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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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"Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine."

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Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.

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Today you go out in the month Abib.

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It shall be, when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.

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Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to The LORD.

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Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with you. No yeast shall be seen with you, within all your borders.

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You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

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It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that The LORD's law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.

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You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

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"It shall be, when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it you,

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that you shall set apart to the LORD all that opens the womb, and every firstborn which you have that comes from an animal. The males shall be The LORD's.

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Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons.

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It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'

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It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."

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When Pharaoh had let the people go, God didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt";

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but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

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Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you."

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They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

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The LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:

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the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, didn't depart from before the people.

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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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"Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.

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Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.'

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I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am The LORD." They did so.

5 

The king of Egypt was told that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?"

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He prepared his chariot, and took his army with him;

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and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.

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The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.

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The Egyptians pursued them. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.

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When Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The children of Israel cried out to The LORD.

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They said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us out of Egypt?

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Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."

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Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of The LORD, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.

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The LORD will fight for you, and you shall be still."

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The LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.

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Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.

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Behold, I myself will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.

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The Egyptians shall know that I am The LORD, when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen."

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The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.

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It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and one didn't come near the other all night.

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Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

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The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

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The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the sea: all of Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

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In the morning watch, the LORD looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.

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He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, "Let's flee from the face of Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians!"

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The LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen."

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Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

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The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh's army that went in after them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them.

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But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

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Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

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Israel saw the great work which the LORD did to the Egyptians, and the people feared The LORD; and they believed in The LORD, and in his servant Moses.

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Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to The LORD, and said,"I will sing to The LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously.The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.

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Yah is my strength and song.He has become my salvation.This is my God, and I will praise him;my father's God, and I will exalt him.

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The LORD is a man of war.The LORD is his name.

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He has cast Pharaoh's chariots and his army into the sea.His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.

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The deeps cover them.They went down into the depths like a stone.

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Your right hand, The LORD, is glorious in power.Your right hand, The LORD, dashes the enemy in pieces.

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In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you.You send out your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.

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With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up.The floods stood upright as a heap.The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

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The enemy said, 'I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder.My desire shall be satisfied on them.I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'

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You blew with your wind.The sea covered them.They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

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Who is like you, The LORD, among the gods?Who is like you, glorious in holiness,fearful in praises, doing wonders?

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You stretched out your right hand.The earth swallowed them.

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"You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed.You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.

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The peoples have heard.They tremble.Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

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Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed.Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab.All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

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Terror and dread falls on them.By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone-until your people pass over, The LORD,until the people you have purchased pass over.

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You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,the place, The LORD, which you have made for yourself to dwell in;the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.

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The LORD shall reign forever and ever."

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For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.

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Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.

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Miriam answered them,"Sing to The LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously.The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."

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Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

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When they came to Marah, they couldn't drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.

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The people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

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Then he cried to The LORD. the LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them;

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and he said, "If you will diligently listen to the LORD your God's voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the LORD who heals you."

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They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

1 

They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

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The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;

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and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we had died by The LORD's hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

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It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily."

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Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening, then you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt;

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and in the morning, then you shall see The LORD's glory; because he hears your murmurings against The LORD. Who are we, that you murmur against us?"

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Moses said, "Now the LORD shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because the LORD hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against The LORD."

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Moses said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near before The LORD, for he has heard your murmurings.'"

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As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, The LORD's glory appeared in the cloud.

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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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"I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am the LORD your God.'"

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In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.

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When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.

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When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they didn't know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat."

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This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: "Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent."

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The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

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When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating.

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Moses said to them, "Let no one leave of it until the morning."

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Notwithstanding they didn't listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was angry with them.

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They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.

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On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

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He said to them, "This is that which the LORD has spoken, 'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to The LORD. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.'"

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They laid it up until the morning, as Moses asked, and it didn't become foul, and there were no worms in it.

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Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to The LORD. Today you shall not find it in the field.

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Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none."

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On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.

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The LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?

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Behold, because the LORD has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."

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So the people rested on the seventh day.

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The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.

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Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, 'Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"

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Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before The LORD, to be kept throughout your generations."

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As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

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The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.

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Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.

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All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to The LORD's commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

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Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink."Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test The LORD?"

3 

The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

4 

Moses cried to The LORD, saying, "What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me."

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The LORD said to Moses, "Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.

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Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested The LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us, or not?"

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Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

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Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."

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So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

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But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.

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Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

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The LORD said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky."

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Moses built an altar, and called its name the LORD our Banner.

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He said, "Yah has sworn: 'The LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'"

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Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

2 

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

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and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".

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The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."

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Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.

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He said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her."

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Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.

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Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

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Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

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Jethro said, "Blessed be The LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

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Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."

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Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.

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On the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.

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When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?"

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Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

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When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws."

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Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.

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You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.

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Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.

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You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

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Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

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Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.

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If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace."

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So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

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Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

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They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

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Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.