Then his sister positioned herself some distance away in order to find out what would happen to him.

The LORD told Aaron, "Go meet Moses in the desert." So Aaron went, found him at the mountain of God, and embraced him.

Go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work quotas won't be reduced at all.'"

So send for your livestock and everything that belongs to you that's out in the field, because every person and animal found in the field that has not been brought inside to shelters will die when the hail comes down on them."'"

For seven days leaven is not to be found in your houses. Indeed, any person who eats anything leavened, is to be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether an alien or a native of the land.

Then Moses led Israel from the Reed Sea and they went to the desert of Shur. They traveled into the desert for three days and did not find water.

Moses said, "Eat it today, since today is a Sabbath to the LORD, and today you won't find it in the field.

Nevertheless, that seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find any.

"If a thief is found while breaking into a house, and is struck down and dies, it is not a capital crime in that case,

If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession, whether an ox, a donkey or a sheep, he is to repay double.

"When a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and it's stolen from the neighbor's house, the thief, if found, is to repay double.

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house is to appear before the judges to see whether or not the thief took his neighbor's property.

Moses told the LORD, "Look, you have told me, "Bring up this people,' but you haven't let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, "I know you by name,' and also, "You have found favor in my sight.'

Now, if I've found favor in your sight, please show me your ways so I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. And remember, this nation is your people."

The LORD told Moses, "I'll do the very thing that you have said, because you have found favor in my sight and I know you by name."

He said, "If I've found favor in your sight, Lord, please, Lord, walk among us. Certainly this is an obstinate people, but pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your own inheritance."