Sh'mot

^1:1Now these are the names of the sons of Yisra'el, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Ya`akov): <sup>1:2</sup>Re'uven, Shim`on, Levi, and Yehudah, ^1:3Yissakhar, Zevulun, and Binyamin, ^1:4Dan and Naftali, Gad and Asher. ^1:5All the souls who came out of the Ya`akov's body were seventy souls, and Yosef was in Egypt already. ^1:6Yosef died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation. ^1:7The children of Yisra'el were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

^1:8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn't know Yosef. ^1:9He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Yisra'el are more and mightier than we. ^1:10Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land." ^1:11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Par`oh: Pitom and Ra`meses. ^1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Yisra'el. ^1:13The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Yisra'el serve, ^1:14and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.

^1:15The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shifrah, and the name of the other Pu`ah, ^1:16and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live." ^1:17But the midwives feared G-d, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive. ^1:18The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?"

^1:19The midwives said to Par`oh, "Because the Hebrew women aren't like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them."

^1:20God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty. ^1:21It happened, because the midwives feared G-d, that he gave them families. ^1:22Par`oh charged all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."

^2:1A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife. ^2:2The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. ^2:3When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with kofer. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank. ^2:4His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him. ^2:5Par`oh's daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it. ^2:6She opened it, and saw the child, and, behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."

^2:7Then his sister said to Par`oh's daughter, "Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?"

^2:8Par`oh's daughter said to her, "Go."

The almah went and called the child's mother. ^2:9Par`oh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages."

The woman took the child, and nursed it. ^2:10The child grew, and she brought him to Par`oh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moshe, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."

^2:11It happened in those days, when Moshe had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw a Mitzrian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers. ^2:12He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

^2:13He went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, "Why do you strike your fellow?"

^2:14He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?"

Moshe was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known." ^2:15Now when Par`oh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moshe. But Moshe fled from the face of Par`oh, and lived in the land of Midyan, and he sat down by a well.

^2:16Now the kohen of Midyan had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. ^2:17The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moshe stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. ^2:18When they came to Re`u'el, their father, he said, "How is it that you have returned so early today?"

^2:19They said, "A Mitzrian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."

^2:20He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."

^2:21Moshe was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moshe Tzipporah, his daughter. ^2:22She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."

^2:23It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Yisra'el sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to G-d because of the bondage. ^2:24God heard their groaning, and G-d remembered his covenant with Avraham, with Yitzchak, and with Ya`akov. ^2:25God saw the children of Yisra'el, and G-d was concerned about them.

^3:1Now Moshe was keeping the flock of Yitro, his father-in-law, the kohen of Midyan, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to G-d's mountain, to Chorev. ^3:2The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. ^3:3Moshe said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. ^3:4When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, G-d called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moshe! Moshe!"

He said, "Here I am."

^3:5He said, "Don't come close. Take off your sandals from off your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground." ^3:6Moreover he said, "I am the G-d of your father, the G-d of Avraham, the G-d of Yitzchak, and the G-d of Ya`akov."

Moshe hid his face; for he was afraid to look at G-d.

^3:7The LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. ^3:8I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Kana`ani, the Chittite, the Amori, the Perizzi, the Chivvi, and the Yevusi. <sup>3:9</sup>Now, behold, the cry of the children of Yisra'el has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. <sup>3:10</sup>Come now therefore, and I will send you to Par`oh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Yisra'el, out of Egypt."

^3:11Moshe said to G-d, "Who am I, that I should go to Par`oh, and that I should bring forth the children of Yisra'el out of Egypt?"

^3:12He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve G-d on this mountain."

^3:13Moshe said to G-d, "Behold, when I come to the children of Yisra'el, and tell them, 'The G-d of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"

^3:14God said to Moshe, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Yisra'el this: "I AM has sent me to you." ^3:15God said moreover to Moshe, "You shall tell the children of Yisra'el this, 'The LORD, the G-d of your fathers, the G-d of Avraham, the G-d of Yitzchak, and the G-d of Ya`akov, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations. <sup>3:16</sup>Go, and gather the elders of Yisra'el together, and tell them, 'The LORD, the G-d of your fathers, the G-d of Avraham, of Yitzchak, and of Ya`akov, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt; ^3:17and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Kana`ani, the Chittite, the Amori, the Perizzi, the Chivvi, and the Yevusi, to a land flowing with milk and honey."' ^3:18They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Yisra'el, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'The LORD, the G-d of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD, our G-d.' ^3:19I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand. ^3:20I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst of it, and after that he will let you go. ^3:21I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed. ^3:22But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall despoil the Egyptians.

