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Original Earth <br/>In the beginning  God  <n>(prepared, formed, fashioned, and)</n> created  the heavens and the earth  <n>(perfect , complete and to be inhabited)</n>. 


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Chaotic Earth <br/>And the earth was <n>(became)</n> formless  <n>(without form or waste)</n>, and void , and darkness  <n>(wilderness)</n> was upon the face of the deep  <n>(abyss or frozen ice)</n>. And the Spirit of God  moved  <n>(hovering, brooding)</n>; <n>(the beginning of the heavens and earth which are now)</n> upon the face of the waters. <n>(Melted Ice)</n> 


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And God saw the light <n>(and the beauty of it)</n>, that it was  <n>(טוֹב, good  and fair; as the Greek καλὸν, fair and good)</n> <n>(suitable, pleasant and He approved it)</n>; and God divided <n>(separated)</n> the light  from <n>(between)</n> the darkness  <n>(made a division between the luminous and the dark element)</n>. 


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First Day<br/>And God  called the light Day, and the darkness  He called Night <n>(source of day, source of night)</n>. And the evening and the morning were  <n>(became)</n> the first day <n>(i.e., by this division is measured one divine day)</n>. 


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And God said, "Let there  be a firmament <n>(extension, expansion)</n>, <n>(the expanse of the sky)</n> in the midst  of the waters, and let it divide the waters <n>(below)</n> from the waters <n>(above)</n>." 


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And God made the firmament <n>(the expanse)</n>, and divided <n>(separated)</n> the waters  which were under the firmament from the waters  which were above  the firmament; and it  was so. 


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And God  called the firmament Heavens <n>(high, lofty)</n>. And the evening  and the morning were the second day. 


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And God said, "Let the waters  under the heaven be gathered together unto one <n>(of standing or holding)</n> place, and let the dry land  appear"; and it was so. 


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Second Day<br/>And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together <n>(combining of the accumulated)</n> of the <n>(combining of the accumulated)</n> waters  <n>(properly)</n>, He called Seas; and God saw  that it was good <n>(fitting, admirable and He approved it)</n>. 


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And God said, "Let the earth bring  forth <n>(grow tender)</n> grass, the herb  <n>(vegetation: plants)</n> yielding seed, and the fruit  tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth"; and it was so. 


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Third Day<br/>And the earth  brought forth grass, and herb  <n>(vegetation: plants)</n> yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind; and God saw that it was good <n>(suitable, admirable and He approved it)</n>. 


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And God said, "Let there  be lights  in the firmament  <n>(expanse)</n> of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let  them be for signs  <n>(things to come)</n>, <n>(tokens of God's provident care)</n>, and <n>(to mark)</n> for seasons  <n>(appointed times)</n>, and for days and years ; 


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and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth"; and it was so. 


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And God made two great lights: the greater light  <n>(the sun)</n> to rule the day, and the lesser light  <n>(the moon)</n> to rule  the night. He made the stars  also. 


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Fourth Day<br/>and to rule over  the day and over the night, and to divide <n>(separate)</n> the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good <n>(fitting, pleasant and He approved it)</n>. 


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And God said, "Let the waters  bring forth abundantly, the moving  <n>(swimming)</n> creature that has life  <n>(living soul)</n>,and fowl <n>(bird)</n> that may fly  above the earth in the open firmament  <n>(expanse)</n>  of heaven." 


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Fifth Day<br/>And God created  great whales <n>(sea monsters)</n> and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought  forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl <n>(bird)</n> after his kind; and God saw  that it was good <n>(suitable, admirable and He approved it)</n>. 


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And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful  and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl <n>(bird)</n> multiply on the earth." 


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And God said , "Let  the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind: cattle and creeping thing and <n>(wild)</n> beast of the earth after his kind"; and it was so. 


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Sixth Day<br/>And God made the <n>(wild)</n> beast  of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps upon the earth after his kind; and God saw that it was good <n>(fitting, pleasant and He approved it)</n>. 


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And God said, "Let Us  <n>(Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)</n> make  man in Our image  <n>(Spirit)</n>, after Our likeness ; and let them  have dominion  over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the <n>(tame)</n> beasts <n>(cattle)</n>, and overall the earth  and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth." 


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So God created man in His own image, in the image  <n>(Spirit)</n> of God created He him; male  and female  He created them . 


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And God blessed them, and God said unto them, "Be fruitful  and multiply, and replenish  <n>(fill again)</n> the earth, and subdue it  <n>(using all its vast resources in the service of God and man)</n>; and have dominion over  the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves  <n>(creeps)</n> upon the earth ." 


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And God said, "Behold, I have given  you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you  it shall be for meat <n>(food)</n>. 


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And to every beast  of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creeps upon the earth wherein there is life <n>(living soul)</n>, I have given every green herb for meat <n>(food)</n>"; and it was so. 


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Seventh Day<br/>And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good  <n>(suitable, pleasant and He approved it completely)</n>. And the  evening and the morning were the sixth day. 


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History of The Heavens and of The Earth<br/>Thus the  heavens and the earth <n>(which are now)</n> were finished, and all the host  of them. 


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And on  the seventh <n>(sixth)</n> day God  ended His work which He had made <n>(done)</n>; and He rested  <n>(ceased)</n> on the seventh day from all His work which He had made <n>(done)</n>.


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And God blessed  <n>(spoke good of)</n> the seventh day and sanctified <n>(set it apart as His own, and hallowed)</n> it, because in it He had rested <n>(ceased)</n> from all His work which God created and made <n>(to make)</n>. 


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These are the generations  of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD  God made the earth and the heavens, 


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and before every plant  of the field was in the earth, and before every herb of the field grew; for the LORD God had not  caused  it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till  the ground. 


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And the LORD God formed <n>(as a potter)</n> man  <n>(Adam)</n> of the dust  of the ground, and breathed  <n>(blew)</n> into his nostrils  the breath  of life; and man became a living  soul <n>(endowed with speech)</n>. 


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Life in God's of Eden <br/>And the LORD God planted a garden  eastward  in Eden <n>(delight)</n>, and there He put the  man <n>(Adam)</n> whom He had formed. 


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And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree  that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life  also in the midst <n>(center)</n> of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil . 


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And a river  went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted and became four heads. 


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The name of the first is Piston; that is it which compasses the whole land of Havila  <n>(the region of sand)</n>, where there is gold. 


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And the name of the second river is Gijon; the same is it that compasses  the whole land of Ethiopia  <n>(Cush)</n>.


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And the name of the third river is Hidaka ; that is it which goes toward the east of  Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates .


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And the LORD God took the man <n>(Adam)</n> and put  him into the Garden of Eden to dress <n>(cultivate)</n> it and to keep it.


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And the LORD God  commanded the man <n>(Adam)</n>, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat ; 


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but of the tree  of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it. For in the day that you eat thereof, you shall surely  die ." 


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And the LORD God said, "It is not good  that the man <n>(Adam)</n> should be alone; I will  make him a helper <n>(wife)</n> meet for him." 


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And out  of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought  them unto Adam  <n>(the man)</n> to see what he would call them; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature <n>(soul)</n>, that was the name thereof. 


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And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but  for Adam there was not found a help meet <n>(counter part)</n> for him. 


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And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs <n>(curve, or a side)</n>, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. 


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And the rib which the LORD God had taken from man, He made  <n>(built flesh upon it and formed)</n> a woman and brought  her unto the man <n>(Adam, and he awoke from his sleep, and behold a woman was standing before him)</n>. 


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And Adam said, "This is now bone  of my bones, and flesh  of my flesh; she shall be called Woman , because she was taken  out of Man." 


