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+ <!DOCTYPE crossway-bible SYSTEM "schema/crossway.bibles.dtd">
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+ <crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd">
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+ <book title="Exodus" num="2">
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001001"/>
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+ <chapter num="1">
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+ <heading>Israel Increases Greatly in Egypt</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="a" cid="c02001001.1"/>These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">All the descendants of Jacob were <crossref let="b" cid="c02001005.1"/>seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">Then <crossref let="c" cid="c02001006.1"/>Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001007"/>
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+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="d" cid="c02001007.1"/>But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001008"/>
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+ <heading>Pharaoh Oppresses Israel</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="8">Now there arose a new king over Egypt, <crossref let="e" cid="c02001008.1"/>who did not know Joseph.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001009"/>
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+ <verse num="9">And he said to his people, <q class="begin-double" qid="02001009.1" from="02001009.1" to="02001010.1"/>Behold, <crossref let="f" cid="c02001009.1"/>the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001010"/>
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+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="g" cid="c02001010.1"/>Come, <crossref let="h" cid="c02001010.2"/>let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.<q class="end-double" qid="02001010.1" from="02001009.1" to="02001010.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">Therefore they set taskmasters over them <crossref let="i" cid="c02001011.1"/>to afflict them with heavy <crossref let="j" cid="c02001011.2"/>burdens. They built for Pharaoh <crossref let="k" cid="c02001011.3"/>store cities, Pithom and <crossref let="l" cid="c02001011.4"/>Raamses.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001013"/>
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+ <verse num="13">So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel <crossref let="m" cid="c02001013.1"/>work as slaves</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001014"/>
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+ <verse num="14">and <crossref let="n" cid="c02001014.1"/>made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001015"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="15">Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,</verse>
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+ <verse num="16"><q class="begin-double" qid="02001016.1" from="02001016.1" to="02001016.2"/>When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.<q class="end-double" qid="02001016.2" from="02001016.1" to="02001016.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001017"/>
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+ <verse num="17">But the midwives <crossref let="o" cid="c02001017.1"/>feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.</verse>
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+ <verse num="18">So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="02001018.1" from="02001018.1" to="02001018.2"/>Why have you done this, and let the male children live?<q class="end-double" qid="02001018.2" from="02001018.1" to="02001018.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="19">The midwives said to Pharaoh, <q class="begin-double" qid="02001019.1" from="02001019.1" to="02001019.2"/>Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.<q class="end-double" qid="02001019.2" from="02001019.1" to="02001019.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001020"/>
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+ <verse num="20"><crossref let="p" cid="c02001020.1"/>So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001021"/>
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+ <verse num="21">And because the midwives feared God, <crossref let="q" cid="c02001021.1"/>he gave them families.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02001022"/>
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+ <verse num="22">Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, <crossref let="r" cid="c02001022.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02001022.1" from="02001022.1" to="02001022.2"/>Every son that is born to the Hebrews<note nid="n02001022.1"/> you shall cast into <crossref let="s" cid="c02001022.2"/>the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.<q class="end-double" qid="02001022.2" from="02001022.1" to="02001022.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <chapter num="2">
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+ <heading>The Birth of Moses</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">Now a <crossref let="t" cid="c02002001.1"/>man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">The woman conceived and bore a son, and <crossref let="u" cid="c02002002.1"/>when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.</verse>
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+ <verse num="3">When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes<note nid="n02002003.1"/> and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the <crossref let="v" cid="c02002003.1"/>reeds by the river bank.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">And <crossref let="w" cid="c02002004.1"/>his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002006.1" from="02002006.1" to="02002006.2"/>This is one of the Hebrews&apos; children.<q class="end-double" qid="02002006.2" from="02002006.1" to="02002006.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002007"/>
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+ <verse num="7">Then his sister said to Pharaoh&apos;s daughter, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002007.1" from="02002007.1" to="02002007.2"/>Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?<q class="end-double" qid="02002007.2" from="02002007.1" to="02002007.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">And Pharaoh&apos;s daughter said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002008.1" from="02002008.1" to="02002008.2"/>Go.<q class="end-double" qid="02002008.2" from="02002008.1" to="02002008.2"/> So the girl went and called the child&apos;s mother.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002009"/>
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+ <verse num="9">And Pharaoh&apos;s daughter said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002009.1" from="02002009.1" to="02002009.2"/>Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.<q class="end-double" qid="02002009.2" from="02002009.1" to="02002009.2"/> So the woman took the child and nursed him.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh&apos;s daughter, and he became <crossref let="x" cid="c02002010.1"/>her son. She named him Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002010.1" from="02002010.1" to="02002010.2"/>Because,<q class="end-double" qid="02002010.2" from="02002010.1" to="02002010.2"/> she said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002010.3" from="02002010.3" to="02002010.4"/>I <crossref let="y" cid="c02002010.2"/>drew him out of the water.<q class="end-double" qid="02002010.4" from="02002010.3" to="02002010.4"/><note nid="n02002010.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002011"/>
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+ <heading>Moses Flees to Midian</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="11">One day, <crossref let="z" cid="c02002011.1"/>when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their <crossref let="a" cid="c02002011.2"/>burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.<note nid="n02002011.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he <crossref let="b" cid="c02002012.1"/>struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002013"/>
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+ <verse num="13">When <crossref let="c" cid="c02002013.1"/>he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002013.1" from="02002013.1" to="02002013.2"/>Why do you strike your companion?<q class="end-double" qid="02002013.2" from="02002013.1" to="02002013.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="14">He answered, <crossref let="d" cid="c02002014.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02002014.1" from="02002014.1" to="02002014.2"/>Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?<q class="end-double" qid="02002014.2" from="02002014.1" to="02002014.2"/> Then Moses was afraid, and thought, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002014.3" from="02002014.3" to="02002014.4"/>Surely the thing is known.<q class="end-double" qid="02002014.4" from="02002014.3" to="02002014.4"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="15">When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But <crossref let="e" cid="c02002015.1"/>Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by <crossref let="f" cid="c02002015.2"/>a well.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002016"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="16">Now the <crossref let="g" cid="c02002016.1"/>priest of Midian had seven daughters, and <crossref let="h" cid="c02002016.2"/>they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father&apos;s flock.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002017"/>
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+ <verse num="17">The shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and saved them, and <crossref let="i" cid="c02002017.1"/>watered their flock.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002018"/>
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+ <verse num="18">When they came home to their father <crossref let="j" cid="c02002018.1"/>Reuel, he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002018.1" from="02002018.1" to="02002018.2"/>How is it that you have come home so soon today?<q class="end-double" qid="02002018.2" from="02002018.1" to="02002018.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002019"/>
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+ <verse num="19">They said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002019.1" from="02002019.1" to="02002019.2"/>An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds and even drew water for us and <crossref let="i" cid="c02002019.1"/>watered the flock.<q class="end-double" qid="02002019.2" from="02002019.1" to="02002019.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002020"/>
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+ <verse num="20">He said to his daughters, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002020.1" from="02002020.1" to="02002020.2"/>Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may <crossref let="k" cid="c02002020.1"/>eat bread.<q class="end-double" qid="02002020.2" from="02002020.1" to="02002020.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="21">And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter <crossref let="l" cid="c02002021.1"/>Zipporah.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02002022"/>
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+ <verse num="22">She gave birth to a son, and he called his name <crossref let="m" cid="c02002022.1"/>Gershom, for he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02002022.1" from="02002022.1" to="02002022.2"/>I have been a <crossref let="n" cid="c02002022.2"/>sojourner<note nid="n02002022.1"/> in a foreign land.<q class="end-double" qid="02002022.2" from="02002022.1" to="02002022.2"/></verse>
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+ <heading>God Hears Israel&apos;s Groaning</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="23"><crossref let="o" cid="c02002023.1"/>During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel <crossref let="p" cid="c02002023.2"/>groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. <crossref let="q" cid="c02002023.3"/>Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.</verse>
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+ <verse num="24">And <crossref let="r" cid="c02002024.1"/>God heard their groaning, and God <crossref let="s" cid="c02002024.2"/>remembered his covenant with <crossref let="t" cid="c02002024.3"/>Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.</verse>
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+ <verse num="25">God <crossref let="u" cid="c02002025.1"/>saw the people of Israel&emdash;and God <crossref let="v" cid="c02002025.2"/>knew.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <chapter num="3">
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+ <heading>The Burning Bush</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the <crossref let="w" cid="c02003001.1"/>mountain of God.</verse>
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+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="x" cid="c02003002.1"/>And <crossref let="y" cid="c02003002.2"/>the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.</verse>
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+ <verse num="3">And Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02003003.1" from="02003003.1" to="02003003.2"/>I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.<q class="end-double" qid="02003003.2" from="02003003.1" to="02003003.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="4">When the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> saw that he turned aside to see, <crossref let="z" cid="c02003004.1"/>God called to him <crossref let="a" cid="c02003004.2"/>out of the bush, <q class="begin-double" qid="02003004.1" from="02003004.1" to="02003004.2"/>Moses, Moses!<q class="end-double" qid="02003004.2" from="02003004.1" to="02003004.2"/> And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02003004.3" from="02003004.3" to="02003004.4"/>Here I am.<q class="end-double" qid="02003004.4" from="02003004.3" to="02003004.4"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="5">Then he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02003005.1" from="02003005.1" to="02003005.2"/>Do not come near; <crossref let="b" cid="c02003005.1"/>take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.<q class="end-double" qid="02003005.2" from="02003005.1" to="02003005.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="6">And he said, <crossref let="c" cid="c02003006.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02003006.1" from="02003006.1" to="02003006.2"/>I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.<q class="end-double" qid="02003006.2" from="02003006.1" to="02003006.2"/> And Moses hid his face, for <crossref let="d" cid="c02003006.2"/>he was afraid to look at God.</verse>
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+ <verse num="7">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said, <crossref let="e" cid="c02003007.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02003007.1" from="02003007.1" to="02003010.1"/>I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their <crossref let="f" cid="c02003007.2"/>taskmasters. I know their sufferings,</verse>
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+ <verse num="8">and <crossref let="g" cid="c02003008.1"/>I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and <crossref let="h" cid="c02003008.2"/>to bring them up out of that land to a <crossref let="i" cid="c02003008.3"/>good and broad land, a land <crossref let="j" cid="c02003008.4"/>flowing with milk and honey, to the place of <crossref let="k" cid="c02003008.5"/>the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.</verse>
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+ <verse num="9">And now, behold, <crossref let="l" cid="c02003009.1"/>the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the <crossref let="m" cid="c02003009.2"/>oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.</verse>
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+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="n" cid="c02003010.1"/>Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.<q class="end-double" qid="02003010.1" from="02003007.1" to="02003010.1"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="11">But Moses said to God, <crossref let="o" cid="c02003011.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02003011.1" from="02003011.1" to="02003011.2"/>Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?<q class="end-double" qid="02003011.2" from="02003011.1" to="02003011.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="12">He said, <crossref let="p" cid="c02003012.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02003012.1" from="02003012.1" to="02003012.2"/>But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, <crossref let="q" cid="c02003012.2"/>you shall serve God on this mountain.<q class="end-double" qid="02003012.2" from="02003012.1" to="02003012.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="13">Then Moses said to God, <q class="begin-double" qid="02003013.1" from="02003013.1" to="02003013.6"/>If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, <q class="begin-single" qid="02003013.2" from="02003013.2" to="02003013.3"/>The God of your fathers has sent me to you,<q class="end-single" qid="02003013.3" from="02003013.2" to="02003013.3"/> and they ask me, <q class="begin-single" qid="02003013.4" from="02003013.4" to="02003013.5"/>What is his name?<q class="end-single" qid="02003013.5" from="02003013.4" to="02003013.5"/> what shall I say to them?<q class="end-double" qid="02003013.6" from="02003013.1" to="02003013.6"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="14">God said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02003014.1" from="02003014.1" to="02003014.2"/><span class="divine-name">I am who I am</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="02003014.2" from="02003014.1" to="02003014.2"/><note nid="n02003014.1"/> And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02003014.3" from="02003014.3" to="02003014.6"/>Say this to the people of Israel: <crossref let="r" cid="c02003014.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02003014.4" from="02003014.4" to="02003014.5"/><span class="divine-name">I am</span> has sent me to you.<q class="end-single" qid="02003014.5" from="02003014.4" to="02003014.5"/><q class="end-double" qid="02003014.6" from="02003014.3" to="02003014.6"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="15">God also said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02003015.1" from="02003015.1" to="02003022.1"/>Say this to the people of Israel: <q class="begin-single" qid="02003015.2" from="02003015.2" to="02003015.3"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,<note nid="n02003015.1"/> the <crossref let="s" cid="c02003015.1"/>God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.<q class="end-single" qid="02003015.3" from="02003015.2" to="02003015.3"/> This is <crossref let="t" cid="c02003015.2"/>my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.</verse>
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+ <verse num="16">Go and <crossref let="u" cid="c02003016.1"/>gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, <q class="begin-single" qid="02003016.1" from="02003016.1" to="02003017.2"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, <crossref let="v" cid="c02003016.2"/><q class="begin-inner-double" qid="02003016.2" from="02003016.2" to="02003017.1"/>I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt,</verse>
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+ <verse num="17">and I promise that <crossref let="w" cid="c02003017.1"/>I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land <crossref let="w" cid="c02003017.2"/>flowing with milk and honey.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="02003017.1" from="02003016.2" to="02003017.1"/><q class="end-single" qid="02003017.2" from="02003016.1" to="02003017.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="18">And <crossref let="x" cid="c02003018.1"/>they will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel <crossref let="y" cid="c02003018.2"/>shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="02003018.1" from="02003018.1" to="02003018.2"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of the Hebrews, has <crossref let="z" cid="c02003018.3"/>met with us; and now, please let us go a three days&apos; journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God.<q class="end-single" qid="02003018.2" from="02003018.1" to="02003018.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="19">But I know that the king of Egypt <crossref let="a" cid="c02003019.1"/>will not let you go unless compelled <crossref let="b" cid="c02003019.2"/>by a mighty hand.<note nid="n02003019.1"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="20">So <crossref let="c" cid="c02003020.1"/>I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with <crossref let="d" cid="c02003020.2"/>all the wonders that I will do in it; <crossref let="e" cid="c02003020.3"/>after that he will let you go.</verse>
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+ <verse num="21">And <crossref let="f" cid="c02003021.1"/>I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and when you go, you shall not go empty,</verse>
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+ <verse num="22">but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for <crossref let="g" cid="c02003022.1"/>silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So <crossref let="h" cid="c02003022.2"/>you shall plunder the Egyptians.<q class="end-double" qid="02003022.1" from="02003015.1" to="02003022.1"/></verse>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <chapter num="4">
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+ <heading>Moses Given Powerful Signs</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">Then Moses answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004001.1" from="02004001.1" to="02004001.4"/>But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, <q class="begin-single" qid="02004001.2" from="02004001.2" to="02004001.3"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> did not appear to you.<q class="end-single" qid="02004001.3" from="02004001.2" to="02004001.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02004001.4" from="02004001.1" to="02004001.4"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="2">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004002.1" from="02004002.1" to="02004002.2"/>What is that in your hand?<q class="end-double" qid="02004002.2" from="02004002.1" to="02004002.2"/> He said, <crossref let="i" cid="c02004002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02004002.3" from="02004002.3" to="02004002.4"/>A staff.<q class="end-double" qid="02004002.4" from="02004002.3" to="02004002.4"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="3">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004003.1" from="02004003.1" to="02004003.2"/>Throw it on the ground.<q class="end-double" qid="02004003.2" from="02004003.1" to="02004003.2"/> So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it.</verse>
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+ <verse num="4">But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004004.1" from="02004004.1" to="02004004.2"/>Put out your hand and catch it by the tail<q class="end-double" qid="02004004.2" from="02004004.1" to="02004004.2"/>&emdash;so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand&emdash;</verse>
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+ <verse num="5"><q class="begin-double" qid="02004005.1" from="02004005.1" to="02004005.2"/>that they may <crossref let="j" cid="c02004005.1"/>believe that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="k" cid="c02004005.2"/>the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.<q class="end-double" qid="02004005.2" from="02004005.1" to="02004005.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="6">Again, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004006.1" from="02004006.1" to="02004006.2"/>Put your hand inside your cloak.<q class="end-double" qid="02004006.2" from="02004006.1" to="02004006.2"/><note nid="n02004006.1"/> And he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was <crossref let="l" cid="c02004006.1"/>leprous<note nid="n02004006.2"/> like snow.</verse>
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+ <verse num="7">Then God said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004007.1" from="02004007.1" to="02004007.2"/>Put your hand back inside your cloak.<q class="end-double" qid="02004007.2" from="02004007.1" to="02004007.2"/> So he put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, <crossref let="m" cid="c02004007.1"/>it was restored like the rest of his flesh.</verse>
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+ <verse num="8"><q class="begin-double" qid="02004008.1" from="02004008.1" to="02004008.2"/>If they will not believe you,<q class="end-double" qid="02004008.2" from="02004008.1" to="02004008.2"/> God said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004008.3" from="02004008.3" to="02004009.1"/>or listen to the first sign, they may believe the latter sign.</verse>
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+ <verse num="9">If they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground, and the water that you shall take from the Nile <crossref let="n" cid="c02004009.1"/>will become blood on the dry ground.<q class="end-double" qid="02004009.1" from="02004008.3" to="02004009.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="10">But Moses said to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004010.1" from="02004010.1" to="02004010.2"/>Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but <crossref let="o" cid="c02004010.1"/>I am slow of speech and of tongue.<q class="end-double" qid="02004010.2" from="02004010.1" to="02004010.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="11">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004011.1" from="02004011.1" to="02004012.1"/>Who has made man&apos;s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>?</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02004012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">Now therefore go, and <crossref let="p" cid="c02004012.1"/>I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.<q class="end-double" qid="02004012.1" from="02004011.1" to="02004012.1"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="13">But he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004013.1" from="02004013.1" to="02004013.2"/>Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.<q class="end-double" qid="02004013.2" from="02004013.1" to="02004013.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="14">Then the anger of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was kindled against Moses and he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004014.1" from="02004014.1" to="02004017.1"/>Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, <crossref let="q" cid="c02004014.1"/>he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.</verse>
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+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="r" cid="c02004015.1"/>You shall speak to him and <crossref let="s" cid="c02004015.2"/>put the words in his mouth, and <crossref let="p" cid="c02004015.3"/>I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do.</verse>
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+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="t" cid="c02004016.1"/>He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and <crossref let="u" cid="c02004016.2"/>you shall be as God to him.</verse>
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+ <verse num="17">And take in your hand <crossref let="v" cid="c02004017.1"/>this staff, with which you shall do the signs.<q class="end-double" qid="02004017.1" from="02004014.1" to="02004017.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02004018"/>
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+ <heading>Moses Returns to Egypt</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="18">Moses went back to <crossref let="w" cid="c02004018.1"/>Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004018.1" from="02004018.1" to="02004018.2"/>Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.<q class="end-double" qid="02004018.2" from="02004018.1" to="02004018.2"/> And Jethro said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004018.3" from="02004018.3" to="02004018.4"/>Go in peace.<q class="end-double" qid="02004018.4" from="02004018.3" to="02004018.4"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02004019"/>
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+ <verse num="19">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses in Midian, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004019.1" from="02004019.1" to="02004019.2"/>Go back to Egypt, for <crossref let="x" cid="c02004019.1"/>all the men who were seeking your life are dead.<q class="end-double" qid="02004019.2" from="02004019.1" to="02004019.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="20">So Moses took <crossref let="y" cid="c02004020.1"/>his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. And Moses took <crossref let="z" cid="c02004020.2"/>the staff of God in his hand.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="21">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004021.1" from="02004021.1" to="02004023.4"/>When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the <crossref let="a" cid="c02004021.1"/>miracles that I have put in your power. But <crossref let="b" cid="c02004021.2"/>I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.</verse>
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+ <verse num="22">Then you shall say to Pharaoh, <q class="begin-single" qid="02004022.1" from="02004022.1" to="02004023.3"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="c" cid="c02004022.1"/>Israel is my <crossref let="d" cid="c02004022.2"/>firstborn son,</verse>
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+ <verse num="23">and I say to you, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="02004023.1" from="02004023.1" to="02004023.2"/>Let my son go that he may serve me.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="02004023.2" from="02004023.1" to="02004023.2"/> If you refuse to let him go, behold, I <crossref let="e" cid="c02004023.1"/>will kill your firstborn son.<q class="end-single" qid="02004023.3" from="02004022.1" to="02004023.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02004023.4" from="02004021.1" to="02004023.4"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="24">At a lodging place on the way <crossref let="f" cid="c02004024.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> met him and <crossref let="g" cid="c02004024.2"/>sought to put him to death.</verse>
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+ <verse num="25">Then <crossref let="h" cid="c02004025.1"/>Zipporah took a <crossref let="i" cid="c02004025.2"/>flint and cut off her son&apos;s foreskin and touched Moses&apos;<note nid="n02004025.1"/> feet with it and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004025.1" from="02004025.1" to="02004025.2"/>Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!<q class="end-double" qid="02004025.2" from="02004025.1" to="02004025.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="26">So he let him alone. It was then that she said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004026.1" from="02004026.1" to="02004026.2"/>A bridegroom of blood,<q class="end-double" qid="02004026.2" from="02004026.1" to="02004026.2"/> because of the circumcision.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="27">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Aaron, <q class="begin-double" qid="02004027.1" from="02004027.1" to="02004027.2"/>Go into the wilderness <crossref let="j" cid="c02004027.1"/>to meet Moses.<q class="end-double" qid="02004027.2" from="02004027.1" to="02004027.2"/> So he went and met him at the <crossref let="k" cid="c02004027.2"/>mountain of God and kissed him.</verse>
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+ <verse num="28">And Moses <crossref let="l" cid="c02004028.1"/>told Aaron all the words of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> with which he had sent him to speak, and all <crossref let="m" cid="c02004028.2"/>the signs that he had commanded him to do.</verse>
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+ <verse num="29">Then Moses and Aaron <crossref let="n" cid="c02004029.1"/>went and gathered together all the elders of the people of Israel.</verse>
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+ <verse num="30"><crossref let="o" cid="c02004030.1"/>Aaron spoke all the words that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people.</verse>
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+ <verse num="31">And the people <crossref let="p" cid="c02004031.1"/>believed; and when they heard that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had <crossref let="q" cid="c02004031.2"/>visited the people of Israel and that he had <crossref let="r" cid="c02004031.3"/>seen their affliction, <crossref let="s" cid="c02004031.4"/>they bowed their heads and worshiped.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <chapter num="5">
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+ <heading>Making Bricks Without Straw</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005001.1" from="02005001.1" to="02005001.4"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, <q class="begin-single" qid="02005001.2" from="02005001.2" to="02005001.3"/>Let my people go, that they may hold <crossref let="t" cid="c02005001.1"/>a feast to me in the wilderness.<q class="end-single" qid="02005001.3" from="02005001.2" to="02005001.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02005001.4" from="02005001.1" to="02005001.4"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="2">But Pharaoh said, <crossref let="u" cid="c02005002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02005002.1" from="02005002.1" to="02005002.2"/>Who is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and moreover, <crossref let="v" cid="c02005002.2"/>I will not let Israel go.<q class="end-double" qid="02005002.2" from="02005002.1" to="02005002.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="3">Then they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005003.1" from="02005003.1" to="02005003.2"/>The <crossref let="w" cid="c02005003.1"/>God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days&apos; journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.<q class="end-double" qid="02005003.2" from="02005003.1" to="02005003.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="4">But the king of Egypt said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005004.1" from="02005004.1" to="02005004.2"/>Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your <crossref let="x" cid="c02005004.1"/>burdens.<q class="end-double" qid="02005004.2" from="02005004.1" to="02005004.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="5">And Pharaoh said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005005.1" from="02005005.1" to="02005005.2"/>Behold, <crossref let="y" cid="c02005005.1"/>the people of the land are now many,<note nid="n02005005.1"/> and you make them rest from their burdens!<q class="end-double" qid="02005005.2" from="02005005.1" to="02005005.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="6">The same day Pharaoh commanded the <crossref let="z" cid="c02005006.1"/>taskmasters of the people and their <crossref let="a" cid="c02005006.2"/>foremen,</verse>
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+ <verse num="7"><q class="begin-double" qid="02005007.1" from="02005007.1" to="02005009.1"/>You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.</verse>
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+ <verse num="8">But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, <q class="begin-single" qid="02005008.1" from="02005008.1" to="02005008.2"/>Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.<q class="end-single" qid="02005008.2" from="02005008.1" to="02005008.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005009"/>
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+ <verse num="9">Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.<q class="end-double" qid="02005009.1" from="02005007.1" to="02005009.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="10">So the <crossref let="b" cid="c02005010.1"/>taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005010.1" from="02005010.1" to="02005011.2"/>Thus says Pharaoh, <q class="begin-single" qid="02005010.2" from="02005010.2" to="02005011.1"/>I will not give you straw.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.<q class="end-single" qid="02005011.1" from="02005010.2" to="02005011.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="02005011.2" from="02005010.1" to="02005011.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005013"/>
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+ <verse num="13">The <crossref let="c" cid="c02005013.1"/>taskmasters were urgent, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005013.1" from="02005013.1" to="02005013.2"/>Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.<q class="end-double" qid="02005013.2" from="02005013.1" to="02005013.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005014"/>
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+ <verse num="14">And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh&apos;s <crossref let="c" cid="c02005014.1"/>taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005014.1" from="02005014.1" to="02005014.2"/>Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?<q class="end-double" qid="02005014.2" from="02005014.1" to="02005014.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005015"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="15">Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005015.1" from="02005015.1" to="02005016.3"/>Why do you treat your servants like this?</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005016"/>
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+ <verse num="16">No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, <q class="begin-single" qid="02005016.1" from="02005016.1" to="02005016.2"/>Make bricks!<q class="end-single" qid="02005016.2" from="02005016.1" to="02005016.2"/> And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.<q class="end-double" qid="02005016.3" from="02005015.1" to="02005016.3"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005017"/>
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+ <verse num="17">But he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005017.1" from="02005017.1" to="02005018.1"/>You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, <q class="begin-single" qid="02005017.2" from="02005017.2" to="02005017.3"/>Let us go and sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-single" qid="02005017.3" from="02005017.2" to="02005017.3"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005018"/>
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+ <verse num="18">Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.<q class="end-double" qid="02005018.1" from="02005017.1" to="02005018.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005019"/>
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+ <verse num="19">The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005019.1" from="02005019.1" to="02005019.2"/>You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.<q class="end-double" qid="02005019.2" from="02005019.1" to="02005019.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005020"/>
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+ <verse num="20">They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh;</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005021"/>
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+ <verse num="21">and <crossref let="d" cid="c02005021.1"/>they said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005021.1" from="02005021.1" to="02005021.2"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.<q class="end-double" qid="02005021.2" from="02005021.1" to="02005021.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005022"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="22">Then Moses turned to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02005022.1" from="02005022.1" to="02005023.1"/>O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me?</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02005023"/>
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+ <verse num="23">For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.<q class="end-double" qid="02005023.1" from="02005022.1" to="02005023.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006001"/>
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+ <chapter num="6">
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+ <heading>God Promises Deliverance</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02006001.1" from="02006001.1" to="02006001.2"/>Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with <crossref let="e" cid="c02006001.1"/>a strong hand he will <crossref let="f" cid="c02006001.2"/>drive them out of his land.<q class="end-double" qid="02006001.2" from="02006001.1" to="02006001.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006002"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="2">God spoke to Moses and said to him, <crossref let="g" cid="c02006002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02006002.1" from="02006002.1" to="02006008.2"/>I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as <crossref let="h" cid="c02006003.1"/>God Almighty,<note nid="n02006003.1"/> but by my name the <crossref let="i" cid="c02006003.2"/><span class="divine-name">Lord</span> I did not make myself known to them.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006004"/>
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+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="j" cid="c02006004.1"/>I also established my covenant with them <crossref let="k" cid="c02006004.2"/>to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">Moreover, <crossref let="l" cid="c02006005.1"/>I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">Say therefore to the people of Israel, <crossref let="m" cid="c02006006.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02006006.1" from="02006006.1" to="02006008.1"/>I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and <crossref let="n" cid="c02006006.2"/>I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and <crossref let="o" cid="c02006006.3"/>I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006007"/>
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+ <verse num="7">I <crossref let="p" cid="c02006007.1"/>will take you to be my people, and <crossref let="q" cid="c02006007.2"/>I will be your God, and you shall know that <crossref let="m" cid="c02006007.3"/>I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, who has brought you out <crossref let="n" cid="c02006007.4"/>from under the burdens of the Egyptians.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">I will bring you into <crossref let="r" cid="c02006008.1"/>the land that I <crossref let="s" cid="c02006008.2"/>swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. <crossref let="m" cid="c02006008.3"/>I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-single" qid="02006008.1" from="02006006.1" to="02006008.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="02006008.2" from="02006002.1" to="02006008.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006009"/>
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+ <verse num="9">Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they <crossref let="t" cid="c02006009.1"/>did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006010"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="10">So the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006011"/>
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+ <verse num="11"><q class="begin-double" qid="02006011.1" from="02006011.1" to="02006011.2"/>Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.<q class="end-double" qid="02006011.2" from="02006011.1" to="02006011.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">But Moses said to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="02006012.1" from="02006012.1" to="02006012.2"/>Behold, the people of Israel have <crossref let="t" cid="c02006012.1"/>not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for <crossref let="u" cid="c02006012.2"/>I am of uncircumcised lips?<q class="end-double" qid="02006012.2" from="02006012.1" to="02006012.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006013"/>
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+ <verse num="13">But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006014"/>
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+ <heading>The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="14">These are the heads of their fathers&apos; houses: the <crossref let="v" cid="c02006014.1"/>sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006015"/>
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+ <verse num="15">The <crossref let="w" cid="c02006015.1"/>sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the clans of Simeon.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006016"/>
