Chapter 7
1; And YAHWEH said to Moses, See, I have made you a Elohim to Pharaoh; and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.
2; You shall speak all that I instruct you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh. And he will send away the sons of Israel from his land.
3; And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh. And I will multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.
4; And Pharaoh will not listen to you. And I will put My hand on Egypt, and will bring My armies, My people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt with great judgments.
5; And the Egyptians shall know that I am YAHWEH when I send forth My hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.
6; And Moses and Aaron did as YAHWEH instructed them, so they did.
7; And Moses was a son of eighty years, and Aaron was a son of eighty three years when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8; And YAHWEH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
9; When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, Give a miracle for yourselves, you shall say to Aaron, Take your staff and throw it before Pharaoh; and let it become a crocodile.
10; And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and they did so, as YAHWEH had instructed. And Aaron threw his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants. And it became a crocodile.
11; And Pharaoh also called wise men and the sorcerers. And they, the priests of Egypt, also performed by their secret arts.
12; And they each one threw down his staff, and they became crocodiles. But Aaron's staff swallowed their staffs.
13; And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as YAHWEH had said.
14; And YAHWEH said to Moses, The heart of Pharaoh is heavy; he refuses to send away the people.
15; Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he is about to go out to the water. And you stand to meet him on the lip of the river. And you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a hissing creature.
16; And you shall say to him, YAHWEH the Elohim of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Send away My people, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness. And, behold, you have not listened until now.
17; So says YAHWEH, By this you shall know that I am YAHWEH: Behold, I am about to strike the water in the river with the staff in My hand, and it shall be turned to blood.
18; And the fish in the river will die, and the river will stink, and the Egyptians will become weary of drinking water from the river.
19; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your staff, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over the rivers, over their canals, and over their pools, and over every body of their waters, so that they may become blood. And blood shall be in all the land of Egypt, both in wooden and in stone vessels.
20; And Moses and Aaron did so, as YAHWEH had instructed. And he lifted up the staff and struck the water which was in the river before Pharaoh's eyes, and before his servants' eyes. And all the water in the river turned to blood.
21; And the fish in the river died, and the river stunk. And the Egyptians were not able to drink water from the Nile. And the blood was in all the land of Egypt.
22; And the magicians of Egypt did so by their secret arts. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as YAHWEH had said.
23; And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. And he did not set his heart to this also.
24; And all the Egyptians dug around the river to drink water, for they were not able to drink from the water of the river.
25; And seven days were fulfilled after YAHWEH struck the river.
Chapter 8
1; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, So says YAHWEH, Send away My people that they may serve Me.
2; And if you refuse to send them away, behold, I am about to smite all your territory with frogs.
3; And the river will swarm with frogs. And they shall go up and enter into your house, and into your bedroom, and on your couch, and into your servants' house, and on your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading troughs.
4; And the frogs will come up on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.
5; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools. And bring up frogs on the land of Egypt.
6; And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
7; And the priests did so with their secret arts. And they brought up the frogs on the land of Egypt.
8; And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, Pray to YAHWEH that He may remove the frogs from me and from my people. And I will send away the people that they may sacrifice to YAHWEH.
9; And Moses said to Pharaoh, Glory over me. For when shall I pray for you and for your servants and for your people, to cut off the frogs from you, and from your house, that they may be left only in the river?
10; And he said, For tomorrow. And he said, According to your word, so that you may know that none is like YAHWEH our Elohim.
11; And the frogs will depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They will only be in the river.
12; And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried to YAHWEH concerning the frogs which He had set on Pharaoh.
13; And YAHWEH did according to the word of Moses. And the frogs died from the houses, from the courts, and from the fields.
14; And they gathered them in heaps and heaps; and the land stunk.
15; And Pharaoh saw that there was relief. And he made his heart heavy, and he did not listen to them, as YAHWEH had said.
16; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, and let it become lice in all the land of Egypt.
17; And they did so, and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth. And the lice were on man and on beast. All the dust of the earth became lice in the land of Egypt.
18; And the priests performed with their secret arts to bring forth lice, and they could not. And the lice were on man and on beast.
19; And the priests said to Pharaoh, It is the finger of Elohim. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as YAHWEH had said.
20; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Get up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh. Behold, he is about to go out to the water. And say to him, So says YAHWEH, Send away My people that they may serve Me.