^4:1Moshe answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you.'"

^4:2The LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?"

He said, "A rod."

^4:3He said, "Throw it on the ground."

He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moshe ran away from it.

^4:4The LORD said to Moshe, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail."

He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

^4:5"That they may believe that the LORD, the G-d of their fathers, the G-d of Avraham, the G-d of Yitzchak, and the G-d of Ya`akov, has appeared to you." ^4:6The LORD said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside your cloak."

He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.

^4:7He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again."

He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.

^4:8"It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. ^4:9It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."

^4:10Moshe said to the LORD, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."

^4:11The LORD said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, the LORD? ^4:12Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."

^4:13He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."

^4:14The anger of the LORD was kindled against Moshe, and he said, "What about Aharon, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. ^4:15You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. ^4:16He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as G-d. ^4:17You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."

^4:18Moshe went and returned to Yitro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive."

Yitro said to Moshe, "Go in shalom."

^4:19The LORD said to Moshe in Midyan, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead."

^4:20Moshe took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moshe took G-d's rod in his hand. ^4:21The LORD said to Moshe, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Par`oh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go. <sup>4:22</sup>You shall tell Par`oh, 'Thus says the LORD, Yisra'el is my son, my firstborn, ^4:23and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"

^4:24It happened on the way at a lodging place, that the LORD met him and wanted to kill him. ^4:25Then Tzipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me."

^4:26So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.

^4:27The LORD said to Aharon, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moshe."

He went, and met him on G-d's mountain, and kissed him. ^4:28Moshe told Aharon all the words of the LORD with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had charged him. ^4:29Moshe and Aharon went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Yisra'el. ^4:30Aharon spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moshe, and did the signs in the sight of the people. ^4:31The people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Yisra'el, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.

^5:1Afterward Moshe and Aharon came, and said to Par`oh, "This is what the LORD, the G-d of Yisra'el, says, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"

^5:2Par`oh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should listen to his voice to let Yisra'el go? I don't know the LORD, and moreover I will not let Yisra'el go."

^5:3They said, "The G-d of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD, our G-d, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."

^5:4The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moshe and Aharon, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!" ^5:5Par`oh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens." <sup>5:6</sup>The same day Par`oh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, ^5:7"You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. ^5:8The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our G-d.' ^5:9Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."

^5:10The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Par`oh says: "I will not give you straw. <sup>5:11</sup>Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished." <sup>5:12</sup>So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. <sup>5:13</sup>The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!" <sup>5:14</sup>The officers of the children of Yisra'el, whom Par`oh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"

^5:15Then the officers of the children of Yisra'el came and cried to Par`oh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants? ^5:16No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, 'Make brick!' and, behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people."

^5:17But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.' ^5:18Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet shall you deliver the same number of bricks!"

^5:19The officers of the children of Yisra'el saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!"

^5:20They met Moshe and Aharon, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Par`oh: <sup>5:21</sup>and they said to them, "May the LORD look at you, and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Par`oh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us."

^5:22Moshe returned to the LORD, and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me? ^5:23For since I came to Par`oh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people; neither have you delivered your people at all."

^6:1The LORD said to Moshe, "Now you shall see what I will do to Par`oh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."

^6:2God spoke to Moshe, and said to him, "I am the LORD; ^6:3and I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya`akov, as El Shaddai; but by my name the LORD I was not known to them. <sup>6:4</sup>I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Kana`an, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens. ^6:5Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Yisra'el, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant. ^6:6Therefore tell the children of Yisra'el, 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: ^6:7and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a G-d; and you shall know that I am the LORD your G-d, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ^6:8I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya`akov; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am the LORD.'"

^6:9Moshe spoke so to the children of Yisra'el, but they didn't listen to Moshe for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

^6:10The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, ^6:11"Go in, speak to Par`oh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Yisra'el go out of his land."