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+ <verse num="16">These are the names of the <crossref let="x" cid="c02006016.1"/>sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006017"/>
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+ <verse num="17">The <crossref let="y" cid="c02006017.1"/>sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006018"/>
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+ <verse num="18">The <crossref let="z" cid="c02006018.1"/>sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006019"/>
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+ <verse num="19">The <crossref let="a" cid="c02006019.1"/>sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006020"/>
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+ <verse num="20"><crossref let="b" cid="c02006020.1"/>Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father&apos;s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006021"/>
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+ <verse num="21"><crossref let="c" cid="c02006021.1"/>The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006022"/>
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+ <verse num="22">The <crossref let="d" cid="c02006022.1"/>sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006023"/>
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+ <verse num="23">Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of <crossref let="e" cid="c02006023.1"/>Amminadab and the sister of <crossref let="f" cid="c02006023.2"/>Nahshon, and she bore him <crossref let="g" cid="c02006023.3"/>Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006024"/>
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+ <verse num="24">The <crossref let="h" cid="c02006024.1"/>sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006025"/>
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+ <verse num="25">Eleazar, Aaron&apos;s son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and <crossref let="i" cid="c02006025.1"/>she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers&apos; houses of the Levites by their clans.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006026"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="26">These are the Aaron and Moses <crossref let="j" cid="c02006026.1"/>to whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said: <q class="begin-double" qid="02006026.1" from="02006026.1" to="02006026.2"/>Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt <crossref let="k" cid="c02006026.2"/>by their hosts.<q class="end-double" qid="02006026.2" from="02006026.1" to="02006026.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006027"/>
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+ <verse num="27">It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006028"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="28">On the day when the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006029"/>
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+ <verse num="29">the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="l" cid="c02006029.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02006029.1" from="02006029.1" to="02006029.2"/>I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; <crossref let="m" cid="c02006029.2"/>tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.<q class="end-double" qid="02006029.2" from="02006029.1" to="02006029.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02006030"/>
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+ <verse num="30">But Moses said to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="02006030.1" from="02006030.1" to="02006030.2"/>Behold, <crossref let="n" cid="c02006030.1"/>I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?<q class="end-double" qid="02006030.2" from="02006030.1" to="02006030.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007001"/>
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+ <chapter num="7">
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+ <heading>Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02007001.1" from="02007001.1" to="02007005.1"/>See, I have made you like <crossref let="o" cid="c02007001.1"/>God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your <crossref let="p" cid="c02007001.2"/>prophet.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007002"/>
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+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="q" cid="c02007002.1"/>You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">But <crossref let="r" cid="c02007003.1"/>I will harden Pharaoh&apos;s heart, and though I <crossref let="s" cid="c02007003.2"/>multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">The Egyptians <crossref let="t" cid="c02007005.1"/>shall know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.<q class="end-double" qid="02007005.1" from="02007001.1" to="02007005.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded them.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007007"/>
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+ <verse num="7">Now Moses was <crossref let="u" cid="c02007007.1"/>eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007008"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="8">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses and Aaron,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007009"/>
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+ <verse num="9"><q class="begin-double" qid="02007009.1" from="02007009.1" to="02007009.6"/>When Pharaoh says to you, <crossref let="v" cid="c02007009.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02007009.2" from="02007009.2" to="02007009.3"/>Prove yourselves by working a miracle,<q class="end-single" qid="02007009.3" from="02007009.2" to="02007009.3"/> then you shall say to Aaron, <q class="begin-single" qid="02007009.4" from="02007009.4" to="02007009.5"/>Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.<q class="end-single" qid="02007009.5" from="02007009.4" to="02007009.5"/><q class="end-double" qid="02007009.6" from="02007009.1" to="02007009.6"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the <crossref let="w" cid="c02007011.1"/>magicians of Egypt, also <crossref let="x" cid="c02007011.2"/>did the same by their secret arts.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron&apos;s staff swallowed up their staffs.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007013"/>
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+ <verse num="13">Still <crossref let="r" cid="c02007013.1"/>Pharaoh&apos;s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, <crossref let="r" cid="c02007013.2"/>as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had said.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007014"/>
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+ <heading>The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="14">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02007014.1" from="02007014.1" to="02007018.3"/>Pharaoh&apos;s heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007015"/>
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+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="y" cid="c02007015.1"/>Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand <crossref let="z" cid="c02007015.2"/>the staff that turned into a <crossref let="a" cid="c02007015.3"/>serpent.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007016"/>
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+ <verse num="16">And you shall say to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="02007016.1" from="02007016.1" to="02007018.2"/>The <crossref let="b" cid="c02007016.1"/><span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="02007016.2" from="02007016.2" to="02007016.3"/>Let my people go, <crossref let="c" cid="c02007016.2"/>that they may serve me in the wilderness.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="02007016.3" from="02007016.2" to="02007016.3"/> But so far, you have not obeyed.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007017"/>
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+ <verse num="17">Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="02007017.1" from="02007017.1" to="02007018.1"/>By this <crossref let="d" cid="c02007017.1"/>you shall know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and <crossref let="e" cid="c02007017.2"/>it shall turn into blood.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007018"/>
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+ <verse num="18">The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will <crossref let="f" cid="c02007018.1"/>grow weary of drinking water from the Nile.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="02007018.1" from="02007017.1" to="02007018.1"/><q class="end-single" qid="02007018.2" from="02007016.1" to="02007018.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="02007018.3" from="02007014.1" to="02007018.3"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007019"/>
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+ <verse num="19">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02007019.1" from="02007019.1" to="02007019.4"/>Say to Aaron, <q class="begin-single" qid="02007019.2" from="02007019.2" to="02007019.3"/>Take your staff and <crossref let="g" cid="c02007019.1"/>stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.<q class="end-single" qid="02007019.3" from="02007019.2" to="02007019.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02007019.4" from="02007019.1" to="02007019.4"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007020"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
435
+ <verse num="20">Moses and Aaron did as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he <crossref let="h" cid="c02007020.1"/>lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the <crossref let="i" cid="c02007020.2"/>water in the Nile turned into blood.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007021"/>
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+ <verse num="21">And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians <crossref let="j" cid="c02007021.1"/>could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007022"/>
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+ <verse num="22">But <crossref let="k" cid="c02007022.1"/>the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So <crossref let="l" cid="c02007022.2"/>Pharaoh&apos;s heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as <crossref let="m" cid="c02007022.3"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had said.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007023"/>
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+ <verse num="23">Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007024"/>
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+ <verse num="24">And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02007025"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
447
+ <verse num="25">Seven full days passed after the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had struck the Nile.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008001"/>
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+ <chapter num="8">
452
+ <heading>The Second Plague: Frogs</heading>
453
+ <begin-paragraph/>
454
+ <verse num="1"><note nid="n02008001.1"/> Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02008001.1" from="02008001.1" to="02008004.3"/>Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="02008001.2" from="02008001.2" to="02008004.2"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="02008001.3" from="02008001.3" to="02008004.1"/>Let my people go, that <crossref let="n" cid="c02008001.1"/>they may serve me.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">But if you <crossref let="o" cid="c02008002.1"/>refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with <crossref let="p" cid="c02008002.2"/>frogs.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into <crossref let="q" cid="c02008003.1"/>your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and your people,<note nid="n02008003.1"/> and into your ovens and your kneading bowls.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="02008004.1" from="02008001.3" to="02008004.1"/><q class="end-single" qid="02008004.2" from="02008001.2" to="02008004.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="02008004.3" from="02008001.1" to="02008004.3"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008005"/>
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+ <verse num="5"><note nid="n02008005.1"/> And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02008005.1" from="02008005.1" to="02008005.4"/>Say to Aaron, <crossref let="r" cid="c02008005.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02008005.2" from="02008005.2" to="02008005.3"/>Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt!<q class="end-single" qid="02008005.3" from="02008005.2" to="02008005.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02008005.4" from="02008005.1" to="02008005.4"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and <crossref let="s" cid="c02008006.1"/>the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008007"/>
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+ <verse num="7">But <crossref let="t" cid="c02008007.1"/>the magicians did the same by their secret arts and made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008008"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="8">Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, <crossref let="u" cid="c02008008.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02008008.1" from="02008008.1" to="02008008.2"/>Plead with the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and <crossref let="v" cid="c02008008.2"/>I will let the people go to sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="02008008.2" from="02008008.1" to="02008008.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008009"/>
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+ <verse num="9">Moses said to Pharaoh, <q class="begin-double" qid="02008009.1" from="02008009.1" to="02008009.2"/>Be pleased to command me when <crossref let="u" cid="c02008009.1"/>I am to plead for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile.<q class="end-double" qid="02008009.2" from="02008009.1" to="02008009.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02008010.1" from="02008010.1" to="02008010.2"/>Tomorrow.<q class="end-double" qid="02008010.2" from="02008010.1" to="02008010.2"/> Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02008010.3" from="02008010.3" to="02008011.1"/>Be it as you say, so <crossref let="w" cid="c02008010.1"/>that you may know that <crossref let="x" cid="c02008010.2"/>there is no one like the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">The frogs shall go away from you and your houses and your servants and your people. They shall be left only in the Nile.<q class="end-double" qid="02008011.1" from="02008010.3" to="02008011.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> about the frogs, as he had agreed with Pharaoh.<note nid="n02008012.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008013"/>
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+ <verse num="13">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> did according to the word of Moses. The frogs died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008014"/>
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+ <verse num="14">And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008015"/>
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+ <verse num="15">But when Pharaoh saw that there was a <crossref let="y" cid="c02008015.1"/>respite, he <crossref let="z" cid="c02008015.2"/>hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had said.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008016"/>
487
+ <heading>The Third Plague: Gnats</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="16">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02008016.1" from="02008016.1" to="02008016.4"/>Say to Aaron, <crossref let="a" cid="c02008016.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02008016.2" from="02008016.2" to="02008016.3"/>Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.<q class="end-single" qid="02008016.3" from="02008016.2" to="02008016.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02008016.4" from="02008016.1" to="02008016.4"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008017"/>
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+ <verse num="17">And they did so. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and <crossref let="b" cid="c02008017.1"/>there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008018"/>
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+ <verse num="18">The <crossref let="c" cid="c02008018.1"/>magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008019"/>
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+ <verse num="19">Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, <q class="begin-double" qid="02008019.1" from="02008019.1" to="02008019.2"/>This is <crossref let="d" cid="c02008019.1"/>the finger of God.<q class="end-double" qid="02008019.2" from="02008019.1" to="02008019.2"/> But Pharaoh&apos;s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had said.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008020"/>
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+ <heading>The Fourth Plague: Flies</heading>
499
+ <begin-paragraph/>
500
+ <verse num="20">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="e" cid="c02008020.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02008020.1" from="02008020.1" to="02008023.3"/>Rise up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="02008020.2" from="02008020.2" to="02008023.2"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="f" cid="c02008020.2"/><q class="begin-inner-double" qid="02008020.3" from="02008020.3" to="02008023.1"/>Let my people go, that they may serve me.</verse>
501
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008021"/>
502
+ <verse num="21">Or else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.</verse>
503
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008022"/>
504
+ <verse num="22">But on that day <crossref let="g" cid="c02008022.1"/>I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, <crossref let="h" cid="c02008022.2"/>that you may know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> in the midst of the earth.<note nid="n02008022.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008023"/>
506
+ <verse num="23">Thus I will put a division<note nid="n02008023.1"/> between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall happen.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="02008023.1" from="02008020.3" to="02008023.1"/><q class="end-single" qid="02008023.2" from="02008020.2" to="02008023.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="02008023.3" from="02008020.1" to="02008023.3"/></verse>
507
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008024"/>
508
+ <verse num="24">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> did so. <crossref let="i" cid="c02008024.1"/>There came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants&apos; houses. Throughout all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by the swarms of flies.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
510
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008025"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
512
+ <verse num="25">Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02008025.1" from="02008025.1" to="02008025.2"/>Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.<q class="end-double" qid="02008025.2" from="02008025.1" to="02008025.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008026"/>
514
+ <verse num="26">But Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02008026.1" from="02008026.1" to="02008027.1"/>It would not be right to do so, for the offerings we shall sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God are an <crossref let="j" cid="c02008026.1"/>abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings <crossref let="j" cid="c02008026.2"/>abominable to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008027"/>
516
+ <verse num="27">We must go <crossref let="k" cid="c02008027.1"/>three days&apos; journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God <crossref let="l" cid="c02008027.2"/>as he tells us.<q class="end-double" qid="02008027.1" from="02008026.1" to="02008027.1"/></verse>
517
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008028"/>
518
+ <verse num="28">So Pharaoh said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02008028.1" from="02008028.1" to="02008028.2"/>I will let you go to sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God in the wilderness; only you must not go very far away. <crossref let="m" cid="c02008028.1"/>Plead for me.<q class="end-double" qid="02008028.2" from="02008028.1" to="02008028.2"/></verse>
519
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008029"/>
520
+ <verse num="29">Then Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02008029.1" from="02008029.1" to="02008029.2"/>Behold, I am going out from you and I will plead with the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow. Only let not Pharaoh <crossref let="n" cid="c02008029.1"/>cheat again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="02008029.2" from="02008029.1" to="02008029.2"/></verse>
521
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008030"/>
522
+ <verse num="30">So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
523
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008031"/>
524
+ <verse num="31">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained.</verse>
525
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02008032"/>
526
+ <verse num="32">But Pharaoh <crossref let="o" cid="c02008032.1"/>hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go.</verse>
527
+ <end-paragraph/>
528
+ </chapter>
529
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009001"/>
530
+ <chapter num="9">
531
+ <heading>The Fifth Plague: Egyptian Livestock Die</heading>
532
+ <begin-paragraph/>
533
+ <verse num="1">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="p" cid="c02009001.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02009001.1" from="02009001.1" to="02009004.3"/>Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="02009001.2" from="02009001.2" to="02009004.2"/>Thus says <crossref let="q" cid="c02009001.2"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of the Hebrews, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="02009001.3" from="02009001.3" to="02009004.1"/>Let my people go, that they may serve me.</verse>
534
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,</verse>
536
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009003"/>
537
+ <verse num="3">behold, <crossref let="r" cid="c02009003.1"/>the hand of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.</verse>
538
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009004"/>
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+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="s" cid="c02009004.1"/>But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="02009004.1" from="02009001.3" to="02009004.1"/><q class="end-single" qid="02009004.2" from="02009001.2" to="02009004.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="02009004.3" from="02009001.1" to="02009004.3"/></verse>
540
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009005"/>
541
+ <verse num="5">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> set a time, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="02009005.1" from="02009005.1" to="02009005.2"/>Tomorrow the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will do this thing in the land.<q class="end-double" qid="02009005.2" from="02009005.1" to="02009005.2"/></verse>
542
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009006"/>
543
+ <verse num="6">And the next day the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> did this thing. <crossref let="t" cid="c02009006.1"/>All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one of the livestock of the people of Israel died.</verse>
544
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009007"/>
545
+ <verse num="7">And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But <crossref let="u" cid="c02009007.1"/>the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.</verse>
546
+ <end-paragraph/>
547
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009008"/>
548
+ <heading>The Sixth Plague: Boils</heading>
549
+ <begin-paragraph/>
550
+ <verse num="8">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses and Aaron, <q class="begin-double" qid="02009008.1" from="02009008.1" to="02009009.1"/>Take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw them in the air in the sight of Pharaoh.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009009"/>
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+ <verse num="9">It shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become <crossref let="v" cid="c02009009.1"/>boils breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.<q class="end-double" qid="02009009.1" from="02009008.1" to="02009009.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast.</verse>
555
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009011"/>
556
+ <verse num="11">And <crossref let="w" cid="c02009011.1"/>the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.</verse>
557
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009012"/>
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+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="x" cid="c02009012.1"/>But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as <crossref let="y" cid="c02009012.2"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had spoken to Moses.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009013"/>
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+ <heading>The Seventh Plague: Hail</heading>
562
+ <begin-paragraph/>
563
+ <verse num="13">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="z" cid="c02009013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02009013.1" from="02009013.1" to="02009019.3"/>Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="02009013.2" from="02009013.2" to="02009019.2"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of the Hebrews, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="02009013.3" from="02009013.3" to="02009019.1"/>Let my people go, that they may serve me.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009014"/>
565
+ <verse num="14">For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself,<note nid="n02009014.1"/> and on your servants and your people, so <crossref let="a" cid="c02009014.1"/>that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.</verse>
566
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009015"/>
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+ <verse num="15">For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth.</verse>
568
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009016"/>
569
+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="b" cid="c02009016.1"/>But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so <crossref let="c" cid="c02009016.2"/>that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009017"/>
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+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="d" cid="c02009017.1"/>You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009018"/>
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+ <verse num="18">Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009019"/>
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+ <verse num="19">Now therefore send, <crossref let="e" cid="c02009019.1"/>get your livestock and all that you have in the field into safe shelter, for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail falls on them.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="02009019.1" from="02009013.3" to="02009019.1"/><q class="end-single" qid="02009019.2" from="02009013.2" to="02009019.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="02009019.3" from="02009013.1" to="02009019.3"/></verse>
576
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009020"/>
577
+ <verse num="20">Then whoever feared the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009021"/>
579
+ <verse num="21">but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> left his slaves and his livestock in the field.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
581
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009022"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
583
+ <verse num="22">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02009022.1" from="02009022.1" to="02009022.2"/>Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that there may be <crossref let="f" cid="c02009022.1"/>hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and every plant of the field, in the land of Egypt.<q class="end-double" qid="02009022.2" from="02009022.1" to="02009022.2"/></verse>
584
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009023"/>
585
+ <verse num="23">Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the <crossref let="g" cid="c02009023.1"/><span class="divine-name">Lord</span> sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> rained hail upon the land of Egypt.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009024"/>
587
+ <verse num="24">There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.</verse>
588
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009025"/>
589
+ <verse num="25">The hail struck down everything that was in the field in all the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And the hail <crossref let="h" cid="c02009025.1"/>struck down every plant of the field and broke every tree of the field.</verse>
590
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009026"/>
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+ <verse num="26"><crossref let="i" cid="c02009026.1"/>Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, was there no hail.</verse>
592
+ <end-paragraph/>
593
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009027"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
595
+ <verse num="27">Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="02009027.1" from="02009027.1" to="02009028.1"/>This time <crossref let="j" cid="c02009027.1"/>I have sinned; the <crossref let="k" cid="c02009027.2"/><span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.</verse>
596
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009028"/>
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+ <verse num="28"><crossref let="l" cid="c02009028.1"/>Plead with the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for there has been enough of God&apos;s thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.<q class="end-double" qid="02009028.1" from="02009027.1" to="02009028.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009029"/>
599
+ <verse num="29">Moses said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="02009029.1" from="02009029.1" to="02009030.1"/>As soon as I have gone out of the city, <crossref let="m" cid="c02009029.1"/>I will stretch out my hands to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that <crossref let="n" cid="c02009029.2"/>the earth is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s.</verse>
600
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009030"/>
601
+ <verse num="30">But as for you and your servants, <crossref let="o" cid="c02009030.1"/>I know that you do not yet fear the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> God.<q class="end-double" qid="02009030.1" from="02009029.1" to="02009030.1"/></verse>
602
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009031"/>
603
+ <verse num="31">(The flax and the barley were struck down, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.</verse>
604
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009032"/>
605
+ <verse num="32">But the wheat and the emmer<note nid="n02009032.1"/> were not struck down, for they are late in coming up.)</verse>
606
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009033"/>
607
+ <verse num="33">So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and <crossref let="m" cid="c02009033.1"/>stretched out his hands to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth.</verse>
608
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009034"/>
609
+ <verse num="34">But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again and <crossref let="p" cid="c02009034.1"/>hardened his heart, <crossref let="q" cid="c02009034.2"/>he and his servants.</verse>
610
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02009035"/>
611
+ <verse num="35">So <crossref let="r" cid="c02009035.1"/>the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had spoken through Moses.</verse>
612
+ <end-paragraph/>
613
+ </chapter>
614
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010001"/>
615
+ <chapter num="10">
616
+ <heading>The Eighth Plague: Locusts</heading>
617
+ <begin-paragraph/>
618
+ <verse num="1">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02010001.1" from="02010001.1" to="02010002.1"/>Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them,</verse>
619
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010002"/>
620
+ <verse num="2">and <crossref let="s" cid="c02010002.1"/>that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, <crossref let="t" cid="c02010002.2"/>that you may know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="02010002.1" from="02010001.1" to="02010002.1"/></verse>
621
+ <end-paragraph/>
622
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010003"/>
623
+ <begin-paragraph/>
624
+ <verse num="3">So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="02010003.1" from="02010003.1" to="02010006.2"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of the Hebrews, <q class="begin-single" qid="02010003.2" from="02010003.2" to="02010006.1"/>How long will you refuse to <crossref let="u" cid="c02010003.1"/>humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.</verse>
625
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010004"/>
626
+ <verse num="4">For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring <crossref let="v" cid="c02010004.1"/>locusts into your country,</verse>
627
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010005"/>
628
+ <verse num="5">and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall <crossref let="w" cid="c02010005.1"/>eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field,</verse>
629
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010006"/>
630
+ <verse num="6">and they shall fill <crossref let="x" cid="c02010006.1"/>your houses and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.<q class="end-single" qid="02010006.1" from="02010003.2" to="02010006.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="02010006.2" from="02010003.1" to="02010006.2"/> Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.</verse>
631
+ <end-paragraph/>
632
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010007"/>
633
+ <begin-paragraph/>
634
+ <verse num="7">Then Pharaoh&apos;s servants said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="02010007.1" from="02010007.1" to="02010007.2"/>How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?<q class="end-double" qid="02010007.2" from="02010007.1" to="02010007.2"/></verse>
635
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010008"/>
636
+ <verse num="8">So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, <crossref let="y" cid="c02010008.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02010008.1" from="02010008.1" to="02010008.2"/>Go, serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God. But which ones are to go?<q class="end-double" qid="02010008.2" from="02010008.1" to="02010008.2"/></verse>
637
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010009"/>
638
+ <verse num="9">Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02010009.1" from="02010009.1" to="02010009.2"/>We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for <crossref let="z" cid="c02010009.1"/>we must hold a feast to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="02010009.2" from="02010009.1" to="02010009.2"/></verse>
639
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010010"/>
640
+ <verse num="10">But he said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="02010010.1" from="02010010.1" to="02010011.1"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> be with you, if ever I let you and your <crossref let="a" cid="c02010010.1"/>little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind.<note nid="n02010010.1"/></verse>
641
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010011"/>
642
+ <verse num="11">No! Go, the men among you, and serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for that is what you are asking.<q class="end-double" qid="02010011.1" from="02010010.1" to="02010011.1"/> And they were driven out from Pharaoh&apos;s presence.</verse>
643
+ <end-paragraph/>
644
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010012"/>
645
+ <begin-paragraph/>
646
+ <verse num="12">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="b" cid="c02010012.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02010012.1" from="02010012.1" to="02010012.2"/>Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and <crossref let="c" cid="c02010012.2"/>eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.<q class="end-double" qid="02010012.2" from="02010012.1" to="02010012.2"/></verse>
647
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010013"/>
648
+ <verse num="13">So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts.</verse>
649
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010014"/>
650
+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="d" cid="c02010014.1"/>The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, <crossref let="e" cid="c02010014.2"/>such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again.</verse>
651
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010015"/>
652
+ <verse num="15">They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and <crossref let="f" cid="c02010015.1"/>they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt.</verse>
653
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010016"/>
654
+ <verse num="16">Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, <crossref let="g" cid="c02010016.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02010016.1" from="02010016.1" to="02010017.1"/>I have sinned against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, and against you.</verse>
655
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010017"/>
656
+ <verse num="17">Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and <crossref let="h" cid="c02010017.1"/>plead with the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God only to remove this death from me.<q class="end-double" qid="02010017.1" from="02010016.1" to="02010017.1"/></verse>
657
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010018"/>
658
+ <verse num="18">So <crossref let="i" cid="c02010018.1"/>he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
659
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010019"/>
660
+ <verse num="19">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them <crossref let="j" cid="c02010019.1"/>into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt.</verse>
661
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010020"/>
662
+ <verse num="20">But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="k" cid="c02010020.1"/>hardened Pharaoh&apos;s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.</verse>
663
+ <end-paragraph/>
664
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010021"/>
665
+ <heading>The Ninth Plague: Darkness</heading>
666
+ <begin-paragraph/>
667
+ <verse num="21">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="l" cid="c02010021.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02010021.1" from="02010021.1" to="02010021.2"/>Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be <crossref let="m" cid="c02010021.2"/>darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.<q class="end-double" qid="02010021.2" from="02010021.1" to="02010021.2"/></verse>
668
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010022"/>
669
+ <verse num="22">So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.</verse>
670
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010023"/>
671
+ <verse num="23">They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but <crossref let="n" cid="c02010023.1"/>all the people of Israel had light where they lived.</verse>
672
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010024"/>
673
+ <verse num="24">Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, <crossref let="o" cid="c02010024.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02010024.1" from="02010024.1" to="02010024.2"/>Go, serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; <crossref let="p" cid="c02010024.2"/>your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.<q class="end-double" qid="02010024.2" from="02010024.1" to="02010024.2"/></verse>
674
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010025"/>
675
+ <verse num="25">But Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02010025.1" from="02010025.1" to="02010026.1"/>You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God.</verse>
676
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010026"/>
677
+ <verse num="26">Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> until we arrive there.<q class="end-double" qid="02010026.1" from="02010025.1" to="02010026.1"/></verse>
678
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010027"/>
679
+ <verse num="27">But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="q" cid="c02010027.1"/>hardened Pharaoh&apos;s heart, and he would not let them go.</verse>
680
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010028"/>
681
+ <verse num="28">Then Pharaoh said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="02010028.1" from="02010028.1" to="02010028.2"/>Get away from me; take care never to see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.<q class="end-double" qid="02010028.2" from="02010028.1" to="02010028.2"/></verse>
682
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02010029"/>
683
+ <verse num="29">Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02010029.1" from="02010029.1" to="02010029.2"/>As you say! <crossref let="r" cid="c02010029.1"/>I will not see your face again.<q class="end-double" qid="02010029.2" from="02010029.1" to="02010029.2"/></verse>
684
+ <end-paragraph/>
685
+ </chapter>
686
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02011001"/>
687
+ <chapter num="11">
688
+ <heading>A Final Plague Threatened</heading>
689
+ <begin-paragraph/>
690
+ <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02011001.1" from="02011001.1" to="02011002.1"/>Yet <crossref let="s" cid="c02011001.1"/>one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. <crossref let="t" cid="c02011001.2"/>When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely.</verse>
691
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02011002"/>
692
+ <verse num="2">Speak now in the hearing of the people, that <crossref let="u" cid="c02011002.1"/>they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.<q class="end-double" qid="02011002.1" from="02011001.1" to="02011002.1"/></verse>
693
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02011003"/>
694
+ <verse num="3"><crossref let="v" cid="c02011003.1"/>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh&apos;s servants and in the sight of the people.</verse>
695
+ <end-paragraph/>
696
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02011004"/>
697
+ <begin-paragraph/>
698
+ <verse num="4">So Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02011004.1" from="02011004.1" to="02011008.3"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: <crossref let="w" cid="c02011004.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02011004.2" from="02011004.2" to="02011007.1"/>About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt,</verse>
699
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02011005"/>
700
+ <verse num="5">and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is <crossref let="x" cid="c02011005.1"/>behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.</verse>
701
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02011006"/>
702
+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="y" cid="c02011006.1"/>There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.</verse>
703
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02011007"/>
704
+ <verse num="7">But not a dog shall growl <crossref let="z" cid="c02011007.1"/>against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="a" cid="c02011007.2"/>makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.<q class="end-single" qid="02011007.1" from="02011004.2" to="02011007.1"/></verse>
705
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02011008"/>
706
+ <verse num="8">And <crossref let="b" cid="c02011008.1"/>all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="02011008.1" from="02011008.1" to="02011008.2"/>Get out, you and all the people who follow you.<q class="end-single" qid="02011008.2" from="02011008.1" to="02011008.2"/> And after that I will go out.<q class="end-double" qid="02011008.3" from="02011004.1" to="02011008.3"/> And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.</verse>
707
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02011009"/>
