Consecration of the firstborn 1 The Lordsaid to Moses, 2 ‘Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human…

1 Then the Lordsaid to Moses, 2 ‘Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to camp by the sea,…

The song of Moses and Miriam 1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: ‘I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both…

Manna and quail 1 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of…

Water from the rock 1 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, travelling from place to place as the Lordcommanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there…

Jethro visits Moses 1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the…

At Mount Sinai 1 On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt – on that very day – they came to the Desert of Sinai….

The Ten Commandments 1 And God spoke all these words: 2 ‘I am the Lordyour God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 ‘You…

1 ‘These are the laws you are to set before them: Hebrew servants 2 ‘If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in…

Protection of property 1 ‘Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep…