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Exodus · read by Lawrence Chambers
26 verses, in order. Only the verses Lawrence read aloud are shown.
Exodus 1
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The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.Read from KJV · Tabernacle Background
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Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,Read from KJV · Tabernacle Background
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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 KJV · Tabernacle Background
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Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.Read from KJV · Tabernacle Background
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"Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.Read from KJV · Tabernacle Background
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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 KJV · Tabernacle Background
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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 KJV · Tabernacle Background
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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 KJV · Tabernacle Background
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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 KJV · Tabernacle Background
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Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,Read from KJV · Tabernacle Background
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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 · Tabernacle Background
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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 · Tabernacle Background
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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 · Tabernacle Background
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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 · Tabernacle Background
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So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.Read from KJV · Tabernacle Background
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And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.Read from KJV · Tabernacle Background
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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 · Tabernacle Background
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 · Tabernacle Background
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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 KJV · Tabernacle Background
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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 · Tabernacle Background
Exodus 4
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And the LORD asked him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied.Read from KJV · Tabernacle Background
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"Throw it on the ground," said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.Read from KJV · Tabernacle Background
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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 · Tabernacle Background
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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 · Tabernacle Background
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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 · Tabernacle Background