708
+ <verse num="9">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="c" cid="c02011009.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02011009.1" from="02011009.1" to="02011009.2"/>Pharaoh will not listen to you, that <crossref let="d" cid="c02011009.2"/>my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.<q class="end-double" qid="02011009.2" from="02011009.1" to="02011009.2"/></verse>
709
+ <end-paragraph/>
710
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02011010"/>
711
+ <begin-paragraph/>
712
+ <verse num="10">Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="e" cid="c02011010.1"/>hardened Pharaoh&apos;s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.</verse>
713
+ <end-paragraph/>
714
+ </chapter>
715
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012001"/>
716
+ <chapter num="12">
717
+ <heading>The Passover</heading>
718
+ <begin-paragraph/>
719
+ <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,</verse>
720
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012002"/>
721
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="f" cid="c02012002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02012002.1" from="02012002.1" to="02012020.1"/>This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.</verse>
722
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012003"/>
723
+ <verse num="3">Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb <crossref let="g" cid="c02012003.1"/>according to their fathers&apos; houses, a lamb for a household.</verse>
724
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012004"/>
725
+ <verse num="4">And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.</verse>
726
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012005"/>
727
+ <verse num="5">Your lamb shall be <crossref let="h" cid="c02012005.1"/>without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,</verse>
728
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012006"/>
729
+ <verse num="6">and you shall keep it until the <crossref let="i" cid="c02012006.1"/>fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.<note nid="n02012006.1"/></verse>
730
+ <end-paragraph/>
731
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012007"/>
732
+ <begin-paragraph/>
733
+ <verse num="7"><q class="continue-double" qid="02012007.1" from="02012002.1" to="02012020.1"/>Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the <crossref let="j" cid="c02012007.1"/>two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.</verse>
734
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012008"/>
735
+ <verse num="8">They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with <crossref let="k" cid="c02012008.1"/>unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.</verse>
736
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012009"/>
737
+ <verse num="9">Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but <crossref let="l" cid="c02012009.1"/>roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.</verse>
738
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012010"/>
739
+ <verse num="10">And <crossref let="m" cid="c02012010.1"/>you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.</verse>
740
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012011"/>
741
+ <verse num="11">In this manner you shall eat it: with <crossref let="n" cid="c02012011.1"/>your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. <crossref let="o" cid="c02012011.2"/>It is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s Passover.</verse>
742
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012012"/>
743
+ <verse num="12">For <crossref let="p" cid="c02012012.1"/>I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on <crossref let="q" cid="c02012012.2"/>all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: <crossref let="r" cid="c02012012.3"/>I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
744
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012013"/>
745
+ <verse num="13"><crossref let="s" cid="c02012013.1"/>The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.</verse>
746
+ <end-paragraph/>
747
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012014"/>
748
+ <begin-paragraph/>
749
+ <verse num="14"><q class="continue-double" qid="02012014.1" from="02012002.1" to="02012020.1"/>This day shall be <crossref let="t" cid="c02012014.1"/>for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; throughout your generations, as a <crossref let="u" cid="c02012014.2"/>statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.</verse>
750
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012015"/>
751
+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="v" cid="c02012015.1"/>Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, <crossref let="w" cid="c02012015.2"/>that person shall be cut off from Israel.</verse>
752
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012016"/>
753
+ <verse num="16">On the first day you shall hold a <crossref let="x" cid="c02012016.1"/>holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you.</verse>
754
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012017"/>
755
+ <verse num="17">And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for <crossref let="y" cid="c02012017.1"/>on this very day I brought your <crossref let="z" cid="c02012017.2"/>hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as a statute forever.</verse>
756
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012018"/>
757
+ <verse num="18"><crossref let="a" cid="c02012018.1"/>In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.</verse>
758
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012019"/>
759
+ <verse num="19"><crossref let="b" cid="c02012019.1"/>For seven days no leaven is to be found in your houses. If anyone eats what is leavened, <crossref let="b" cid="c02012019.2"/>that person will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, <crossref let="c" cid="c02012019.3"/>whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land.</verse>
760
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012020"/>
761
+ <verse num="20">You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwelling places you shall eat unleavened bread.<q class="end-double" qid="02012020.1" from="02012002.1" to="02012020.1"/></verse>
762
+ <end-paragraph/>
763
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012021"/>
764
+ <begin-paragraph/>
765
+ <verse num="21">Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="02012021.1" from="02012021.1" to="02012027.3"/>Go and select lambs for yourselves <crossref let="d" cid="c02012021.1"/>according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb.</verse>
766
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012022"/>
767
+ <verse num="22">Take a bunch of <crossref let="e" cid="c02012022.1"/>hyssop and <crossref let="f" cid="c02012022.2"/>dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch <crossref let="g" cid="c02012022.3"/>the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. <crossref let="h" cid="c02012022.4"/>None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.</verse>
768
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012023"/>
769
+ <verse num="23"><crossref let="i" cid="c02012023.1"/>For the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on <crossref let="g" cid="c02012023.2"/>the lintel and on the two doorposts, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will pass over the door and <crossref let="j" cid="c02012023.3"/>will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.</verse>
770
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012024"/>
771
+ <verse num="24">You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever.</verse>
772
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012025"/>
773
+ <verse num="25">And when you come to the land that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will give you, <crossref let="k" cid="c02012025.1"/>as he has promised, you shall keep this service.</verse>
774
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012026"/>
775
+ <verse num="26">And <crossref let="l" cid="c02012026.1"/>when your children say to you, <q class="begin-single" qid="02012026.1" from="02012026.1" to="02012026.2"/>What do you mean by this service?<q class="end-single" qid="02012026.2" from="02012026.1" to="02012026.2"/></verse>
776
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012027"/>
777
+ <verse num="27">you shall say, <crossref let="m" cid="c02012027.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02012027.1" from="02012027.1" to="02012027.2"/>It is the sacrifice of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.<q class="end-single" qid="02012027.2" from="02012027.1" to="02012027.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="02012027.3" from="02012021.1" to="02012027.3"/> And the people <crossref let="n" cid="c02012027.2"/>bowed their heads and worshiped.</verse>
778
+ <end-paragraph/>
779
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012028"/>
780
+ <begin-paragraph/>
781
+ <verse num="28">Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.</verse>
782
+ <end-paragraph/>
783
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012029"/>
784
+ <heading>The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn</heading>
785
+ <begin-paragraph/>
786
+ <verse num="29"><crossref let="o" cid="c02012029.1"/>At midnight the <crossref let="p" cid="c02012029.2"/><span class="divine-name">Lord</span> struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, <crossref let="q" cid="c02012029.3"/>from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.</verse>
787
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012030"/>
788
+ <verse num="30">And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was <crossref let="r" cid="c02012030.1"/>a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead.</verse>
789
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012031"/>
790
+ <verse num="31">Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02012031.1" from="02012031.1" to="02012032.1"/>Up, go out from among my people, <crossref let="s" cid="c02012031.1"/>both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, as you have said.</verse>
791
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012032"/>
792
+ <verse num="32"><crossref let="t" cid="c02012032.1"/>Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!<q class="end-double" qid="02012032.1" from="02012031.1" to="02012032.1"/></verse>
793
+ <end-paragraph/>
794
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012033"/>
795
+ <heading>The Exodus</heading>
796
+ <begin-paragraph/>
797
+ <verse num="33"><crossref let="u" cid="c02012033.1"/>The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02012033.1" from="02012033.1" to="02012033.2"/>We shall all be dead.<q class="end-double" qid="02012033.2" from="02012033.1" to="02012033.2"/></verse>
798
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012034"/>
799
+ <verse num="34">So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders.</verse>
800
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012035"/>
801
+ <verse num="35">The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had <crossref let="v" cid="c02012035.1"/>asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing.</verse>
802
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012036"/>
803
+ <verse num="36"><crossref let="w" cid="c02012036.1"/>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that <crossref let="x" cid="c02012036.2"/>they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.</verse>
804
+ <end-paragraph/>
805
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012037"/>
806
+ <begin-paragraph/>
807
+ <verse num="37">And the <crossref let="y" cid="c02012037.1"/>people of Israel journeyed from <crossref let="z" cid="c02012037.2"/>Rameses to Succoth, <crossref let="a" cid="c02012037.3"/>about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.</verse>
808
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012038"/>
809
+ <verse num="38">A <crossref let="b" cid="c02012038.1"/>mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds.</verse>
810
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012039"/>
811
+ <verse num="39">And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because <crossref let="u" cid="c02012039.1"/>they were thrust out of Egypt and <crossref let="c" cid="c02012039.2"/>could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.</verse>
812
+ <end-paragraph/>
813
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012040"/>
814
+ <begin-paragraph/>
815
+ <verse num="40">The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.</verse>
816
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012041"/>
817
+ <verse num="41">At the end of <crossref let="d" cid="c02012041.1"/>430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> went out from the land of Egypt.</verse>
818
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012042"/>
819
+ <verse num="42">It was a night of watching by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a <crossref let="e" cid="c02012042.1"/>night of watching kept to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.</verse>
820
+ <end-paragraph/>
821
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012043"/>
822
+ <heading>Institution of the Passover</heading>
823
+ <begin-paragraph/>
824
+ <verse num="43">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses and Aaron, <q class="begin-double" qid="02012043.1" from="02012043.1" to="02012049.1"/>This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it,</verse>
825
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012044"/>
826
+ <verse num="44">but every slave<note nid="n02012044.1"/> that is <crossref let="f" cid="c02012044.1"/>bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him.</verse>
827
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012045"/>
828
+ <verse num="45"><crossref let="g" cid="c02012045.1"/>No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it.</verse>
829
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012046"/>
830
+ <verse num="46">It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and <crossref let="h" cid="c02012046.1"/>you shall not break any of its bones.</verse>
831
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012047"/>
832
+ <verse num="47"><crossref let="i" cid="c02012047.1"/>All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.</verse>
833
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012048"/>
834
+ <verse num="48"><crossref let="j" cid="c02012048.1"/>If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he <crossref let="k" cid="c02012048.2"/>shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.</verse>
835
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012049"/>
836
+ <verse num="49">There shall be <crossref let="l" cid="c02012049.1"/>one law for the native and for the <crossref let="j" cid="c02012049.2"/>stranger who sojourns among you.<q class="end-double" qid="02012049.1" from="02012043.1" to="02012049.1"/></verse>
837
+ <end-paragraph/>
838
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012050"/>
839
+ <begin-paragraph/>
840
+ <verse num="50">All the people of Israel did just as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses and Aaron.</verse>
841
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02012051"/>
842
+ <verse num="51">And on that very day the <crossref let="m" cid="c02012051.1"/><span class="divine-name">Lord</span> brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their <crossref let="n" cid="c02012051.2"/>hosts.</verse>
843
+ <end-paragraph/>
844
+ </chapter>
845
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013001"/>
846
+ <chapter num="13">
847
+ <heading>Consecration of the Firstborn</heading>
848
+ <begin-paragraph/>
849
+ <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
850
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013002"/>
851
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="o" cid="c02013002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02013002.1" from="02013002.1" to="02013002.2"/>Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.<q class="end-double" qid="02013002.2" from="02013002.1" to="02013002.2"/></verse>
852
+ <end-paragraph/>
853
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013003"/>
854
+ <heading>The Feast of Unleavened Bread</heading>
855
+ <begin-paragraph/>
856
+ <verse num="3">Then Moses said to the people, <crossref let="p" cid="c02013003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02013003.1" from="02013003.1" to="02013016.1"/>Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, <crossref let="q" cid="c02013003.2"/>for by a strong hand the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> brought you out from this place. <crossref let="r" cid="c02013003.3"/>No leavened bread shall be eaten.</verse>
857
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013004"/>
858
+ <verse num="4">Today, in the month of <crossref let="s" cid="c02013004.1"/>Abib, you are going out.</verse>
859
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013005"/>
860
+ <verse num="5">And when the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> brings you into <crossref let="t" cid="c02013005.1"/>the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which <crossref let="u" cid="c02013005.2"/>he swore to your fathers to give you, a land <crossref let="v" cid="c02013005.3"/>flowing with milk and honey, <crossref let="w" cid="c02013005.4"/>you shall keep this service in this month.</verse>
861
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013006"/>
862
+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="x" cid="c02013006.1"/>Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
863
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013007"/>
864
+ <verse num="7">Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory.</verse>
865
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013008"/>
866
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="y" cid="c02013008.1"/>You shall tell your son on that day, <q class="begin-single" qid="02013008.1" from="02013008.1" to="02013008.2"/>It is because of what the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> did for me when I came out of Egypt.<q class="end-single" qid="02013008.2" from="02013008.1" to="02013008.2"/></verse>
867
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013009"/>
868
+ <verse num="9">And it shall <crossref let="z" cid="c02013009.1"/>be to you as a sign on your hand and as <crossref let="a" cid="c02013009.2"/>a memorial <crossref let="z" cid="c02013009.3"/>between your eyes, that the law of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has brought you out of Egypt.</verse>
869
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013010"/>
870
+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="b" cid="c02013010.1"/>You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.</verse>
871
+ <end-paragraph/>
872
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013011"/>
873
+ <begin-paragraph/>
874
+ <verse num="11"><q class="continue-double" qid="02013011.1" from="02013003.1" to="02013016.1"/>When the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> brings you into the land of the Canaanites, <crossref let="c" cid="c02013011.1"/>as he swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you,</verse>
875
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013012"/>
876
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="d" cid="c02013012.1"/>you shall set apart to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s.</verse>
877
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013013"/>
878
+ <verse num="13"><crossref let="e" cid="c02013013.1"/>Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every <crossref let="f" cid="c02013013.2"/>firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.</verse>
879
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013014"/>
880
+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="g" cid="c02013014.1"/>And when in time to come your son asks you, <q class="begin-single" qid="02013014.1" from="02013014.1" to="02013014.2"/>What does this mean?<q class="end-single" qid="02013014.2" from="02013014.1" to="02013014.2"/> you shall say to him, <crossref let="h" cid="c02013014.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02013014.3" from="02013014.3" to="02013015.1"/>By a strong hand the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> brought us out of Egypt, from the house of <crossref let="i" cid="c02013014.3"/>slavery.</verse>
881
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013015"/>
882
+ <verse num="15">For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the <crossref let="j" cid="c02013015.1"/><span class="divine-name">Lord</span> killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> all the males that first open the womb, but <crossref let="k" cid="c02013015.2"/>all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.<q class="end-single" qid="02013015.1" from="02013014.3" to="02013015.1"/></verse>
883
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013016"/>
884
+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="l" cid="c02013016.1"/>It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for <crossref let="m" cid="c02013016.2"/>by a strong hand the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> brought us out of Egypt.<q class="end-double" qid="02013016.1" from="02013003.1" to="02013016.1"/></verse>
885
+ <end-paragraph/>
886
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013017"/>
887
+ <heading>Pillars of Cloud and Fire</heading>
888
+ <begin-paragraph/>
889
+ <verse num="17">When Pharaoh let the people go, God did <crossref let="n" cid="c02013017.1"/>not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02013017.1" from="02013017.1" to="02013017.2"/>Lest the people <crossref let="o" cid="c02013017.2"/>change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.<q class="end-double" qid="02013017.2" from="02013017.1" to="02013017.2"/></verse>
890
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013018"/>
891
+ <verse num="18">But God <crossref let="p" cid="c02013018.1"/>led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle.</verse>
892
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013019"/>
893
+ <verse num="19">Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph<note nid="n02013019.1"/> had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, <crossref let="q" cid="c02013019.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02013019.1" from="02013019.1" to="02013019.2"/>God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones with you from here.<q class="end-double" qid="02013019.2" from="02013019.1" to="02013019.2"/></verse>
894
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013020"/>
895
+ <verse num="20">And <crossref let="r" cid="c02013020.1"/>they moved on from Succoth and encamped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.</verse>
896
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013021"/>
897
+ <verse num="21">And <crossref let="s" cid="c02013021.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.</verse>
898
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02013022"/>
899
+ <verse num="22">The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.</verse>
900
+ <end-paragraph/>
901
+ </chapter>
902
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014001"/>
903
+ <chapter num="14">
904
+ <heading>Crossing the Red Sea</heading>
905
+ <begin-paragraph/>
906
+ <verse num="1">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
907
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014002"/>
908
+ <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="02014002.1" from="02014002.1" to="02014004.1"/>Tell the people of Israel to <crossref let="t" cid="c02014002.1"/>turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between <crossref let="u" cid="c02014002.2"/>Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea.</verse>
909
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014003"/>
910
+ <verse num="3">For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, <q class="begin-single" qid="02014003.1" from="02014003.1" to="02014003.2"/>They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.<q class="end-single" qid="02014003.2" from="02014003.1" to="02014003.2"/></verse>
911
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014004"/>
912
+ <verse num="4">And <crossref let="v" cid="c02014004.1"/>I will harden Pharaoh&apos;s heart, and he will pursue them, and I will <crossref let="w" cid="c02014004.2"/>get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, <crossref let="x" cid="c02014004.3"/>and the Egyptians shall know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="02014004.1" from="02014002.1" to="02014004.1"/> And they did so.</verse>
913
+ <end-paragraph/>
914
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014005"/>
915
+ <begin-paragraph/>
916
+ <verse num="5">When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the <crossref let="y" cid="c02014005.1"/>mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02014005.1" from="02014005.1" to="02014005.2"/>What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?<q class="end-double" qid="02014005.2" from="02014005.1" to="02014005.2"/></verse>
917
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014006"/>
918
+ <verse num="6">So he made ready his chariot and took his army with him,</verse>
919
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014007"/>
920
+ <verse num="7">and took <crossref let="z" cid="c02014007.1"/>six hundred chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.</verse>
921
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014008"/>
922
+ <verse num="8">And <crossref let="v" cid="c02014008.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while <crossref let="a" cid="c02014008.2"/>the people of Israel were going out defiantly.</verse>
923
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014009"/>
924
+ <verse num="9">The <crossref let="b" cid="c02014009.1"/>Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh&apos;s horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them <crossref let="c" cid="c02014009.2"/>encamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.</verse>
925
+ <end-paragraph/>
926
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014010"/>
927
+ <begin-paragraph/>
928
+ <verse num="10">When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel <crossref let="d" cid="c02014010.1"/>cried out to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
929
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014011"/>
930
+ <verse num="11">They <crossref let="e" cid="c02014011.1"/>said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02014011.1" from="02014011.1" to="02014012.3"/>Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt?</verse>
931
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014012"/>
932
+ <verse num="12">Is not this what <crossref let="f" cid="c02014012.1"/>we said to you in Egypt: <q class="begin-single" qid="02014012.1" from="02014012.1" to="02014012.2"/>Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians<q class="end-single" qid="02014012.2" from="02014012.1" to="02014012.2"/>? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.<q class="end-double" qid="02014012.3" from="02014011.1" to="02014012.3"/></verse>
933
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014013"/>
934
+ <verse num="13">And Moses said to the people, <crossref let="g" cid="c02014013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02014013.1" from="02014013.1" to="02014014.1"/>Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, which he will work for you today. For <crossref let="h" cid="c02014013.2"/>the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.</verse>
935
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014014"/>
936
+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="i" cid="c02014014.1"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will fight for you, and you have only <crossref let="j" cid="c02014014.2"/>to be silent.<q class="end-double" qid="02014014.1" from="02014013.1" to="02014014.1"/></verse>
937
+ <end-paragraph/>
938
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014015"/>
939
+ <begin-paragraph/>
940
+ <verse num="15">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02014015.1" from="02014015.1" to="02014018.1"/>Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.</verse>
941
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014016"/>
942
+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="k" cid="c02014016.1"/>Lift up your staff, and <crossref let="k" cid="c02014016.2"/>stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.</verse>
943
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014017"/>
944
+ <verse num="17">And <crossref let="l" cid="c02014017.1"/>I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and <crossref let="m" cid="c02014017.2"/>I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.</verse>
945
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014018"/>
946
+ <verse num="18">And the Egyptians <crossref let="n" cid="c02014018.1"/>shall know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="m" cid="c02014018.2"/>when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.<q class="end-double" qid="02014018.1" from="02014015.1" to="02014018.1"/></verse>
947
+ <end-paragraph/>
948
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014019"/>
949
+ <begin-paragraph/>
950
+ <verse num="19"><crossref let="o" cid="c02014019.1"/>Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,</verse>
951
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014020"/>
952
+ <verse num="20">coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night<note nid="n02014020.1"/> without one coming near the other all night.</verse>
953
+ <end-paragraph/>
954
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014021"/>
955
+ <begin-paragraph/>
956
+ <verse num="21">Then Moses <crossref let="k" cid="c02014021.1"/>stretched out his hand over the sea, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> drove the sea back by <crossref let="p" cid="c02014021.2"/>a strong east wind all night and <crossref let="q" cid="c02014021.3"/>made the sea dry land, and the waters were <crossref let="r" cid="c02014021.4"/>divided.</verse>
957
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014022"/>
958
+ <verse num="22">And <crossref let="s" cid="c02014022.1"/>the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being <crossref let="t" cid="c02014022.2"/>a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.</verse>
959
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014023"/>
960
+ <verse num="23">The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh&apos;s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.</verse>
961
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014024"/>
962
+ <verse num="24">And in the morning watch the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,</verse>
963
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014025"/>
964
+ <verse num="25">clogging<note nid="n02014025.1"/> their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02014025.1" from="02014025.1" to="02014025.2"/>Let us flee from before Israel, for the <crossref let="u" cid="c02014025.1"/><span class="divine-name">Lord</span> fights for them against the Egyptians.<q class="end-double" qid="02014025.2" from="02014025.1" to="02014025.2"/></verse>
965
+ <end-paragraph/>
966
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014026"/>
967
+ <begin-paragraph/>
968
+ <verse num="26">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="v" cid="c02014026.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02014026.1" from="02014026.1" to="02014026.2"/>Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.<q class="end-double" qid="02014026.2" from="02014026.1" to="02014026.2"/></verse>
969
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014027"/>
970
+ <verse num="27"><crossref let="w" cid="c02014027.1"/>So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea <crossref let="x" cid="c02014027.2"/>returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="y" cid="c02014027.3"/>threw<note nid="n02014027.1"/> the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.</verse>
971
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014028"/>
972
+ <verse num="28">The <crossref let="z" cid="c02014028.1"/>waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, <crossref let="a" cid="c02014028.2"/>not one of them remained.</verse>
973
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014029"/>
974
+ <verse num="29">But the <crossref let="b" cid="c02014029.1"/>people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.</verse>
975
+ <end-paragraph/>
976
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014030"/>
977
+ <begin-paragraph/>
978
+ <verse num="30">Thus the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="c" cid="c02014030.1"/>saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.</verse>
979
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02014031"/>
980
+ <verse num="31"><crossref let="d" cid="c02014031.1"/>Israel saw the great power that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and they <crossref let="e" cid="c02014031.2"/>believed in the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and in his servant Moses.</verse>
981
+ <end-paragraph/>
982
+ </chapter>
983
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015001"/>
984
+ <chapter num="15">
985
+ <heading>The Song of Moses</heading>
986
+ <begin-paragraph/>
987
+ <verse num="1">Then Moses and the people of Israel <crossref let="f" cid="c02015001.1"/>sang this song to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, saying,
988
+ <end-paragraph/>
989
+ <begin-block-indent/>
990
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
991
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="g" cid="c02015001.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02015001.1" from="02015001.1" to="02015018.1"/>I will sing to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for he has triumphed gloriously;<end-line class="br"/>
992
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>the horse and his rider<note nid="n02015001.1"/> he has thrown into the sea.<end-line class="br"/>
993
+ </verse>
994
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015002"/>
995
+ <verse num="2">
996
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="h" cid="c02015002.1"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is my strength and my <crossref let="i" cid="c02015002.2"/>song,<end-line class="br"/>
997
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and he has become <crossref let="j" cid="c02015002.3"/>my salvation;<end-line class="br"/>
998
+ <begin-line/>this is my God, and I will praise him,<end-line class="br"/>
999
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="k" cid="c02015002.4"/>my father&apos;s God, and <crossref let="l" cid="c02015002.5"/>I will exalt him.<end-line class="br"/>
1000
+ </verse>
1001
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015003"/>
1002
+ <verse num="3">
1003
+ <begin-line/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is <crossref let="m" cid="c02015003.1"/>a man of war;<end-line class="br"/>
1004
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="n" cid="c02015003.2"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is his name.<end-line/>
1005
+ </verse>
1006
+ <end-paragraph/>
1007
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015004"/>
1008
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1009
+ <verse num="4">
1010
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="o" cid="c02015004.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02015004.1" from="02015001.1" to="02015018.1"/>Pharaoh&apos;s chariots and his host he cast into the sea,<end-line class="br"/>
1011
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and his chosen <crossref let="p" cid="c02015004.2"/>officers were sunk in the Red Sea.<end-line class="br"/>
1012
+ </verse>
1013
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015005"/>
1014
+ <verse num="5">
1015
+ <begin-line/>The <crossref let="q" cid="c02015005.1"/>floods covered them;<end-line class="br"/>
1016
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>they <crossref let="r" cid="c02015005.2"/>went down into the depths like a stone.<end-line class="br"/>
1017
+ </verse>
1018
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015006"/>
1019
+ <verse num="6">
1020
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="s" cid="c02015006.1"/>Your right hand, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, glorious in power,<end-line class="br"/>
1021
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>your right hand, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="t" cid="c02015006.2"/>shatters the enemy.<end-line class="br"/>
1022
+ </verse>
1023
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015007"/>
1024
+ <verse num="7">
1025
+ <begin-line/>In the <crossref let="u" cid="c02015007.1"/>greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;<end-line class="br"/>
1026
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>you send out your fury; it <crossref let="v" cid="c02015007.2"/>consumes them like stubble.<end-line class="br"/>
1027
+ </verse>
1028
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015008"/>
1029
+ <verse num="8">
1030
+ <begin-line/>At the <crossref let="w" cid="c02015008.1"/>blast of your nostrils the waters piled up;<end-line class="br"/>
1031
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>the <crossref let="x" cid="c02015008.2"/>floods stood up in a heap;<end-line class="br"/>
1032
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.<end-line class="br"/>
1033
+ </verse>
1034
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015009"/>
1035
+ <verse num="9">
1036
+ <begin-line/>The enemy said, <crossref let="y" cid="c02015009.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02015009.1" from="02015009.1" to="02015009.2"/>I will pursue, I will overtake,<end-line class="br"/>
1037
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>I <crossref let="z" cid="c02015009.2"/>will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.<end-line class="br"/>
1038
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.<q class="end-single" qid="02015009.2" from="02015009.1" to="02015009.2"/><end-line class="br"/>
1039
+ </verse>
1040
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015010"/>
1041
+ <verse num="10">
1042
+ <begin-line/>You <crossref let="a" cid="c02015010.1"/>blew with your wind; the <crossref let="b" cid="c02015010.2"/>sea covered them;<end-line class="br"/>
1043
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>they sank like lead in the mighty waters.<end-line/>
1044
+ </verse>
1045
+ <end-paragraph/>
1046
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015011"/>
1047
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1048
+ <verse num="11">
1049
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="c" cid="c02015011.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02015011.1" from="02015001.1" to="02015018.1"/>Who is like you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, among the gods?<end-line class="br"/>
1050
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>Who is like you, majestic in holiness,<end-line class="br"/>
1051
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>awesome in <crossref let="d" cid="c02015011.2"/>glorious deeds, <crossref let="e" cid="c02015011.3"/>doing wonders?<end-line class="br"/>
1052
+ </verse>
1053
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015012"/>
1054
+ <verse num="12">
1055
+ <begin-line/>You stretched out <crossref let="f" cid="c02015012.1"/>your right hand;<end-line class="br"/>
1056
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>the earth swallowed them.<end-line/>
1057
+ </verse>
1058
+ <end-paragraph/>
1059
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015013"/>
1060
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1061
+ <verse num="13">
1062
+ <begin-line/><q class="continue-double" qid="02015013.1" from="02015001.1" to="02015018.1"/>You have <crossref let="g" cid="c02015013.1"/>led in your steadfast love the people whom <crossref let="h" cid="c02015013.2"/>you have redeemed;<end-line class="br"/>
1063
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>you have <crossref let="i" cid="c02015013.3"/>guided them by your strength to your holy abode.<end-line class="br"/>
1064
+ </verse>
1065
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015014"/>
1066
+ <verse num="14">
1067
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="j" cid="c02015014.1"/>The peoples have heard; they tremble;<end-line class="br"/>
1068
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.<end-line class="br"/>
1069
+ </verse>
1070
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015015"/>
1071
+ <verse num="15">
1072
+ <begin-line/>Now are the chiefs of Edom <crossref let="k" cid="c02015015.1"/>dismayed;<end-line class="br"/>
1073
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>trembling seizes the leaders of <crossref let="l" cid="c02015015.2"/>Moab;<end-line class="br"/>
1074
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="m" cid="c02015015.3"/>all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.<end-line class="br"/>
1075
+ </verse>
1076
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015016"/>
1077
+ <verse num="16">
1078
+ <begin-line/>Terror and <crossref let="n" cid="c02015016.1"/>dread fall upon them;<end-line class="br"/>
1079
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>because of the greatness of your arm, they are still <crossref let="o" cid="c02015016.2"/>as a stone,<end-line class="br"/>
1080
+ <begin-line/>till your people, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, pass by,<end-line class="br"/>
1081
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>till the people pass by whom <crossref let="p" cid="c02015016.3"/>you have purchased.<end-line class="br"/>
1082
+ </verse>
1083
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015017"/>
1084
+ <verse num="17">
1085
+ <begin-line/>You will bring them in and <crossref let="q" cid="c02015017.1"/>plant them on your own mountain,<end-line class="br"/>
1086
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>the place, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, which you have made for your abode,<end-line class="br"/>
1087
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="r" cid="c02015017.2"/>the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.<end-line class="br"/>
1088
+ </verse>
1089
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015018"/>
1090
+ <verse num="18">
1091
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="s" cid="c02015018.1"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will reign forever and ever.<q class="end-double" qid="02015018.1" from="02015001.1" to="02015018.1"/><end-line/>
1092
+ </verse>
1093
+ <end-paragraph/>
1094
+ <end-block-indent/>
1095
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015019"/>
1096
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1097
+ <verse num="19">For when <crossref let="t" cid="c02015019.1"/>the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, <crossref let="u" cid="c02015019.2"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea.</verse>
1098
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015020"/>
1099
+ <verse num="20">Then <crossref let="v" cid="c02015020.1"/>Miriam <crossref let="w" cid="c02015020.2"/>the prophetess, the <crossref let="x" cid="c02015020.3"/>sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and <crossref let="y" cid="c02015020.4"/>all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.</verse>
1100
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015021"/>
1101
+ <verse num="21">And Miriam sang to them:
1102
+ <end-paragraph/>
1103
+ <begin-block-indent/>
1104
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
1105
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="z" cid="c02015021.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02015021.1" from="02015021.1" to="02015021.2"/>Sing to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for he has triumphed gloriously;<end-line class="br"/>
1106
+ <begin-line/>the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.<q class="end-double" qid="02015021.2" from="02015021.1" to="02015021.2"/><end-line/>
1107
+ </verse>
1108
+ <end-paragraph/>
1109
+ <end-block-indent/>
1110
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015022"/>
1111
+ <heading>Bitter Water Made Sweet</heading>
1112
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1113
+ <verse num="22">Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of <crossref let="a" cid="c02015022.1"/>Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.</verse>
1114
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015023"/>
1115
+ <verse num="23">When they came to <crossref let="b" cid="c02015023.1"/>Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.<note nid="n02015023.1"/></verse>
1116
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015024"/>
1117
+ <verse num="24">And the people <crossref let="c" cid="c02015024.1"/>grumbled against Moses, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="02015024.1" from="02015024.1" to="02015024.2"/>What shall we drink?<q class="end-double" qid="02015024.2" from="02015024.1" to="02015024.2"/></verse>
1118
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015025"/>
1119
+ <verse num="25">And he <crossref let="d" cid="c02015025.1"/>cried to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> showed him a log,<note nid="n02015025.1"/> and he <crossref let="e" cid="c02015025.2"/>threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.
