the bars with gold.
30 “And you shall raise up the tabernacle aaccording to its pattern which you were shown on the mountain.
31 a“You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of cherubim.
32 “You shall hang it upon the four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold. Their hooks shall be gold, upon four sockets of silver.
33 “And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring athe ark of the Testimony in there, behind the veil. The veil shall be a divider for you between bthe holy place and the Most Holy.
34 a“You shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy.
35 a“You shall set the table outside the veil, and bthe lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
36 a“You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver.
37 “And you shall make for the screen afive pillars of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be gold, and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.
The Altar of Burnt Offering
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1 “You shall make aan altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits.
2 “You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.
3 “Also you shall make its pans to receive its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.
4 “You shall make a grate for it, a network of bronze; and on the network you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
5 “You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up the altar.
6 “And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
7 “The poles shall be put in the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar to bear it.
8 “You shall make it hollow with boards; aas it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.
The Court of the Tabernacle
9 a“You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side.
10 “And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver.
11 “Likewise along the length of the north side there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, with its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.
12 “And along the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.
13 “The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits.
14 “The hangings on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.
15 “And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16 “For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It shall have four pillars and four sockets.
17 “All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their ahooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze.
18 “The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze.
19 “All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
The Care of the Lampstand
20 “And ayou shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to 1burn continually.
21 “In the tabernacle of meeting, aoutside the veil which is before the Testimony, bAaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the LORD. cIt shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.
Garments for the Priesthood
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1 “Now take aAaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as bpriest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: cNadab, Abihu, dEleazar, and Ithamar.
2 “And ayou shall make 1holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
3 “So ayou shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, bwhom I have filled with the spirit of *wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest.
4 “And these are the garments which they shall make: aa breastplate, ban 1ephod,* ca robe, da skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and ea sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.
The Ephod
5 “They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen,
6 a“and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked.
7 “It shall have two shoulder straps joined at its two edges, and so it shall be joined together.
8 “And the 1intricately woven band of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen.
9 “Then you shall take two onyx astones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:
10 “six of their names on one stone and six names on the other stone, in order of their abirth.
11 “With the work of an aengraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold.
12 “And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as *memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So aAaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders bas a memorial.
13 “You shall also make settings of gold,
14 “and you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.
The Breastplate
15 a“You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it.
16 “It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width.
17 a“And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: The first row shall be a 1sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row;
18 “the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
19 “the third row, a 1jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
20 “and the fourth row, a 1beryl, an 2onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.
21 “And the stones shall have the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each one with its own name; they shall be according to the twelve tribes.
22 “You shall make chains for the breastplate at the end, like braided cords of pure gold.
23 “And you shall make two rings of gold for the breastplate, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
24 “Then you shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate;
25 “and the other two ends of the two braided chains you shall fasten to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.
26 “You shall make two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which is on the inner side of the ephod.
27 “And two other rings of gold you shall make, and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the 1intricately woven band of the ephod.
28 “They shall bind the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod, using a blue cord, so that it is above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and so that the breastplate does not come loose from the ephod.
29 “So Aaron shall abear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart, when he goes into the holy place, as a memorial before the LORD continually.
30 “And ayou shall put in the breastplate of judgment the 1Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually.