21; And if you do not send away My people, behold, I am about to send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and on your house. And the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they are.
22; And in that day I will separate the land of Goshen with My people resting on it, that there be no swarms of flies, so that you may know that I am YAHWEH in the midst of the earth.
23; And I will put a distinction between My people and your people. This miracle shall be for tomorrow.
24; And YAHWEH did so. And teeming swarms of flies came into Pharaoh's house, and the house of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt. And the land was destroyed before the swarms of flies.
25; And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go! Sacrifice to your Elohim in the land.
26; And Moses said, It is not right to do so, for we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to YAHWEH our Elohim. Behold! If we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?
27; We will go into the wilderness, a journey of three days, and sacrifice to YAHWEH our Elohim, as He may say to us.
28; And Pharaoh said, I will send you away, and you may sacrifice to YAHWEH your Elohim in the wilderness; only do not go very far off. And pray for me.
29; And Moses said, Behold, I am about to go out from you, and to pray to YAHWEH. And the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh, and from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. But do not let Pharaoh continue to deceive, not to send the people to sacrifice to YAHWEH.
30; And Moses went out from Pharaoh. And he prayed to YAHWEH.
31; And YAHWEH did according to the word of Moses, and the swarms of flies departed from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; and not one was left.
32; And Pharaoh made heavy his heart this time also, and he did not send away the people.
Chapter 9
1; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, So says YAHWEH the Elohim of the Hebrews, Send away My people that they may serve Me.
2; And if you refuse to send away, and you still hold onto them,
3; behold the hand of YAHWEH is going to be on your livestock in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys , on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks, a very heavy pestilence.
4; And YAHWEH will make a distinction between Israel's livestock and Egypt's livestock. Also of all that belongs to the sons of Israel, not a thing will die.
5; And YAHWEH set a time, saying, Tomorrow YAHWEH will do this thing in the land.
6; And YAHWEH did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died. And from the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died.
7; And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not even one was dead from Israel's livestock! And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not send away the people.
8; And YAHWEH said to Moses and to Aaron, Take for yourselves the fullness of your hands of soot from the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven before Pharaoh's eyes.
9; And let it become dust on all the land of Egypt, and let it become boils breaking out into sores on man and on livestock in all the land of Egypt.
10; And they took soot of the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses sprinkled it toward the heavens, and it became a boil breaking out into sores on man and on livestock.
11; And the priests were not able to stand before Moses, because of the boils. For the boils were on the priests and on all the Egyptians.
12; And YAHWEH made heavy Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen to them, as YAHWEH had said to Moses.
13; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, So says YAHWEH the Elohim of the Hebrews, Send away My people that they may serve Me.
14; For at this time I am going to send all My plagues to your heart, and on your servants, and on your people, so that you may know that none is like Me in all the land.
15; For now I have sent forth My hand and have stricken you and your people with pestilence, and you have been destroyed from the earth.
16; And for this reason I have made you stand, in order to cause you to see My power, and in order to declare My name in all the land.
17; You still are exalting yourself against My people, so as not to send them away.
18; Behold! I will rain very heavy hail about this time tomorrow, such as has never been in Egypt from the day of its foundation until now.
19; And now send out, bring your livestock to safety, and all belonging to you in the field. All men and livestock found in the field, and not brought to the house, the hail will come on them, and they will die.
20; Of the servants of Pharaoh, the one who feared the Word of YAHWEH made his slaves and his livestock flee to the houses.
21; And the one who did not set his heart on the Word of YAHWEH left his slaves and his livestock in the field.
22; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Stretch out your hand to the heavens, so that hail may be in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on livestock, and on every plant of the field in the land of Egypt.
23; And Moses stretched out his staff to the heavens. And YAHWEH gave sounds and hail. And fire came down to the earth, and YAHWEH rained hail on the land of Egypt.
24; And there was hail, and fire flashing in the midst of the hail, very heavy, which never had been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25; And the hail struck in all the land of Egypt, all that was in the field, from men and to livestock. And the hail struck every plant of the field, and it broke in pieces every tree of the field.
26; Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel lived, there was no hail.
27; And Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time. YAHWEH is the righteous One, and I and my people the wicked ones.
28; Pray to YAHWEH and let it be enough of the thunders and hail of Elohim. And I will send you away and you shall not continue any longer.