1120
+ <end-paragraph/>
1121
+ <begin-paragraph/>There the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span><note nid="n02015025.2"/> made for them a statute and a rule, and there he <crossref let="f" cid="c02015025.3"/>tested them,
1122
+ </verse>
1123
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015026"/>
1124
+ <verse num="26">saying, <crossref let="g" cid="c02015026.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02015026.1" from="02015026.1" to="02015026.2"/>If you will diligently listen to the voice of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the <crossref let="h" cid="c02015026.2"/>diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="i" cid="c02015026.3"/>your healer.<q class="end-double" qid="02015026.2" from="02015026.1" to="02015026.2"/></verse>
1125
+ <end-paragraph/>
1126
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02015027"/>
1127
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1128
+ <verse num="27">Then <crossref let="j" cid="c02015027.1"/>they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water.</verse>
1129
+ <end-paragraph/>
1130
+ </chapter>
1131
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016001"/>
1132
+ <chapter num="16">
1133
+ <heading>Bread from Heaven</heading>
1134
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1135
+ <verse num="1">They <crossref let="k" cid="c02016001.1"/>set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt.</verse>
1136
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016002"/>
1137
+ <verse num="2">And the whole congregation of the people of Israel <crossref let="l" cid="c02016002.1"/>grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness,</verse>
1138
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016003"/>
1139
+ <verse num="3">and the people of Israel said to them, <crossref let="m" cid="c02016003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02016003.1" from="02016003.1" to="02016003.2"/>Would that we had died by the hand of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> in the land of Egypt, <crossref let="n" cid="c02016003.2"/>when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.<q class="end-double" qid="02016003.2" from="02016003.1" to="02016003.2"/></verse>
1140
+ <end-paragraph/>
1141
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016004"/>
1142
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1143
+ <verse num="4">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02016004.1" from="02016004.1" to="02016005.1"/>Behold, I am about to rain <crossref let="o" cid="c02016004.1"/>bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day&apos;s portion every day, that I may <crossref let="p" cid="c02016004.2"/>test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.</verse>
1144
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016005"/>
1145
+ <verse num="5">On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, <crossref let="q" cid="c02016005.1"/>it will be twice as much as they gather daily.<q class="end-double" qid="02016005.1" from="02016004.1" to="02016005.1"/></verse>
1146
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016006"/>
1147
+ <verse num="6">So Moses and Aaron said to all the people of Israel, <crossref let="r" cid="c02016006.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02016006.1" from="02016006.1" to="02016007.1"/>At evening <crossref let="s" cid="c02016006.2"/>you shall know that it was the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> who brought you out of the land of Egypt,</verse>
1148
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016007"/>
1149
+ <verse num="7">and in the morning you shall see the <crossref let="t" cid="c02016007.1"/>glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, because he has heard your grumbling against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. For <crossref let="u" cid="c02016007.2"/>what are we, that you grumble against us?<q class="end-double" qid="02016007.1" from="02016006.1" to="02016007.1"/></verse>
1150
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016008"/>
1151
+ <verse num="8">And Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02016008.1" from="02016008.1" to="02016008.2"/>When the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him&emdash;<crossref let="v" cid="c02016008.1"/>what are we? Your grumbling is not <crossref let="w" cid="c02016008.2"/>against us but against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="02016008.2" from="02016008.1" to="02016008.2"/></verse>
1152
+ <end-paragraph/>
1153
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016009"/>
1154
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1155
+ <verse num="9">Then Moses <crossref let="x" cid="c02016009.1"/>said to Aaron, <q class="begin-double" qid="02016009.1" from="02016009.1" to="02016009.4"/>Say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, <crossref let="y" cid="c02016009.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02016009.2" from="02016009.2" to="02016009.3"/>Come near before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for he has heard your grumbling.<q class="end-single" qid="02016009.3" from="02016009.2" to="02016009.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02016009.4" from="02016009.1" to="02016009.4"/></verse>
1156
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016010"/>
1157
+ <verse num="10">And as soon as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the <crossref let="t" cid="c02016010.1"/>glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> appeared in the cloud.</verse>
1158
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016011"/>
1159
+ <verse num="11">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
1160
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016012"/>
1161
+ <verse num="12"><q class="begin-double" qid="02016012.1" from="02016012.1" to="02016012.4"/>I <crossref let="z" cid="c02016012.1"/>have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, <q class="begin-single" qid="02016012.2" from="02016012.2" to="02016012.3"/>At <crossref let="a" cid="c02016012.2"/>twilight you shall eat meat, and <crossref let="b" cid="c02016012.3"/>in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God.<q class="end-single" qid="02016012.3" from="02016012.2" to="02016012.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02016012.4" from="02016012.1" to="02016012.4"/></verse>
1162
+ <end-paragraph/>
1163
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016013"/>
1164
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1165
+ <verse num="13">In the evening <crossref let="c" cid="c02016013.1"/>quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning <crossref let="d" cid="c02016013.2"/>dew lay around the camp.</verse>
1166
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016014"/>
1167
+ <verse num="14">And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground.</verse>
1168
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016015"/>
1169
+ <verse num="15">When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, <crossref let="e" cid="c02016015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02016015.1" from="02016015.1" to="02016015.2"/>What is it?<q class="end-double" qid="02016015.2" from="02016015.1" to="02016015.2"/><note nid="n02016015.1"/> For they <crossref let="f" cid="c02016015.2"/>did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, <crossref let="g" cid="c02016015.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02016015.3" from="02016015.3" to="02016016.3"/>It is the bread that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has given you to eat.</verse>
1170
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016016"/>
1171
+ <verse num="16">This is what the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded: <q class="begin-single" qid="02016016.1" from="02016016.1" to="02016016.2"/>Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an <crossref let="h" cid="c02016016.1"/>omer,<note nid="n02016016.1"/> according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.<q class="end-single" qid="02016016.2" from="02016016.1" to="02016016.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="02016016.3" from="02016015.3" to="02016016.3"/></verse>
1172
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016017"/>
1173
+ <verse num="17">And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.</verse>
1174
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016018"/>
1175
+ <verse num="18">But when they measured it with an omer, <crossref let="i" cid="c02016018.1"/>whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat.</verse>
1176
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016019"/>
1177
+ <verse num="19">And Moses said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="02016019.1" from="02016019.1" to="02016019.2"/>Let no one leave any of it over till the morning.<q class="end-double" qid="02016019.2" from="02016019.1" to="02016019.2"/></verse>
1178
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016020"/>
1179
+ <verse num="20">But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and <crossref let="j" cid="c02016020.1"/>it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.</verse>
1180
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016021"/>
1181
+ <verse num="21">Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.</verse>
1182
+ <end-paragraph/>
1183
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016022"/>
1184
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1185
+ <verse num="22">On <crossref let="k" cid="c02016022.1"/>the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers each. And when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,</verse>
1186
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016023"/>
1187
+ <verse num="23">he said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="02016023.1" from="02016023.1" to="02016023.4"/>This is what the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded: <q class="begin-single" qid="02016023.2" from="02016023.2" to="02016023.3"/>Tomorrow is a day of <crossref let="l" cid="c02016023.1"/>solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.<q class="end-single" qid="02016023.3" from="02016023.2" to="02016023.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02016023.4" from="02016023.1" to="02016023.4"/></verse>
1188
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016024"/>
1189
+ <verse num="24">So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and <crossref let="m" cid="c02016024.1"/>it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.</verse>
1190
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016025"/>
1191
+ <verse num="25">Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02016025.1" from="02016025.1" to="02016026.1"/>Eat it today, for <crossref let="l" cid="c02016025.1"/>today is a Sabbath to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; today you will not find it in the field.</verse>
1192
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016026"/>
1193
+ <verse num="26">Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will be none.<q class="end-double" qid="02016026.1" from="02016025.1" to="02016026.1"/></verse>
1194
+ <end-paragraph/>
1195
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016027"/>
1196
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1197
+ <verse num="27">On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none.</verse>
1198
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016028"/>
1199
+ <verse num="28">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="n" cid="c02016028.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02016028.1" from="02016028.1" to="02016029.1"/>How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?</verse>
1200
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016029"/>
1201
+ <verse num="29">See! The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.<q class="end-double" qid="02016029.1" from="02016028.1" to="02016029.1"/></verse>
1202
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016030"/>
1203
+ <verse num="30">So the people <crossref let="o" cid="c02016030.1"/>rested on the seventh day.</verse>
1204
+ <end-paragraph/>
1205
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016031"/>
1206
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1207
+ <verse num="31">Now the house of Israel called its name <crossref let="p" cid="c02016031.1"/>manna. It was <crossref let="q" cid="c02016031.2"/>like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.</verse>
1208
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016032"/>
1209
+ <verse num="32">Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02016032.1" from="02016032.1" to="02016032.4"/>This is what the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded: <q class="begin-single" qid="02016032.2" from="02016032.2" to="02016032.3"/>Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.<q class="end-single" qid="02016032.3" from="02016032.2" to="02016032.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02016032.4" from="02016032.1" to="02016032.4"/></verse>
1210
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016033"/>
1211
+ <verse num="33">And Moses said to Aaron, <q class="begin-double" qid="02016033.1" from="02016033.1" to="02016033.2"/>Take a <crossref let="r" cid="c02016033.1"/>jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to be kept throughout your generations.<q class="end-double" qid="02016033.2" from="02016033.1" to="02016033.2"/></verse>
1212
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016034"/>
1213
+ <verse num="34">As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before <crossref let="s" cid="c02016034.1"/>the testimony to be kept.</verse>
1214
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016035"/>
1215
+ <verse num="35">The people of Israel <crossref let="t" cid="c02016035.1"/>ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They ate the manna till <crossref let="u" cid="c02016035.2"/>they came to the border of the land of Canaan.</verse>
1216
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02016036"/>
1217
+ <verse num="36">(An omer is <crossref let="v" cid="c02016036.1"/>the tenth part of an ephah.)<note nid="n02016036.1"/></verse>
1218
+ <end-paragraph/>
1219
+ </chapter>
1220
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017001"/>
1221
+ <chapter num="17">
1222
+ <heading>Water from the Rock</heading>
1223
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1224
+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="w" cid="c02017001.1"/>All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.</verse>
1225
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017002"/>
1226
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="x" cid="c02017002.1"/>Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02017002.1" from="02017002.1" to="02017002.2"/>Give us water to drink.<q class="end-double" qid="02017002.2" from="02017002.1" to="02017002.2"/> And Moses said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="02017002.3" from="02017002.3" to="02017002.4"/>Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you <crossref let="y" cid="c02017002.2"/>test the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>?<q class="end-double" qid="02017002.4" from="02017002.3" to="02017002.4"/></verse>
1227
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017003"/>
1228
+ <verse num="3">But the people thirsted there for water, and <crossref let="z" cid="c02017003.1"/>the people grumbled against Moses and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02017003.1" from="02017003.1" to="02017003.2"/>Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?<q class="end-double" qid="02017003.2" from="02017003.1" to="02017003.2"/></verse>
1229
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017004"/>
1230
+ <verse num="4">So Moses cried to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="02017004.1" from="02017004.1" to="02017004.2"/>What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready <crossref let="a" cid="c02017004.1"/>to stone me.<q class="end-double" qid="02017004.2" from="02017004.1" to="02017004.2"/></verse>
1231
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017005"/>
1232
+ <verse num="5">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02017005.1" from="02017005.1" to="02017006.1"/>Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with <crossref let="b" cid="c02017005.1"/>which you struck the Nile, and go.</verse>
1233
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017006"/>
1234
+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="c" cid="c02017006.1"/>Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.<q class="end-double" qid="02017006.1" from="02017005.1" to="02017006.1"/> And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.</verse>
1235
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017007"/>
1236
+ <verse num="7">And he called the name of the place <crossref let="d" cid="c02017007.1"/>Massah<note nid="n02017007.1"/> and <crossref let="e" cid="c02017007.2"/>Meribah,<note nid="n02017007.2"/> because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> by saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="02017007.1" from="02017007.1" to="02017007.2"/>Is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> among us or not?<q class="end-double" qid="02017007.2" from="02017007.1" to="02017007.2"/></verse>
1237
+ <end-paragraph/>
1238
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017008"/>
1239
+ <heading>Israel Defeats Amalek</heading>
1240
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1241
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="f" cid="c02017008.1"/>Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.</verse>
1242
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017009"/>
1243
+ <verse num="9">So Moses said to <crossref let="g" cid="c02017009.1"/>Joshua, <q class="begin-double" qid="02017009.1" from="02017009.1" to="02017009.2"/>Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with <crossref let="h" cid="c02017009.2"/>the staff of God in my hand.<q class="end-double" qid="02017009.2" from="02017009.1" to="02017009.2"/></verse>
1244
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017010"/>
1245
+ <verse num="10">So <crossref let="g" cid="c02017010.1"/>Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and <crossref let="i" cid="c02017010.2"/>Hur went up to the top of the hill.</verse>
1246
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017011"/>
1247
+ <verse num="11">Whenever Moses <crossref let="j" cid="c02017011.1"/>held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.</verse>
1248
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017012"/>
1249
+ <verse num="12">But Moses&apos; hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and <crossref let="i" cid="c02017012.1"/>Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.</verse>
1250
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017013"/>
1251
+ <verse num="13">And <crossref let="g" cid="c02017013.1"/>Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.</verse>
1252
+ <end-paragraph/>
1253
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017014"/>
1254
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1255
+ <verse num="14">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02017014.1" from="02017014.1" to="02017014.2"/>Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of <crossref let="g" cid="c02017014.1"/>Joshua, that <crossref let="k" cid="c02017014.2"/>I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.<q class="end-double" qid="02017014.2" from="02017014.1" to="02017014.2"/></verse>
1256
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017015"/>
1257
+ <verse num="15">And Moses <crossref let="l" cid="c02017015.1"/>built an altar and called the name of it, The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Is My Banner,</verse>
1258
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02017016"/>
1259
+ <verse num="16">saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="02017016.1" from="02017016.1" to="02017016.2"/>A hand upon the throne<note nid="n02017016.1"/> of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>! <crossref let="k" cid="c02017016.1"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.<q class="end-double" qid="02017016.2" from="02017016.1" to="02017016.2"/></verse>
1260
+ <end-paragraph/>
1261
+ </chapter>
1262
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018001"/>
1263
+ <chapter num="18">
1264
+ <heading>Jethro&apos;s Advice</heading>
1265
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1266
+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="m" cid="c02018001.1"/>Jethro, <crossref let="n" cid="c02018001.2"/>the priest of Midian, Moses&apos; father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had brought Israel out of Egypt.</verse>
1267
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018002"/>
1268
+ <verse num="2">Now Jethro, Moses&apos; father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses&apos; wife, after he had sent her home,</verse>
1269
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018003"/>
1270
+ <verse num="3">along with her <crossref let="o" cid="c02018003.1"/>two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (<crossref let="p" cid="c02018003.2"/>for he said, <crossref let="q" cid="c02018003.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02018003.1" from="02018003.1" to="02018003.2"/>I have been a sojourner<note nid="n02018003.1"/> in a foreign land<q class="end-double" qid="02018003.2" from="02018003.1" to="02018003.2"/>),</verse>
1271
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018004"/>
1272
+ <verse num="4">and the name of the other, Eliezer<note nid="n02018004.1"/> (for he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02018004.1" from="02018004.1" to="02018004.2"/>The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh<q class="end-double" qid="02018004.2" from="02018004.1" to="02018004.2"/>).</verse>
1273
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018005"/>
1274
+ <verse num="5">Jethro, Moses&apos; father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness where he was encamped at the <crossref let="r" cid="c02018005.1"/>mountain of God.</verse>
1275
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018006"/>
1276
+ <verse num="6">And when he sent word to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02018006.1" from="02018006.1" to="02018006.2"/>I,<note nid="n02018006.1"/> your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her,<q class="end-double" qid="02018006.2" from="02018006.1" to="02018006.2"/></verse>
1277
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018007"/>
1278
+ <verse num="7">Moses <crossref let="s" cid="c02018007.1"/>went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and <crossref let="t" cid="c02018007.2"/>kissed him. And they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.</verse>
1279
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018008"/>
1280
+ <verse num="8">Then Moses told his father-in-law <crossref let="u" cid="c02018008.1"/>all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel&apos;s sake, all the hardship that had come upon them in the way, and how the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had delivered them.</verse>
1281
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018009"/>
1282
+ <verse num="9">And Jethro rejoiced for all the good that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.</verse>
1283
+ <end-paragraph/>
1284
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018010"/>
1285
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1286
+ <verse num="10">Jethro said, <crossref let="v" cid="c02018010.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02018010.1" from="02018010.1" to="02018011.1"/>Blessed be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh and has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.</verse>
1287
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018011"/>
1288
+ <verse num="11">Now I know that <crossref let="w" cid="c02018011.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is greater than all gods, because in this affair they <crossref let="x" cid="c02018011.2"/>dealt arrogantly with the people.<q class="end-double" qid="02018011.1" from="02018010.1" to="02018011.1"/><note nid="n02018011.1"/></verse>
1289
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018012"/>
1290
+ <verse num="12">And Jethro, Moses&apos; father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God; and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses&apos; father-in-law <crossref let="y" cid="c02018012.1"/>before God.</verse>
1291
+ <end-paragraph/>
1292
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018013"/>
1293
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1294
+ <verse num="13">The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening.</verse>
1295
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018014"/>
1296
+ <verse num="14">When Moses&apos; father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02018014.1" from="02018014.1" to="02018014.2"/>What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning till evening?<q class="end-double" qid="02018014.2" from="02018014.1" to="02018014.2"/></verse>
1297
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018015"/>
1298
+ <verse num="15">And Moses said to his father-in-law, <q class="begin-double" qid="02018015.1" from="02018015.1" to="02018016.1"/>Because <crossref let="z" cid="c02018015.1"/>the people come to me to inquire of God;</verse>
1299
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018016"/>
1300
+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="a" cid="c02018016.1"/>when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I <crossref let="b" cid="c02018016.2"/>make them know the statutes of God and his laws.<q class="end-double" qid="02018016.1" from="02018015.1" to="02018016.1"/></verse>
1301
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018017"/>
1302
+ <verse num="17">Moses&apos; father-in-law said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="02018017.1" from="02018017.1" to="02018023.1"/>What you are doing is not good.</verse>
1303
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018018"/>
1304
+ <verse num="18">You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. <crossref let="c" cid="c02018018.1"/>You are not able to do it alone.</verse>
1305
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018019"/>
1306
+ <verse num="19">Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall <crossref let="d" cid="c02018019.1"/>represent the people before God and <crossref let="e" cid="c02018019.2"/>bring their cases to God,</verse>
1307
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018020"/>
1308
+ <verse num="20">and you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make them know <crossref let="f" cid="c02018020.1"/>the way in which they must walk and <crossref let="g" cid="c02018020.2"/>what they must do.</verse>
1309
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018021"/>
1310
+ <verse num="21">Moreover, look for <crossref let="h" cid="c02018021.1"/>able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.</verse>
1311
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018022"/>
1312
+ <verse num="22">And <crossref let="i" cid="c02018022.1"/>let them judge the people at all times. <crossref let="j" cid="c02018022.2"/>Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will <crossref let="k" cid="c02018022.3"/>bear the burden with you.</verse>
1313
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018023"/>
1314
+ <verse num="23">If you do this, God will direct you, you will be <crossref let="l" cid="c02018023.1"/>able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace.<q class="end-double" qid="02018023.1" from="02018017.1" to="02018023.1"/></verse>
1315
+ <end-paragraph/>
1316
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018024"/>
1317
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1318
+ <verse num="24">So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.</verse>
1319
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018025"/>
1320
+ <verse num="25"><crossref let="m" cid="c02018025.1"/>Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.</verse>
1321
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018026"/>
1322
+ <verse num="26">And <crossref let="n" cid="c02018026.1"/>they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.</verse>
1323
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02018027"/>
1324
+ <verse num="27">Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and <crossref let="o" cid="c02018027.1"/>he went away to his own country.</verse>
1325
+ <end-paragraph/>
1326
+ </chapter>
1327
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019001"/>
1328
+ <chapter num="19">
1329
+ <heading>Israel at Mount Sinai</heading>
1330
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1331
+ <verse num="1">On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they <crossref let="p" cid="c02019001.1"/>came into the wilderness of Sinai.</verse>
1332
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019002"/>
1333
+ <verse num="2">They set out from <crossref let="q" cid="c02019002.1"/>Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before <crossref let="r" cid="c02019002.2"/>the mountain,</verse>
1334
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019003"/>
1335
+ <verse num="3">while <crossref let="s" cid="c02019003.1"/>Moses went up to God. <crossref let="t" cid="c02019003.2"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> called to him out of the mountain, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="02019003.1" from="02019003.1" to="02019006.2"/>Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel:</verse>
1336
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019004"/>
1337
+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="u" cid="c02019004.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02019004.1" from="02019004.1" to="02019006.1"/>You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how <crossref let="v" cid="c02019004.2"/>I bore you on eagles&apos; wings and brought you to myself.</verse>
1338
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019005"/>
1339
+ <verse num="5">Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be <crossref let="w" cid="c02019005.1"/>my treasured possession among all peoples, for <crossref let="x" cid="c02019005.2"/>all the earth is mine;</verse>
1340
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019006"/>
1341
+ <verse num="6">and you shall be to me a <crossref let="y" cid="c02019006.1"/>kingdom of priests and <crossref let="z" cid="c02019006.2"/>a holy nation.<q class="end-single" qid="02019006.1" from="02019004.1" to="02019006.1"/> These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="02019006.2" from="02019003.1" to="02019006.2"/></verse>
1342
+ <end-paragraph/>
1343
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019007"/>
1344
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1345
+ <verse num="7">So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded him.</verse>
1346
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019008"/>
1347
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="a" cid="c02019008.1"/>All the people answered together and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02019008.1" from="02019008.1" to="02019008.2"/>All that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has spoken we will do.<q class="end-double" qid="02019008.2" from="02019008.1" to="02019008.2"/> And Moses reported the words of the people to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
1348
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019009"/>
1349
+ <verse num="9">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02019009.1" from="02019009.1" to="02019009.2"/>Behold, I am coming to you <crossref let="b" cid="c02019009.1"/>in a thick cloud, that <crossref let="c" cid="c02019009.2"/>the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also <crossref let="d" cid="c02019009.3"/>believe you forever.<q class="end-double" qid="02019009.2" from="02019009.1" to="02019009.2"/>
1350
+ <end-paragraph/>
1351
+ <begin-paragraph/>When Moses told the words of the people to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,
1352
+ </verse>
1353
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019010"/>
1354
+ <verse num="10">the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02019010.1" from="02019010.1" to="02019013.2"/>Go to the people and <crossref let="e" cid="c02019010.1"/>consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them <crossref let="f" cid="c02019010.2"/>wash their garments</verse>
1355
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019011"/>
1356
+ <verse num="11">and be ready for the third day. For on the third day <crossref let="g" cid="c02019011.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.</verse>
1357
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019012"/>
1358
+ <verse num="12">And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="02019012.1" from="02019012.1" to="02019013.1"/>Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. <crossref let="h" cid="c02019012.1"/>Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.</verse>
1359
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019013"/>
1360
+ <verse num="13">No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot;<note nid="n02019013.1"/> whether beast or man, he shall not live.<q class="end-single" qid="02019013.1" from="02019012.1" to="02019013.1"/> When <crossref let="i" cid="c02019013.1"/>the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.<q class="end-double" qid="02019013.2" from="02019010.1" to="02019013.2"/></verse>
1361
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019014"/>
1362
+ <verse num="14">So Moses <crossref let="j" cid="c02019014.1"/>went down from the mountain to the people and <crossref let="e" cid="c02019014.2"/>consecrated the people; <crossref let="f" cid="c02019014.3"/>and they washed their garments.</verse>
1363
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019015"/>
1364
+ <verse num="15">And he said to the people, <q class="begin-double" qid="02019015.1" from="02019015.1" to="02019015.2"/>Be ready for the <crossref let="k" cid="c02019015.1"/>third day; <crossref let="l" cid="c02019015.2"/>do not go near a woman.<q class="end-double" qid="02019015.2" from="02019015.1" to="02019015.2"/></verse>
1365
+ <end-paragraph/>
1366
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019016"/>
1367
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1368
+ <verse num="16">On the morning of the <crossref let="k" cid="c02019016.1"/>third day there were <crossref let="m" cid="c02019016.2"/>thunders and lightnings and <crossref let="n" cid="c02019016.3"/>a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud <crossref let="o" cid="c02019016.4"/>trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp <crossref let="p" cid="c02019016.5"/>trembled.</verse>
1369
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019017"/>
1370
+ <verse num="17">Then <crossref let="q" cid="c02019017.1"/>Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.</verse>
1371
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019018"/>
1372
+ <verse num="18">Now <crossref let="r" cid="c02019018.1"/>Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and <crossref let="s" cid="c02019018.2"/>the whole mountain trembled greatly.</verse>
1373
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019019"/>
1374
+ <verse num="19">And as the <crossref let="o" cid="c02019019.1"/>sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and <crossref let="t" cid="c02019019.2"/>God answered him in thunder.</verse>
1375
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019020"/>
1376
+ <verse num="20">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.</verse>
1377
+ <end-paragraph/>
1378
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019021"/>
1379
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1380
+ <verse num="21">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02019021.1" from="02019021.1" to="02019022.1"/>Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="u" cid="c02019021.1"/>to look and many of them perish.</verse>
1381
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019022"/>
1382
+ <verse num="22">Also let the priests who come near to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="v" cid="c02019022.1"/>consecrate themselves, lest the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="w" cid="c02019022.2"/>break out against them.<q class="end-double" qid="02019022.1" from="02019021.1" to="02019022.1"/></verse>
1383
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019023"/>
1384
+ <verse num="23">And Moses said to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="02019023.1" from="02019023.1" to="02019023.4"/>The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you yourself warned us, saying, <crossref let="x" cid="c02019023.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02019023.2" from="02019023.2" to="02019023.3"/>Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.<q class="end-single" qid="02019023.3" from="02019023.2" to="02019023.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02019023.4" from="02019023.1" to="02019023.4"/></verse>
1385
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019024"/>
1386
+ <verse num="24">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="02019024.1" from="02019024.1" to="02019024.2"/>Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people <crossref let="y" cid="c02019024.1"/>break through to come up to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, lest he break out against them.<q class="end-double" qid="02019024.2" from="02019024.1" to="02019024.2"/></verse>
1387
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02019025"/>
1388
+ <verse num="25">So Moses went down to the people and told them.</verse>
1389
+ <end-paragraph/>
1390
+ </chapter>
1391
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020001"/>
1392
+ <chapter num="20">
1393
+ <heading>The Ten Commandments</heading>
1394
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1395
+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="z" cid="c02020001.1"/>And <crossref let="a" cid="c02020001.2"/>God spoke all these words, saying,</verse>
1396
+ <end-paragraph/>
1397
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020002"/>
1398
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1399
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="b" cid="c02020002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02020002.1" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/>I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.</verse>
1400
+ <end-paragraph/>
1401
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020003"/>
1402
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1403
+ <verse num="3"><crossref let="c" cid="c02020003.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02020003.1" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/>You shall have no other gods before<note nid="n02020003.1"/> me.</verse>
1404
+ <end-paragraph/>
1405
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020004"/>
1406
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1407
+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="d" cid="c02020004.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02020004.1" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/>You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or 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.</verse>
1408
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020005"/>
1409
+ <verse num="5"><crossref let="e" cid="c02020005.1"/>You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God am <crossref let="f" cid="c02020005.2"/>a jealous God, <crossref let="g" cid="c02020005.3"/>visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,</verse>
1410
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020006"/>
1411
+ <verse num="6">but showing steadfast love to thousands<note nid="n02020006.1"/> of those who love me and keep my commandments.</verse>
1412
+ <end-paragraph/>
1413
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020007"/>
1414
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1415
+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="h" cid="c02020007.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02020007.1" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/>You shall not take the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God in vain, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.</verse>
1416
+ <end-paragraph/>
1417
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020008"/>
1418
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1419
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="i" cid="c02020008.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02020008.1" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/>Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.</verse>
1420
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020009"/>
1421
+ <verse num="9"><crossref let="j" cid="c02020009.1"/>Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,</verse>
1422
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020010"/>
1423
+ <verse num="10">but the <crossref let="k" cid="c02020010.1"/>seventh day is a Sabbath to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the <crossref let="l" cid="c02020010.2"/>sojourner who is within your gates.</verse>
1424
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020011"/>
1425
+ <verse num="11">For <crossref let="m" cid="c02020011.1"/>in six days the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.</verse>
1426
+ <end-paragraph/>
1427
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020012"/>
1428
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1429
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="n" cid="c02020012.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02020012.1" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/>Honor your father and your mother, <crossref let="o" cid="c02020012.2"/>that your days may be long in the land that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God is giving you.</verse>
1430
+ <end-paragraph/>
1431
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020013"/>
1432
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1433
+ <verse num="13"><crossref let="p" cid="c02020013.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02020013.1" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/>You shall not murder.<note nid="n02020013.1"/></verse>
1434
+ <end-paragraph/>
1435
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020014"/>
1436
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1437
+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="q" cid="c02020014.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02020014.1" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/>You shall not commit adultery.</verse>
1438
+ <end-paragraph/>
1439
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020015"/>
1440
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1441
+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="r" cid="c02020015.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02020015.1" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/>You shall not steal.</verse>
1442
+ <end-paragraph/>
1443
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020016"/>
1444
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1445
+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="s" cid="c02020016.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02020016.1" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/>You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.</verse>
1446
+ <end-paragraph/>
1447
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020017"/>
1448
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1449
+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="t" cid="c02020017.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02020017.1" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/>You shall not covet <crossref let="u" cid="c02020017.2"/>your neighbor&apos;s house; <crossref let="v" cid="c02020017.3"/>you shall not covet your neighbor&apos;s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor&apos;s.<q class="end-double" qid="02020017.2" from="02020002.1" to="02020017.2"/></verse>
1450
+ <end-paragraph/>
1451
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020018"/>
1452
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1453
+ <verse num="18">Now when all the people saw <crossref let="w" cid="c02020018.1"/>the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid<note nid="n02020018.1"/> and trembled, and they stood far off</verse>
1454
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020019"/>
1455
+ <verse num="19">and said to Moses, <crossref let="x" cid="c02020019.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02020019.1" from="02020019.1" to="02020019.2"/>You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.<q class="end-double" qid="02020019.2" from="02020019.1" to="02020019.2"/></verse>
1456
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020020"/>
1457
+ <verse num="20"><crossref let="y" cid="c02020020.1"/>Moses said to the people, <q class="begin-double" qid="02020020.1" from="02020020.1" to="02020020.2"/>Do not fear, for God has come to <crossref let="z" cid="c02020020.2"/>test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.<q class="end-double" qid="02020020.2" from="02020020.1" to="02020020.2"/></verse>
1458
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020021"/>
1459
+ <verse num="21">The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the <crossref let="a" cid="c02020021.1"/>thick darkness where God was.</verse>
1460
+ <end-paragraph/>
1461
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020022"/>
1462
+ <heading>Laws About Altars</heading>
1463
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1464
