Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

"When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live."

But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, "Why have you done this and let the boys live?"

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live."

A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi.

The Lord said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead."

Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi's life was 137 years.)

The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (The length of Kohath's life was 133 years.)

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records.

Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram's life was 137 years.)

Now Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' households of Levi according to their clans.

You will not eat anything made with yeast; in all the places where you live you must eat bread made without yeast.'"

By your loyal love you will lead the people whom you have redeemed; you will guide them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.

No hand will touch him -- but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.' When the ram's horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain."

and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

"Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

But if the servant should declare, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,'

But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,

If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

If the ox of one man injures the ox of his neighbor so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide its proceeds, and they will also divide the dead ox.

"You must not allow a sorceress to live.

"You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

They must not live in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."

Let them make for me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them.

"When you take a census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.

But he added, "You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live."

The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children's children, to the third and fourth generation."

He said, "See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.