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Therefore shall a man leave  his father and his mother, and shall cleave  <n>(joined)</n> unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh . 


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The Temptation and Fall of Man <br/>Now  the serpent  was <n>(became)</n> more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made <n>(in the earth)</n>. And he <n>(Satan, through the serpent)</n> said  unto the woman <n>(to incite them to transgress the command of God)</n>, "Has  God said, `You shall not eat of every tree of the garden '?" 


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but  of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, `You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch  it, lest you die.'" 


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for God  does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your  eyes  shall be opened, and you shall be as gods , knowing  good and evil." 


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And when the woman saw  <n>(by listened to the voice of the serpent)</n>, that the tree <n>(of knowledge)</n> was good for food, and that it was pleasant  to the eyes , and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she <n>(transgressed the word of God by)</n> taking the fruit from <n>(the tree of the knowledge of good and evil)</n> and ate , and <n>(went to)</n> give also unto her husband with her; and he ate . 


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And <n>(then)</n> the  eyes of them both were opened, and they knew  that they were naked; and they  sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves loincloths <n>(aprons, a belt for the waist)</n>. 


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And they  heard the voice  <n>(sound)</n> of the LORD God, walking in the garden in the cool of the day . And Adam and his wife hid  themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 


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And the LORD God called unto Adam and said unto him, "Where are you?" <n>(For He knew what they have done)</n>. 


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And he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was  afraid because  I was naked; and I hid myself." 


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And He said, "Who told you  that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree whereof I commanded you that you should not eat?" 


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And the LORD God said unto the woman, "What  is this that you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent  <n>(Satan)</n> beguiled me, and I ate." 


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And the LORD God said unto the serpent, "Because you have done this, you are  cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. Upon your belly shall you go, and dust  shall you eat all the days of your life. 


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And I will put enmity  <n>(hatred)</n> between you and the woman, and between your <n>(Satan's)</n> seed  and her Seed ; Christ shall bruise  your head <n>(vital part)</n>, and you shall  bruise His heel <n>(lower part)</n>." 


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Unto the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception <n>(pregnancy)</n>. In sorrow  <n>(painful toil)</n> you shall bring forth children; and your desire  shall be <n>(subject)</n> to your husband, and he shall rule  over you." 


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And unto Adam He said, "Because  you have hearkened unto the voice of your wife, and have  eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, `You shall not eat of it,' cursed  <n>(nature affected)</n> is the ground for your sake; in sorrow  shall you eat of it all the days of your life. 


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In the  sweat of your face <n>(whole body)</n> shall you eat bread till  you return unto the ground, for out of it were you taken; for dust  you are, and unto  dust shall you return." 


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And the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become as one  of Us , to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree  of life, and eat  and live forever"-- 


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therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till  the ground from where he was taken.


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So He drove out the man; and He placed <n>(to dwell)</n> at the east  of the Garden of Eden Cherubim  and a flaming  sword which turned every way, to keep  the way of the tree of life. 


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Cain and Abel <br/>And Adam knew  Eve his wife; and she conceived and bore <n>(two sons and three daughters, the first is)</n> Cain, and said, "I have  gotten <n>(acquired)</n> a man from the LORD." 


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And she again bore his brother Abel . And Abel  was a keeper  <n>(feeder)</n> of sheep, but Cain was a tiller  of the ground. 


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And in process of time  <n>(a few years)</n> it came to pass that Cain brought of the <n>(inferior)</n> fruit  of the ground an offering unto the LORD.


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And Abel also brought of the firstlings  of his flock and of the fat  thereof. And the LORD had  respect unto Abel and to his offering;


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but unto  Cain and to his offering He had not respect <n>(did not incline to it)</n>. And Cain was very angry  <n>(jealous)</n> , and his countenance fell. 


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If you do well , shall you not be accepted?  And if you do not well, sin lies at the door . And unto you  shall be his desire, and you shall rule over him." 


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Cain Murders Abel<br/>And Cain talked  with Abel his brother<WG60001>; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose  up against Abel his brother and slew him. 


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And the LORD <n>(knew what Cain had done to his brother, and the He appeared to Cain and)</n> said unto him, "Where is Abel  your brother? <n>(that was with you)</n>" And he said, "I know not . Am I my brother's keeper? " 


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And He said, "What have you  done? The voice of your brother's blood cries  unto Me from the ground <n>(from where you have slain him)</n>. <WG60002> 


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And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened  her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand, <n>(and wherein you did bury him)</n>. 


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When you till the ground, it shall not  henceforth yield unto you her strength<WG60003>. A fugitive  and a vagabond shall you be on the earth." 


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Behold, You have driven  me out this day from the face of the earth, and from Your  face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive  and a vagabond on the earth. And it shall come to pass that everyone  who finds me shall slay me." 


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And the LORD said unto him, "Therefore whosoever  slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold ." And the LORD set a mark  upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 


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The Family of Cain<br/>And <n>(at that time)</n> Cain went out  from the presence of the LORD, <n>(from the place where he was, and he went moving and wandering)</n> and dwelt in the land of Nod  toward the east of Eden, <n>(he and all belonging to him)</n> 


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And Cain knew his wife <n>(in those days)</n>, and she conceived and bore <n>(a son named)</n> Enoch  <n>(saying, "In that time the Lord began to give him rest and quiet in the earth.")</n>. And he  built a city, and called the name  of the city after the name of his son, Enoch; <n>(for in those days the Lord had given him rest upon the earth, and he did not move about and wander as in the beginning.)</n> 


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And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot <n>(fathered)</n> Mehujael, and Mehujael begot <n>(fathered)</n> Methushael, and Methushael begot <n>(fathered)</n> Lamech . 


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And Lamech took unto him two wives : the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 


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And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father  <n>(the inventor or teacher)</n> of those who dwell  in tents, and of those who have cattle. 


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And Zillah, she also bore Tubalcain, an instructor <n>(whetter)</n> of every artificer in brass  and iron; and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. 


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And Lamech said unto his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice ; you wives of Lamech, listen unto my speech! For I have <n>(would)</n> slain <n>(slay)</n> a man for my wounding , and a young man for my hurt. 


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A New Son<br/>And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son and called  his name Seth. "For God ," said she, "has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew <n>(killed)</n>." 


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And to Seth  also there was born a son, and he called his name Enosh . Then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. 


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The Family of Adam<br/>This is the book  of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness  of God made He him. 


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Male  and female created He them, and blessed them and called their  name Adam in the day when they were created. 


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And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> a son in his  own likeness, after his image, and called  his name Seth. 


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And the  days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years; and he  begot sons and daughters.


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And Seth lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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And Enosh lived after he begot  <n>(fathered)</n> Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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And Cainan lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begot  <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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And Mahalaleel lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot  <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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And Jared lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Enoch eight hundred years, and begot  <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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And Enoch walked with God after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Methuselah three hundred years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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And Methuselah lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begot  <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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And he called  his name Noah, saying, "This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because  of the ground which the LORD has cursed." 


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And Lamech lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons  and daughters. 


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The Wickedness and Judgment of Man<br/>And it came to pass, when men began to multiply  on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them, 


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that the sons  of God saw  the daughters of men, that they  were fair; and they  took for themselves wives of all whom they chose. 


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And the LORD said, "My  Spirit shall not always strive with man, for he also is  flesh; yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years." 


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There were giants  on the earth in those days; and also after  that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men who were of old, men of  renown. 


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And GOD  saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagining  of the thoughts  <n>(purposes and desires)</n> of his heart was only evil continually <n>(every day)</n>. 