+ <verse num="22">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02020022.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: <q class="begin-single" qid="02020022.2" from="02020022.2" to="02020026.1"/>You have seen for yourselves that I have <crossref let="b" cid="c02020022.1"/>talked with you from heaven.</verse>
1465
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020023"/>
1466
+ <verse num="23"><crossref let="c" cid="c02020023.1"/>You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.</verse>
1467
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020024"/>
1468
+ <verse num="24">An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. <crossref let="d" cid="c02020024.1"/>In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and <crossref let="e" cid="c02020024.2"/>bless you.</verse>
1469
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020025"/>
1470
+ <verse num="25"><crossref let="f" cid="c02020025.1"/>If you make me an altar of stone, <crossref let="g" cid="c02020025.2"/>you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.</verse>
1471
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02020026"/>
1472
+ <verse num="26">And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.<q class="end-single" qid="02020026.1" from="02020022.2" to="02020026.1"/></verse>
1473
+ <end-paragraph/>
1474
+ </chapter>
1475
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021001"/>
1476
+ <chapter num="21">
1477
+ <heading>Laws About Slaves</heading>
1478
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1479
+ <verse num="1"><q class="continue-double" qid="02021001.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Now these are the <crossref let="h" cid="c02021001.1"/>rules that you shall set before them.</verse>
1480
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021002"/>
1481
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="i" cid="c02021002.1"/>When you buy a Hebrew slave,<note nid="n02021002.1"/> he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.</verse>
1482
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021003"/>
1483
+ <verse num="3">If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.</verse>
1484
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021004"/>
1485
+ <verse num="4">If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master&apos;s, and he shall go out alone.</verse>
1486
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021005"/>
1487
+ <verse num="5">But <crossref let="j" cid="c02021005.1"/>if the slave plainly says, <q class="begin-single" qid="02021005.1" from="02021005.1" to="02021005.2"/>I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,<q class="end-single" qid="02021005.2" from="02021005.1" to="02021005.2"/></verse>
1488
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021006"/>
1489
+ <verse num="6">then his master shall bring him to <crossref let="k" cid="c02021006.1"/>God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever.</verse>
1490
+ <end-paragraph/>
1491
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021007"/>
1492
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1493
+ <verse num="7"><q class="continue-double" qid="02021007.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>When a man <crossref let="l" cid="c02021007.1"/>sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.</verse>
1494
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021008"/>
1495
+ <verse num="8">If she does not please her master, who has designated her<note nid="n02021008.1"/> for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her.</verse>
1496
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021009"/>
1497
+ <verse num="9">If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.</verse>
1498
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021010"/>
1499
+ <verse num="10">If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or <crossref let="m" cid="c02021010.1"/>her marital rights.</verse>
1500
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021011"/>
1501
+ <verse num="11">And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.</verse>
1502
+ <end-paragraph/>
1503
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021012"/>
1504
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1505
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="n" cid="c02021012.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02021012.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.</verse>
1506
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021013"/>
1507
+ <verse num="13"><crossref let="o" cid="c02021013.1"/>But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then <crossref let="p" cid="c02021013.2"/>I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.</verse>
1508
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021014"/>
1509
+ <verse num="14">But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, <crossref let="q" cid="c02021014.1"/>you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.</verse>
1510
+ <end-paragraph/>
1511
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021015"/>
1512
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1513
+ <verse num="15"><q class="continue-double" qid="02021015.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.</verse>
1514
+ <end-paragraph/>
1515
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021016"/>
1516
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1517
+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="r" cid="c02021016.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02021016.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found <crossref let="s" cid="c02021016.2"/>in possession of him, shall be put to death.</verse>
1518
+ <end-paragraph/>
1519
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021017"/>
1520
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1521
+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="t" cid="c02021017.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02021017.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Whoever curses<note nid="n02021017.1"/> his father or his mother shall be put to death.</verse>
1522
+ <end-paragraph/>
1523
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021018"/>
1524
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1525
+ <verse num="18"><q class="continue-double" qid="02021018.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed,</verse>
1526
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021019"/>
1527
+ <verse num="19">then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.</verse>
1528
+ <end-paragraph/>
1529
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021020"/>
1530
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1531
+ <verse num="20"><q class="continue-double" qid="02021020.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged.</verse>
1532
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021021"/>
1533
+ <verse num="21">But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the <crossref let="u" cid="c02021021.1"/>slave is his money.</verse>
1534
+ <end-paragraph/>
1535
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021022"/>
1536
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1537
+ <verse num="22"><q class="continue-double" qid="02021022.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman&apos;s husband shall impose on him, and <crossref let="v" cid="c02021022.1"/>he shall pay as the <crossref let="w" cid="c02021022.2"/>judges determine.</verse>
1538
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021023"/>
1539
+ <verse num="23">But if there is harm,<note nid="n02021023.1"/> then you shall pay <crossref let="x" cid="c02021023.1"/>life for life,</verse>
1540
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021024"/>
1541
+ <verse num="24"><crossref let="y" cid="c02021024.1"/>eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,</verse>
1542
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021025"/>
1543
+ <verse num="25">burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.</verse>
1544
+ <end-paragraph/>
1545
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021026"/>
1546
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1547
+ <verse num="26"><q class="continue-double" qid="02021026.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye.</verse>
1548
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021027"/>
1549
+ <verse num="27">If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free because of his tooth.</verse>
1550
+ <end-paragraph/>
1551
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021028"/>
1552
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1553
+ <verse num="28"><q class="continue-double" qid="02021028.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the <crossref let="z" cid="c02021028.1"/>ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable.</verse>
1554
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021029"/>
1555
+ <verse num="29">But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.</verse>
1556
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021030"/>
1557
+ <verse num="30">If <crossref let="a" cid="c02021030.1"/>a ransom is imposed on him, then <crossref let="v" cid="c02021030.2"/>he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him.</verse>
1558
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021031"/>
1559
+ <verse num="31">If it gores a man&apos;s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.</verse>
1560
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021032"/>
1561
+ <verse num="32">If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master <crossref let="b" cid="c02021032.1"/>thirty shekels<note nid="n02021032.1"/> of silver, and <crossref let="z" cid="c02021032.2"/>the ox shall be stoned.</verse>
1562
+ <end-paragraph/>
1563
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021033"/>
1564
+ <heading>Laws About Restitution</heading>
1565
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1566
+ <verse num="33"><q class="continue-double" qid="02021033.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,</verse>
1567
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021034"/>
1568
+ <verse num="34">the owner of the pit shall make restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.</verse>
1569
+ <end-paragraph/>
1570
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021035"/>
1571
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1572
+ <verse num="35"><q class="continue-double" qid="02021035.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>When one man&apos;s ox butts another&apos;s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and share its price, and the dead beast also they shall share.</verse>
1573
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02021036"/>
1574
+ <verse num="36">Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall repay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.</verse>
1575
+ <end-paragraph/>
1576
+ </chapter>
1577
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022001"/>
1578
+ <chapter num="22">
1579
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1580
+ <verse num="1"><note nid="n02022001.1"/> <q class="continue-double" qid="02022001.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and <crossref let="c" cid="c02022001.1"/>four sheep for a sheep.</verse>
1581
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022002"/>
1582
+ <verse num="2"><note nid="n02022002.1"/> If a thief is found <crossref let="d" cid="c02022002.1"/>breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,</verse>
1583
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022003"/>
1584
+ <verse num="3">but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He<note nid="n02022003.1"/> shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then <crossref let="e" cid="c02022003.1"/>he shall be sold for his theft.</verse>
1585
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022004"/>
1586
+ <verse num="4">If the stolen beast <crossref let="f" cid="c02022004.1"/>is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or a donkey or a sheep, <crossref let="g" cid="c02022004.2"/>he shall pay double.</verse>
1587
+ <end-paragraph/>
1588
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022005"/>
1589
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1590
+ <verse num="5"><q class="continue-double" qid="02022005.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man&apos;s field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard.</verse>
1591
+ <end-paragraph/>
1592
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022006"/>
1593
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1594
+ <verse num="6"><q class="continue-double" qid="02022006.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.</verse>
1595
+ <end-paragraph/>
1596
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022007"/>
1597
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1598
+ <verse num="7"><q class="continue-double" qid="02022007.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>If a man gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen from the man&apos;s house, then, if the thief is found, <crossref let="g" cid="c02022007.1"/>he shall pay double.</verse>
1599
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022008"/>
1600
+ <verse num="8">If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God to show whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor&apos;s property.</verse>
1601
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022009"/>
1602
+ <verse num="9">For every breach of trust, whether it is for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, <q class="begin-single" qid="02022009.1" from="02022009.1" to="02022009.2"/>This is it,<q class="end-single" qid="02022009.2" from="02022009.1" to="02022009.2"/> the case of both parties shall come before God. The one whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.</verse>
1603
+ <end-paragraph/>
1604
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022010"/>
1605
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1606
+ <verse num="10"><q class="continue-double" qid="02022010.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep safe, and it dies or is injured or is driven away, without anyone seeing it,</verse>
1607
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022011"/>
1608
+ <verse num="11"><crossref let="h" cid="c02022011.1"/>an oath by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> shall be between them both to see whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor&apos;s property. The owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution.</verse>
1609
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022012"/>
1610
+ <verse num="12">But if <crossref let="i" cid="c02022012.1"/>it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.</verse>
1611
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022013"/>
1612
+ <verse num="13">If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence. He shall not make restitution for what has been torn.</verse>
1613
+ <end-paragraph/>
1614
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022014"/>
1615
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1616
+ <verse num="14"><q class="continue-double" qid="02022014.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is injured or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution.</verse>
1617
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022015"/>
1618
+ <verse num="15">If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hiring fee.<note nid="n02022015.1"/></verse>
1619
+ <end-paragraph/>
1620
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022016"/>
1621
+ <heading>Laws About Social Justice</heading>
1622
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1623
+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="j" cid="c02022016.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02022016.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>If a man seduces a virgin<note nid="n02022016.1"/> who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price<note nid="n02022016.2"/> for her and make her his wife.</verse>
1624
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022017"/>
1625
+ <verse num="17">If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, <crossref let="j" cid="c02022017.1"/>he shall pay money equal to the <crossref let="k" cid="c02022017.2"/>bride-price for virgins.</verse>
1626
+ <end-paragraph/>
1627
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022018"/>
1628
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1629
+ <verse num="18"><crossref let="l" cid="c02022018.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02022018.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>You shall not permit a sorceress to live.</verse>
1630
+ <end-paragraph/>
1631
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022019"/>
1632
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1633
+ <verse num="19"><crossref let="m" cid="c02022019.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02022019.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.</verse>
1634
+ <end-paragraph/>
1635
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022020"/>
1636
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1637
+ <verse num="20"><crossref let="n" cid="c02022020.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02022020.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> alone, shall be devoted to destruction.<note nid="n02022020.1"/></verse>
1638
+ <end-paragraph/>
1639
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022021"/>
1640
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1641
+ <verse num="21"><crossref let="o" cid="c02022021.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02022021.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.</verse>
1642
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022022"/>
1643
+ <verse num="22"><crossref let="p" cid="c02022022.1"/>You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.</verse>
1644
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022023"/>
1645
+ <verse num="23">If you do mistreat them, and they <crossref let="q" cid="c02022023.1"/>cry out to me, I will surely <crossref let="r" cid="c02022023.2"/>hear their cry,</verse>
1646
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022024"/>
1647
+ <verse num="24">and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and <crossref let="s" cid="c02022024.1"/>your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.</verse>
1648
+ <end-paragraph/>
1649
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022025"/>
1650
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1651
+ <verse num="25"><crossref let="t" cid="c02022025.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02022025.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.</verse>
1652
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022026"/>
1653
+ <verse num="26"><crossref let="u" cid="c02022026.1"/>If ever you take your neighbor&apos;s cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,</verse>
1654
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022027"/>
1655
+ <verse num="27">for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he <crossref let="q" cid="c02022027.1"/>cries to me, I will hear, for I am <crossref let="v" cid="c02022027.2"/>compassionate.</verse>
1656
+ <end-paragraph/>
1657
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022028"/>
1658
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1659
+ <verse num="28"><crossref let="w" cid="c02022028.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02022028.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>You shall not revile God, nor <crossref let="w" cid="c02022028.2"/>curse a ruler of your people.</verse>
1660
+ <end-paragraph/>
1661
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022029"/>
1662
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1663
+ <verse num="29"><q class="continue-double" qid="02022029.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. <crossref let="x" cid="c02022029.1"/>The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.</verse>
1664
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022030"/>
1665
+ <verse num="30"><crossref let="y" cid="c02022030.1"/>You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: <crossref let="z" cid="c02022030.2"/>seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.</verse>
1666
+ <end-paragraph/>
1667
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02022031"/>
1668
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1669
+ <verse num="31"><crossref let="a" cid="c02022031.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02022031.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore <crossref let="b" cid="c02022031.2"/>you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; <crossref let="c" cid="c02022031.3"/>you shall throw it to the dogs.</verse>
1670
+ <end-paragraph/>
1671
+ </chapter>
1672
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023001"/>
1673
+ <chapter num="23">
1674
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1675
+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="d" cid="c02023001.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023001.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a <crossref let="e" cid="c02023001.2"/>malicious witness.</verse>
1676
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023002"/>
1677
+ <verse num="2">You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,</verse>
1678
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023003"/>
1679
+ <verse num="3"><crossref let="f" cid="c02023003.1"/>nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.</verse>
1680
+ <end-paragraph/>
1681
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023004"/>
1682
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1683
+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="g" cid="c02023004.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023004.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>If you meet your enemy&apos;s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.</verse>
1684
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023005"/>
1685
+ <verse num="5">If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.</verse>
1686
+ <end-paragraph/>
1687
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023006"/>
1688
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1689
+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="h" cid="c02023006.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023006.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.</verse>
1690
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023007"/>
1691
+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="d" cid="c02023007.1"/>Keep far from a false charge, and <crossref let="i" cid="c02023007.2"/>do not kill the innocent and righteous, for <crossref let="j" cid="c02023007.3"/>I will not acquit the wicked.</verse>
1692
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023008"/>
1693
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="k" cid="c02023008.1"/>And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.</verse>
1694
+ <end-paragraph/>
1695
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023009"/>
1696
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1697
+ <verse num="9"><crossref let="l" cid="c02023009.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023009.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.</verse>
1698
+ <end-paragraph/>
1699
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023010"/>
1700
+ <heading>Laws About the Sabbath and Festivals</heading>
1701
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1702
+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="m" cid="c02023010.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023010.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield,</verse>
1703
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023011"/>
1704
+ <verse num="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. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.</verse>
1705
+ <end-paragraph/>
1706
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023012"/>
1707
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1708
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="n" cid="c02023012.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023012.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.</verse>
1709
+ <end-paragraph/>
1710
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023013"/>
1711
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1712
+ <verse num="13"><crossref let="o" cid="c02023013.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023013.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.</verse>
1713
+ <end-paragraph/>
1714
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023014"/>
1715
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1716
+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="p" cid="c02023014.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023014.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me.</verse>
1717
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023015"/>
1718
+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="q" cid="c02023015.1"/>You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of <crossref let="r" cid="c02023015.2"/>Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. <crossref let="s" cid="c02023015.3"/>None shall appear before me empty-handed.</verse>
1719
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023016"/>
1720
+ <verse num="16">You shall keep <crossref let="t" cid="c02023016.1"/>the Feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the <crossref let="u" cid="c02023016.2"/>Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor.</verse>
1721
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023017"/>
1722
+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="p" cid="c02023017.1"/>Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>.</verse>
1723
+ <end-paragraph/>
1724
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023018"/>
1725
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1726
+ <verse num="18"><crossref let="v" cid="c02023018.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023018.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning.</verse>
1727
+ <end-paragraph/>
1728
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023019"/>
1729
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1730
+ <verse num="19"><q class="continue-double" qid="02023019.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>The best of the <crossref let="w" cid="c02023019.1"/>firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God.
1731
+ <end-paragraph/>
1732
+ <begin-paragraph/><crossref let="x" cid="c02023019.2"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023019.2" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>You shall not boil a young goat in its mother&apos;s milk.
1733
+ </verse>
1734
+ <end-paragraph/>
1735
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023020"/>
1736
+ <heading>Conquest of Canaan Promised</heading>
1737
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1738
+ <verse num="20"><crossref let="y" cid="c02023020.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023020.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.</verse>
1739
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023021"/>
1740
+ <verse num="21">Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; <crossref let="z" cid="c02023021.1"/>do not rebel against him, <crossref let="a" cid="c02023021.2"/>for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.</verse>
1741
+ <end-paragraph/>
1742
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023022"/>
1743
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1744
+ <verse num="22"><q class="continue-double" qid="02023022.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then <crossref let="b" cid="c02023022.1"/>I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.</verse>
1745
+ <end-paragraph/>
1746
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023023"/>
1747
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1748
+ <verse num="23"><crossref let="y" cid="c02023023.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02023023.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/>When my angel goes before you and brings you <crossref let="c" cid="c02023023.2"/>to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,</verse>
1749
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023024"/>
1750
+ <verse num="24">you shall <crossref let="d" cid="c02023024.1"/>not bow down to their gods nor serve them, <crossref let="e" cid="c02023024.2"/>nor do as they do, but <crossref let="f" cid="c02023024.3"/>you shall utterly overthrow them and break their <crossref let="g" cid="c02023024.4"/>pillars in pieces.</verse>
1751
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023025"/>
1752
+ <verse num="25">You <crossref let="h" cid="c02023025.1"/>shall serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, and <crossref let="i" cid="c02023025.2"/>he<note nid="n02023025.1"/> will bless your bread and your water, and <crossref let="j" cid="c02023025.3"/>I will take sickness away from among you.</verse>
1753
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023026"/>
1754
+ <verse num="26"><crossref let="k" cid="c02023026.1"/>None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the <crossref let="l" cid="c02023026.2"/>number of your days.</verse>
1755
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023027"/>
1756
+ <verse num="27">I will send <crossref let="m" cid="c02023027.1"/>my terror before you and will throw into <crossref let="n" cid="c02023027.2"/>confusion all the people against whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.</verse>
1757
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023028"/>
1758
+ <verse num="28">And <crossref let="o" cid="c02023028.1"/>I will send hornets<note nid="n02023028.1"/> before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.</verse>
1759
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023029"/>
1760
+ <verse num="29"><crossref let="p" cid="c02023029.1"/>I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.</verse>
1761
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023030"/>
1762
+ <verse num="30">Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land.</verse>
1763
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023031"/>
1764
+ <verse num="31"><crossref let="q" cid="c02023031.1"/>And I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates,<note nid="n02023031.1"/> for <crossref let="r" cid="c02023031.2"/>I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.</verse>
1765
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023032"/>
1766
+ <verse num="32"><crossref let="s" cid="c02023032.1"/>You shall make no covenant with them and their gods.</verse>
1767
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02023033"/>
1768
+ <verse num="33">They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, <crossref let="t" cid="c02023033.1"/>it will surely be a snare to you.<q class="end-double" qid="02023033.1" from="02020022.1" to="02023033.1"/></verse>
1769
+ <end-paragraph/>
1770
+ </chapter>
1771
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024001"/>
1772
+ <chapter num="24">
1773
+ <heading>The Covenant Confirmed</heading>
1774
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1775
+ <verse num="1">Then he said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02024001.1" from="02024001.1" to="02024002.1"/>Come up to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, you and Aaron, <crossref let="u" cid="c02024001.1"/>Nadab, and Abihu, and <crossref let="v" cid="c02024001.2"/>seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.</verse>
1776
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024002"/>
1777
+ <verse num="2">Moses <crossref let="w" cid="c02024002.1"/>alone shall come near to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.<q class="end-double" qid="02024002.1" from="02024001.1" to="02024002.1"/></verse>
1778
+ <end-paragraph/>
1779
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024003"/>
1780
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1781
+ <verse num="3">Moses came and told the people all the words of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and <crossref let="x" cid="c02024003.1"/>all the rules.<note nid="n02024003.1"/> And all the people answered with one voice and said, <crossref let="y" cid="c02024003.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02024003.1" from="02024003.1" to="02024003.2"/>All the words that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has spoken we will do.<q class="end-double" qid="02024003.2" from="02024003.1" to="02024003.2"/></verse>
1782
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024004"/>
1783
+ <verse num="4">And <crossref let="z" cid="c02024004.1"/>Moses wrote down all the words of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve <crossref let="a" cid="c02024004.2"/>pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.</verse>
1784
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024005"/>
1785
+ <verse num="5">And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
1786
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024006"/>
1787
+ <verse num="6">And <crossref let="b" cid="c02024006.1"/>Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar.</verse>
1788
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024007"/>
1789
+ <verse num="7">Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, <crossref let="x" cid="c02024007.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02024007.1" from="02024007.1" to="02024007.2"/>All that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.<q class="end-double" qid="02024007.2" from="02024007.1" to="02024007.2"/></verse>
1790
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024008"/>
1791
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="c" cid="c02024008.1"/>And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02024008.1" from="02024008.1" to="02024008.2"/>Behold the blood of the covenant that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has made with you in accordance with all these words.<q class="end-double" qid="02024008.2" from="02024008.1" to="02024008.2"/></verse>
1792
+ <end-paragraph/>
1793
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024009"/>
1794
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1795
+ <verse num="9">Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and <crossref let="d" cid="c02024009.1"/>seventy of the elders of Israel <crossref let="e" cid="c02024009.2"/>went up,</verse>
1796
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024010"/>
1797
+ <verse num="10">and they <crossref let="f" cid="c02024010.1"/>saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of <crossref let="g" cid="c02024010.2"/>sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.</verse>
1798
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024011"/>
1799
+ <verse num="11">And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and <crossref let="h" cid="c02024011.1"/>ate and drank.</verse>
1800
+ <end-paragraph/>
1801
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024012"/>
1802
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1803
+ <verse num="12">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="i" cid="c02024012.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02024012.1" from="02024012.1" to="02024012.2"/>Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the <crossref let="j" cid="c02024012.2"/>tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.<q class="end-double" qid="02024012.2" from="02024012.1" to="02024012.2"/></verse>
1804
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024013"/>
1805
+ <verse num="13">So Moses rose with his assistant <crossref let="k" cid="c02024013.1"/>Joshua, and Moses went up <crossref let="l" cid="c02024013.2"/>into the mountain of God.</verse>
1806
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024014"/>
1807
+ <verse num="14">And he said to the elders, <q class="begin-double" qid="02024014.1" from="02024014.1" to="02024014.2"/>Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and <crossref let="m" cid="c02024014.1"/>Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.<q class="end-double" qid="02024014.2" from="02024014.1" to="02024014.2"/></verse>
1808
+ <end-paragraph/>
1809
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024015"/>
1810
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1811
+ <verse num="15">Then Moses went up on the mountain, and <crossref let="n" cid="c02024015.1"/>the cloud covered the mountain.</verse>
1812
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024016"/>
1813
+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="o" cid="c02024016.1"/>The glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> dwelt 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.</verse>
1814
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024017"/>
1815
+ <verse num="17">Now the appearance of the glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was like a <crossref let="p" cid="c02024017.1"/>devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel.</verse>
1816
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02024018"/>
1817
+ <verse num="18">Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses <crossref let="q" cid="c02024018.1"/>was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.</verse>
1818
+ <end-paragraph/>
1819
+ </chapter>
1820
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025001"/>
1821
+ <chapter num="25">
1822
+ <heading>Contributions for the Sanctuary</heading>
1823
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1824
+ <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
1825
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025002"/>
1826
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="r" cid="c02025002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02025002.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From <crossref let="s" cid="c02025002.2"/>every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.</verse>
1827
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025003"/>
1828
+ <verse num="3">And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,</verse>
1829
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025004"/>
1830
+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="t" cid="c02025004.1"/>blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats&apos; hair,</verse>
1831
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025005"/>
1832
+ <verse num="5">tanned <crossref let="u" cid="c02025005.1"/>rams&apos; skins, goatskins,<note nid="n02025005.1"/> acacia wood,</verse>
1833
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025006"/>
1834
+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="v" cid="c02025006.1"/>oil for the lamps, <crossref let="w" cid="c02025006.2"/>spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,</verse>
1835
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025007"/>
1836
+ <verse num="7">onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the <crossref let="x" cid="c02025007.1"/>ephod and for the breastpiece.</verse>
1837
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025008"/>
1838
+ <verse num="8">And let them make me a <crossref let="y" cid="c02025008.1"/>sanctuary, that <crossref let="z" cid="c02025008.2"/>I may dwell in their midst.</verse>
1839
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025009"/>
1840
+ <verse num="9"><crossref let="a" cid="c02025009.1"/>Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the <crossref let="b" cid="c02025009.2"/>tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.</verse>
1841
+ <end-paragraph/>
1842
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025010"/>
1843
+ <heading>The Ark of the Covenant</heading>
1844
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1845
+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="c" cid="c02025010.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02025010.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits<note nid="n02025010.1"/> and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.</verse>
1846
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025011"/>
1847
+ <verse num="11">You shall overlay it with <crossref let="d" cid="c02025011.1"/>pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it.</verse>
1848
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025012"/>
1849
+ <verse num="12">You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its <crossref let="e" cid="c02025012.1"/>four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.</verse>
1850
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025013"/>
1851
+ <verse num="13">You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.</verse>
1852
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025014"/>
1853
+ <verse num="14">And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.</verse>
1854
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025015"/>
1855
+ <verse num="15">The <crossref let="f" cid="c02025015.1"/>poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.</verse>
1856
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025016"/>
1857
+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="g" cid="c02025016.1"/>And you shall put into the ark the <crossref let="h" cid="c02025016.2"/>testimony that I shall give you.</verse>
1858
+ <end-paragraph/>
1859
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025017"/>
1860
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1861
+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="i" cid="c02025017.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02025017.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make a mercy seat<note nid="n02025017.1"/> of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.</verse>
1862
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025018"/>
1863
+ <verse num="18">And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of <crossref let="j" cid="c02025018.1"/>hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.</verse>
1864
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025019"/>
1865
+ <verse num="19">Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. <crossref let="k" cid="c02025019.1"/>Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends.</verse>
1866
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025020"/>
1867
+ <verse num="20"><crossref let="l" cid="c02025020.1"/>The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.</verse>
1868
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025021"/>
1869
+ <verse num="21">And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.</verse>
1870
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025022"/>
1871
+ <verse num="22"><crossref let="m" cid="c02025022.1"/>There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from <crossref let="n" cid="c02025022.2"/>between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.</verse>
1872
+ <end-paragraph/>
1873
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025023"/>
1874
+ <heading>The Table for Bread</heading>
1875
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1876
+ <verse num="23"><crossref let="o" cid="c02025023.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02025023.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.</verse>
1877
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025024"/>
1878
+ <verse num="24">You shall overlay it with <crossref let="p" cid="c02025024.1"/>pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.</verse>
1879
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025025"/>
1880
+ <verse num="25">And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth<note nid="n02025025.1"/> wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.</verse>
1881
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025026"/>
1882
+ <verse num="26">And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.</verse>
1883
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025027"/>
1884
+ <verse num="27">Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as <crossref let="q" cid="c02025027.1"/>holders for the poles to carry the table.</verse>
1885
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025028"/>
1886
+ <verse num="28">You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.</verse>
1887
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025029"/>
1888
+ <verse num="29">And you shall make its plates and <crossref let="r" cid="c02025029.1"/>dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.</verse>
1889
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025030"/>
1890
+ <verse num="30">And you shall set the <crossref let="s" cid="c02025030.1"/>bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.</verse>
1891
+ <end-paragraph/>
1892
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025031"/>
1893
+ <heading>The Golden Lampstand</heading>
1894
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1895
+ <verse num="31"><crossref let="t" cid="c02025031.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02025031.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.</verse>
1896
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025032"/>
1897
+ <verse num="32">And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;</verse>
1898
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025033"/>
1899
+ <verse num="33">three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch&emdash;so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.</verse>
1900
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025034"/>
1901
+ <verse num="34">And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,</verse>
1902
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025035"/>
1903
+ <verse num="35">and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.</verse>
1904
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025036"/>
1905
+ <verse num="36">Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.</verse>
1906
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025037"/>
1907
+ <verse num="37">You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps <crossref let="u" cid="c02025037.1"/>shall be set up so as <crossref let="v" cid="c02025037.2"/>to give light on the space in front of it.</verse>
