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Exodus · read by G.W. North
324 verses, in order. Only the verses G.W. read aloud are shown.
Exodus 1
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"When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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The midwives answered Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.Read from KJV · A Reluctant God
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Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: "Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
Exodus 2
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and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.Read from KJV · A Reluctant God
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But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrew children."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?"Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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"Go ahead," Pharaoh's daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy's mother.Read from KJV · A Reluctant God
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Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages." So the woman took the boy and nursed him.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, "I drew him out of the water."Read from KJV · A Reluctant God
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One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, "Why are you attacking your companion?"Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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But the man replied, "Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian? " Then Moses was afraid and thought, "This thing I have done has surely become known."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.Read from ESV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, "Why have you returned so early today?"Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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"An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds," they replied. "He even drew water for us and watered the flock."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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"So where is he?" their father asked. "Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.Read from KJV · A Reluctant God
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And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, "I have become a foreigner in a foreign land."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Read from ESV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
Exodus 3
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Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.Read from NKJV · A Reluctant God
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There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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So Moses thought, "I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?"Read from KJV · A Reluctant God
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When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, "Moses, Moses!" "Here I am," he answered.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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"Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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Then He said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.Read from KJV · A Reluctant God
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The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.Read from KJV · The Promised Land
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I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Read from KJV · Sanctification
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And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt."Read from KJV · Sanctification
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But Moses asked God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"Read from NKJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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"I will surely be with you," God said, "and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain."Read from KJV · Sanctification
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God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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God also told Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.Read from KJV · Sanctification
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And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians."Read from KJV · Sanctification
Exodus 4
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Then Moses answered, "What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you.'"Read from KJV · Sanctification
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"This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you."Read from KJV · Sanctification
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Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, "Put your hand inside your cloak. " So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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"Put your hand back inside your cloak," said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.Read from KJV · Sanctification
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And the LORD said, "If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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And the LORD said to him, "Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say."Read from KJV · Sanctification
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Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, "Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.Read from KJV · A Reluctant God
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He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 2
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Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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The LORD instructed Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.Read from KJV · Foretaste of Hell
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Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: 'Israel is My firstborn son,Read from KJV · Foretaste of Hell
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and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!'"Read from KJV · Go Forward
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Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.Read from KJV · Go Forward
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But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin, and touched it to Moses' feet. "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me," she said.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
Exodus 5
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"The God of the Hebrews has met with us," they answered. "Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
Exodus 6
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But the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.Read from NKJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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Therefore tell the Israelites: 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!'"Read from KJV · Foretaste of Hell
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Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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"Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land."Read from KJV · Foretaste of Hell
Exodus 7
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The LORD answered Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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"When Pharaoh tells you, 'Perform a miracle,' you are to say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,' and it will become a serpent."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron's staff swallowed up the other staffs.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.Read from ESV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
Exodus 8
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So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.Read from ESV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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But Moses replied, "It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
Exodus 9
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.'"Read from KJV · Redemption
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Those among Pharaoh's officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
Exodus 10
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"We will go with our young and old," Moses replied. "We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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Then Pharaoh told them, "May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.Read from KJV · Foretaste of Hell
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No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting." And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh's presence.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind."Read from KJV · Redemption
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But Moses replied, "You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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"As you say," Moses replied, "I will never see your face again."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
Exodus 11
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.' Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.Read from KJV · Foretaste of Hell
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And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, 'Go, you and all the people who follow you!' After that, I will depart." And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh's presence.Read from KJV · Foretaste of Hell
Exodus 12
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"This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.Read from KJV · The Lamb
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If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.Read from KJV · The Lamb
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You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.Read from KJV · The Lamb
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They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.Read from KJV · The Lamb
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They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.Read from KJV · Redemption
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This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD's Passover.Read from KJV · The Lamb
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On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.Read from KJV · The Lamb
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Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, "Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.Read from KJV · The Lamb
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Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.Read from KJV · The Lamb
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When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.Read from KJV · The Lamb
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And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.Read from KJV · The Lamb
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When your children ask you, 'What does this service mean to you?'Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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you are to reply, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.'" Then the people bowed down and worshiped.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.Read from KJV · Foretaste of Hell
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During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.Read from KJV · The Lamb
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And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. "For otherwise," they said, "we are all going to die!"Read from KJV · Redemption
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So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses' word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.Read from KJV · Redemption
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And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.Read from KJV · Redemption
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Now the duration of the Israelites' stay in Egypt was 430 years.Read from KJV · Foretaste of Hell
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At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD's divisions went out of the land of Egypt.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 3
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Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.Read from KJV · Foretaste of Hell
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But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.Read from KJV · Redemption
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A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD's Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
Exodus 13
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"Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast."Read from KJV · Go Forward
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So Moses told the people, "Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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And on that day you are to explain to your son, 'This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'Read from KJV · Go Forward