^6:12Moshe spoke before the LORD, saying, "Behold, the children of Yisra'el haven't listened to me. How then shall Par`oh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?" <sup>6:13</sup>The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, and gave them a charge to the children of Yisra'el, and to Par`oh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Yisra'el out of the land of Egypt.

^6:14These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Re'uven the firstborn of Yisra'el: Chanokh, and Pallu, Chetzron, and Karmi; these are the families of Re'uven. ^6:15The sons of Shim`on: Yemu'el, and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yakhin, and Tzochar, and Sha'ul the son of a Kana`ani woman; these are the families of Shim`on. <sup>6:16</sup>These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kehat, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years. <sup>6:17</sup>The sons of Gershon: Livni and Shim`i, according to their families. ^6:18The sons of Kehat: `Amram, and Yitzhar, and Chevron, and `Uzzi'el; and the years of the life of Kehat were one hundred thirty-three years. ^6:19The sons of Merari: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. ^6:20`Amram took Yokheved his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aharon and Moshe: and the years of the life of `Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years. ^6:21The sons of Yitzhar: Korach, and Nefeg, and Zikhri. ^6:22The sons of `Uzzi'el: Misha'el, and Eltzafan, and Sitri. <sup>6:23</sup>Aharon took Elisheva, the daughter of `Amminadav, the sister of Nachshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadav and Avihu, El`azar and Itamar. <sup>6:24</sup>The sons of Korach: Assir, and Elkana, and Avi'asaf; these are the families of the Korchi. <sup>6:25</sup>El`azar Aharon's son took one of the daughters of Puti'el as his wife; and she bore him Pinechas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families. ^6:26These are that Aharon and Moshe, to whom the LORD said, "Bring out the children of Yisra'el from the land of Egypt according to their hosts." ^6:27These are those who spoke to Par`oh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Yisra'el from Egypt. These are that Moshe and Aharon.

^6:28It happened on the day when the LORD spoke to Moshe in the land of Egypt, ^6:29that the LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, "I am the LORD. Speak to Par`oh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."

^6:30Moshe said before the LORD, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Par`oh listen to me?"

^7:1The LORD said to Moshe, "Behold, I have made you as G-d to Par`oh; and Aharon your brother shall be your prophet. <sup>7:2</sup>You shall speak all that I command you; and Aharon your brother shall speak to Par`oh, that he let the children of Yisra'el go out of his land. ^7:3I will harden Par`oh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. <sup>7:4</sup>But Par`oh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Yisra'el, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. ^7:5The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Yisra'el from among them."

^7:6Moshe and Aharon did so. As the LORD commanded them, so they did. ^7:7Moshe was eighty years old, and Aharon eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Par`oh.

^7:8The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying, ^7:9"When Par`oh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aharon, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Par`oh, that it become a serpent.'"

^7:10Moshe and Aharon went in to Par`oh, and they did so, as the LORD had commanded: and Aharon cast down his rod before Par`oh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. ^7:11Then Par`oh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments. <sup>7:12</sup>For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aharon's rod swallowed up their rods. <sup>7:13</sup>Par`oh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as the LORD had spoken.

^7:14The LORD said to Moshe, "Par`oh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go. <sup>7:15</sup>Go to Par`oh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand. ^7:16You shall tell him, 'The LORD, the G-d of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:" and, behold, until now you haven't listened. ^7:17Thus says the LORD, "In this you shall know that I am the LORD. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. ^7:18The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river."'" ^7:19The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"

^7:20Moshe and Aharon did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Par`oh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. <sup>7:21</sup>The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians couldn't drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. <sup>7:22</sup>The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments; and Par`oh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as the LORD had spoken. ^7:23Par`oh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. ^7:24All the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they couldn't drink of the water of the river. ^7:25Seven days were fulfilled, after the LORD had struck the river.

^8:1The LORD spoke to Moshe, Go in to Par`oh, and tell him, "This is what the LORD says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me. ^8:2If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs: ^8:3and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading-troughs: ^8:4and the frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.'" ^8:5The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.'" ^8:6Aharon stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. ^8:7The magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

^8:8Then Par`oh called for Moshe and Aharon, and said, "Entreat the LORD, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD."

^8:9Moshe said to Par`oh, "I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only."

^8:10He said, "Tomorrow."

He said, "Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is none like the LORD our G-d. ^8:11The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only."