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And the LORD said, "I will  destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast , and the creeping thing and the fowls of the air, for I repent that I have made them." 


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Noah Pleases God<br/>These  are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just  man and perfect  <n>(uprigt)</n> in his generations, and Noah  walked with God . 


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And God  looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all  flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 


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Noah Prepares to Make the Ark<br/>And God said unto Noah, "The end  of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold , I will destroy them with  <n>(from)</n> the earth . 


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Make  you an ark of gopher wood; rooms <n>(nests)</n> shall you make in the ark, and shall cover  it within and without with pitch. 


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And this is the fashion which you shall make it of: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits , the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 


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A window  shall you make for the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it above; and the door  of the ark shall you set in the side thereof; with  lower, second, and third stories shall you make it. 


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And behold , I, even I, do bring  a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the  breath of life from under heaven; and everything that is on the earth shall die . 


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But with you will I establish  My covenant; and you shall come  into the ark, you and your sons, and your wife and your sons' wives with you. 


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And of every living thing of all flesh, two  of every sort shall you bring into the ark to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. 


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Of fowls  after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two  of every sort shall come unto you to keep them alive. 


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And take you unto you of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to you; and it shall be food for you and for them." 


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Thus did Noah <n>(worked)</n>; according to all that God commanded him, so he did <n>(the work of God)</n>. 


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The Great Flood<br/>And the LORD said unto Noah, "You and all your house come  into the ark, for I have seen that you are  righteous before Me in this generation. 


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Of every clean  beast you shall take to you by sevens, the male and his female; and of beasts that are not  clean by two, the male and his female. 


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Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 


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For  yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days  and forty nights, and every  living substance that I have made will I destroy  <n>(blot out)</n> from off the face of the earth." 


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And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 


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Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls and of everything that creeps upon the earth, 


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there went in two by two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female as God had commanded Noah. 


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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, that same day were all  the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows  <n>(flood gates)</n> of heaven were opened. 


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With-in the same day , Noah, and Shem  and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark-- 


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they , and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 


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And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as  God had commanded him; and the  LORD shut him in. 


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And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. 


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And the waters prevailed  and were increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark  went upon the face of the waters. 


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And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills  that were under the whole heaven were covered. 


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And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl and of cattle and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, and every man: 


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And every living substance  was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man and cattle, and the creeping things and the fowl of the heaven, and they were destroyed from the earth. And Noah  only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 


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Noah's Deliverance<br/>And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged. 


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The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. 


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The Flood Waters Recede<br/>And the waters returned <n>(receded)</n> from off the earth continually, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. 


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And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 


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And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. 


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And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. 


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And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 


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Also he sent forth a dove from him to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;


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but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. 


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And the dove came in to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 


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And he stayed yet another seven days and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him anymore. 


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And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. 


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Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, both of fowl and of cattle and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth." 


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Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creeps upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. 


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God's Covenant with Creation <br/>And Noah built an altar unto the LORD, and took of every clean beast and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 


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And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done. 


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While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." 


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God's Promise to Noah<br/>And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth. 


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And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moves upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 


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Every moving thing that lives shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.


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And surely your blood of your lives will I require. At the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 


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and with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you, from all that go out of the ark to every beast of the earth. 


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And I will establish My covenant with you: Neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there anymore be a flood to destroy the earth." 


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And God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 


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I do set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth. 


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And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud. 


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And I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 


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The Rainbow an Everlasting Covenant<br/>And the rainbow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." 


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And God said unto Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth." 


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Noah and His Sons<br/>And the sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.


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And Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 


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God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant." 


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Nations That Descended from Noah<br/>Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the flood. 


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By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided into their lands, everyone after his own tongue, according to their families, into their nations. 


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And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. 


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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD." 


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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 


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and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.


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And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you come to Gerar, unto Gaza; and as you go unto Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah and Zeboiim, even unto Lasha. 


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These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their countries and in their nations. 


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Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 


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And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 


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These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, according to their nations. 


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These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and by these were the nations divided on the earth after the flood. 


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And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 


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And they said one to another, "Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. 


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And they said, "Come, let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." 


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And the LORD said, "Behold, the people are one and they have all one language, and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be withheld from them which they have imagined to do. 


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Come, let Us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." 


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So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off building the city.


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Therefore is the name of it called Babel <n>(that is, Confusion)</n>, because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 


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Shem's Descendants<br/>These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old and begot <n>(fathered)</n> Arphaxad two years after the flood;


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and Shem lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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and Arphaxad lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Salah four hundred and three years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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and Salah lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Eber four hundred and three years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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and Eber lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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and Peleg lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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and Reu lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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and Serug lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Nahor two hundred years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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and Nahor lived after he begot <n>(fathered)</n> Terah one hundred and nineteen years, and begot <n>(fathered)</n> sons and daughters. 


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Terah's Descendants<br/>Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot <n>(fathered)</n> Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot <n>(fathered)</n> Lot. 


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And Abram and Nahor took for themselves wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 


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And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran and dwelt there. 


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God Speaks to Abram about his Promises<br/>Now the LORD had said <n>(rather, said)</n> unto Abram, "Get you <n>(for yourself, לְךָ)</n> out of your country, and from your kindred and from your father's house, unto a land that I will show you <n>(through a revelation)</n>. 


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And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. 


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And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you; and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed  <n>(not bless themselves, which is expressed by the use of the Hithpael)</n>." 


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So Abram departed <n>(went forth)</n> as the LORD had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 


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And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance <n>(gains)</n> that they had gathered, and the souls <n>(all the living)</n> whom they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan, and into the land of Canaan they came. 


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And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the plain <n>(grove)</n> of Moreh <n>(teacher, owner)</n>. And the Canaanites were then <n>(already)</n> in the land. 


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And the LORD appeared unto Abram and said, "Unto your seed will I give this land." And <n>(Although)</n> there built he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 


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And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel <n>(house of God)</n> and pitched his tent, having Bethel <n>(now Beitin)</n> on the west <n>(seawards)</n> and Ai <n>(Hai heaps)</n> on the east; and there he built an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. 


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Abram in Egypt<br/>And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land. 


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And it came to pass, when he had come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, "Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon <n>(or of fair appearance)</n>. 


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Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see you, that they shall say, `This is his wife'; and they will kill me, but they will save you alive. 


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Say, I pray you, you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and my soul shall live because of you." 


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And it came to pass, when Abram had come into Egypt, that the Egyptians beheld the woman, that she was very fair. 


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The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh <n>(Fürst, פֶרַע)</n>; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 


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And he treated Abram well for her sake; and he had sheep <n>(small cattle)</n> and oxen and male donkeys <n>(he-Asses)</n>, and menservants and maidservants, and female donkeys <n>(she-Asses)</n> and camels. 


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And Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this that you have done unto me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 


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Why did you say, `She is my sister,' so I might have taken her to me for a wife? Now therefore behold your wife; take her and go your way." 


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And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.


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Abram Inherits Canaan<br/>And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 


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And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 


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unto the place of the altar which he had made there at the first; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.


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And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 


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And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle; and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled then in the land.


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And Abram said unto Lot, "Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. 


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Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself, I pray you, from me. If you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left." 


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And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere <n>(before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah)</n>, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you come unto Zoar. 


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Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east, and they separated themselves the one from the other. 


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Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 


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And the LORD said unto Abram after Lot was separated from him, "Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you art, northward and southward and eastward and westward; 


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And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed <n>(descendants)</n> also be numbered. 


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Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it, for I will give it unto you." 


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Then Abram removed his tent and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. 


