But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them.

But require the same quota of bricks from them as they were making before; do not reduce it. For they are slackers—that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You cannot reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

And they did this. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and when he struck the dust of the earth, gnats were on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.

The only place it didn’t hail was in the land of Goshen where the Israelites were.

The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding,

but the wheat and the spelt were not destroyed since they are later crops.

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship Yahweh your God,” Pharaoh said. “But exactly who will be going?”

No, only the men may go and worship Yahweh, for that is what you have been asking for.” And they were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.

One person could not see another, and for three days they did not move from where they were. Yet all the Israelites had light where they lived.

The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out triumphantly.

As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians coming after them. Then the Israelites were terrified and cried out to the Lord for help.

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back with a powerful east wind all that night and turned the sea into dry land. So the waters were divided,

So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal depth. While the Egyptians were trying to escape from it, the Lord threw them into the sea.

He threw Pharaoh’s chariots
and his army into the sea;
the elite of his officers
were drowned in the Red Sea.

Then they came to Elim, where there were 12 springs of water and 70 date palms, and they camped there by the waters.

When the layer of dew evaporated, there were fine flakes on the desert surface, as fine as frost on the ground.

“You must not exploit a foreign resident or oppress him, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

You must not oppress a foreign resident; you yourselves know how it feels to be a foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

So all the people took off the gold rings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.

Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides—inscribed front and back.

The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God’s writing, engraved on the tablets.

Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them get out of control, resulting in weakness before their enemies.

The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone! They were afraid to come near him.

And all the women whose hearts were moved spun the goat hair by virtue of their skill.

Then all the craftsmen who were doing all the work for the sanctuary came one by one from the work they were doing

The materials were sufficient for them to do all the work. There was more than enough.

There were two tenons connected to each other for each plank. He did the same for all the planks of the tabernacle.

They were paired at the bottom and joined together at the top in a single ring. This is what he did with both of them for the two corners.

So there were eight planks with their 16 silver bases, two bases under each one.

He made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the posts.

together with its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.

They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.

The rings were next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It was this way for the six branches that extended from the lampstand.

On the lampstand shaft there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with its calyxes and petals.

Their calyxes and branches were of one piece. All of it was a single hammered piece of pure gold.

He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it was 36 inches high. Its horns were of one piece.

He made horns for it on its four corners; the horns were of one piece. Then he overlaid it with bronze.

Then he made the courtyard. The hangings on the south side of the courtyard were of finely spun linen, 150 feet in length,

including their 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

The hangings on the north side were also 150 feet in length, including their 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

The hangings on the west side were 75 feet in length, including their 10 posts and 10 bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

The hangings on the east toward the sunrise were also 75 feet in length.

The hangings on one side of the gate were 22½ feet, including their three posts and three bases.

It was the same for the other side. The hangings were 22½ feet, including their three posts and three bases on both sides of the courtyard gate.

All the hangings around the courtyard were of finely spun linen.

The bases for the posts were bronze; the hooks and bands of the posts were silver; and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. All the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.

It had four posts, including their four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, and the bands as well as the plating of their tops were silver.

All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

The silver from those of the community who were registered was 7,544 pounds, according to the sanctuary shekel—

There were 7,500 pounds of silver used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from 7,500 pounds, 75 pounds for each base.

and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were surrounded with gold filigree in their settings.