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It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.Read from KJV · Go Forward
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you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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In the future, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you are to tell him, 'With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.'Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, "If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.Read from KJV · Spirit, Water, Blood
Exodus 14
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For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, 'They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.'Read from KJV · Redemption
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And I will harden Pharaoh's heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD." So this is what the Israelites did.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 4
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When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, "What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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They said to Moses, "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.Read from KJV · Go Forward
Exodus 15
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Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?Read from KJV · Fearful in Praises
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Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.Read from KJV · Go Forward
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And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
Exodus 16
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And Moses added, "The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD."Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place."Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
Exodus 17
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Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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So the people contended with Moses, "Give us water to drink." "Why do you contend with me?" Moses replied. "Why do you test the LORD?"Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: "Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?"Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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Then Moses cried out to the LORD, "What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!"Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
Exodus 18
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Now Moses' father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.Read from KJV · Go Forward
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After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,Read from NKJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, "The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 5
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Moses' father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses' wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.Read from KJV · Go Forward
Exodus 19
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In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, "This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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'You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites."Read from KJV · The Covenant 2 - Moses
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Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.Read from KJV · Know God
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Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.Read from KJV · Know God
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And as the sound of the ram's horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
Exodus 20
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"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.Read from KJV · Go Up Into God
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but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.Read from KJV · Heredity - Part 3
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Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.Read from ESV · Gospel of John (Study 19 of 24, Chap 9 Start)
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When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram's horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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"Speak to us yourself and we will listen," they said to Moses. "But do not let God speak to us, or we will die."Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "This is what you are to tell the Israelites: 'You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
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You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.Read from KJV · Keep the Charge
Exodus 24
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Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him."Read from KJV · Know God
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When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: "All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do."Read from KJV · Know God
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And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.Read from KJV · The Tabernacle
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Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.Read from KJV · The Tabernacle
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Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient."Read from KJV · Know God
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So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words."Read from KJV · Know God
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and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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And he said to the elders, "Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.Read from KJV · Know God
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Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.Read from KJV · Know God
Exodus 25
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"Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.Read from KJV · Know God
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And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.Read from NKJV · A Willing Heart
Exodus 29
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Then present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.Read from KJV · Priesthood
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Take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastplate. Fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband.Read from KJV · Priesthood
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Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.Read from KJV · Priesthood
Exodus 30
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Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.Read from KJV · Priesthood
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the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.Read from KJV · Priesthood
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And you are to tell the Israelites, 'This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.Read from KJV · Priesthood
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Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.'"Read from KJV · Priesthood
Exodus 31
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When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
Exodus 32
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Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, "Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!"Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation."Read from KJV · Intercession
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But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, "O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?Read from KJV · Intercession
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Why should the Egyptians declare, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth'? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.Read from KJV · Intercession
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The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.Read from KJV · Know God
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So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, "Whoever is for the LORD, come to me." And all the Levites gathered around him.Read from KJV · Know God
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He told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.'"Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.Read from KJV · Know God
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Afterward, Moses said, "Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 6
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So Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.Read from KJV · Face to Face
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Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written."Read from KJV · Know God
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The LORD replied to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.Read from KJV · Face to Face
Exodus 33
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, 'I will give it to your descendants.'Read from KJV · Know God
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And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Read from NASB1995 · Know God
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Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way."Read from KJV · Know God
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So the Israelites stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.Read from KJV · Face to Face
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Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?"Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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So the LORD said to Moses, "I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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"I will cause all My goodness to pass before you," the LORD replied, "and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.Read from KJV · Face to Face
Exodus 34
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Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.Read from KJV · Face to Face
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No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations."Read from KJV · Face to Face
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Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
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And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
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And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
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For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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And after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.Read from KJV · Face to Face
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But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 7
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and the Israelites would see that the face of Moses was radiant. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.Read from KJV · Face to Face
Exodus 35
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Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, "These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
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Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
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And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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Then Moses said to the Israelites, "See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
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to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
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And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
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He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
Exodus 36
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"So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their workRead from KJV · A Willing Heart
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and said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do."Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: "No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing more,Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
Exodus 39
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They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
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So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
Exodus 40
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"On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
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Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8
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Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.Read from KJV · A Willing Heart
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For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 8