1908
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025038"/>
1909
+ <verse num="38">Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold.</verse>
1910
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025039"/>
1911
+ <verse num="39">It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent<note nid="n02025039.1"/> of pure gold.</verse>
1912
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02025040"/>
1913
+ <verse num="40">And <crossref let="w" cid="c02025040.1"/>see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.</verse>
1914
+ <end-paragraph/>
1915
+ </chapter>
1916
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026001"/>
1917
+ <chapter num="26">
1918
+ <heading>The Tabernacle</heading>
1919
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1920
+ <verse num="1"><q class="continue-double" qid="02026001.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>Moreover, <crossref let="x" cid="c02026001.1"/>you shall make the <crossref let="y" cid="c02026001.2"/>tabernacle with ten curtains of <crossref let="z" cid="c02026001.3"/>fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim <crossref let="z" cid="c02026001.4"/>skillfully worked into them.</verse>
1921
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026002"/>
1922
+ <verse num="2">The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,<note nid="n02026002.1"/> and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be the same size.</verse>
1923
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026003"/>
1924
+ <verse num="3">Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.</verse>
1925
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026004"/>
1926
+ <verse num="4">And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set. Likewise you shall make loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.</verse>
1927
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026005"/>
1928
+ <verse num="5">Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one another.</verse>
1929
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026006"/>
1930
+ <verse num="6">And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single whole.</verse>
1931
+ <end-paragraph/>
1932
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026007"/>
1933
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1934
+ <verse num="7"><q class="continue-double" qid="02026007.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall also make <crossref let="a" cid="c02026007.1"/>curtains of goats&apos; hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make.</verse>
1935
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026008"/>
1936
+ <verse num="8">The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains shall be the same size.</verse>
1937
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026009"/>
1938
+ <verse num="9">You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and the sixth curtain you shall double over at the front of the tent.</verse>
1939
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026010"/>
1940
+ <verse num="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 that is outermost in the second set.</verse>
1941
+ <end-paragraph/>
1942
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026011"/>
1943
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1944
+ <verse num="11"><q class="continue-double" qid="02026011.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together that it may be a single whole.</verse>
1945
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026012"/>
1946
+ <verse num="12">And the part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.</verse>
1947
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026013"/>
1948
+ <verse num="13">And the extra that remains in the length of the curtains, the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that side, to cover it.</verse>
1949
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026014"/>
1950
+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="b" cid="c02026014.1"/>And you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned <crossref let="c" cid="c02026014.2"/>rams&apos; skins<note nid="n02026014.1"/> and a covering of goatskins on top.</verse>
1951
+ <end-paragraph/>
1952
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026015"/>
1953
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1954
+ <verse num="15"><q class="continue-double" qid="02026015.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.</verse>
1955
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026016"/>
1956
+ <verse num="16">Ten cubits shall be the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame.</verse>
1957
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026017"/>
1958
+ <verse num="17">There shall be two tenons in each frame, for fitting together. So shall you do for all the frames of the tabernacle.</verse>
1959
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026018"/>
1960
+ <verse num="18">You shall make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side;</verse>
1961
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026019"/>
1962
+ <verse num="19">and forty bases of silver you shall make under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons;</verse>
1963
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026020"/>
1964
+ <verse num="20">and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side twenty frames,</verse>
1965
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026021"/>
1966
+ <verse num="21">and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame, and two bases under the next frame.</verse>
1967
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026022"/>
1968
+ <verse num="22">And for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames.</verse>
1969
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026023"/>
1970
+ <verse num="23">And you shall make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear;</verse>
1971
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026024"/>
1972
+ <verse num="24">they shall be separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring. Thus shall it be with both of them; they shall form the two corners.</verse>
1973
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026025"/>
1974
+ <verse num="25">And there shall be eight frames, with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one frame, and two bases under another frame.</verse>
1975
+ <end-paragraph/>
1976
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026026"/>
1977
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1978
+ <verse num="26"><q class="continue-double" qid="02026026.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,</verse>
1979
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026027"/>
1980
+ <verse num="27">and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward.</verse>
1981
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026028"/>
1982
+ <verse num="28">The middle bar, halfway up the frames, shall run from end to end.</verse>
1983
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026029"/>
1984
+ <verse num="29">You shall overlay the frames with gold and shall make their rings of gold for <crossref let="d" cid="c02026029.1"/>holders for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold.</verse>
1985
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026030"/>
1986
+ <verse num="30">Then you shall erect the tabernacle <crossref let="e" cid="c02026030.1"/>according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.</verse>
1987
+ <end-paragraph/>
1988
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026031"/>
1989
+ <begin-paragraph/>
1990
+ <verse num="31"><crossref let="f" cid="c02026031.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02026031.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and <crossref let="g" cid="c02026031.2"/>fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim <crossref let="g" cid="c02026031.3"/>skillfully worked into it.</verse>
1991
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026032"/>
1992
+ <verse num="32">And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver.</verse>
1993
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026033"/>
1994
+ <verse num="33">And you shall hang <crossref let="f" cid="c02026033.1"/>the veil from the clasps, and bring <crossref let="h" cid="c02026033.2"/>the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.</verse>
1995
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026034"/>
1996
+ <verse num="34"><crossref let="i" cid="c02026034.1"/>You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.</verse>
1997
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026035"/>
1998
+ <verse num="35">And <crossref let="j" cid="c02026035.1"/>you shall set the table outside the veil, and the <crossref let="k" cid="c02026035.2"/>lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.</verse>
1999
+ <end-paragraph/>
2000
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026036"/>
2001
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2002
+ <verse num="36"><q class="continue-double" qid="02026036.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make a <crossref let="l" cid="c02026036.1"/>screen for the entrance of the tent, of <crossref let="m" cid="c02026036.2"/>blue and purple and scarlet yarns and <crossref let="g" cid="c02026036.3"/>fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework.</verse>
2003
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02026037"/>
2004
+ <verse num="37">And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.</verse>
2005
+ <end-paragraph/>
2006
+ </chapter>
2007
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027001"/>
2008
+ <chapter num="27">
2009
+ <heading>The Bronze Altar</heading>
2010
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2011
+ <verse num="1"><q class="continue-double" qid="02027001.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make the <crossref let="n" cid="c02027001.1"/>altar of acacia wood, five cubits<note nid="n02027001.1"/> long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.</verse>
2012
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027002"/>
2013
+ <verse num="2">And you shall make <crossref let="o" cid="c02027002.1"/>horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and <crossref let="p" cid="c02027002.2"/>you shall overlay it with bronze.</verse>
2014
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027003"/>
2015
+ <verse num="3">You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and <crossref let="q" cid="c02027003.1"/>forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze.</verse>
2016
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027004"/>
2017
+ <verse num="4">You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.</verse>
2018
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027005"/>
2019
+ <verse num="5">And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar.</verse>
2020
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027006"/>
2021
+ <verse num="6">And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.</verse>
2022
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027007"/>
2023
+ <verse num="7">And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.</verse>
2024
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027008"/>
2025
+ <verse num="8">You shall make it hollow, with boards. <crossref let="r" cid="c02027008.1"/>As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.</verse>
2026
+ <end-paragraph/>
2027
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027009"/>
2028
+ <heading>The Court of the Tabernacle</heading>
2029
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2030
+ <verse num="9"><crossref let="s" cid="c02027009.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02027009.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side.</verse>
2031
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027010"/>
2032
+ <verse num="10">Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.</verse>
2033
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027011"/>
2034
+ <verse num="11">And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.</verse>
2035
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027012"/>
2036
+ <verse num="12">And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.</verse>
2037
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027013"/>
2038
+ <verse num="13">The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits.</verse>
2039
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027014"/>
2040
+ <verse num="14">The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.</verse>
2041
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027015"/>
2042
+ <verse num="15">On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.</verse>
2043
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027016"/>
2044
+ <verse num="16">For the gate of the court there shall be <crossref let="t" cid="c02027016.1"/>a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases.</verse>
2045
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027017"/>
2046
+ <verse num="17">All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.</verse>
2047
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027018"/>
2048
+ <verse num="18">The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze.</verse>
2049
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027019"/>
2050
+ <verse num="19">All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.</verse>
2051
+ <end-paragraph/>
2052
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027020"/>
2053
+ <heading>Oil for the Lamp</heading>
2054
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2055
+ <verse num="20"><crossref let="u" cid="c02027020.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02027020.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.</verse>
2056
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02027021"/>
2057
+ <verse num="21"><crossref let="v" cid="c02027021.1"/>In the tent of meeting, <crossref let="w" cid="c02027021.2"/>outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.</verse>
2058
+ <end-paragraph/>
2059
+ </chapter>
2060
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028001"/>
2061
+ <chapter num="28">
2062
+ <heading>The Priests&apos; Garments</heading>
2063
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2064
+ <verse num="1"><q class="continue-double" qid="02028001.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>Then bring near to you <crossref let="x" cid="c02028001.1"/>Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests&emdash;Aaron and Aaron&apos;s sons, <crossref let="y" cid="c02028001.2"/>Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.</verse>
2065
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028002"/>
2066
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="z" cid="c02028002.1"/>And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.</verse>
2067
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028003"/>
2068
+ <verse num="3">You shall speak to all the <crossref let="a" cid="c02028003.1"/>skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron&apos;s garments to consecrate him for my priesthood.</verse>
2069
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028004"/>
2070
+ <verse num="4">These are the garments that they shall make: a <crossref let="b" cid="c02028004.1"/>breastpiece, an <crossref let="c" cid="c02028004.2"/>ephod, <crossref let="d" cid="c02028004.3"/>a robe, <crossref let="e" cid="c02028004.4"/>a coat of checker work, <crossref let="e" cid="c02028004.5"/>a turban, and <crossref let="e" cid="c02028004.6"/>a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.</verse>
2071
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028005"/>
2072
+ <verse num="5">They shall receive <crossref let="f" cid="c02028005.1"/>gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.</verse>
2073
+ <end-paragraph/>
2074
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028006"/>
2075
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2076
+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="g" cid="c02028006.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02028006.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked.</verse>
2077
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028007"/>
2078
+ <verse num="7">It shall have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges, so that it may be joined together.</verse>
2079
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028008"/>
2080
+ <verse num="8">And the <crossref let="h" cid="c02028008.1"/>skillfully woven band on it shall be made like it and be of one piece with it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.</verse>
2081
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028009"/>
2082
+ <verse num="9">You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,</verse>
2083
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028010"/>
2084
+ <verse num="10">six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.</verse>
2085
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028011"/>
2086
+ <verse num="11">As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree.</verse>
2087
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028012"/>
2088
+ <verse num="12">And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And <crossref let="i" cid="c02028012.1"/>Aaron shall bear their names before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> on his two shoulders <crossref let="j" cid="c02028012.2"/>for remembrance.</verse>
2089
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028013"/>
2090
+ <verse num="13">You shall make settings of gold filigree,</verse>
2091
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028014"/>
2092
+ <verse num="14">and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.</verse>
2093
+ <end-paragraph/>
2094
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028015"/>
2095
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2096
+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="k" cid="c02028015.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02028015.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work. In the style of the ephod you shall make it&emdash;of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen shall you make it.</verse>
2097
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028016"/>
2098
+ <verse num="16">It shall be square and doubled, a span<note nid="n02028016.1"/> its length and a span its breadth.</verse>
2099
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028017"/>
2100
+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="l" cid="c02028017.1"/>You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius,<note nid="n02028017.1"/> topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;</verse>
2101
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028018"/>
2102
+ <verse num="18">and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;</verse>
2103
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028019"/>
2104
+ <verse num="19">and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;</verse>
2105
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028020"/>
2106
+ <verse num="20">and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold filigree.</verse>
2107
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028021"/>
2108
+ <verse num="21">There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.</verse>
2109
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028022"/>
2110
+ <verse num="22">You shall make for the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold.</verse>
2111
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028023"/>
2112
+ <verse num="23">And you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece.</verse>
2113
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028024"/>
2114
+ <verse num="24">And you shall put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece.</verse>
2115
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028025"/>
2116
+ <verse num="25">The two ends of the two cords you shall attach to the two settings of filigree, and so attach it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod.</verse>
2117
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028026"/>
2118
+ <verse num="26">You shall make two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod.</verse>
2119
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028027"/>
2120
+ <verse num="27">And you shall make two rings of gold, and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the <crossref let="m" cid="c02028027.1"/>skillfully woven band of the ephod.</verse>
2121
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028028"/>
2122
+ <verse num="28">And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it may lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, so that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod.</verse>
2123
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028029"/>
2124
+ <verse num="29"><crossref let="n" cid="c02028029.1"/>So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular <crossref let="o" cid="c02028029.2"/>remembrance before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2125
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028030"/>
2126
+ <verse num="30">And in the breastpiece of judgment <crossref let="p" cid="c02028030.1"/>you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron&apos;s heart, when he goes in before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> regularly.</verse>
2127
+ <end-paragraph/>
2128
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028031"/>
2129
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2130
+ <verse num="31"><crossref let="q" cid="c02028031.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02028031.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.</verse>
2131
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028032"/>
2132
+ <verse num="32">It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment,<note nid="n02028032.1"/> so that it may not tear.</verse>
2133
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028033"/>
2134
+ <verse num="33">On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them,</verse>
2135
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028034"/>
2136
+ <verse num="34">a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.</verse>
2137
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028035"/>
2138
+ <verse num="35">And it shall be on Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy Place before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and when he comes out, so that he does not die.</verse>
2139
+ <end-paragraph/>
2140
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028036"/>
2141
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2142
+ <verse num="36"><q class="continue-double" qid="02028036.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make <crossref let="r" cid="c02028036.1"/>a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, <crossref let="s" cid="c02028036.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02028036.2" from="02028036.2" to="02028036.3"/>Holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-single" qid="02028036.3" from="02028036.2" to="02028036.3"/></verse>
2143
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028037"/>
2144
+ <verse num="37">And you shall fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue. It shall be on the front of the turban.</verse>
2145
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028038"/>
2146
+ <verse num="38">It shall be on Aaron&apos;s forehead, and Aaron shall <crossref let="t" cid="c02028038.1"/>bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2147
+ <end-paragraph/>
2148
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028039"/>
2149
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2150
+ <verse num="39"><q class="continue-double" qid="02028039.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash embroidered with needlework.</verse>
2151
+ <end-paragraph/>
2152
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028040"/>
2153
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2154
+ <verse num="40"><crossref let="u" cid="c02028040.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02028040.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>For Aaron&apos;s sons you shall make coats and sashes and caps. You shall make them <crossref let="v" cid="c02028040.2"/>for glory and beauty.</verse>
2155
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028041"/>
2156
+ <verse num="41">And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall <crossref let="w" cid="c02028041.1"/>anoint them and ordain them and <crossref let="x" cid="c02028041.2"/>consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.</verse>
2157
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028042"/>
2158
+ <verse num="42">You shall make for them <crossref let="y" cid="c02028042.1"/>linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the hips to the thighs;</verse>
2159
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02028043"/>
2160
+ <verse num="43">and they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they <crossref let="z" cid="c02028043.1"/>bear guilt and die. <crossref let="a" cid="c02028043.2"/>This shall be a statute forever for him and for his offspring after him.</verse>
2161
+ <end-paragraph/>
2162
+ </chapter>
2163
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029001"/>
2164
+ <chapter num="29">
2165
+ <heading>Consecration of the Priests</heading>
2166
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2167
+ <verse num="1"><q class="continue-double" qid="02029001.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. <crossref let="b" cid="c02029001.1"/>Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish,</verse>
2168
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029002"/>
2169
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="c" cid="c02029002.1"/>and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour.</verse>
2170
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029003"/>
2171
+ <verse num="3">You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams.</verse>
2172
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029004"/>
2173
+ <verse num="4">You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and <crossref let="d" cid="c02029004.1"/>wash them with water.</verse>
2174
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029005"/>
2175
+ <verse num="5">Then <crossref let="e" cid="c02029005.1"/>you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the <crossref let="f" cid="c02029005.2"/>skillfully woven band of the ephod.</verse>
2176
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029006"/>
2177
+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="g" cid="c02029006.1"/>And you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban.</verse>
2178
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029007"/>
2179
+ <verse num="7">You shall take <crossref let="h" cid="c02029007.1"/>the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.</verse>
2180
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029008"/>
2181
+ <verse num="8">Then you <crossref let="i" cid="c02029008.1"/>shall bring his sons and put coats on them,</verse>
2182
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029009"/>
2183
+ <verse num="9">and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with <crossref let="j" cid="c02029009.1"/>sashes and bind caps on them. And <crossref let="k" cid="c02029009.2"/>the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall <crossref let="l" cid="c02029009.3"/>ordain Aaron and his sons.</verse>
2184
+ <end-paragraph/>
2185
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029010"/>
2186
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2187
+ <verse num="10"><q class="continue-double" qid="02029010.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. <crossref let="m" cid="c02029010.1"/>Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.</verse>
2188
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029011"/>
2189
+ <verse num="11">Then you shall kill the bull before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> at the entrance of the tent of meeting,</verse>
2190
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029012"/>
2191
+ <verse num="12">and <crossref let="n" cid="c02029012.1"/>shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the <crossref let="o" cid="c02029012.2"/>horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of<note nid="n02029012.1"/> the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.</verse>
2192
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029013"/>
2193
+ <verse num="13">And you shall take all <crossref let="p" cid="c02029013.1"/>the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.</verse>
2194
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029014"/>
2195
+ <verse num="14">But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire <crossref let="q" cid="c02029014.1"/>outside the camp; <crossref let="r" cid="c02029014.2"/>it is a sin offering.</verse>
2196
+ <end-paragraph/>
2197
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029015"/>
2198
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2199
+ <verse num="15"><q class="continue-double" qid="02029015.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>Then <crossref let="s" cid="c02029015.1"/>you shall take one of the rams, and <crossref let="t" cid="c02029015.2"/>Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram,</verse>
2200
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029016"/>
2201
+ <verse num="16">and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar.</verse>
2202
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029017"/>
2203
+ <verse num="17">Then you shall <crossref let="u" cid="c02029017.1"/>cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head,</verse>
2204
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029018"/>
2205
+ <verse num="18">and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. It is a <crossref let="v" cid="c02029018.1"/>pleasing aroma, a food offering<note nid="n02029018.1"/> to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2206
+ <end-paragraph/>
2207
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029019"/>
2208
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2209
+ <verse num="19"><crossref let="w" cid="c02029019.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02029019.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall take the other ram, <crossref let="t" cid="c02029019.2"/>and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram,</verse>
2210
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029020"/>
2211
+ <verse num="20">and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar.</verse>
2212
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029021"/>
2213
+ <verse num="21">Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the <crossref let="x" cid="c02029021.1"/>anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons&apos; garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons&apos; garments with him.</verse>
2214
+ <end-paragraph/>
2215
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029022"/>
2216
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2217
+ <verse num="22"><q class="continue-double" qid="02029022.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the <crossref let="y" cid="c02029022.1"/>fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of <crossref let="z" cid="c02029022.2"/>ordination),</verse>
2218
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029023"/>
2219
+ <verse num="23">and <crossref let="a" cid="c02029023.1"/>one loaf of bread and one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2220
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029024"/>
2221
+ <verse num="24">You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and <crossref let="b" cid="c02029024.1"/>wave them for a wave offering before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2222
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029025"/>
2223
+ <verse num="25">Then <crossref let="c" cid="c02029025.1"/>you shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a <crossref let="d" cid="c02029025.2"/>pleasing aroma before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. It is a food offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2224
+ <end-paragraph/>
2225
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029026"/>
2226
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2227
+ <verse num="26"><q class="continue-double" qid="02029026.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall take the <crossref let="e" cid="c02029026.1"/>breast of the ram of Aaron&apos;s <crossref let="f" cid="c02029026.2"/>ordination and <crossref let="g" cid="c02029026.3"/>wave it for a wave offering before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and it shall be your portion.</verse>
2228
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029027"/>
2229
+ <verse num="27">And you shall consecrate the <crossref let="h" cid="c02029027.1"/>breast of the wave offering that is waved and the <crossref let="i" cid="c02029027.2"/>thigh of the priests&apos; portion that is contributed from the ram of <crossref let="f" cid="c02029027.3"/>ordination, from what was Aaron&apos;s and his sons&apos;.</verse>
2230
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029028"/>
2231
+ <verse num="28">It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a <crossref let="j" cid="c02029028.1"/>perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a <crossref let="g" cid="c02029028.2"/>contribution. It shall be a <crossref let="g" cid="c02029028.3"/>contribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2232
+ <end-paragraph/>
2233
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029029"/>
2234
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2235
+ <verse num="29"><q class="continue-double" qid="02029029.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>The holy garments of Aaron <crossref let="k" cid="c02029029.1"/>shall be for his sons after him; they shall <crossref let="l" cid="c02029029.2"/>be anointed in them and ordained in them.</verse>
2236
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029030"/>
2237
+ <verse num="30">The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, shall wear them <crossref let="m" cid="c02029030.1"/>seven days.</verse>
2238
+ <end-paragraph/>
2239
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029031"/>
2240
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2241
+ <verse num="31"><q class="continue-double" qid="02029031.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall take the ram of ordination and <crossref let="n" cid="c02029031.1"/>boil its flesh in a holy place.</verse>
2242
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029032"/>
2243
+ <verse num="32">And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the <crossref let="o" cid="c02029032.1"/>bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting.</verse>
2244
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029033"/>
2245
+ <verse num="33"><crossref let="p" cid="c02029033.1"/>They shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an <crossref let="q" cid="c02029033.2"/>outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy.</verse>
2246
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029034"/>
2247
+ <verse num="34">And if any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you shall <crossref let="r" cid="c02029034.1"/>burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.</verse>
2248
+ <end-paragraph/>
2249
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029035"/>
2250
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2251
+ <verse num="35"><q class="continue-double" qid="02029035.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through <crossref let="s" cid="c02029035.1"/>seven days shall you ordain them,</verse>
2252
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029036"/>
2253
+ <verse num="36">and every day you shall offer a <crossref let="t" cid="c02029036.1"/>bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall <crossref let="u" cid="c02029036.2"/>anoint it to consecrate it.</verse>
2254
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029037"/>
2255
+ <verse num="37">Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the <crossref let="v" cid="c02029037.1"/>altar shall be most holy. <crossref let="w" cid="c02029037.2"/>Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.</verse>
2256
+ <end-paragraph/>
2257
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029038"/>
2258
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2259
+ <verse num="38"><q class="continue-double" qid="02029038.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: <crossref let="x" cid="c02029038.1"/>two lambs a year old <crossref let="y" cid="c02029038.2"/>day by day regularly.</verse>
2260
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029039"/>
2261
+ <verse num="39">One lamb you shall offer <crossref let="z" cid="c02029039.1"/>in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer <crossref let="a" cid="c02029039.2"/>at twilight.</verse>
2262
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029040"/>
2263
+ <verse num="40">And with the first lamb a tenth measure<note nid="n02029040.1"/> of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin<note nid="n02029040.2"/> of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering.</verse>
2264
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029041"/>
2265
+ <verse num="41">The other lamb you shall offer <crossref let="a" cid="c02029041.1"/>at twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as <crossref let="b" cid="c02029041.2"/>in the morning, for a <crossref let="c" cid="c02029041.3"/>pleasing aroma, a food offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2266
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029042"/>
2267
+ <verse num="42">It shall be a <crossref let="d" cid="c02029042.1"/>regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="e" cid="c02029042.2"/>where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.</verse>
2268
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029043"/>
2269
+ <verse num="43">There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be <crossref let="f" cid="c02029043.1"/>sanctified by my glory.</verse>
2270
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029044"/>
2271
+ <verse num="44">I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. <crossref let="g" cid="c02029044.1"/>Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.</verse>
2272
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029045"/>
2273
+ <verse num="45"><crossref let="h" cid="c02029045.1"/>I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God.</verse>
2274
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02029046"/>
2275
+ <verse num="46">And they shall know that <crossref let="i" cid="c02029046.1"/>I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> their God.</verse>
2276
+ <end-paragraph/>
2277
+ </chapter>
2278
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030001"/>
2279
+ <chapter num="30">
2280
+ <heading>The Altar of Incense</heading>
2281
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2282
+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="j" cid="c02030001.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02030001.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/>You shall make <crossref let="k" cid="c02030001.2"/>an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.</verse>
2283
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030002"/>
2284
+ <verse num="2">A cubit<note nid="n02030002.1"/> shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. <crossref let="l" cid="c02030002.1"/>Its horns shall be of one piece with it.</verse>
2285
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030003"/>
2286
+ <verse num="3">You shall <crossref let="m" cid="c02030003.1"/>overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it.</verse>
2287
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030004"/>
2288
+ <verse num="4">And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be <crossref let="n" cid="c02030004.1"/>holders for poles with which to carry it.</verse>
2289
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030005"/>
2290
+ <verse num="5">You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.</verse>
2291
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030006"/>
2292
+ <verse num="6">And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the <crossref let="o" cid="c02030006.1"/>mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.</verse>
2293
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030007"/>
2294
+ <verse num="7">And Aaron shall <crossref let="p" cid="c02030007.1"/>burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he <crossref let="q" cid="c02030007.2"/>dresses the lamps he shall burn it,</verse>
2295
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030008"/>
2296
+ <verse num="8">and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> throughout your generations.</verse>
2297
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030009"/>
2298
+ <verse num="9">You shall not offer <crossref let="r" cid="c02030009.1"/>unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it.</verse>
2299
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030010"/>
2300
+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="s" cid="c02030010.1"/>Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the <crossref let="t" cid="c02030010.2"/>sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="02030010.1" from="02025002.1" to="02030010.1"/></verse>
2301
+ <end-paragraph/>
2302
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030011"/>
2303
+ <heading>The Census Tax</heading>
2304
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2305
+ <verse num="11">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
2306
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030012"/>
2307
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="u" cid="c02030012.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02030012.1" from="02030012.1" to="02030016.1"/>When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give <crossref let="v" cid="c02030012.2"/>a ransom for his life to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.</verse>
2308
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030013"/>
2309
+ <verse num="13">Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel<note nid="n02030013.1"/> according to the <crossref let="w" cid="c02030013.1"/>shekel of the sanctuary (the <crossref let="x" cid="c02030013.2"/>shekel is twenty gerahs),<note nid="n02030013.2"/> <crossref let="y" cid="c02030013.3"/>half a shekel as an offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2310
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030014"/>
2311
+ <verse num="14">Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s offering.</verse>
2312
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030015"/>
2313
+ <verse num="15">The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than <crossref let="y" cid="c02030015.1"/>the half shekel, when you give the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s offering to make atonement for your lives.</verse>
2314
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030016"/>
2315
+ <verse num="16">You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall <crossref let="z" cid="c02030016.1"/>give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to <crossref let="a" cid="c02030016.2"/>remembrance before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, so as to make atonement for your lives.<q class="end-double" qid="02030016.1" from="02030012.1" to="02030016.1"/></verse>
2316
+ <end-paragraph/>
2317
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030017"/>
2318
+ <heading>The Bronze Basin</heading>
2319
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2320
+ <verse num="17">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
2321
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030018"/>
2322
+ <verse num="18"><q class="begin-double" qid="02030018.1" from="02030018.1" to="02030021.1"/>You shall also make a <crossref let="b" cid="c02030018.1"/>basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. <crossref let="b" cid="c02030018.2"/>You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it,</verse>
2323
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030019"/>
2324
+ <verse num="19">with which Aaron and his sons <crossref let="c" cid="c02030019.1"/>shall wash their hands and their feet.</verse>
2325
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030020"/>
2326
+ <verse num="20">When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering<note nid="n02030020.1"/> to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.</verse>
2327
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030021"/>
2328
+ <verse num="21">They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall <crossref let="d" cid="c02030021.1"/>be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.<q class="end-double" qid="02030021.1" from="02030018.1" to="02030021.1"/></verse>
2329
+ <end-paragraph/>
2330
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030022"/>
2331
+ <heading>The Anointing Oil and Incense</heading>
2332
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2333
+ <verse num="22">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
2334
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030023"/>
2335
+ <verse num="23"><q class="begin-double" qid="02030023.1" from="02030023.1" to="02030033.2"/>Take the <crossref let="e" cid="c02030023.1"/>finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of <crossref let="f" cid="c02030023.2"/>aromatic cane,</verse>
2336
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030024"/>
2337
+ <verse num="24">and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a <crossref let="g" cid="c02030024.1"/>hin<note nid="n02030024.1"/> of olive oil.</verse>
2338