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Lot's Captivity and Rescue<br/>And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, 


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that these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 


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And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 


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And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites and also the Amorites, who dwelt in Hazezontamar. 


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And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela <n>(the same is Zoar)</n>, and they joined battle with them in the Valley of Siddim, 


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against Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and against Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar -- four kings against five. 


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And the Valley of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there, and those who remained fled to the mountain. 


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And there came one who had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt on the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. 


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And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house <n>(three hundred and eighteen)</n>, and pursued them unto Dan. 


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And he divided himself against them, he and his servants by night, and smote them and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 


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And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot and his goods, and the women also and the people. 


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And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh <n>(which is the King's Dale)</n> after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings who were with him.


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Abram and Melchizedek<br/>And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was the priest of the Most High God .


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And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth; 


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and blessed be the Most High God, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." And he gave him tithes of all. 


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And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up mine hand unto the LORD, the Most High God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 


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that I will not take from a thread even to a shoe strap, and that I will not take any thing that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich'" 


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except only that which the young men have eaten and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion." 


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God's Covenant <n>(Promise)</n> with <n>(to)</n> Abram <br/>After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, "Fear not, Abram. I am your shield and your exceeding great reward." 


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And Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?" 


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And behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, "This shall not be your heir, but he that shall come forth out of your own loins shall be your heir." 


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And He brought him forth outdoors and said, "Look now toward heaven and count the stars, if you be able to number them." And He said unto him, "So shall your seed be." 


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And He said unto him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it." 


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And He said unto him, "Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a female goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 


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And he took unto Him all these, and divided them in the midst and laid each piece one against another; but the birds divided he not. 


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And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. 


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And He said unto Abram, "Know of a surety that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. 


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And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 


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But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full." 


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And it came to pass that when the sun went down and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a burning lamp passed between those pieces. 


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On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "Unto your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the River Euphrates: 


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Hagar and Ishmael<br/>Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 


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And Sarai said unto Abram, "Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. I pray you, go in unto my maid. It may be that I may obtain children by her." And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 


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And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 


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And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 


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And Sarai said unto Abram, "My wrong be upon you. I have given my maid into your bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you." 


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But Abram said unto Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her as it pleases you." And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her face. 


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And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur. 


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And he said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, when came you? And where will you go?" And she said, "I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai." 


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And the angel of the LORD said unto her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands." 


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And the angel of the LORD said unto her, "I will multiply your seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude." 


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And the angel of the LORD said unto her, "Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son and shall call his name Ishmael <n>(that is, God shall hear)</n>, because the LORD has heard your affliction. 


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And he will be a wild man. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren." 


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And she called the name of the LORD who spoke unto her: "You God see me." For she said, "Have I also here looked upon Him that see me?" 


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Therefore the well was called Beerlahairoi <n>(that is, The well of Him that lives and see me)</n>. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 


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The Sign of Gods Covenant <n>(Promise)</n> to Abraham<br/>And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram and said unto him, "I am the Almighty God. Walk before Me, and be you perfect. 


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Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you. 


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And I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you. 


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And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto you and to your seed after you. 


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And I will give unto you and to your seed after you the land wherein you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God ." 


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And God said unto Abraham, "You shall keep My covenant, therefore, you and your seed after you in their generations. 


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This is My covenant which you shall keep between Me and you and your seed <n>(posterity)</n> after you: every man-child among you shall be circumcised.


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And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between Me and you.


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And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man-child in your generations, he that is born in the house or bought with money from any stranger who is not of your seed. 


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He that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money must be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.


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And the uncircumcised man-child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant." 


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And God said unto Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 


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And I will bless her and give you a son also by her. Yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her." 


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Then Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?" 


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And God said, "Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 


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And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. Twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 


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But My covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto you at this set time in the next year." 


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And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 


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And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money from the stranger, were circumcised with him. 


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The Son of Promise<br/>And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. 


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And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood by him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground 


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and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, pass not away, I pray you, from your servant. 


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and I will fetch a morsel of bread and comfort you your hearts. After that you shall pass on, for therefore are you come to your servant." And they said, "So do, as you have said." 


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And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, "Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth." 


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And Abraham ran unto the herd and fetched a calf, tender and good, and gave it unto a young man, and he hastened to dress it. 


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And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate. 


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A Son Is Promised<br/>And he said, "I will certainly return unto you according to the time of life; and lo, Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah heard it from the tent door, which was behind him. 


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Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age, and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 


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Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?" 


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And the LORD said unto Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, `Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?' 


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Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son." 


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Then Sarah denied, saying, "I laughed not," for she was afraid. And He said, "Nay, but you did laugh." 


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Abraham Intercedes for Sodom<br/>And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 


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seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 


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For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD to do justice and judgment, that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which He has spoken of him." 


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I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which has come unto Me; and if not, I will know." 


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And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. 


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Perhaps there be fifty righteous within the city; will You also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?


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That be far from You to do in this manner -- to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" 


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And the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes." 


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And Abraham answered and said, "Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, I, who am but dust and ashes. 


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Perhaps there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; will You destroy all the city for lack of five?" And He said, "If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it." 


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And he spoke unto Him yet again and said, "Perhaps there shall be forty found there?" And He said, "I will not do it for forty's sake." 


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And he said unto Him, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Perhaps there shall thirty be found there." And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." 


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And he said, "Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Perhaps there shall be twenty found there." And He said, "I will not destroy it for twenty's sake." 


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And he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Perhaps ten shall be found there." And He said, "I will not destroy it for ten's sake." 


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And the LORD went His way, as soon as He had finished communing with Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place. 


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Sodom's Corruption<br/>And there came two angels to Sodom at evening, and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot, seeing them, rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 


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and he said, "Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early and go on your ways." And they said, "Nay, but we will remain in the street all night." 


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But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom -- both young and old, all the people from every quarter --compassed the house around. 


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And they called unto Lot and said unto him, "Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them." 


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Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man. Let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only unto these men do nothing, for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof." 


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And they said, "Stand back." And they said again, "This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will become a judge! Now will we deal worse with you than with them." And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 


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Two Evil <n>(Wicked)</n> Cities: Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed<br/>And the men said unto Lot, "Have you here any besides? Son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomsoever you have in the city -- bring them out of this place. 


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For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has waxed great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it." 


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And Lot went out and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, "Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!" But he seemed as one who mocked unto his sons-in-law. 


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And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city." 


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And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city. 


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And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that he said, "Escape for your life! Look not behind you, neither stay you in all the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed!" 


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Behold now, your servant has found grace in your sight, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die. 


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Behold now, this city is near enough to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh, let me escape thither, <n>(is it not a little one?)</n> and my soul shall live." 


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And he said unto him, "See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken. 


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Hasten you, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till you have come thither." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 


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and He overthrew those cities, and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 


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and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld. And lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 


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And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt. 


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The Descendants of Lot <br/>And Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt on the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 


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Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father." 


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And it came to pass on the morrow that the firstborn said unto the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also, and go you in and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father." 


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And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 


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And the firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.


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Abraham and Abimelech<br/>And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar. 


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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 


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But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, "Behold, you are but a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife." 


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Said he not unto me, `She is my sister'? And she, even she herself said, `He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands have I done this." 


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And God said unto him in a dream, "Yea, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, for I also withheld you from sinning against Me. Therefore I suffered you not to touch her. 


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Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live. And if you restore her not, know you that you shall surely die, you and all that are yours." 


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Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were sore afraid. 


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Then Abimelech called Abraham and said unto him, "What have you done unto us? And how have I offended you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds unto me that ought not to be done." 


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And Abraham said, "Because I thought surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wife's sake. 


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And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife. 