^8:12Moshe and Aharon went out from Par`oh, and Moshe cried to the LORD concerning the frogs which he had brought on Par`oh. ^8:13The LORD did according to the word of Moshe, and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields. ^8:14They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. ^8:15But when Par`oh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and didn't listen to them, as the LORD had spoken.

^8:16The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.'" ^8:17They did so; and Aharon stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man, and on animal; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. ^8:18The magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they couldn't. There were lice on man, and on animal. ^8:19Then the magicians said to Par`oh, "This is the finger of G-d:" and Par`oh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as the LORD had spoken.

^8:20The LORD said to Moshe, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Par`oh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell him, 'This is what the LORD says, "Let my people go, that they may serve me. <sup>8:21</sup>Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. <sup>8:22</sup>I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. <sup>8:23</sup>I will put a division between my people and your people: by tomorrow shall this sign be."'" <sup>8:24</sup>The LORD did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Par`oh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.

^8:25Par`oh called for Moshe and for Aharon, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your G-d in the land!"

^8:26Moshe said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our G-d. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us? ^8:27We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our G-d, as he shall command us."

^8:28Par`oh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your G-d in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away. Pray for me."

^8:29Moshe said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Par`oh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Par`oh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD." ^8:30Moshe went out from Par`oh, and prayed to the LORD. <sup>8:31</sup>The LORD did according to the word of Moshe, and he removed the swarms of flies from Par`oh, from his servants, and from his people. There remained not one. ^8:32Par`oh hardened his heart this time also, and he didn't let the people go.

^9:1Then the LORD said to Moshe, "Go in to Par`oh, and tell him, 'This is what the LORD, the G-d of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me. <sup>9:2</sup>For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still, <sup>9:3</sup>behold, the hand of the LORD is on your cattle which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence. <sup>9:4</sup>The LORD will make a distinction between the cattle of Yisra'el and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongs to the children of Yisra'el."'" <sup>9:5</sup>The LORD appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land." <sup>9:6</sup>The LORD did that thing on the next day; and all the cattle of Egypt died, but of the cattle of the children of Yisra'el, not one died. <sup>9:7</sup>Par`oh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Yisra'elites dead. But the heart of Par`oh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.

^9:8The LORD said to Moshe and to Aharon, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moshe sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Par`oh. ^9:9It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal, throughout all the land of Egypt."

^9:10They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Par`oh; and Moshe sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal. <sup>9:11</sup>The magicians couldn't stand before Moshe because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians. <sup>9:12</sup>The LORD hardened the heart of Par`oh, and he didn't listen to them, as the LORD had spoken to Moshe.

^9:13The LORD said to Moshe, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Par`oh, and tell him, 'This is what the LORD, the G-d of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me. ^9:14For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. ^9:15For now I would have put forth my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth; ^9:16but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth; ^9:17as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go. ^9:18Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. ^9:19Now therefore command that all of your cattle and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn't brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die."'"

^9:20Those who feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Par`oh made their servants and their cattle flee into the houses. ^9:21Whoever didn't regard the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.

^9:22The LORD said to Moshe, "Stretch forth your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."

^9:23Moshe stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and the LORD sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. The LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. ^9:24So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. ^9:25The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. ^9:26Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Yisra'el were, there was no hail.

^9:27Par`oh sent, and called for Moshe and Aharon, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. ^9:28Pray to the LORD; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."

^9:29Moshe said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to the LORD. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is the LORD's. ^9:30But as for you and your servants, I know that you don't yet fear the LORD G-d."

^9:31The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. ^9:32But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had not grown up. ^9:33Moshe went out of the city from Par`oh, and spread abroad his hands to the LORD; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth. <sup>9:34</sup>When Par`oh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. ^9:35The heart of Par`oh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Yisra'el go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moshe.

Parashah 15: Bo (Go / Enter)
10:1-13:16

Rishon [1st] ^10:1The LORD said to Moshe, "Go in to Par`oh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them, ^10:2and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am the LORD."

^10:3Moshe and Aharon went in to Par`oh, and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the G-d of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. <sup>10:4</sup>Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, <sup>10:5</sup>and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won't be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field. <sup>10:6</sup>Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.'" He turned, and went out from Par`oh.

