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Exodus 1

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Israel in Egypt 1:1–2:25
Israel Multiplies 1:1–7
Israel is Oppressed 1:8–22

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Israel in Egypt 1:1–2:25
Israel Multiplies 1:1–7
Israel is Oppressed 1:8–22
Moses in Egypt 2:1–25
Birth and Adoption of Moses 2:1–10
The Rejection and Flight of Moses 2:11–25
God's Deliverance of Israel 3:1–18:27
The Burning Bush 3:1–4:31
God calls Moses 3:1–22
The Three Signs 4:1–9
The Staff 4:1–5
The Leprous Hand 4:6–7
Water to Blood 4:8–9
The Appointment of Aaron 4:10–17
Moses Returns to Egypt 4:18–31
Pharaoh Refuses 5:1–6:13
Bricks and Straw 5:1–23
God Promises Deliverance 6:1–13
Moses and Aaron 6:14–7:13
The Genealogies of Moses and Aaron 6:14–27
God Commands Moses and Aaron 7:1–7
Aaron’s Staff 7:8–13
The Ten Plagues 7:14–11:10
The First Plague: Blood 7:14–25
The Second Plague: Frogs 8:1–15
The Third Plague: Gnats 8:16–19
The Fourth Plague: Flies 8:20–32
The Fifth Plague: Cattle Disease 9:1–7
The Sixth Plague: Boils 9:8–12
The Seventh Plague: Hail 9:13–35
The Eighth Plague: Locusts 10:1–20
The Ninth Plague: Darkness 10:21–29
The Tenth Plague Announced 11:1–10
The Passover 12:1–30
The Passover Lamb 12:1–13
The Feast of Unleavened Bread 12:14–28
The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn 12:29–30
The Exodus from Egypt 12:31–13:22
Pharaoh Lets the People Go 12:31–42
Instructions for the Passover 12:43–51
The Dedication of the Firstborn 13:1–16
The Bones of Joseph 13:17–19
The Pillar of Cloud and Fire 13:20–22
The Red Sea 14:1–15:21
Pharaoh Pursues the Israelites 14:1–14
The Crossing of the Red Sea 14:15–31
The Song at the Sea 15:1–21
Journey to Sinai 15:22–18:27
The Bitter Waters of Marah 15:22–27
The Manna from Heaven 16:1–36
Water from the Rock 17:1–7
The Amalekites Attack 17:8–16
Jethro’s Advice 18:1–27
The Covenant at Sinai 19:1–24:18
God and Israel Meet at Mount Sinai 19:1–25
The Ten Commandments 20:1–17
Moses Mediates Between God and Israel 20:18–21
The Book of the Covenant 20:22–23:33
Idolatry Forbidden 20:22–26
Legal Prescriptions 21:1–22:15
Hebrew Servants 21:1–11
Personal Injury Law 21:12–36
Property Laws 22:1–15
Religious, Moral, and Cultic Instructions 22:16–23:19
Laws of Social Responsibility 22:16–31
Justice and Mercy 23:1–9
Sabbath Laws 23:10–13
The Three Feasts of Pilgrimage 23:14–19
Epilogue 23:20–33
The Covenant Sealed 24:1–18
The Wilderness Tabernacle 25:1–40:38
The Instructions for the Tabernacle 25:1–31:18
The Collection of Materials 25:1–9
Furnishings for the Tabernacle 25:10–40
The Ark of the Covenant 25:10–16
The Mercy Seat 25:17–22
The Table of Showbread 25:23–30
The Lampstand 25:31–40
The Tabernacle and Its Courtyard 26:1–27:21
Curtains and Frames for the Tabernacle 26:1–37
The Bronze Altar 27:1–8
Curtains and Posts for the Courtyard 27:9–19
Oil for the Lamps 27:20–21
The Tabernacle’s Personnel 28:1–29:46
The Aaronic Priesthood 28:1–5
The Priestly Garments 28:6–43
Consecration of the Priests 29:1–46
Other Elements in the Tabernacle 30:1–38
The Altar of Incense 30:1–10
The Census 30:11–16
The Bronze Basin 30:17–21
The Anointing Oil 32:22–33
The Incense 30:34–38
Bezalel and Oholiab 31:1–11
Observance of the Sabbath 31:12–18
Israel Rebels 32:1–34:35
The Golden Calf 32:1–29
Moses Intercedes for the People 32:30–35
God’s Presence and the Israelites 33:1–23
The Second Set of Tablets 34:1–9
God Renews the Covenant 34:10–35
The Construction of the Tabernacle 35:1–40:38
The Sabbath Established 35:1–3
The Collection of Materials 35:4–29
Bezalel and Oholiab 35:30–36:7
Curtains and Frames for the Tabernacle 36:8–38
Furnishings for the Tabernacle 37:1–29
The Ark of the Covenant 37:1–5
The Mercy Seat 37:6–9
The Table of Showbread 37:10–16
The Lampstand 37:17–24
The Altar of Incense 37:25–29
The Courtyard 38:1–20
The Bronze Altar 38:1–7
The Bronze Basin 38:8
Curtains and Posts for the Courtyard 38:9–20
Inventory of Materials 38:21–31
The Priestly Garments 39:1–31
Moses Approves the Work 39:32–43
The Inauguration of the Tabernacle 40:1–33
God’s Presence Fills the Tabernacle 40:34–38

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1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,

7 but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

8 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

11 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

13 They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

14 and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

16 “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”

17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”

20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

21 And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”

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