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And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, `This is your kindness which you shall show unto me: at every place where we shall come, say of me, "He is my brother."'" 


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And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and menservants and women servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife. 


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And unto Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, he is to you a covering of the eyes unto all who are with you and with all other." Thus she was reproved. 


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for the LORD had closed up fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. 


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Isaac Is Born<br/>And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as He had spoken. 


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For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 


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And she said, "Who would have said unto Abraham that Sarah should have given children suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age." 


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Hagar and Ishmael Depart<br/>And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 


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Therefore she said unto Abraham, "Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac." 


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And God said unto Abraham, "Let it not be grievous in your sight because of the lad, and because of your bondwoman. In all that Sarah has said unto you, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall your seed be called. 


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And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water; and he gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 


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And she went and sat down apart from him a good way off, as it were, a bowshot; for she said, "Let me not see the death of the child." And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept. 


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And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said unto her, "What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. 


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A Covenant with Abimelech<br/>And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the chief captain of his host, spoke unto Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you doest. 


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Now therefore swear unto me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto you, you shall do unto me and to the land wherein you have sojourned." 


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And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.


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And Abimelech said, "I know not who has done this thing; neither did you tell me, neither yet heard I of it until today." 


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And Abimelech said unto Abraham, "What mean these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves?" 


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And he said, "These seven ewe lambs shall you take from my hand, that they may be a witness unto me that I have dug this well." 


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Therefore he called that place Beersheba <n>(that is, The well of the oath)</n>, because there they swore, both of them. 


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Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 


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And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God . 


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Abraham's Faith Confirmed<br/>And it came to pass after these things, that God tested Abraham and said unto him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Behold, here I am." 


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Abraham Commanded to Offer Isaac<br/>And He said, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell you of." 


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And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he cleaved the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up and went unto the place of which God had told him. 


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And Abraham said unto his young men, "Abide you here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you." 


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And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand and a knife, and they went both of them together. 


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And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here am I, my son." And he said, "Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" 


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And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering." So they went both of them together. 


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And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 


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And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I." 


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And He said, "Lay not your hand upon the lad, neither do you anything unto him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me." 


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And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked; and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 


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And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh <n>([Yireh] that is, The LORD will provide)</n>; as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen." 


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in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. 


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So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. 


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The Family of Nahor<br/>And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold Milcah, she has also borne children unto your brother Nahor: 


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Sarah's Death and Burial<br/>And Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years old; these were the years of the life of Sarah.


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And Sarah died in Kirjatharba <n>(the same is Hebron)</n> in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.


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"I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me a possession for a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight." 


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"Hear us, my lord: You are a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchers bury your dead. None of us shall withhold from you his sepulcher, that you may bury your dead." 


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that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he has, which is in the end of his field. For as much money as it is worth he shall give it to me as a possession for a burying place amongst you." 


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And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying, 


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"Nay, my lord, hear me: The field give I you; and the cave that is therein, I give it to you. In the presence of the sons of my people give I it to you; bury your dead." 


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And he spoke unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But if you will give it, I pray you, hear me. I will give you money for the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there." 


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"My lord, hearken unto me: The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between me and you? Bury therefore your dead." 


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And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed the silver for Ephron which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth: four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 


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unto Abraham as a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city. 


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And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre <n>(the same is Hebron)</n> in the land of Canaan. 


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And the field and the cave that is therein were secured unto Abraham as a possession for a burying place by the sons of Heth.


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A Bride for Isaac<br/>And Abraham was old and well stricken in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.


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And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh; 


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and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. 


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And the servant said unto him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land. Must I bring your son again unto the land from where you came?" 


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The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke unto me and who swore unto me, saying, `Unto your seed will I give this land,' He shall send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from thence. 


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And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again." 


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And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter. 


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And the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master and departed, for all the goods of his master were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. 


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And he made his camels to kneel down outside the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. 


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And he said, "O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray You, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham. 


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Behold, I stand here by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water. 


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And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, `Let down your pitcher, I pray you, that I may drink,' and she shall say, `Drink, and I will give your camels drink also' -- let the same be she whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that You have shown kindness unto my master." 


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Rebekah Chosen as a Wife for Isaac<br/>And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 


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And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her; and she went down to the well and filled her pitcher and came up. 


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And the servant ran to meet her and said, "Let me, I pray you, drink a little water from your pitcher." 


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And she said, "Drink, my lord"; and she hastened and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 


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And when she had done giving him drink, she said, "I will draw water for your camels also, until they have done drinking." 


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And she hastened and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 


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And it came to pass, as the camels were done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, 


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And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not left destitute my master from His mercy and His truth. I, being on the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren." 


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And it came to pass, when he saw the earring, and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "Thus spoke the man unto me," that he came unto the man; and behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 


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And he said, "Come in, you blessed of the LORD. Why stand you outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels." 


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And the man came into the house; and he unloaded his camels, and gave straw and provender to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. 


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And there was meat set before him to eat; but he said, "I will not eat until I have told mine errand." And he said, "Speak on." 


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And the LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and menservants and maidservants, and camels and Asses. 


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And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old, and unto him has he given all that he has. 


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And my master made me swear, saying, `You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell; 


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And he said unto me, `The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house. 


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Then shall you be clear from this my oath when you come to my kindred; and if they give not you one, you shall be clear from my oath.' 


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and she say to me, "Both drink you, and I will also draw for your camels," let the same be the woman whom the LORD has appointed out for my master's son.' 


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And before I was done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well and drew water. And I said unto her, `Let me drink, I pray you.' 


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And she made haste and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, `Drink, and I will give your camels drink also'; so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 


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And I asked her and said, `Whose daughter are you?' And she said, `The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore unto him'; and I put the earring upon her face and the bracelets upon her hands. 


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And I bowed down my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son. 


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And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left." 


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And it came to pass, when Abraham's servant heard their words, that he worshiped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. 


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And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah; he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. 


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And they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and tarried all night; and they arose up in the morning, and he said, "Send me away unto my master." 


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And her brother and her mother said, "Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten. After that she shall go." 


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And he said unto them, "Hinder me not, seeing the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away, that I may go to my master." 


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And they blessed Rebekah and said unto her, "You are our sister; be you the mother of thousands of millions; and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them." 


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And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels and followed the man; and the servant took Rebekah and went his way. 


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And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide; and he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, the camels were coming. 


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For she had said unto the servant, "What man is this who walks in the field to meet us?" And the servant had said, "It is my master"; therefore she took a veil and covered herself. 


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And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. 


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And Jokshan begot <n>(fathered)</n> Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.


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And the sons of Midian: Ephah and Epher, and Hanoch and Abidah and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 


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Abraham's Death and Burial<br/>And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years. 


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the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. There was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 


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And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. 


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The Families of Ishmael and Isaac<br/>Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore unto Abraham. 


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And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam, 


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These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns and by their castles, twelve princes according to their nations. 


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And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people. 


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And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt as you go toward Assyria; and he died in the presence of all his brethren. 


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And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah for a wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister of Laban the Syrian. 


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Birth of Esau and Jacob<br/>And Isaac entreated <n>(pleaded)</n> the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 


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And the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it be so, why am I thus?" And she went to inquire of the LORD. 


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And the LORD said unto her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from your body; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people, and the elder shall serve the younger." 


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And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them. 


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And the boys grew. And Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. 


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Esau Sells His Birthright<br/>And Jacob boiled pottage; and Esau came from the field, and he was faint. 


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And Esau said to Jacob, "Feed me, I pray you, with that same red pottage, for I am faint"; therefore was his name called Edom. 