^10:7Par`oh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD, their G-d. Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"

^10:8Moshe and Aharon were brought again to Par`oh, and he said to them, "Go, serve the LORD your G-d; but who are those who will go?"

^10:9Moshe said, "We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to the LORD."

^10:10He said to them, "The LORD be with you if I will let you go with your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces. ^10:11Not so! Go now you who are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what you desire!" They were driven out from Par`oh's presence.

Sheni [2nd] ^10:12The LORD said to Moshe, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left." ^10:13Moshe stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. ^10:14The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. ^10:15For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. ^10:16Then Par`oh called for Moshe and Aharon in haste, and he said, "I have sinned against the LORD your G-d, and against you. ^10:17Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to the LORD your G-d, that he may also take away from me this death."

^10:18He went out from Par`oh, and prayed to the LORD. <sup>10:19</sup>The LORD turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Sea of Suf. There remained not one arbeh in all the borders of Egypt. <sup>10:20</sup>But the LORD hardened Par`oh's heart, and he didn't let the children of Yisra'el go.

^10:21The LORD said to Moshe, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt." ^10:22Moshe stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. ^10:23They didn't see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Yisra'el had light in their dwellings.

Shlishi [3rd] ^10:24Par`oh called to Moshe, and said, "Go, serve the LORD. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you."

^10:25Moshe said, "You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our G-d. ^10:26Our cattle also shall go with us. There shall not a hoof be left behind, for of it we must take to serve the LORD our G-d; and we don't know with what we must serve the LORD, until we come there."

^10:27But the LORD hardened Par`oh's heart, and he wouldn't let them go. <sup>10:28</sup>Par`oh said to him, "Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!"

^10:29Moshe said, "You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more."

^11:1The LORD said to Moshe, "Yet one plague more will I bring on Par`oh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether. <sup>11:2</sup>Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold." <sup>11:3</sup>The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moshe was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Par`oh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

R'vi'i [4th] ^11:4Moshe said, "This is what the LORD says: 'About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt, ^11:5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Par`oh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the maid-servant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of cattle. <sup>11:6</sup>There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall be any more. <sup>11:7</sup>But against any of the children of Yisra'el a dog won't even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Yisra'el. <sup>11:8</sup>All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, 'Get out, and all the people who follow you; and after that I will go out.'" He went out from Par`oh in hot anger.

^11:9The LORD said to Moshe, "Par`oh won't listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt." <sup>11:10</sup>Moshe and Aharon did all these wonders before Par`oh, and the LORD hardened Par`oh's heart, and he didn't let the children of Yisra'el go out of his land.

^12:1The LORD spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Egypt, saying, ^12:2"This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you. ^12:3Speak to all the congregation of Yisra'el, saying, 'On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household; ^12:4and if the household be too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls; according to what everyone can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. ^12:5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: ^12:6and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Yisra'el shall kill it at evening. ^12:7They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it. ^12:8They shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and matzah. They shall eat it with bitter herbs. ^12:9Don't eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts. ^12:10You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire. ^12:11This is how you shall eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's Pesach. ^12:12For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. ^12:13The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. ^12:14This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to the LORD: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

^12:15Seven days shall you eat matzah; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Yisra'el. ^12:16In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. ^12:17You shall observe the feast of matzah; for in this same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall you observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever. ^12:18In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat matzah, until the twenty first day of the month at evening. ^12:19Seven days shall there be no yeast found in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Yisra'el, whether he be a foreigner, or one who is born in the land. ^12:20You shall eat nothing leavened. In all your habitations you shall eat matzah.'"

Chamishi [5th] ^12:21Then Moshe called for all the elders of Yisra'el, and said to them, "Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Pesach. ^12:22You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. ^12:23For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you. ^12:24You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever. ^12:25It shall happen when you have come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service. ^12:26It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?' ^12:27that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of the LORD's Pesach, who passed over the houses of the children of Yisra'el in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.'"

The people bowed their heads and worshiped. ^12:28The children of Yisra'el went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moshe and Aharon, so they did.

Shishi [6th] ^12:29It happened at midnight, that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Par`oh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. <sup>12:30</sup>Par`oh rose up in the 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 one dead. ^12:31He called for Moshe and Aharon by night, and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the children of Yisra'el; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said! ^12:32Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!"

