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Exodus · read by John Piper
40 verses, in order. Only the verses John read aloud are shown.
Exodus 1
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These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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"Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country."Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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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 ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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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 ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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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 ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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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 ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.Read from ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
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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 ESV · Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
Exodus 3
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Then Moses asked God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is His name?' What should I tell them?"Read from ESV · The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World
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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 NASB1995 · (Biographies) John Calvin
Exodus 4
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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 ESV · The Tsunami and the Sovereignty of God
Exodus 14
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The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."Read from ESV · God Works for Those Who Wait for Him (Video)
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 ESV · Our Only Hope In The Wilderness
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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 ESV · Our Only Hope In The Wilderness
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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 ESV · Our Only Hope In The Wilderness
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And the LORD said to Moses, "Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.Read from ESV · Our Only Hope In The Wilderness
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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 ESV · Our Only Hope In The Wilderness
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He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"Read from ESV · Our Only Hope In The Wilderness
Exodus 19
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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 ESV · Our Only Hope In The Wilderness
Exodus 20
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For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.Read from ESV · Is There a 'Lord's Day'?
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"Do not be afraid," Moses replied. "For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning."Read from ESV · A Woman Who Fears the Lord Is to Be Praised