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And Esau said, "Behold, I am at the point of dying. And what profit shall this birthright be to me?" 


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And Jacob said, "Swear to me this day." And he swore unto him, and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 


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Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he ate and drank, and rose up and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. 


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Isaac and Abimelech<br/>And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar. 


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Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you. For unto you and unto your seed I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham your father. 


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And the men of the place asked him concerning his wife. And he said, "She is my sister"; for he feared to say, "She is my wife," lest, said he, "the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon." 


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And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out a window and saw, and behold, Isaac was frolicking with Rebekah his wife. 


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And Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, of a surety she is your wife; and how you said, `She is my sister'?" And Isaac said unto him, "Because I said, `Lest I die for her.'" 


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And Abimelech said, "What is this you have done unto us? One of the people might lightly have lain with your wife, and you should have brought guiltiness upon us." 


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And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, "He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death." 


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Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him. 


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For he had possession of flocks and possession of herds, and great store of servants; and the Philistines envied him. 


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For all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them and filled them with earth. 


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And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 


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And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." And he called the name of the well Esek <n>(that is, Contention)</n>, because they strove <n>(quarrelled, disputed, contended <n>(3's)</n>)</n> with him. 


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And they dug another well, and strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah <n>(that is, Hatred)</n>. 


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And he removed from thence, and dug another well, and for that they strove not; and he called the name of it Rehoboth <n>(that is, Room)</n>. And he said, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land." 


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And the LORD appeared unto him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for My servant Abraham's sake." 


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And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well. 


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Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath one of his friends and Phichol the chief captain of his army.


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And they said, "We saw certainly that the LORD was with you; and we said, `Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you, 


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that you will do us no hurt, as we have not touched you, and as we have done unto you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.'" 


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And they rose up early in the morning and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 


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And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said unto him, "We have found water." 


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And he called it Shebah <n>(that is, An oath)</n>; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba <n>(that is, The well of the oath)</n> unto this day. 


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And Esau was forty years old when he took for a wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, 


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Isaac Blesses Jacob<br/>And it came to pass that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son and said unto him, "My son." And he said unto him, "Behold, here am I." 


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Now therefore take, I pray you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and take me some venison. 


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And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die." 


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And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 


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And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak unto Esau your brother, saying, 


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`Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat and bless you before the LORD before my death.' 


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and you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat and that he may bless you before his death." 


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And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 


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My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing." 


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And his mother said unto him, "Upon me be your curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go, fetch me them." 


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And he went, and fetched and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved. 


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And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son; 


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And she gave the savory meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 


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And Jacob said unto his father, "I am Esau your firstborn; I have done according as you bade me. Arise, I pray you, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me." 


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And Isaac said unto his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" And he said, "Because the LORD your God brought it to me." 


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And Isaac said unto Jacob, "Come near, I pray you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you be my very son Esau or not." 


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And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau." 


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And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him. 


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And he said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you." And he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank. 


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Jacob Receives Isaac's Blessing<br/>And he came near, and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed. 


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Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you; be lord over your brethren, and let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you!" 


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Esau's Lost Hope<br/>And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 


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And he also had made savory meat, and brought it unto his father and said unto his father, "Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me." 


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And Isaac his father said unto him, "Who are you?" And he said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau." 


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And Isaac trembled exceedingly and said, "Who? Where is he that has taken venison and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yea, and he shall be blessed." 


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And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, "Bless me, even me also, O my father!" 


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And he said, "Is not he rightly named Jacob <n>(that is, A sub-planter)</n>? For he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing." And he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?" 


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And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him. And what shall I do now unto you, my son?" 


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And Esau said unto his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father!" And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. 


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And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, "Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above. 


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And by your sword shall you live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck." 


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Jacob Escapes from Esau<br/>And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then will I slay my brother Jacob." 


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And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, "Behold, your brother Esau does comfort himself concerning you, purposing to kill you. 


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until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forget that which you have done to him. Then I will send and fetch you from thence. Why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?" 


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And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these who are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?" 


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Jacob Sent to His Uncle Laban<br/>And Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him and said unto him, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 


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And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people; 


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and give you the blessing of Abraham to you and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land wherein you are a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham." 


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And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 


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Esau Marries Mahalath<br/>When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram to take him a wife from thence, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan," 


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And he alighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 


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And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 


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And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac: The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed. 


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And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 


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And behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places where you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken to you of." 


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And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I knew it not." 


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And he was afraid and said, "How fearsome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." 


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And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar and poured oil upon the top of it. 


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And he called the name of that place Bethel <n>(that is, The house of God)</n>; but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 


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And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, 


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And this stone which I have set for a pillar shall be God's house; and of all that You shall give me I will surely give a tenth unto You." 


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Jacob Meets Rachel<br/>Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 


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And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks; and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. 


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And thither were all the flocks gathered; and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 


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And he said unto them, "Is he well?" And they said, "He is well; and behold, Rachel his daughter comes  with the sheep." 


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And he said, "Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together. Water you the sheep, and go and feed them." 


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And they said, "We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and until they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep." 


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And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth and watered the flock of Laban, his mother's brother. 


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And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father. 


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And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 


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And Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." And he abode with him the space of a month. 


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Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel<br/>And Laban said unto Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nought? Tell me, what shall your wages be?" 


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And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 


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And Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Abide with me." 


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And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had for her. 


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And Jacob said unto Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her." 


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And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. 


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And it came to pass that in the morning, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban, "What is this you have done unto me? Did not I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you beguiled me?" 


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Fulfill her week, and we will give you this other also, for which service you shall serve with me yet seven other years." 


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The Children of Jacob<br/>And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. 


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And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben <n>(that is, See a son)</n>; for she said, "Surely the LORD has looked upon my affliction. Now therefore my husband will love me." 


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And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Because the LORD has heard that I was hated, He has therefore given me this son also." And she called his name Simeon <n>(that is, Hearing)</n>. 


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And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi <n>(that is, Joined)</n>. 


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And she conceived again and bore a son; and she said, "Now will I praise the LORD." Therefore she called his name Judah <n>(that is, Praise)</n>, and ceased bearing. 


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Jacob's Children<br/>And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said unto Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die." 


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And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, "Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?" 


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And she said, "Behold my maid Bilhah. Go in unto her, and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her." 


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And Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and has given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan <n>(that is, Judging)</n>. 


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And Rachel said, "With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed." And she called his name Naphtali <n>(that is, My wrestling)</n>. 


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When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob for a wife; 


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And Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed." And she called his name Asher <n>(that is, Happy)</n>. 


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And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Give me, I pray you, of your son's mandrakes." 


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But she said unto her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? And would you take away my son's mandrakes also?" And Rachel said, "Therefore he shall lie with you tonight, for your son's mandrakes." 


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And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come in unto me, for surely I have hired you with my son's mandrakes." And he lay with her that night. 


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And Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband." And she called his name Issachar <n>(that is, A hire)</n>. 


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And Leah said, "God has endued me with a good dowry. Now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." And she called his name Zebulun <n>(that is, Dwelling)</n>. 


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And she called his name Joseph <n>(that is, Adding)</n>, and said, "The LORD shall add to me another son." 


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Jacob's Agreement with Laban<br/>And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, "Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place and to my country. 


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And Laban said unto him, "I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, tarry; for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake." 


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And he said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock: 


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I will pass through all your flock today, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted animals, and all the brown animals among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire. 


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So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before your face: everyone that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me." 


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And he removed that day the male goats that were striped, streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, and everyone that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 


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And Jacob took rods of green poplar and of the hazel and chestnut tree, and peeled white strips in them and made the white appear which was in the rods. 