29; And Moses said to him, As I go out of the city I will spread out my hands to YAHWEH. The thunder will cease, and the hail will not still be, so that you may know that the earth belongs to YAHWEH.
30; And as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear before YAHWEH Elohim.
31; And the flax and the barley were stricken. For the barley was in head, and the flax in bud.
32; And the wheat and the spelt were not stricken, for they were late.
33; And Moses went out from Pharaoh, from the city, and he spread out his hands to YAHWEH. And the thunder and the hail ceased. And rain was not poured out toward the earth.
34; And Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, and he continued to sin. And he made his heart heavy, he and his servants.
35; And Pharaoh's heart was made strong, and he did not send away the sons of Israel, as YAHWEH had said by the hand of Moses.
Chapter 10
1; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, for I have made his heart heavy and the heart of his servants, so that I may set these signs of Mine in their midst;
2; and so that you may recount in the ears of your son and the son of your son what I exerted Myself to do against Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, and you may know that I am YAHWEH.
3; And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, So says YAHWEH Elohe of the Hebrews, Until when will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Send away My people so that they may serve Me.
4; For if you refuse to send away My people, behold, I am going to bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
5; And they will cover the eye of the land, and no one will be able to see the land. And they will eat the rest of that which escaped, that which is left to you from the hail. And they will eat every tree that sprouts to you from the field.
6; And your houses will be full, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of the Egyptians, which neither your fathers nor the fathers of your fathers have seen; from the day of their being on the earth until this day. And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
7; And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long shall this one be a snare to us? Send away the men that they may serve YAHWEH their Elohim. Do you not yet know that Egypt is perishing?
8; And Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, Go, serve YAHWEH your Elohim. Who and who are the ones going?
9; And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters. We will go with our flocks and with our herds. For it is a feast of YAHWEH to us.
10; And he said to them, May YAHWEH be so with you, as I send you away, and your little ones. Watch! For evil is before your face!
11; Not so! You and the men go now and serve YAHWEH; for you were seeking it. And he drove them out from the face of Pharaoh.
12; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Stretch out your hand for the locusts over the land of Egypt, so that they may go up on the land of Egypt and may eat every plant of the land, all that the hail left.
13; And Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt. And YAHWEH brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. And at morning the east wind lifted up the locusts.
14; And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested on all the territory of Egypt, exceedingly many. Never were there locusts like them before, and afterward none will be like them.
15; And they covered the eye of the earth, and the land became dark. And they ate every plant of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. And no greenness was left in the trees and in the plants of the field in all the land of Egypt.
16; And Pharaoh hurried to call Moses and Aaron. And he said, I have sinned against YAHWEH your Elohim and against you.
17; And now pray forgive my sins only this time, and pray to YAHWEH your Elohim that He may take away from me this death only.
18; And he went out from Pharaoh, and he prayed to YAHWEH.
19; And YAHWEH changed to a west wind, very strong. And it carried the locusts and threw them into the Sea of Reeds. Not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.
20; And YAHWEH made strong the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not send away the sons of Israel.
21; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Stretch out your hand to the heavens so that darkness may be on the land of Egypt, and one may feel darkness.
22; And Moses stretched out his hand to the heavens, and darkness of gloom was in all the land of Egypt three days.
23; They did not see each one his brother, and they did not rise up, each one from his place for three days. Yet to all the sons of Israel there was light in their dwellings.
24; And Pharaoh called to Moses and said, Go, serve YAHWEH. Only leave your flocks and your herds behind. Your little ones may go with you.
25; And Moses said, You must also give into our hands sacrifices and burnt offerings so that we may prepare for YAHWEH our Elohim.
26; And also our livestock shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left. For we shall take from them to serve YAHWEH our Elohim. And we do not know with what we shall serve YAHWEH until we come there.
27; And YAHWEH made strong the heart of Pharaoh, and he was not willing to send them away.
28; And Pharaoh said to him, Go away from me. Be careful for yourself. Do not see my face again, for in the day you see my face you shall die.
29; And Moses said, You have spoken rightly. I will not see your face again.
Chapter 11
1; And YAHWEH said to Moses, I will bring yet one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. Afterward he will send you from here. When he sends you away completely, surely He will drive you out from here.
2; Now speak in the ears of the people, and let them ask, each man from his neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold.