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030025"/>
2339
+ <verse num="25">And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the <crossref let="h" cid="c02030025.1"/>perfumer; it shall be a <crossref let="i" cid="c02030025.2"/>holy anointing oil.</verse>
2340
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030026"/>
2341
+ <verse num="26"><crossref let="j" cid="c02030026.1"/>With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,</verse>
2342
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030027"/>
2343
+ <verse num="27">and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,</verse>
2344
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030028"/>
2345
+ <verse num="28">and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the <crossref let="k" cid="c02030028.1"/>basin and its stand.</verse>
2346
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030029"/>
2347
+ <verse num="29">You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. <crossref let="l" cid="c02030029.1"/>Whatever touches them will become holy.</verse>
2348
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030030"/>
2349
+ <verse num="30"><crossref let="m" cid="c02030030.1"/>You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.</verse>
2350
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030031"/>
2351
+ <verse num="31">And you shall say to the people of Israel, <q class="begin-single" qid="02030031.1" from="02030031.1" to="02030033.1"/>This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.</verse>
2352
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030032"/>
2353
+ <verse num="32">It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. <crossref let="n" cid="c02030032.1"/>It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.</verse>
2354
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030033"/>
2355
+ <verse num="33"><crossref let="o" cid="c02030033.1"/>Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.<q class="end-single" qid="02030033.1" from="02030031.1" to="02030033.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="02030033.2" from="02030023.1" to="02030033.2"/></verse>
2356
+ <end-paragraph/>
2357
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030034"/>
2358
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2359
+ <verse num="34">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="p" cid="c02030034.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02030034.1" from="02030034.1" to="02030038.1"/>Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part),</verse>
2360
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030035"/>
2361
+ <verse num="35">and make an <crossref let="q" cid="c02030035.1"/>incense blended as by the <crossref let="r" cid="c02030035.2"/>perfumer, <crossref let="s" cid="c02030035.3"/>seasoned with salt, pure and holy.</verse>
2362
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030036"/>
2363
+ <verse num="36">You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting <crossref let="t" cid="c02030036.1"/>where I shall meet with you. <crossref let="u" cid="c02030036.2"/>It shall be most holy for you.</verse>
2364
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030037"/>
2365
+ <verse num="37">And the incense that you shall make <crossref let="v" cid="c02030037.1"/>according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2366
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02030038"/>
2367
+ <verse num="38"><crossref let="w" cid="c02030038.1"/>Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.<q class="end-double" qid="02030038.1" from="02030034.1" to="02030038.1"/></verse>
2368
+ <end-paragraph/>
2369
+ </chapter>
2370
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031001"/>
2371
+ <chapter num="31">
2372
+ <heading>Oholiab and Bezalel</heading>
2373
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2374
+ <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
2375
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031002"/>
2376
+ <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="02031002.1" from="02031002.1" to="02031011.1"/>See, I have called by name <crossref let="x" cid="c02031002.1"/>Bezalel the son of Uri, son of <crossref let="y" cid="c02031002.2"/>Hur, of the tribe of Judah,</verse>
2377
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031003"/>
2378
+ <verse num="3">and I have <crossref let="z" cid="c02031003.1"/>filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,</verse>
2379
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031004"/>
2380
+ <verse num="4">to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,</verse>
2381
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031005"/>
2382
+ <verse num="5">in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft.</verse>
2383
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031006"/>
2384
+ <verse num="6">And behold, I have appointed with him <crossref let="a" cid="c02031006.1"/>Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men <crossref let="b" cid="c02031006.2"/>ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:</verse>
2385
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031007"/>
2386
+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="c" cid="c02031007.1"/>the tent of meeting, and <crossref let="d" cid="c02031007.2"/>the ark of the testimony, and <crossref let="e" cid="c02031007.3"/>the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent,</verse>
2387
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031008"/>
2388
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="f" cid="c02031008.1"/>the table and its utensils, and <crossref let="g" cid="c02031008.2"/>the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and <crossref let="h" cid="c02031008.3"/>the altar of incense,</verse>
2389
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031009"/>
2390
+ <verse num="9">and <crossref let="i" cid="c02031009.1"/>the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and <crossref let="j" cid="c02031009.2"/>the basin and its stand,</verse>
2391
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031010"/>
2392
+ <verse num="10">and <crossref let="k" cid="c02031010.1"/>the finely worked garments,<note nid="n02031010.1"/> the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests,</verse>
2393
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031011"/>
2394
+ <verse num="11">and <crossref let="l" cid="c02031011.1"/>the anointing oil and the fragrant <crossref let="m" cid="c02031011.2"/>incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do.<q class="end-double" qid="02031011.1" from="02031002.1" to="02031011.1"/></verse>
2395
+ <end-paragraph/>
2396
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031012"/>
2397
+ <heading>The Sabbath</heading>
2398
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2399
+ <verse num="12">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
2400
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031013"/>
2401
+ <verse num="13"><q class="begin-double" qid="02031013.1" from="02031013.1" to="02031017.2"/>You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, <q class="begin-single" qid="02031013.2" from="02031013.2" to="02031017.1"/>Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, sanctify you.</verse>
2402
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031014"/>
2403
+ <verse num="14">You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. <crossref let="n" cid="c02031014.1"/>Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.</verse>
2404
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031015"/>
2405
+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="o" cid="c02031015.1"/>Six days shall work be done, but <crossref let="p" cid="c02031015.2"/>the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <crossref let="n" cid="c02031015.3"/>Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.</verse>
2406
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031016"/>
2407
+ <verse num="16">Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever.</verse>
2408
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031017"/>
2409
+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="q" cid="c02031017.1"/>It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that <crossref let="r" cid="c02031017.2"/>in six days the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> made heaven and earth, and <crossref let="s" cid="c02031017.3"/>on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.<q class="end-single" qid="02031017.1" from="02031013.2" to="02031017.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="02031017.2" from="02031013.1" to="02031017.2"/></verse>
2410
+ <end-paragraph/>
2411
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02031018"/>
2412
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2413
+ <verse num="18">And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the <crossref let="t" cid="c02031018.1"/>two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with <crossref let="u" cid="c02031018.2"/>the finger of God.</verse>
2414
+ <end-paragraph/>
2415
+ </chapter>
2416
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032001"/>
2417
+ <chapter num="32">
2418
+ <heading>The Golden Calf</heading>
2419
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2420
+ <verse num="1">When the people saw that Moses <crossref let="v" cid="c02032001.1"/>delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, <crossref let="w" cid="c02032001.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02032001.1" from="02032001.1" to="02032001.2"/>Up, make us gods who shall <crossref let="x" cid="c02032001.3"/>go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.<q class="end-double" qid="02032001.2" from="02032001.1" to="02032001.2"/></verse>
2421
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032002"/>
2422
+ <verse num="2">So Aaron said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="02032002.1" from="02032002.1" to="02032002.2"/>Take off the <crossref let="y" cid="c02032002.1"/>rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.<q class="end-double" qid="02032002.2" from="02032002.1" to="02032002.2"/></verse>
2423
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032003"/>
2424
+ <verse num="3">So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.</verse>
2425
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032004"/>
2426
+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="z" cid="c02032004.1"/>And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden<note nid="n02032004.1"/> calf. And they said, <crossref let="a" cid="c02032004.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02032004.1" from="02032004.1" to="02032004.2"/>These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!<q class="end-double" qid="02032004.2" from="02032004.1" to="02032004.2"/></verse>
2427
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032005"/>
2428
+ <verse num="5">When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron <crossref let="b" cid="c02032005.1"/>made a proclamation and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02032005.1" from="02032005.1" to="02032005.2"/>Tomorrow shall be a feast to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="02032005.2" from="02032005.1" to="02032005.2"/></verse>
2429
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032006"/>
2430
+ <verse num="6">And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And <crossref let="c" cid="c02032006.1"/>the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up <crossref let="d" cid="c02032006.2"/>to play.</verse>
2431
+ <end-paragraph/>
2432
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032007"/>
2433
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2434
+ <verse num="7">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="e" cid="c02032007.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02032007.1" from="02032007.1" to="02032008.3"/>Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have <crossref let="f" cid="c02032007.2"/>corrupted themselves.</verse>
2435
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032008"/>
2436
+ <verse num="8">They have turned aside quickly out of the way that <crossref let="g" cid="c02032008.1"/>I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, <q class="begin-single" qid="02032008.1" from="02032008.1" to="02032008.2"/>These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!<q class="end-single" qid="02032008.2" from="02032008.1" to="02032008.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="02032008.3" from="02032007.1" to="02032008.3"/></verse>
2437
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032009"/>
2438
+ <verse num="9">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02032009.1" from="02032009.1" to="02032010.1"/>I have seen this people, and behold, <crossref let="h" cid="c02032009.1"/>it is a stiff-necked people.</verse>
2439
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032010"/>
2440
+ <verse num="10">Now therefore <crossref let="i" cid="c02032010.1"/>let me alone, that <crossref let="j" cid="c02032010.2"/>my wrath may burn hot against them and <crossref let="k" cid="c02032010.3"/>I may consume them, in order that <crossref let="l" cid="c02032010.4"/>I may make a great nation of you.<q class="end-double" qid="02032010.1" from="02032009.1" to="02032010.1"/></verse>
2441
+ <end-paragraph/>
2442
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032011"/>
2443
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2444
+ <verse num="11">But <crossref let="m" cid="c02032011.1"/>Moses implored the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> his God and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02032011.1" from="02032011.1" to="02032013.3"/>O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?</verse>
2445
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032012"/>
2446
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="n" cid="c02032012.1"/>Why should the Egyptians say, <q class="begin-single" qid="02032012.1" from="02032012.1" to="02032012.2"/>With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth<q class="end-single" qid="02032012.2" from="02032012.1" to="02032012.2"/>? Turn from your burning anger and <crossref let="o" cid="c02032012.2"/>relent from this disaster against your people.</verse>
2447
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032013"/>
2448
+ <verse num="13">Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you <crossref let="p" cid="c02032013.1"/>swore by your own self, and said to them, <crossref let="q" cid="c02032013.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02032013.1" from="02032013.1" to="02032013.2"/>I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.<q class="end-single" qid="02032013.2" from="02032013.1" to="02032013.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="02032013.3" from="02032011.1" to="02032013.3"/></verse>
2449
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032014"/>
2450
+ <verse num="14">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="r" cid="c02032014.1"/>relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.</verse>
2451
+ <end-paragraph/>
2452
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032015"/>
2453
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2454
+ <verse num="15">Then <crossref let="s" cid="c02032015.1"/>Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the <crossref let="t" cid="c02032015.2"/>two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written.</verse>
2455
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032016"/>
2456
+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="u" cid="c02032016.1"/>The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.</verse>
2457
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032017"/>
2458
+ <verse num="17">When <crossref let="v" cid="c02032017.1"/>Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02032017.1" from="02032017.1" to="02032017.2"/>There is a noise of war in the camp.<q class="end-double" qid="02032017.2" from="02032017.1" to="02032017.2"/></verse>
2459
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032018"/>
2460
+ <verse num="18">But he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02032018.1" from="02032018.1" to="02032018.2"/>It is not the sound of <crossref let="w" cid="c02032018.1"/>shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear.<q class="end-double" qid="02032018.2" from="02032018.1" to="02032018.2"/></verse>
2461
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032019"/>
2462
+ <verse num="19">And as soon as he came near the camp and <crossref let="x" cid="c02032019.1"/>saw the calf and the dancing, Moses&apos; anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.</verse>
2463
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032020"/>
2464
+ <verse num="20">He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it.</verse>
2465
+ <end-paragraph/>
2466
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032021"/>
2467
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2468
+ <verse num="21">And Moses said to Aaron, <crossref let="y" cid="c02032021.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02032021.1" from="02032021.1" to="02032021.2"/>What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?<q class="end-double" qid="02032021.2" from="02032021.1" to="02032021.2"/></verse>
2469
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032022"/>
2470
+ <verse num="22">And Aaron said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02032022.1" from="02032022.1" to="02032024.3"/>Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. <crossref let="z" cid="c02032022.1"/>You know the people, that they are set on evil.</verse>
2471
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032023"/>
2472
+ <verse num="23">For <crossref let="a" cid="c02032023.1"/>they said to me, <q class="begin-single" qid="02032023.1" from="02032023.1" to="02032023.2"/>Make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.<q class="end-single" qid="02032023.2" from="02032023.1" to="02032023.2"/></verse>
2473
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032024"/>
2474
+ <verse num="24">So <crossref let="b" cid="c02032024.1"/>I said to them, <q class="begin-single" qid="02032024.1" from="02032024.1" to="02032024.2"/>Let any who have gold take it off.<q class="end-single" qid="02032024.2" from="02032024.1" to="02032024.2"/> So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.<q class="end-double" qid="02032024.3" from="02032022.1" to="02032024.3"/></verse>
2475
+ <end-paragraph/>
2476
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032025"/>
2477
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2478
+ <verse num="25">And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, <crossref let="c" cid="c02032025.1"/>to the derision of their enemies),</verse>
2479
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032026"/>
2480
+ <verse num="26">then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02032026.1" from="02032026.1" to="02032026.2"/>Who is on the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s side? Come to me.<q class="end-double" qid="02032026.2" from="02032026.1" to="02032026.2"/> And all the sons of Levi gathered around him.</verse>
2481
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032027"/>
2482
+ <verse num="27">And he said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="02032027.1" from="02032027.1" to="02032027.4"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> God of Israel, <q class="begin-single" qid="02032027.2" from="02032027.2" to="02032027.3"/>Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you <crossref let="d" cid="c02032027.1"/>kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.<q class="end-single" qid="02032027.3" from="02032027.2" to="02032027.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02032027.4" from="02032027.1" to="02032027.4"/></verse>
2483
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032028"/>
2484
+ <verse num="28">And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell.</verse>
2485
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032029"/>
2486
+ <verse num="29">And Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02032029.1" from="02032029.1" to="02032029.2"/>Today you have been <crossref let="e" cid="c02032029.1"/>ordained for the service of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day.<q class="end-double" qid="02032029.2" from="02032029.1" to="02032029.2"/></verse>
2487
+ <end-paragraph/>
2488
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032030"/>
2489
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2490
+ <verse num="30">The next day Moses said to the people, <crossref let="f" cid="c02032030.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02032030.1" from="02032030.1" to="02032030.2"/>You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; <crossref let="g" cid="c02032030.2"/>perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.<q class="end-double" qid="02032030.2" from="02032030.1" to="02032030.2"/></verse>
2491
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032031"/>
2492
+ <verse num="31">So Moses returned to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02032031.1" from="02032031.1" to="02032032.1"/>Alas, <crossref let="f" cid="c02032031.1"/>this people has sinned a great sin. They have <crossref let="h" cid="c02032031.2"/>made for themselves gods of gold.</verse>
2493
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032032"/>
2494
+ <verse num="32">But now, if <crossref let="i" cid="c02032032.1"/>you will forgive their sin&emdash;but if not, please <crossref let="j" cid="c02032032.2"/>blot me out of <crossref let="k" cid="c02032032.3"/>your book that you have written.<q class="end-double" qid="02032032.1" from="02032031.1" to="02032032.1"/></verse>
2495
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032033"/>
2496
+ <verse num="33">But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="l" cid="c02032033.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02032033.1" from="02032033.1" to="02032034.1"/>Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book.</verse>
2497
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032034"/>
2498
+ <verse num="34"><crossref let="m" cid="c02032034.1"/>But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; <crossref let="n" cid="c02032034.2"/>behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.<q class="end-double" qid="02032034.1" from="02032033.1" to="02032034.1"/></verse>
2499
+ <end-paragraph/>
2500
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02032035"/>
2501
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2502
+ <verse num="35">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made.</verse>
2503
+ <end-paragraph/>
2504
+ </chapter>
2505
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033001"/>
2506
+ <chapter num="33">
2507
+ <heading>The Command to Leave Sinai</heading>
2508
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2509
+ <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02033001.1" from="02033001.1" to="02033003.1"/>Depart; go up from here, you <crossref let="o" cid="c02033001.1"/>and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="02033001.2" from="02033001.2" to="02033001.3"/>To <crossref let="p" cid="c02033001.2"/>your offspring I will give it.<q class="end-single" qid="02033001.3" from="02033001.2" to="02033001.3"/></verse>
2510
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033002"/>
2511
+ <verse num="2">I will send an <crossref let="q" cid="c02033002.1"/>angel before you, <crossref let="r" cid="c02033002.2"/>and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.</verse>
2512
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033003"/>
2513
+ <verse num="3"><crossref let="s" cid="c02033003.1"/>Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; <crossref let="t" cid="c02033003.2"/>but I will not go up among you, <crossref let="u" cid="c02033003.3"/>lest I consume you on the way, for you are a <crossref let="v" cid="c02033003.4"/>stiff-necked people.<q class="end-double" qid="02033003.1" from="02033001.1" to="02033003.1"/></verse>
2514
+ <end-paragraph/>
2515
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033004"/>
2516
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2517
+ <verse num="4">When the people heard this disastrous word, they <crossref let="w" cid="c02033004.1"/>mourned, and <crossref let="x" cid="c02033004.2"/>no one put on his ornaments.</verse>
2518
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033005"/>
2519
+ <verse num="5">For the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02033005.1" from="02033005.1" to="02033005.4"/>Say to the people of Israel, <q class="begin-single" qid="02033005.2" from="02033005.2" to="02033005.3"/>You are a <crossref let="v" cid="c02033005.1"/>stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would <crossref let="y" cid="c02033005.2"/>consume you. So now <crossref let="x" cid="c02033005.3"/>take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.<q class="end-single" qid="02033005.3" from="02033005.2" to="02033005.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="02033005.4" from="02033005.1" to="02033005.4"/></verse>
2520
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033006"/>
2521
+ <verse num="6">Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.</verse>
2522
+ <end-paragraph/>
2523
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033007"/>
2524
+ <heading>The Tent of Meeting</heading>
2525
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2526
+ <verse num="7">Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and <crossref let="z" cid="c02033007.1"/>he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who <crossref let="a" cid="c02033007.2"/>sought the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.</verse>
2527
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033008"/>
2528
+ <verse num="8">Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise up, and <crossref let="b" cid="c02033008.1"/>each would stand at his tent door, and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent.</verse>
2529
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033009"/>
2530
+ <verse num="9">When Moses entered the tent, the <crossref let="c" cid="c02033009.1"/>pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span><note nid="n02033009.1"/> would speak with Moses.</verse>
2531
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033010"/>
2532
+ <verse num="10">And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship, each at his tent door.</verse>
2533
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033011"/>
2534
+ <verse num="11">Thus <crossref let="d" cid="c02033011.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his <crossref let="e" cid="c02033011.2"/>assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.</verse>
2535
+ <end-paragraph/>
2536
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033012"/>
2537
+ <heading>Moses&apos; Intercession</heading>
2538
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2539
+ <verse num="12">Moses said to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="02033012.1" from="02033012.1" to="02033013.1"/>See, <crossref let="f" cid="c02033012.1"/>you say to me, <q class="begin-single" qid="02033012.2" from="02033012.2" to="02033012.3"/>Bring up this people,<q class="end-single" qid="02033012.3" from="02033012.2" to="02033012.3"/> but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, <crossref let="g" cid="c02033012.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="02033012.4" from="02033012.4" to="02033012.5"/>I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.<q class="end-single" qid="02033012.5" from="02033012.4" to="02033012.5"/></verse>
2540
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033013"/>
2541
+ <verse num="13">Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please <crossref let="h" cid="c02033013.1"/>show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is <crossref let="i" cid="c02033013.2"/>your people.<q class="end-double" qid="02033013.1" from="02033012.1" to="02033013.1"/></verse>
2542
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033014"/>
2543
+ <verse num="14">And he said, <crossref let="j" cid="c02033014.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02033014.1" from="02033014.1" to="02033014.2"/>My presence will go with you, and <crossref let="k" cid="c02033014.2"/>I will give you rest.<q class="end-double" qid="02033014.2" from="02033014.1" to="02033014.2"/></verse>
2544
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033015"/>
2545
+ <verse num="15">And he said to him, <crossref let="l" cid="c02033015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02033015.1" from="02033015.1" to="02033016.1"/>If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.</verse>
2546
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033016"/>
2547
+ <verse num="16">For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? <crossref let="m" cid="c02033016.1"/>Is it not in your going with us, <crossref let="n" cid="c02033016.2"/>so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?<q class="end-double" qid="02033016.1" from="02033015.1" to="02033016.1"/></verse>
2548
+ <end-paragraph/>
2549
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033017"/>
2550
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2551
+ <verse num="17">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02033017.1" from="02033017.1" to="02033017.2"/>This very thing that you have spoken I will do, <crossref let="o" cid="c02033017.1"/>for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.<q class="end-double" qid="02033017.2" from="02033017.1" to="02033017.2"/></verse>
2552
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033018"/>
2553
+ <verse num="18">Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02033018.1" from="02033018.1" to="02033018.2"/>Please <crossref let="p" cid="c02033018.1"/>show me your glory.<q class="end-double" qid="02033018.2" from="02033018.1" to="02033018.2"/></verse>
2554
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033019"/>
2555
+ <verse num="19">And he said, <crossref let="q" cid="c02033019.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02033019.1" from="02033019.1" to="02033020.1"/>I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name <q class="begin-single" qid="02033019.2" from="02033019.2" to="02033019.3"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-single" qid="02033019.3" from="02033019.2" to="02033019.3"/> And <crossref let="r" cid="c02033019.2"/>I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.</verse>
2556
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033020"/>
2557
+ <verse num="20">But,<q class="end-double" qid="02033020.1" from="02033019.1" to="02033020.1"/> he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02033020.2" from="02033020.2" to="02033020.3"/>you cannot see my face, for <crossref let="s" cid="c02033020.1"/>man shall not see me and live.<q class="end-double" qid="02033020.3" from="02033020.2" to="02033020.3"/></verse>
2558
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033021"/>
2559
+ <verse num="21">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02033021.1" from="02033021.1" to="02033023.1"/>Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock,</verse>
2560
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033022"/>
2561
+ <verse num="22">and while my glory passes by I will put you in a <crossref let="t" cid="c02033022.1"/>cleft of the rock, and I will <crossref let="u" cid="c02033022.2"/>cover you with my hand until I have passed by.</verse>
2562
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02033023"/>
2563
+ <verse num="23">Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall <crossref let="v" cid="c02033023.1"/>not be seen.<q class="end-double" qid="02033023.1" from="02033021.1" to="02033023.1"/></verse>
2564
+ <end-paragraph/>
2565
+ </chapter>
2566
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034001"/>
2567
+ <chapter num="34">
2568
+ <heading>Moses Makes New Tablets</heading>
2569
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2570
+ <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="w" cid="c02034001.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02034001.1" from="02034001.1" to="02034003.1"/>Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, <crossref let="x" cid="c02034001.2"/>and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, <crossref let="y" cid="c02034001.3"/>which you broke.</verse>
2571
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034002"/>
2572
+ <verse num="2">Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me <crossref let="z" cid="c02034002.1"/>on the top of the mountain.</verse>
2573
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034003"/>
2574
+ <verse num="3">No <crossref let="a" cid="c02034003.1"/>one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain.<q class="end-double" qid="02034003.1" from="02034001.1" to="02034003.1"/></verse>
2575
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034004"/>
2576
+ <verse num="4">So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone.</verse>
2577
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034005"/>
2578
+ <verse num="5">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="b" cid="c02034005.1"/>descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and <crossref let="c" cid="c02034005.2"/>proclaimed the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2579
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034006"/>
2580
+ <verse num="6">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> passed before him and proclaimed, <crossref let="d" cid="c02034006.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02034006.1" from="02034006.1" to="02034007.1"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, a God merciful and <crossref let="e" cid="c02034006.2"/>gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast <crossref let="f" cid="c02034006.3"/>love and faithfulness,</verse>
2581
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034007"/>
2582
+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="g" cid="c02034007.1"/>keeping steadfast love for thousands,<note nid="n02034007.1"/> <crossref let="h" cid="c02034007.2"/>forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but <crossref let="i" cid="c02034007.3"/>who will by no means clear the guilty, <crossref let="j" cid="c02034007.4"/>visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children&apos;s children, to the third and the fourth generation.<q class="end-double" qid="02034007.1" from="02034006.1" to="02034007.1"/></verse>
2583
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034008"/>
2584
+ <verse num="8">And Moses quickly <crossref let="k" cid="c02034008.1"/>bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped.</verse>
2585
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034009"/>
2586
+ <verse num="9">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02034009.1" from="02034009.1" to="02034009.2"/>If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please <crossref let="l" cid="c02034009.1"/>let the Lord go in the midst of us, for <crossref let="m" cid="c02034009.2"/>it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for <crossref let="n" cid="c02034009.3"/>your inheritance.<q class="end-double" qid="02034009.2" from="02034009.1" to="02034009.2"/></verse>
2587
+ <end-paragraph/>
2588
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034010"/>
2589
+ <heading>The Covenant Renewed</heading>
2590
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2591
+ <verse num="10">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="02034010.1" from="02034010.1" to="02034026.1"/>Behold, <crossref let="o" cid="c02034010.1"/>I am making a covenant. Before all your people <crossref let="p" cid="c02034010.2"/>I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for it is an <crossref let="q" cid="c02034010.3"/>awesome thing that I will do with you.</verse>
2592
+ <end-paragraph/>
2593
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034011"/>
2594
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2595
+ <verse num="11"><q class="continue-double" qid="02034011.1" from="02034010.1" to="02034026.1"/>Observe what I command you this day. Behold, <crossref let="r" cid="c02034011.1"/>I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.</verse>
2596
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034012"/>
2597
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="s" cid="c02034012.1"/>Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a <crossref let="t" cid="c02034012.2"/>snare in your midst.</verse>
2598
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034013"/>
2599
+ <verse num="13">You shall <crossref let="u" cid="c02034013.1"/>tear down their altars and <crossref let="v" cid="c02034013.2"/>break their pillars and cut down their <crossref let="w" cid="c02034013.3"/>Asherim</verse>
2600
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034014"/>
2601
+ <verse num="14">(for <crossref let="x" cid="c02034014.1"/>you shall worship no other god, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),</verse>
2602
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034015"/>
2603
+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="s" cid="c02034015.1"/>lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they <crossref let="y" cid="c02034015.2"/>whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and <crossref let="z" cid="c02034015.3"/>you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice,</verse>
2604
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034016"/>
2605
+ <verse num="16">and you take of <crossref let="a" cid="c02034016.1"/>their daughters for your sons, and their daughters <crossref let="y" cid="c02034016.2"/>whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.</verse>
2606
+ <end-paragraph/>
2607
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034017"/>
2608
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2609
+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="b" cid="c02034017.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02034017.1" from="02034010.1" to="02034026.1"/>You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.</verse>
2610
+ <end-paragraph/>
2611
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034018"/>
2612
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2613
+ <verse num="18"><crossref let="c" cid="c02034018.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02034018.1" from="02034010.1" to="02034026.1"/>You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in <crossref let="d" cid="c02034018.2"/>the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.</verse>
2614
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034019"/>
2615
+ <verse num="19"><crossref let="e" cid="c02034019.1"/>All that open the womb are mine, all your male<note nid="n02034019.1"/> livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.</verse>
2616
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034020"/>
2617
+ <verse num="20">The <crossref let="f" cid="c02034020.1"/>firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And <crossref let="g" cid="c02034020.2"/>none shall appear before me empty-handed.</verse>
2618
+ <end-paragraph/>
2619
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034021"/>
2620
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2621
+ <verse num="21"><crossref let="h" cid="c02034021.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02034021.1" from="02034010.1" to="02034026.1"/>Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.</verse>
2622
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034022"/>
2623
+ <verse num="22"><crossref let="i" cid="c02034022.1"/>You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year&apos;s end.</verse>
2624
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034023"/>
2625
+ <verse num="23"><crossref let="j" cid="c02034023.1"/>Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> God, the God of Israel.</verse>
2626
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034024"/>
2627
+ <verse num="24">For I will <crossref let="k" cid="c02034024.1"/>cast out nations before you and <crossref let="l" cid="c02034024.2"/>enlarge your borders; <crossref let="m" cid="c02034024.3"/>no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God three times in the year.</verse>
2628
+ <end-paragraph/>
2629
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034025"/>
2630
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2631
+ <verse num="25"><crossref let="n" cid="c02034025.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="02034025.1" from="02034010.1" to="02034026.1"/>You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, <crossref let="o" cid="c02034025.2"/>or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning.</verse>
2632
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034026"/>
2633
+ <verse num="26"><crossref let="p" cid="c02034026.1"/>The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God. <crossref let="q" cid="c02034026.2"/>You shall not boil a young goat in its mother&apos;s milk.<q class="end-double" qid="02034026.1" from="02034010.1" to="02034026.1"/></verse>
2634
+ <end-paragraph/>
2635
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034027"/>
2636
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2637
+ <verse num="27">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="02034027.1" from="02034027.1" to="02034027.2"/>Write these words, for in accordance with these words <crossref let="r" cid="c02034027.1"/>I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="02034027.2" from="02034027.1" to="02034027.2"/></verse>
2638
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034028"/>
2639
+ <verse num="28"><crossref let="s" cid="c02034028.1"/>So he was there with the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he <crossref let="t" cid="c02034028.2"/>wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.<note nid="n02034028.1"/></verse>
2640
+ <end-paragraph/>
2641
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034029"/>
2642
+ <heading>The Shining Face of Moses</heading>
2643
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2644
+ <verse num="29">When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with <crossref let="u" cid="c02034029.1"/>the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face <crossref let="v" cid="c02034029.2"/>shone because he had been talking with God.<note nid="n02034029.1"/></verse>
2645
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034030"/>
2646
+ <verse num="30">Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face <crossref let="w" cid="c02034030.1"/>shone, and they were afraid to come near him.</verse>
2647
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034031"/>
2648
+ <verse num="31">But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them.</verse>
2649
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034032"/>
2650
+ <verse num="32">Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he <crossref let="x" cid="c02034032.1"/>commanded them all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had spoken with him in Mount Sinai.</verse>
2651
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034033"/>
2652
+ <verse num="33">And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a <crossref let="y" cid="c02034033.1"/>veil over his face.</verse>
2653
+ <end-paragraph/>
2654
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034034"/>
2655
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2656
+ <verse num="34">Whenever Moses <crossref let="z" cid="c02034034.1"/>went in before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded,</verse>
2657
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02034035"/>
2658
+ <verse num="35">the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses&apos; face was <crossref let="a" cid="c02034035.1"/>shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him.</verse>
2659
+ <end-paragraph/>
2660
+ </chapter>
2661
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035001"/>
2662
+ <chapter num="35">
2663
+ <heading>Sabbath Regulations</heading>
2664
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2665
+ <verse num="1">Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, <crossref let="b" cid="c02035001.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02035001.1" from="02035001.1" to="02035003.1"/>These are the things that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded you to do.</verse>
2666
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035002"/>
2667
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="c" cid="c02035002.1"/>Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.</verse>
2668
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035003"/>
2669
+ <verse num="3"><crossref let="d" cid="c02035003.1"/>You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day.<q class="end-double" qid="02035003.1" from="02035001.1" to="02035003.1"/></verse>
2670
+ <end-paragraph/>
2671
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035004"/>
2672
+ <heading>Contributions for the Tabernacle</heading>
2673
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2674
+ <verse num="4">Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, <q class="begin-double" qid="02035004.1" from="02035004.1" to="02035019.1"/>This is the thing that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded.</verse>
2675
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035005"/>
2676
+ <verse num="5"><crossref let="e" cid="c02035005.1"/>Take from among you a contribution to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <crossref let="f" cid="c02035005.2"/>Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze;</verse>
2677
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035006"/>
2678
+ <verse num="6">blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; goats&apos; hair,</verse>
2679
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035007"/>
2680
+ <verse num="7">tanned rams&apos; skins, and goatskins;<note nid="n02035007.1"/> acacia wood,</verse>
2681
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035008"/>
2682
+ <verse num="8">oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,</verse>
2683