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And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the gutters, in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. 


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And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth animals striped, streaked, speckled and spotted. 


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And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped, streaked and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Alban’s flocks. 


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And it came to pass, whenever the stronger animals conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the animals in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 


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And the man increased exceedingly and had large flocks, and maidservants and menservants, and camels and Asses. 


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Jacob Leaves Laban<br/>And he heard the words of Alban’s sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's; and from that which was our father's has he gotten all this glory." 


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and said unto them, "I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. 


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And it came to pass at the time that the animals conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the animals were striped, streaked, speckled, and grizzled. 


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And he said, `Lift up now your eyes and see: all the rams which leap upon the animals are striped, streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban does unto you. 


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I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a vow unto Me. Now arise, get you out from this land, and return unto the land of your kindred.'" 


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And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 


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And he carried away all his flocks and all his goods which he had gotten, the flocks of his getting which he had gotten in Padanaram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 


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Jacob Flees from Laban<br/>So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount of Gilead. 


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And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, "Take heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad." 


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And Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives taken with the sword? 


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Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp, 


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It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke unto me last night, saying, `Take you heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.' 


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And now, though you would be gone, because you sorely longed after your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods?" 


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And Jacob answered and said to Laban, "Because I was afraid; for I said, `Perhaps you would take by force your daughters from me.' 


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And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents, but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 


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Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's saddle and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. 


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And she said to her father, "Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you, for the custom of women is upon me." And he searched, but found not the images. 


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And Jacob was angry, and chided Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me? 


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These twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten. 


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That which was torn by beasts I brought not unto you; I bore the loss of it. From my hand did you require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 


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Thus I was: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 


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Thus have I been twenty years in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flocks; and you have changed my wages ten times. 


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Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty. God has seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night." 


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Laban's Covenant with Jacob<br/>And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, "These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. And what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne? 


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Now therefore come you, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be a witness between me and you." 


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And Jacob said unto his brethren, "Gather stones"; and they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there upon the heap. 


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And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha <n>(that is, The heap of witness)</n>, but Jacob called it Galeed. 


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and Mizpah <n>(that is, A beacon or watchtower)</n>; for he said, "The LORD watch between me and you when we are absent one from another. 


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And Laban said to Jacob, "Behold this heap and behold this pillar, which I have cast between me and you. 


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This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and that you shall not pass beyond this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 


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The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. 


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Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they ate bread, and tarried all night on the mount. 


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And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them. And Laban departed, and returned unto his place. 


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And when Jacob saw them, he said, "This is God's host." And he called the name of that place Mahanaim <n>(that is, Two hosts or camps)</n>. 


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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 


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And he commanded them, saying, "Thus shall you speak unto my lord Esau, `Your servant Jacob says thus: I have sojourned with Laban and stayed there until now, 


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and I have oxen and Asses, flocks and menservants and women servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in your sight.'" 


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Esau Comes to Meet Jacob<br/>And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau, and also he comes  to meet you, and four hundred men with him." 


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Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and the camels into two bands. 


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And he said, "If Esau come to the one company and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape." 


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And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said unto me, `Return unto your country and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you'-- 


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I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown unto Your servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two bands. 


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Deliver me, I pray You, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me and the mother with the children. 


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And You said, `I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'" 


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And he lodged there that same night, and took from that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother: 


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thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten foals <n>(he-donkeys)</n>. 


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And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, "Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove." 


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And he commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, `Whose are you? And where you go? And whose are these before you?' 


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then you shall say, `They are your servant Jacob's. It is a present sent unto my lord Esau; and behold also, he is behind us.'" 


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And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, "In this manner shall you speak unto Esau when you find him. 


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And say you moreover, `Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.'" For he said, "I will appease him with the presents that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me." 


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Wrestling with God<br/>And he rose up that night, and took his two wives and his two women servants and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 


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And when the man saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with him. 


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And the man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." And he said, "I will not let you go, unless you bless me." 


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And he said, "Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a prince have you power with God and with men, and have prevailed." 


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And Jacob asked him, and said, "Tell me, I pray you, your name." And he said, "Why is it that you dost ask after my name?" And he blessed him there. 


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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel <n>(that is, The face of God)</n>: "For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." 


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Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. 


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Jacob and Esau Meet<br/>And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau came and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two handmaids. 


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And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost. 


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And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times until he came near to his brother. 


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Jacob and Esau Make Peace<br/>And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children, and said, "Who are those with you?" And he said, "The children which God has graciously given your servant." 


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And Leah also with her children came near and bowed themselves; and after these came Joseph and Rachel near, and they bowed themselves. 


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And he said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" And he said, "These are to find grace in the sight of my lord." 


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And Jacob said, "Nay, I pray you, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present at my hand; for therefore I have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you was pleased with me. 


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Take, I pray you, my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." And he urged him, and he took it. 


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And he said unto him, "My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 


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Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant; and I will lead on gently, according as the cattle that goes before me and the children are able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir." 


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And Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me." And he said, "What need is there? Let me find grace in the sight of my lord." 


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And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth <n>(that is, Booths)</n>. 


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Jacob Comes to Canaan<br/>And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram, and pitched his tent before the city. 


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And he bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money. 


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And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel <n>(that is, God, the God of Israel)</n>. 


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The Dinah Incident<br/>And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 


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And his soul cleaved unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel and spoke kindly unto the damsel. 


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And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob held his peace until they had come. 


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And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done. 


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And Hamor communed with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. I pray you give her to him for a wife; 


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And you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade you therein, and get you possessions therein." 


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And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, "Let me find grace in your eyes, and what you shall say unto me, I will give. 


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Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say unto me; but give me the damsel for a wife." 


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And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said -- because he had defiled Dinah their sister" 


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then will we give our daughters unto you; and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 


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But if you will not hearken unto us to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and we will be gone." 


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And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter; and he was more honorable than all the house of his father. 


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And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 


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"These men are peaceable with us. Therefore let them dwell in the land and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. 


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Only herein will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 


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Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? Only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us." 


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And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all who went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. 


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What Dinah's Brothers Did<br/>And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly and slew all the males. 


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And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. 


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The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and despoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 


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They took their sheep and their oxen and their Asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field; 


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and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives took they captive, and despoiled even all that was in the house. 


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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me to make me a stench among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house." 


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Jacob's Return to Bethel<br/>And God said unto Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother." 


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Then Jacob said unto his household and to all that were with him, "Put away the strange Gods that are among you, and be clean and change your garments. 


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And let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went." 


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And they gave unto Jacob all the strange Gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. 


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And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 


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So Jacob came to Luz <n>(that is, Bethel)</n>, which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people that were with him. 


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And he built there an altar and called the place Elbethel <n>(that is, The God of Bethel)</n>, because there God appeared unto him when he fled from the face of his brother. 


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But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under an oak; and the name of it was called Allon Bachuth <n>(that is, The oak of weeping)</n>. 


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God Blesses Jacob at Bethel <br/>And God appeared unto Jacob again when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. 


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And God said unto him, "Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob any more, but Israel shall be your name"; and He called his name Israel. 


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And God said unto him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of you, and kings shall come out of your loins. 


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And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your seed after you will I give the land." 


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And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, even a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 


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Death of Rachel<br/>And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was but a little way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. 


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And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, "Fear not. You shall have this son also." 


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And it came to pass as her soul was in departing <n>(for she died)</n>, that she called his name Benoni <n>(that is, The son of my sorrow)</n>, but his father called him Benjamin <n>(that is, The son of the right hand)</n>. 


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And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine; and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 


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Jacob's Twelve Sons<br/>The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon and Levi, and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun; 


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and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Padanaram. 