^12:33The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We are all dead men." ^12:34The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. ^12:35The children of Yisra'el did according to the word of Moshe; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing. ^12:36The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. They despoiled the Egyptians.

^12:37The children of Yisra'el traveled from Ra`meses to Sukkot, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children. ^12:38A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much cattle. ^12:39They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it wasn't leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and couldn't wait, neither had they prepared for themselves any food. ^12:40Now the time that the children of Yisra'el lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years. ^12:41It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years, even the same day it happened, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. ^12:42It is a night to be much observed to the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of the LORD, to be much observed of all the children of Yisra'el throughout their generations.

^12:43The LORD said to Moshe and Aharon, "This is the ordinance of the Pesach. There shall no foreigner eat of it, ^12:44but every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it. ^12:45A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it. ^12:46In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone of it. ^12:47All the congregation of Yisra'el shall keep it. ^12:48When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you, and will keep the Pesach to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one who is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. ^12:49One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you." ^12:50Thus did all the children of Yisra'el. As the LORD commanded Moshe and Aharon, so they did. ^12:51It happened the same day, that the LORD brought the children of Yisra'el out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

Shvi'i [7th] ^13:1The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, ^13:2"Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Yisra'el, both of man and of animal. It is mine."

^13:3Moshe said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you came out from 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. ^13:4This day you go forth in the month Aviv. ^13:5It shall be, when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Kana`ani, and the Chittite, and the Amori, and the Chivvi, and the Yevusi, 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. ^13:6Seven days you shall eat matzah, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. ^13:7Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall there be yeast seen with you, in all your borders. ^13:8You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.' ^13:9It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt. ^13:10You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

^13:11"It shall be, when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Kana`ani, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it you, <sup>13:12</sup>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. <sup>13:13</sup>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. Maftir [Concluding] <sup>13:14</sup>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; <sup>13:15</sup>and it happened, when Par`oh would hardly let us go, that 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.' ^13:16It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt."

Haftarah: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 46:13-28

B'rit Hadashah: Romans 9:14-29; Lukas (Luke) 2:22-24;
Yochanan (John) 19:31-37; Acts 13:13-17; Revelation 8:6-9:12; 16:1-21

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Parashah 16: b'Shalach
(After he had let go)
13:17-17:16

Rishon [1st] ^13:17It happened, when Par`oh had let the people go, that G-d didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Pelishtim, although that was near; for G-d said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;" ^13:18but G-d led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Sea of Suf; and the children of Yisra'el went up armed out of the land of Egypt. ^13:19Moshe took the bones of Yosef with him, for he had made the children of Yisra'el swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you." ^13:20They took their journey from Sukkot, and encamped in Etam, in the edge of the wilderness. ^13:21The 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: ^13:22the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, didn't depart from before the people.

^14:1The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, ^14:2"Speak to the children of Yisra'el, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-Hachirot, between Migdol and the sea, before Ba`al-Tzefon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea. <sup>14:3</sup>Par`oh will say of the children of Yisra'el, 'They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.' ^14:4I will harden Par`oh's heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Par`oh, and over all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD." They did so.

^14:5It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Par`oh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Yisra'el go from serving us?" <sup>14:6</sup>He made ready his chariot, and took his army with him; <sup>14:7</sup>and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. <sup>14:8</sup>The LORD hardened the heart of Par`oh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Yisra'el; for the children of Yisra'el went out with a high hand.

Sheni [2nd] ^14:9The Egyptians pursued after them: all the horses and chariots of Par`oh, his horsemen, and his army; and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-Hachirot, before Ba`al-Tzefon.

^14:10When Par`oh drew near, the children of Yisra'el lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The children of Yisra'el cried out to the LORD. ^14:11They said to Moshe, "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 forth out of Egypt? ^14:12Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness."

^14:13Moshe 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. ^14:14The LORD will fight for you, and you shall be still."

Shlishi [3rd] (A) ^14:15The LORD said to Moshe, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Yisra'el, that they go forward. ^14:16Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Yisra'el shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. ^14:17I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get myself honor over Par`oh, and over all his host, over his chariots, and over his horsemen. <sup>14:18</sup>The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten myself honor over Par`oh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen." ^14:19The angel of G-d, who went before the camp of Yisra'el, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them. ^14:20It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Yisra'el; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one didn't come near the