^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.

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Sheni [2nd]

^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, …

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Shlishi [3rd]

… ^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.

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R'vi'i [4th]

^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.

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Chamishi [5th]

^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. ^8:21Else, 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. ^8:22I 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.

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Shishi [6th]

^8:23I will put a division between my people and your people: by tomorrow shall this sign be."'" ^8:24The 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;

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Shvi'i [7th]

^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.

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Maftir [Concluding]

^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.

^16:1I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of G-d on the earth!"

^16:2The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.

^16:3The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.

^16:4The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. ^16:5I heard the angel of the waters saying, "You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One, because you have judged these things. ^16:6For they poured out the blood of the holy ones and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this." ^16:7I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord G-d, Shaddai, true and righteous are your judgments."

^16:8The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire. ^16:9People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed the name of G-d who has the power over these plagues. They didn't repent and give him glory.

^16:10The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain, ^16:11and they blasphemed the G-d of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They didn't repent of their works.

^16:12The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Perat. Its water was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrise. ^16:13I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs; ^16:14for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of G-d, Shaddai.

^16:15"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame." ^16:16He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, Megiddo.

^16:17The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came forth out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done!" ^16:18There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men on the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty. ^16:19The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Bavel the great was remembered in the sight of G-d, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. ^16:20Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. ^16:21Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed G-d because of the plague of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly severe.

Additional B'rit Chadashah readings:

Romans 9:14-17

^9:14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with G-d? May it never be! ^9:15For he said to Moshe, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." ^9:16So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of G-d who has mercy. ^9:17For the Scripture says to Par`oh, "For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth."

2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1

^6:14Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what communion has light with darkness? ^6:15What agreement has Messiah with Beliya`al? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever? ^6:16What agreement has a temple of G-d with idols? For you are a temple of the living G-d. Even as G-d said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their G-d, and they will be my people." ^6:17Therefore,

 "'Come out from among them,
      And be separate,' says the Lord,

 'Touch no unclean thing.
      I will receive you.

 ^6:18I will be to you a Father.
      You will be to me sons and daughters,'

says the Lord Almighty."

^7:1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of G-d.