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035009"/>
2684
+ <verse num="9">and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.</verse>
2685
+ <end-paragraph/>
2686
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035010"/>
2687
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2688
+ <verse num="10"><q class="continue-double" qid="02035010.1" from="02035004.1" to="02035019.1"/>Let <crossref let="g" cid="c02035010.1"/>every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded:</verse>
2689
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035011"/>
2690
+ <verse num="11"><crossref let="h" cid="c02035011.1"/>the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;</verse>
2691
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035012"/>
2692
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="i" cid="c02035012.1"/>the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the <crossref let="j" cid="c02035012.2"/>veil of the screen;</verse>
2693
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035013"/>
2694
+ <verse num="13"><crossref let="k" cid="c02035013.1"/>the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the <crossref let="l" cid="c02035013.2"/>bread of the Presence;</verse>
2695
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035014"/>
2696
+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="m" cid="c02035014.1"/>the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the <crossref let="n" cid="c02035014.2"/>oil for the light;</verse>
2697
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035015"/>
2698
+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="o" cid="c02035015.1"/>and the altar of incense, with its poles, <crossref let="p" cid="c02035015.2"/>and the anointing oil and the <crossref let="q" cid="c02035015.3"/>fragrant incense, and <crossref let="r" cid="c02035015.4"/>the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;</verse>
2699
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035016"/>
2700
+ <verse num="16"><crossref let="s" cid="c02035016.1"/>the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the <crossref let="t" cid="c02035016.2"/>basin and its stand;</verse>
2701
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035017"/>
2702
+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="u" cid="c02035017.1"/>the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;</verse>
2703
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035018"/>
2704
+ <verse num="18"><crossref let="v" cid="c02035018.1"/>the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their <crossref let="w" cid="c02035018.2"/>cords;</verse>
2705
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035019"/>
2706
+ <verse num="19">the <crossref let="x" cid="c02035019.1"/>finely worked garments for ministering<note nid="n02035019.1"/> in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.<q class="end-double" qid="02035019.1" from="02035004.1" to="02035019.1"/></verse>
2707
+ <end-paragraph/>
2708
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035020"/>
2709
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2710
+ <verse num="20">Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.</verse>
2711
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035021"/>
2712
+ <verse num="21">And they came, <crossref let="y" cid="c02035021.1"/>everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, <crossref let="z" cid="c02035021.2"/>and brought the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.</verse>
2713
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035022"/>
2714
+ <verse num="22">So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2715
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035023"/>
2716
+ <verse num="23">And <crossref let="a" cid="c02035023.1"/>every one who possessed <crossref let="b" cid="c02035023.2"/>blue or purple or scarlet yarns or fine linen or goats&apos; hair or tanned rams&apos; skins or goatskins brought them.</verse>
2717
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035024"/>
2718
+ <verse num="24"><crossref let="c" cid="c02035024.1"/>Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it.</verse>
2719
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035025"/>
2720
+ <verse num="25">And every <crossref let="d" cid="c02035025.1"/>skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.</verse>
2721
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035026"/>
2722
+ <verse num="26">All the women <crossref let="y" cid="c02035026.1"/>whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats&apos; hair.</verse>
2723
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035027"/>
2724
+ <verse num="27">And the <crossref let="e" cid="c02035027.1"/>leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,</verse>
2725
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035028"/>
2726
+ <verse num="28">and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.</verse>
2727
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035029"/>
2728
+ <verse num="29"><crossref let="f" cid="c02035029.1"/>All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
2729
+ <end-paragraph/>
2730
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035030"/>
2731
+ <heading>Construction of the Tabernacle</heading>
2732
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2733
+ <verse num="30"><crossref let="g" cid="c02035030.1"/>Then Moses said to the people of Israel, <q class="begin-double" qid="02035030.1" from="02035030.1" to="02036001.2"/>See, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;</verse>
2734
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035031"/>
2735
+ <verse num="31">and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with <crossref let="h" cid="c02035031.1"/>skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,</verse>
2736
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035032"/>
2737
+ <verse num="32">to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze,</verse>
2738
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035033"/>
2739
+ <verse num="33">in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft.</verse>
2740
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035034"/>
2741
+ <verse num="34">And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.</verse>
2742
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02035035"/>
2743
+ <verse num="35">He has <crossref let="h" cid="c02035035.1"/>filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver&emdash;by any sort of workman or skilled designer.</verse>
2744
+ <end-paragraph/>
2745
+ </chapter>
2746
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036001"/>
2747
+ <chapter num="36">
2748
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2749
+ <verse num="1"><q class="continue-double" qid="02036001.1" from="02035030.1" to="02036001.2"/>Bezalel and Oholiab and <crossref let="i" cid="c02036001.1"/>every craftsman in whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has put skill and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded.<q class="end-double" qid="02036001.2" from="02035030.1" to="02036001.2"/></verse>
2750
+ <end-paragraph/>
2751
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036002"/>
2752
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2753
+ <verse num="2">And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had put skill, everyone <crossref let="j" cid="c02036002.1"/>whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.</verse>
2754
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036003"/>
2755
+ <verse num="3">And they received from Moses all the <crossref let="k" cid="c02036003.1"/>contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him <crossref let="l" cid="c02036003.2"/>freewill offerings every morning,</verse>
2756
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036004"/>
2757
+ <verse num="4">so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing,</verse>
2758
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036005"/>
2759
+ <verse num="5">and said to Moses, <crossref let="m" cid="c02036005.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="02036005.1" from="02036005.1" to="02036005.2"/>The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded us to do.<q class="end-double" qid="02036005.2" from="02036005.1" to="02036005.2"/></verse>
2760
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036006"/>
2761
+ <verse num="6">So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, <q class="begin-double" qid="02036006.1" from="02036006.1" to="02036006.2"/>Let no man or woman do anything more for the <crossref let="n" cid="c02036006.1"/>contribution for the sanctuary.<q class="end-double" qid="02036006.2" from="02036006.1" to="02036006.2"/> So the people were restrained from bringing,</verse>
2762
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036007"/>
2763
+ <verse num="7">for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.</verse>
2764
+ <end-paragraph/>
2765
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036008"/>
2766
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2767
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="o" cid="c02036008.1"/>And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked.</verse>
2768
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036009"/>
2769
+ <verse num="9">The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits,<note nid="n02036009.1"/> and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size.</verse>
2770
+ <end-paragraph/>
2771
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036010"/>
2772
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2773
+ <verse num="10">He<note nid="n02036010.1"/> coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.</verse>
2774
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036011"/>
2775
+ <verse num="11">He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set. Likewise he made them on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set.</verse>
2776
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036012"/>
2777
+ <verse num="12">He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another.</verse>
2778
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036013"/>
2779
+ <verse num="13">And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole.</verse>
2780
+ <end-paragraph/>
2781
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036014"/>
2782
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2783
+ <verse num="14">He also made curtains of goats&apos; hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains.</verse>
2784
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036015"/>
2785
+ <verse num="15">The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains were the same size.</verse>
2786
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036016"/>
2787
+ <verse num="16">He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.</verse>
2788
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036017"/>
2789
+ <verse num="17">And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain.</verse>
2790
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036018"/>
2791
+ <verse num="18">And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole.</verse>
2792
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036019"/>
2793
+ <verse num="19">And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams&apos; skins and goatskins.</verse>
2794
+ <end-paragraph/>
2795
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036020"/>
2796
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2797
+ <verse num="20"><crossref let="p" cid="c02036020.1"/>Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of <crossref let="q" cid="c02036020.2"/>acacia wood.</verse>
2798
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036021"/>
2799
+ <verse num="21">Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame.</verse>
2800
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036022"/>
2801
+ <verse num="22">Each frame had two tenons for fitting together. He did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.</verse>
2802
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036023"/>
2803
+ <verse num="23">The frames for the tabernacle he made thus: twenty frames for the south side.</verse>
2804
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036024"/>
2805
+ <verse num="24">And he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons.</verse>
2806
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036025"/>
2807
+ <verse num="25">For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames</verse>
2808
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036026"/>
2809
+ <verse num="26">and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame and two bases under the next frame.</verse>
2810
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036027"/>
2811
+ <verse num="27">For the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames.</verse>
2812
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036028"/>
2813
+ <verse num="28">He made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear.</verse>
2814
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036029"/>
2815
+ <verse num="29">And they were separate beneath but joined at the top, at the first ring. He made two of them this way for the two corners.</verse>
2816
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036030"/>
2817
+ <verse num="30">There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases.</verse>
2818
+ <end-paragraph/>
2819
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036031"/>
2820
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2821
+ <verse num="31">He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,</verse>
2822
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036032"/>
2823
+ <verse num="32">and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle at the rear westward.</verse>
2824
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036033"/>
2825
+ <verse num="33">And he made the middle bar to run from end to end halfway up the frames.</verse>
2826
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036034"/>
2827
+ <verse num="34">And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.</verse>
2828
+ <end-paragraph/>
2829
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036035"/>
2830
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2831
+ <verse num="35"><crossref let="r" cid="c02036035.1"/>He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it he made it.</verse>
2832
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036036"/>
2833
+ <verse num="36">And for it he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver.</verse>
2834
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036037"/>
2835
+ <verse num="37">He also made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework,</verse>
2836
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02036038"/>
2837
+ <verse num="38">and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze.</verse>
2838
+ <end-paragraph/>
2839
+ </chapter>
2840
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037001"/>
2841
+ <chapter num="37">
2842
+ <heading>Making the Ark</heading>
2843
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2844
+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="s" cid="c02037001.1"/>Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits<note nid="n02037001.1"/> and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.</verse>
2845
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037002"/>
2846
+ <verse num="2">And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it.</verse>
2847
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037003"/>
2848
+ <verse num="3">And he cast for it four rings of gold for its <crossref let="t" cid="c02037003.1"/>four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.</verse>
2849
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037004"/>
2850
+ <verse num="4">And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold</verse>
2851
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037005"/>
2852
+ <verse num="5">and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.</verse>
2853
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037006"/>
2854
+ <verse num="6">And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.</verse>
2855
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037007"/>
2856
+ <verse num="7">And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat,</verse>
2857
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037008"/>
2858
+ <verse num="8">one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends.</verse>
2859
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037009"/>
2860
+ <verse num="9">The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.</verse>
2861
+ <end-paragraph/>
2862
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037010"/>
2863
+ <heading>Making the Table</heading>
2864
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2865
+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="u" cid="c02037010.1"/>He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.</verse>
2866
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037011"/>
2867
+ <verse num="11">And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.</verse>
2868
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037012"/>
2869
+ <verse num="12">And he made a rim around it a handbreadth<note nid="n02037012.1"/> wide, and made a molding of gold around the rim.</verse>
2870
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037013"/>
2871
+ <verse num="13">He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.</verse>
2872
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037014"/>
2873
+ <verse num="14">Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table.</verse>
2874
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037015"/>
2875
+ <verse num="15">He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.</verse>
2876
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037016"/>
2877
+ <verse num="16">And he made the vessels of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings.</verse>
2878
+ <end-paragraph/>
2879
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037017"/>
2880
+ <heading>Making the Lampstand</heading>
2881
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2882
+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="v" cid="c02037017.1"/>He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it.</verse>
2883
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037018"/>
2884
+ <verse num="18">And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;</verse>
2885
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037019"/>
2886
+ <verse num="19">three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch&emdash;so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.</verse>
2887
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037020"/>
2888
+ <verse num="20">And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,</verse>
2889
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037021"/>
2890
+ <verse num="21">and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it.</verse>
2891
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037022"/>
2892
+ <verse num="22">Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.</verse>
2893
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037023"/>
2894
+ <verse num="23">And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold.</verse>
2895
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037024"/>
2896
+ <verse num="24">He made it and all its utensils out of a talent<note nid="n02037024.1"/> of pure gold.</verse>
2897
+ <end-paragraph/>
2898
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037025"/>
2899
+ <heading>Making the Altar of Incense</heading>
2900
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2901
+ <verse num="25"><crossref let="w" cid="c02037025.1"/>He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it.</verse>
2902
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037026"/>
2903
+ <verse num="26">He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it,</verse>
2904
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037027"/>
2905
+ <verse num="27">and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it.</verse>
2906
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037028"/>
2907
+ <verse num="28">And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.</verse>
2908
+ <end-paragraph/>
2909
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02037029"/>
2910
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2911
+ <verse num="29"><crossref let="x" cid="c02037029.1"/>He made the holy anointing oil also, and the <crossref let="y" cid="c02037029.2"/>pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.</verse>
2912
+ <end-paragraph/>
2913
+ </chapter>
2914
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038001"/>
2915
+ <chapter num="38">
2916
+ <heading>Making the Altar of Burnt Offering</heading>
2917
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2918
+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="z" cid="c02038001.1"/>He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits<note nid="n02038001.1"/> was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height.</verse>
2919
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038002"/>
2920
+ <verse num="2">He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.</verse>
2921
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038003"/>
2922
+ <verse num="3">And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze.</verse>
2923
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038004"/>
2924
+ <verse num="4">And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down.</verse>
2925
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038005"/>
2926
+ <verse num="5">He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating as holders for the poles.</verse>
2927
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038006"/>
2928
+ <verse num="6">He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.</verse>
2929
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038007"/>
2930
+ <verse num="7">And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards.</verse>
2931
+ <end-paragraph/>
2932
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038008"/>
2933
+ <heading>Making the Bronze Basin</heading>
2934
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2935
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="a" cid="c02038008.1"/>He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the <crossref let="b" cid="c02038008.2"/>ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.</verse>
2936
+ <end-paragraph/>
2937
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038009"/>
2938
+ <heading>Making the Court</heading>
2939
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2940
+ <verse num="9"><crossref let="c" cid="c02038009.1"/>And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;</verse>
2941
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038010"/>
2942
+ <verse num="10">their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.</verse>
2943
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038011"/>
2944
+ <verse num="11">And for the north side there were hangings of a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.</verse>
2945
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038012"/>
2946
+ <verse num="12">And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars, and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.</verse>
2947
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038013"/>
2948
+ <verse num="13">And for the front to the east, fifty cubits.</verse>
2949
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038014"/>
2950
+ <verse num="14">The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.</verse>
2951
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038015"/>
2952
+ <verse num="15">And so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases.</verse>
2953
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038016"/>
2954
+ <verse num="16">All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.</verse>
2955
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038017"/>
2956
+ <verse num="17">And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. The overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.</verse>
2957
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038018"/>
2958
+ <verse num="18">And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court.</verse>
2959
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038019"/>
2960
+ <verse num="19">And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.</verse>
2961
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038020"/>
2962
+ <verse num="20">And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze.</verse>
2963
+ <end-paragraph/>
2964
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038021"/>
2965
+ <heading>Materials for the Tabernacle</heading>
2966
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2967
+ <verse num="21">These are the records of the tabernacle, <crossref let="d" cid="c02038021.1"/>the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites <crossref let="e" cid="c02038021.2"/>under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.</verse>
2968
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038022"/>
2969
+ <verse num="22"><crossref let="f" cid="c02038022.1"/>Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses;</verse>
2970
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038023"/>
2971
+ <verse num="23">and with him was <crossref let="f" cid="c02038023.1"/>Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.</verse>
2972
+ <end-paragraph/>
2973
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038024"/>
2974
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2975
+ <verse num="24">All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels,<note nid="n02038024.1"/> by <crossref let="g" cid="c02038024.1"/>the shekel of the sanctuary.</verse>
2976
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038025"/>
2977
+ <verse num="25">The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:</verse>
2978
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038026"/>
2979
+ <verse num="26">a <crossref let="g" cid="c02038026.1"/>beka<note nid="n02038026.1"/> a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for <crossref let="h" cid="c02038026.2"/>603,550 men.</verse>
2980
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038027"/>
2981
+ <verse num="27">The hundred talents of silver were for casting the <crossref let="i" cid="c02038027.1"/>bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent a base.</verse>
2982
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038028"/>
2983
+ <verse num="28">And of the 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them.</verse>
2984
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038029"/>
2985
+ <verse num="29">The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels;</verse>
2986
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038030"/>
2987
+ <verse num="30">with it he made the <crossref let="j" cid="c02038030.1"/>bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, <crossref let="k" cid="c02038030.2"/>the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar,</verse>
2988
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02038031"/>
2989
+ <verse num="31">the <crossref let="l" cid="c02038031.1"/>bases around the court, and the <crossref let="m" cid="c02038031.2"/>bases of the gate of the court, all the <crossref let="n" cid="c02038031.3"/>pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court.</verse>
2990
+ <end-paragraph/>
2991
+ </chapter>
2992
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039001"/>
2993
+ <chapter num="39">
2994
+ <heading>Making the Priestly Garments</heading>
2995
+ <begin-paragraph/>
2996
+ <verse num="1">From the <crossref let="o" cid="c02039001.1"/>blue and purple and scarlet yarns they made <crossref let="p" cid="c02039001.2"/>finely woven garments,<note nid="n02039001.1"/> for ministering in the Holy Place. They made the holy garments for Aaron, <crossref let="q" cid="c02039001.3"/>as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
2997
+ <end-paragraph/>
2998
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039002"/>
2999
+ <begin-paragraph/>
3000
+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="r" cid="c02039002.1"/>He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.</verse>
3001
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039003"/>
3002
+ <verse num="3">And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, and into the fine twined linen, in skilled design.</verse>
3003
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039004"/>
3004
+ <verse num="4">They made for the ephod attaching shoulder pieces, joined to it at its two edges.</verse>
3005
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039005"/>
3006
+ <verse num="5">And the skillfully woven band on it was of one piece with it and made like it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3007
+ <end-paragraph/>
3008
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039006"/>
3009
+ <begin-paragraph/>
3010
+ <verse num="6">They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree, and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.</verse>
3011
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039007"/>
3012
+ <verse num="7">And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3013
+ <end-paragraph/>
3014
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039008"/>
3015
+ <begin-paragraph/>
3016
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="s" cid="c02039008.1"/>He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, in the style of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.</verse>
3017
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039009"/>
3018
+ <verse num="9">It was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span<note nid="n02039009.1"/> its length and a span its breadth when doubled.</verse>
3019
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039010"/>
3020
+ <verse num="10">And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;</verse>
3021
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039011"/>
3022
+ <verse num="11">and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;</verse>
3023
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039012"/>
3024
+ <verse num="12">and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;</verse>
3025
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039013"/>
3026
+ <verse num="13">and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold filigree.</verse>
3027
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039014"/>
3028
+ <verse num="14">There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.</verse>
3029
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039015"/>
3030
+ <verse num="15">And they made on the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold.</verse>
3031
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039016"/>
3032
+ <verse num="16">And they made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece.</verse>
3033
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039017"/>
3034
+ <verse num="17">And they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece.</verse>
3035
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039018"/>
3036
+ <verse num="18">They attached the two ends of the two cords to the two settings of filigree. Thus they attached it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod.</verse>
3037
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039019"/>
3038
+ <verse num="19">Then they made two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod.</verse>
3039
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039020"/>
3040
+ <verse num="20">And they made two rings of gold, and attached them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.</verse>
3041
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039021"/>
3042
+ <verse num="21">And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it should lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece should not come loose from the ephod, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3043
+ <end-paragraph/>
3044
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039022"/>
3045
+ <begin-paragraph/>
3046
+ <verse num="22"><crossref let="t" cid="c02039022.1"/>He also made the robe of the ephod woven all of blue,</verse>
3047
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039023"/>
3048
+ <verse num="23">and the opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a binding around the opening, so that it might not tear.</verse>
3049
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039024"/>
3050
+ <verse num="24">On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.</verse>
3051
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039025"/>
3052
+ <verse num="25">They also made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates all around the hem of the robe, between the pomegranates&emdash;</verse>
3053
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039026"/>
3054
+ <verse num="26">a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate around the hem of the robe for ministering, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3055
+ <end-paragraph/>
3056
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039027"/>
3057
+ <begin-paragraph/>
3058
+ <verse num="27"><crossref let="u" cid="c02039027.1"/>They also made the coats, woven of fine <crossref let="v" cid="c02039027.2"/>linen, for Aaron and his sons,</verse>
3059
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039028"/>
3060
+ <verse num="28">and the <crossref let="v" cid="c02039028.1"/>turban of fine linen, and the caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of fine twined linen,</verse>
3061
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039029"/>
3062
+ <verse num="29">and the sash of fine twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, embroidered with needlework, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3063
+ <end-paragraph/>
3064
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039030"/>
3065
+ <begin-paragraph/>
3066
+ <verse num="30"><crossref let="w" cid="c02039030.1"/>They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, <q class="begin-double" qid="02039030.1" from="02039030.1" to="02039030.2"/>Holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="02039030.2" from="02039030.1" to="02039030.2"/></verse>
3067
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039031"/>
3068
+ <verse num="31">And they tied to it a cord of blue to fasten it on the turban above, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3069
+ <end-paragraph/>
3070
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039032"/>
3071
+ <begin-paragraph/>
3072
+ <verse num="32">Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the people of Israel did <crossref let="x" cid="c02039032.1"/>according to all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses; so they did.</verse>
3073
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039033"/>
3074
+ <verse num="33">Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;</verse>
3075
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039034"/>
3076
+ <verse num="34">the covering of tanned rams&apos; skins and goatskins, and the <crossref let="y" cid="c02039034.1"/>veil of the screen;</verse>
3077
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039035"/>
3078
+ <verse num="35">the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;</verse>
3079
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039036"/>
3080
+ <verse num="36">the table with all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;</verse>
3081
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039037"/>
3082
+ <verse num="37"><crossref let="z" cid="c02039037.1"/>the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;</verse>
3083
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039038"/>
3084
+ <verse num="38"><crossref let="a" cid="c02039038.1"/>the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and <crossref let="b" cid="c02039038.2"/>the screen for the entrance of the tent;</verse>
3085
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039039"/>
3086
+ <verse num="39">the bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin and its stand;</verse>
3087
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039040"/>
3088
+ <verse num="40"><crossref let="c" cid="c02039040.1"/>the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the <crossref let="d" cid="c02039040.2"/>screen for the gate of the court, its <crossref let="e" cid="c02039040.3"/>cords, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;</verse>
3089
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039041"/>
3090
+ <verse num="41">the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for their service as priests.</verse>
3091
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039042"/>
3092
+ <verse num="42"><crossref let="f" cid="c02039042.1"/>According to all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel had done all the work.</verse>
3093
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02039043"/>
3094
+ <verse num="43">And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded, so had they done it. Then Moses <crossref let="g" cid="c02039043.1"/>blessed them.</verse>
3095
+ <end-paragraph/>
3096
+ </chapter>
3097
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040001"/>
3098
+ <chapter num="40">
3099
+ <heading>The Tabernacle Erected</heading>
3100
+ <begin-paragraph/>
3101
+ <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
3102
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040002"/>
3103
+ <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="02040002.1" from="02040002.1" to="02040015.1"/>On the <crossref let="h" cid="c02040002.1"/>first day of the first month you shall <crossref let="i" cid="c02040002.2"/>erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.</verse>
3104
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040003"/>
3105
+ <verse num="3">And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall <crossref let="j" cid="c02040003.1"/>screen the ark with the veil.</verse>
3106
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040004"/>
3107
+ <verse num="4">And <crossref let="k" cid="c02040004.1"/>you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and <crossref let="l" cid="c02040004.2"/>you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.</verse>
3108
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040005"/>
3109
+ <verse num="5"><crossref let="m" cid="c02040005.1"/>And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.</verse>
3110
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040006"/>
3111
+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="n" cid="c02040006.1"/>You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,</verse>
3112
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040007"/>
3113
+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="o" cid="c02040007.1"/>and place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.</verse>
3114
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040008"/>
3115
+ <verse num="8">And you shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.</verse>
3116
+ <end-paragraph/>
3117
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040009"/>
3118
+ <begin-paragraph/>
3119
+ <verse num="9"><q class="continue-double" qid="02040009.1" from="02040002.1" to="02040015.1"/>Then you shall take the <crossref let="p" cid="c02040009.1"/>anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy.</verse>
3120
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040010"/>
3121
+ <verse num="10">You shall also anoint <crossref let="q" cid="c02040010.1"/>the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, <crossref let="r" cid="c02040010.2"/>so that the altar may become most holy.</verse>
3122
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040011"/>
3123
+ <verse num="11">You shall also anoint the basin and its stand, and consecrate it.</verse>
3124
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040012"/>
3125
+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="s" cid="c02040012.1"/>Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water</verse>
3126
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040013"/>
3127
+ <verse num="13">and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.</verse>
3128
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040014"/>
3129
+ <verse num="14">You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them,</verse>
3130
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040015"/>
3131
+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="t" cid="c02040015.1"/>and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a <crossref let="u" cid="c02040015.2"/>perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.<q class="end-double" qid="02040015.1" from="02040002.1" to="02040015.1"/></verse>
3132
+ <end-paragraph/>
3133
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040016"/>
3134
+ <begin-paragraph/>
3135
+ <verse num="16">This Moses did; according to all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded him, so he did.</verse>
3136
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040017"/>
3137
+ <verse num="17">In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, <crossref let="v" cid="c02040017.1"/>the tabernacle was erected.</verse>
3138
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040018"/>
3139
+ <verse num="18">Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars.</verse>
3140
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040019"/>
3141
+ <verse num="19">And he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3142
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040020"/>
3143
+ <verse num="20">He <crossref let="w" cid="c02040020.1"/>took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark.</verse>
3144
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040021"/>
3145
+ <verse num="21">And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and <crossref let="x" cid="c02040021.1"/>set up the veil of the screen, and screened <crossref let="y" cid="c02040021.2"/>the ark of the testimony, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3146
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040022"/>
3147
+ <verse num="22"><crossref let="z" cid="c02040022.1"/>He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,</verse>
3148
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040023"/>
3149
+ <verse num="23">and arranged the bread on it before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3150
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040024"/>
3151
+ <verse num="24"><crossref let="a" cid="c02040024.1"/>He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,</verse>
3152
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040025"/>
3153
+ <verse num="25"><crossref let="b" cid="c02040025.1"/>and set up the lamps before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3154
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040026"/>
3155
+ <verse num="26"><crossref let="c" cid="c02040026.1"/>He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,</verse>
3156
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040027"/>
3157
+ <verse num="27">and burned fragrant incense on it, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3158
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040028"/>
3159
+ <verse num="28"><crossref let="d" cid="c02040028.1"/>He put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle.</verse>
3160
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040029"/>
3161
+ <verse num="29"><crossref let="e" cid="c02040029.1"/>And he set the altar of burnt offering at the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the <crossref let="f" cid="c02040029.2"/>grain offering, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
3162
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040030"/>
3163
+ <verse num="30"><crossref let="g" cid="c02040030.1"/>He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing,</verse>
3164
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040031"/>
3165
+ <verse num="31">with which Moses and <crossref let="h" cid="c02040031.1"/>Aaron and his sons <crossref let="i" cid="c02040031.2"/>washed their hands and their feet.</verse>
3166
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040032"/>
3167
+ <verse num="32">When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</verse>
3168
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040033"/>
3169
+ <verse num="33"><crossref let="j" cid="c02040033.1"/>And he erected the court around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So <crossref let="k" cid="c02040033.2"/>Moses finished the work.</verse>
3170
+ <end-paragraph/>
3171
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040034"/>
3172
+ <heading>The Glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></heading>
3173
+ <begin-paragraph/>
3174
+ <verse num="34">Then <crossref let="l" cid="c02040034.1"/>the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and <crossref let="m" cid="c02040034.2"/>the glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> filled the tabernacle.</verse>
3175
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040035"/>
3176
+ <verse num="35">And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> filled the tabernacle.</verse>
3177
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040036"/>
3178
+ <verse num="36">Throughout all their journeys, <crossref let="n" cid="c02040036.1"/>whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out.</verse>
3179
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040037"/>
3180
+ <verse num="37">But <crossref let="o" cid="c02040037.1"/>if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out till the day that it was taken up.</verse>
3181
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v02040038"/>
3182
+ <verse num="38">For the cloud of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.</verse>
3183
+ <end-paragraph/>
3184
+ </chapter>
3185
+ </book>
3186
+ </crossway-bible>