Old Testament
Exodus
Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
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Chapters
Chapter I: The Israelites Oppressed
1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob): 2 Re…
Chapter II: The Birth of Moses
1 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son. When sh…
Chapter III: Moses and the Burning Bush
1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back o…
Chapter IV: Signs for Moses
1 Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not app…
Chapter V: Bricks Without Straw
1 Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go,…
Chapter VI: Then the Lord said to Moses
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by …
Chapter VII: Then the Lord said to Moses
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. 2 You …
Chapter VIII: Then the Lord said to Moses
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says, “Let my people go, that they may se…
Chapter IX: The Plague on Livestock
1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let m…
Chapter X: The Plague of Locusts
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show …
Chapter XI: The Plague on the Firstborn
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “I will bring yet one more plague on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When …
Chapter XII: The Lord's Passover
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “This month shall be to you the beginning of months. I…
Chapter XIII: Consecration of the Firstborn
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Isra…
Chapter XIV: Then the Lord said to Moses
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, b…
Chapter XV: The Song of Moses and Miriam
1 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed…
Chapter XVI: Manna and Quail
1 They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, w…
Chapter XVII: Water From the Rock
1 All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to Yahweh’s com…
Chapter XVIII: Jethro Visits Moses
1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his pe…
Chapter XIX: At Mount Sinai
1 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the…
Chapter XX: The Ten Commandments
1 God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house…
Chapter XXI: These are the laws you are to set before them:
1 “Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them: 2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six year…
Chapter XXII: Protection of Property
1 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sh…
Chapter XXIII: Laws of Justice and Mercy
1 “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. 2 “You shall not…
Chapter XXIV: The Covenant Confirmed
1 He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worsh…
Chapter XXV: Offerings for the Tabernacle
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone wh…
Chapter XXVI: The Tabernacle
1 “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, wit…
Chapter XXVII: The Altar of Burnt Offering
1 “You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square. Its heigh…
Chapter XXVIII: The Priestly Garments
1 “Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister …
Chapter XXIX: Consecration of the Priests
1 “This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest’s office: take one you…
Chapter XXX: The Altar of Incense
1 “You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood. 2 Its length shall be a cubit, and its …
Chapter XXXI: Bezalel and Oholiab
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe o…
Chapter XXXII: The Golden Calf
1 When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron…
Chapter XXXIII: Then the Lord said to Moses
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Depart, go up from here, you and the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt,…
Chapter XXXIV: The New Stone Tablets
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Chisel two stone tablets like the first. I will write on the tablets the words that were on the…
Chapter XXXV: Sabbath Regulations
1 Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, “These are the words which Yahweh ha…
Chapter XXXVI: Then Moses summoned Bezalel
1 “Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know h…
Chapter XXXVII: The Ark of the Covenant
1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width a cubit and a half, and a cub…
Chapter XXXVIII: The Altar of Burnt Offering
1 He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its width was five cubi…
Chapter XXXIX: The Priestly Garments
1 Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, and made the hol…
Chapter XL: Setting Up the Tabernacle
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of…