3; And YAHWEH gave favor in the eyes of the Egyptians toward the people. And the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of the servants of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of the people.
4; And Moses said, So says YAHWEH, About the middle of the night I will go out in the midst of Egypt.
5; And every first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh, the one sitting on his throne, to the first-born of the slave-girl who is behind the mill; and every first born of animals.
6; And a great cry shall be in all the land of Egypt, such as never has been, and nothing like it shall be again.
7; And a dog shall not sharpen his tongue against all the sons of Israel, toward man and toward livestock, so that you may know that YAHWEH distinguishes between Egypt and Israel.
8; And all these servants of yours will come down to me, and bow to me, saying, Go out, you and all the people at your feet. And afterward I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in the heat of anger.
9; And YAHWEH said to Moses, Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My miracles may multiply in the land of Egypt.
10; And Moses and Aaron did all these miracles before Pharaoh. And YAHWEH hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not send away the sons of Israel from his land.
Chapter 12
1; And YAHWEH said to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2; This month shall be the head of months for you. It shall be the first of the months of the year for you.
3; Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month, they shall each take for themselves an animal of the flock for a father's house, a flock animal for a house.
4; And if the house is too small for a flock animal, he and his neighbor next to his house shall take according to the number of souls, each one according to the mouth of his eating, you shall count concerning the flock animal.
5; A flock animal, a male without blemish, a yearling, shall be to you. You shall take from the sheep or from the goats.
6; And it shall be for you to keep until the fourteenth day of this month. And all the assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it between the evenings.
7; And they shall take from the blood, and put it on the two side doorposts and on the upper doorpost, on the houses in which they eat it.
8; And they shall eat the flesh in this night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
9; Do not eat it raw, or at all boiled in water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs and with its inward parts.
10; And you shall not leave any of it until morning. And you shall burn with fire that left from it until morning.
11; And you shall eat it this way: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in awe. It is the Passover to YAHWEH.
12; And I will pass through in the land of Egypt in this night. And I will strike every first-born in the land of Egypt, from man even to livestock. And I will execute judgments on all the Elohe of Egypt. I am YAHWEH!
13; And the blood shall be a sign to you, on the houses where you are. And I will see the blood, and I will pass over you. And the plague shall not be on you to destroy, when I strike in the land of Egypt.
14; And the day shall be a memorial for you. And you shall celebrate it as a feast to YAHWEH, for your generations. You shall celebrate it as a statute forever.
15; You shall eat unleavened bread seven days. Indeed, on the first day you shall cause leaven to cease from your houses. For anyone eating any leaven, that soul shall be cut off from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.
16; And on the first day shall be a set-apart assembly (rehearsal), and in the seventh day a set-apart assembly (rehearsal), shall be to you. Not any work may be done on them. Only what must be eaten by each soul that alone may be done by you.
17; And you shall observe the unleavened bread for on this very day I brought out your armies from the land of Egypt. And you shall observe this day for your generations, a statute forever.
18; In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month, at evening.
19; For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses. For anyone eating any leaven, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, among the foreigners, and among the natives of the land.
20; You shall not eat anything leaven. You shall eat unleavened bread in all your dwellings.
21; And Moses called to all the elders of Israel and said to them, Draw out and take of the flock for you and for your families, and kill the passover.
22; And take a bunch of hyssop and dip in the blood in the basin. And touch some of the blood in the basin to the lintel and on the two doorposts. And you shall not go out, anyone from the door of his house until morning.
23; And YAHWEH will pass through to strike Egypt. And He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and YAHWEH will pass over the door. And He will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.
24; And you shall observe this Word for an ordinance for you, and for your sons forever.
25; And it shall be, when you come into the land which YAHWEH shall give to you, as He has spoken, you shall observe this service.
26; And it shall be, when your sons say to you, What is this service to you?
27; Then you shall say, A sacrifice of a passover of YAHWEH, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck Egypt. And He delivered our houses. And the people bowed and worshiped.
28; And the sons of Israel went out and did as YAHWEH instructed Moses and Aaron. So they did.
29; And it happened at midnight. YAHWEH struck every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh, the one sitting on the throne, to the first-born of the captive who was in the prison house, and every first-born of animals.
30; And Pharaoh arose by night, he and all his servants, and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not a one who had died.
31; And he sent a proclamation to Moses and Aaron by night, and it read, Arise, go out from the midst of my people, both you and the sons of Israel. And go serve YAHWEH according to your word.
32; Take both your flocks and your herds, as you said, and go. And bless me also.
33; And the Egyptians were strong on the people, to hasten to send them away from the land. For they said, All of us will be dead.
34; And the people took up their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothing on their shoulders.
35; And the sons of Israel did according to the word of Moses. And they asked from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing.
36; And YAHWEH gave favor to the people in the eyes of the Egyptians. And they granted their requests. And they plundered Egypt.
37; And the sons of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, the men being about six hundred thousand on foot, apart from little ones.
38; And also a mixed multitude went up with them, and flocks, and herds, very many livestock.
39; And they baked the dough which they brought out from Egypt into unleavened cakes. For it was not leavened, because they were driven out from Egypt, and they were not able to delay. And also they had not prepared food for a journey for themselves.
40; And the time of the dwelling of the sons of Israel, which they dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
41; And it happened, from the end of four hundred and thirty years, it happened on this day, all the armies of YAHWEH went out from the land of Egypt.
42; It is a night of celebration to YAHWEH, for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This night is a celebration for all the sons of Israel to their generations.
43; And YAHWEH said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover. No heathen may eat of it.
44; And every man's slave, a purchase of silver, you shall circumcise him, then he may eat of it.
45; A foreigner and a hired servant may not eat of it.
46; It shall be eaten in one house. You shall not carry any of the flesh outside from the house. And you shall not break a bone in it.
47; All the congregation of Israel shall prepare it.
48; And when a visitor shall stay with you, and will do the Passover to YAHWEH, let every male to him be cir- cumcised, and then he may come near to prepare it. And he shall be like a native of the land. But any uncircumcised may not eat of it.
49; One statute shall be to the native, and to the visitor, the one staying in your midst.
50; And all the sons of Israel did as YAHWEH instructed Moses and Aaron; so they did.
51; And it happened on this day, YAHWEH brought out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt by their armies.
Chapter 13
1; And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, saying,
2; Set apart to Me every first-born, the one opening the womb among the sons of Israel, among men and among livestock; they shall be Mine.
3; And Moses said to the people, Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of slaves. For by the might of His hand YAHWEH brought you out from here. And no leaven shall be eaten.
4; Today, in the month of the Aviv, you are going out.
5; And it shall be when YAHWEH brings 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 to you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall do this service in this month.
6; Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day keep a feast to YAHWEH.
7; Unleavened bread shall be eaten the seven days. And leavened bread for you shall not be seen; yea, no leaven shall be seen among you in all your boundaries.
8; And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, It is because of what YAHWEH did for me when I came out from Egypt.
9; And it shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and a memorial between your eyes, so that the Torah of YAHWEH may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand YAHWEH brought you out from Egypt.
10; And you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time, from year to year.
11; And it shall be when YAHWEH brings you into the land of the Canaanite, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,
12; you shall set apart to YAHWEH every one opening the womb, and every firstling, the offspring of animals which are yours; the males belong to YAHWEH.
13; And every firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a flock animal. And if you do not redeem, you shall break its neck. And every first-born of men among your sons you shall redeem.
14; And it shall be when your son asks you in the future, saying, What is this? You shall say to him, YAHWEH brought us out from Egypt by the might of His hand, from the house of slaves.
15; And it happened when Pharaoh hardened himself against sending us away, YAHWEH killed every first-born one in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of men even to the first-born of animals. On account of this I sacrifice to YAHWEH every one of the males opening the womb, and I redeem every first-born of my sons.
16; And it shall be for a sign on your hand, and frontlets between your eyes. For YAHWEH brought us out from Egypt by the might of His hand.
17; And it happened, in Pharaoh's sending away the people, Elohim did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, though it was near. For Elohim said, Lest the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt.
18; But Elohim made the people turn toward the way of the wilderness, to the Sea of Reeds. And the sons of Israel went up armed from the land of Egypt.
19; And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him. For he had made the sons of Israel certainly swear, saying, surely Elohim will visit you, and you shall cause my bones to go from here with you.
20; And they pulled up stakes from Succoth, and they camped at Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
21; And YAHWEH was going before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them in the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give light to them, to go by day and by night.
22; The pillar of cloud did not cease by day, and the pillar of fire by night, before the people.