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Death of Isaac<br/>And Jacob came unto Isaac his father at Mamre, unto the city of Arbah <n>(which is Hebron)</n> where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 


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And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. 


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Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 


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and Aholibamah bore Jeush and Jaalam and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 


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And Esau took his wives, and his sons and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle and all his beasts, and all his substance which he had gotten in the land of Canaan, and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. 


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For their riches were more than that they might dwell together, and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. 


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These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 


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And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son, and she bore to Eliphaz, Amalek: these were the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. 


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And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 


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And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife; and she bore to Esau: Jeush and Jaalam and Korah. 


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The Chiefs of Edom<br/>These were chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau: Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, 


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Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek: these are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. 


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And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, Chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs who came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 


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And these are the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's wife: Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, Chief Korah: these were the chiefs who came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 


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The Sons of Seir<br/>These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land: Lotan and Shobal, and Zibeon and Anah, 


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and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the chiefs of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 


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And these are the children of Zibeon: both Ajah and Anah; this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness as he fed the Donkeys <n>(Asses)</n> of Zibeon his father.


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Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, Chief Dishan: these are the chiefs who came of the Horites, among their chiefs in the land of Seir. 


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The Kings of Edom<br/>And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. 


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And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad <n>(who smote Midian in the field of Moab)</n> reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith. 


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And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 


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The Chiefs of Esau<br/>And these are the names of the chiefs who came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth, 


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Chief Magdiel, Chief Iram: these are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession; he is Esau, the father of the Edomites. 


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Joseph Dreams of Greatness<br/>And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 


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These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought unto his father an evil report about them. 


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Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colors. 


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And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him and could not speak peaceably unto him. 


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For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf." 


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And his brethren said to him, "Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?" And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words. 


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And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren and said, "Behold, I have dreamed one dream more; and behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me." 


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And he told it to his father and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him and said unto him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to you to the earth?" 


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And Israel said unto Joseph, "Do not your brethren feed the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you unto them." And he said to him, "Here am I." 


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And he said to him, "Go, I pray you, see whether it be well with your brethren and well with the flocks, and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 


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And a certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, "What seek you?" 


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And the man said, "They have departed hence, for I heard them say, `Let us go to Dothan.'" And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 


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And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 


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Come now therefore and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, `Some evil beast has devoured him'; and we shall see what will become of his dreams." 


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And Reuben said unto them, "Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him" -- that he might rid him out of their hands to deliver him to his father again. 


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And it came to pass, when Joseph had come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him; 


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And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry them down to Egypt. 


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Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh." And his brethren were content. 


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Then there passed by Midianite merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt. 


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And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, "This have we found. Know now whether it be your son's coat or not?" 


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And he knew it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil beast has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces." 


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And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, "For I will go down into the grave unto my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him. 


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And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's and captain of the guard. 


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Judah and Tamar and Sons of Judah<br/>And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned unto a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 


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And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her. 


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And she yet again conceived and bore a son, and called his name Shelah. And he was at Chezib when she bore him. 


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And Judah said unto Onan, "Go in unto your brother's wife and marry her, and raise up seed to your brother." 


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And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. 


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Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow at your father's house, until Shelah my son is grown"; for he said, "Lest perhaps he die also, as his brethren did." And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. 


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And she put her widow's garments off from her and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him as wife. 


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And he turned unto her on the wayside and said, "Come, I pray you, let me come in unto you" <n>(for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law)</n>. And she said, "What will you give me, that you may come in unto me?" 


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And he said, "I will send you a kid from the flock." And she said, "Will you give me a pledge until you send it?" 


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And he said, "What pledge shall I give you?" And she said, "Your signet and your bracelets and your staff that is in your hand." And he gave it to her and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 


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And she arose and went away, and laid aside her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 


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And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite to receive his pledge from the woman's hand, but he found her not. 


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Then he asked the men of that place, saying, "Where is the harlot who was openly by the wayside?" And they said, "There was no harlot in this place." 


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And he returned to Judah and said, "I cannot find her, and also the men of the place said that there was no harlot in this place." 


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And Judah said, "Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed; behold, I sent this kid, and you have not found her." 


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And it came to pass about three months after that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom." And Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burned." 


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When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man whose these are, am I with child." And she said, "Discern, I pray you, whose are these -- the signet, and bracelets, and staff." 


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And Judah acknowledged them and said, "She has been more righteous than I, because I gave her not to Shelah my son." And he knew her again no more. 


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And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, "This came out first." 


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And it came to pass as he drew back his hand that, behold, his brother came out; and she said, "How have you broken forth? This breach be upon you." Therefore his name was called Perez <n>(that is, A breach)</n>. 


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Joseph a Slave in Egypt<br/>And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hands of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down thither. 


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Joseph's Success<br/>And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous <n>(successful)</n> man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 


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And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 


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And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him. And he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 


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And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house and in the field. 


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And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not anything he had, save the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well-favored. 


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And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me." 


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But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, "Behold, my master knows not what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. 


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There is none greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God ?" 


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And it came to pass about this time that Joseph went into the house to do his business, and there were none of the men of the house there within. 


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And she caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me." And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and got himself out. 


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that she called unto the men of her house and spoke unto them, saying, "See, he has brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us. He came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice. 


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And it came to pass when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me and fled, and got himself out." 


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And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant whom you have brought unto us came in unto me to mock me. 


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And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me and fled out." 


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And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife which she spoke unto him, saying, "After this manner did your servant to me," that his wrath was kindled. 


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And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound; and he was there in the prison. 


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But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 


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And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 


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The keeper of the prison looked not into anything that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. 


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The Prisoners' Dreams<br/>And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. 


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And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers--against the chief of the butlers and against the chief of the bakers.


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And he put them under guard in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 


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And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; and they continued a season under guard. 


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Joseph Interprets Dreams<br/>And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison. 


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And he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in the guard of his lord's house, saying, "Why look you so sadly today?" 


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And they said unto him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it." And Joseph said unto them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me them, I pray you." 


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And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was before me. 


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And in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded and her blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes. 


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And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand." 


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Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head and restore you unto your place; and you shall deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when you was his butler. 


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But think on me when it shall be well with you, and show kindness, I pray you, unto me; and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. 


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For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon." 


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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, I had three white baskets on my head. 


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And in the uppermost basket there were all manner of baked meats for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head." 


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And Joseph answered and said, "This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days. 


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Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree; and the birds shall eat your flesh from off you." 


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And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. 


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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand; 


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Pharaoh's Dreams<br/>And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed; and behold, he stood by the river. 


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And behold, there came up out of the river seven well-favored cows, and fat fleshed; and they fed in a meadow. 


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And behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean fleshed, and stood by the other cows upon the brink of the river. 


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And the ill-favored and lean fleshed cows ate up the seven well-favored and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.


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And he slept and dreamed the second time; and behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. 


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And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. 


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And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof. And Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. 


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Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me under guard in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker. 


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And we dreamed a dream one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 


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And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he did interpret. 


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And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged." 


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Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon; and he shaved himself and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 


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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I have heard say of you, that you canst understand a dream to interpret it." 


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And behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat fleshed and well-favored, and they fed in a meadow. 


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And behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness. 


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and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 


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And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told this unto the magicians, but there was none that could declare it to me." 


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And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are one. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do. 


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And the seven thin and ill-favored cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. 


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And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land. 


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And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following, for it shall be very grievous. 


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And for that the dream was repeated unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 


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Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up a fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 


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And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 


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And that food shall be for store for the land against the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine." 


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Joseph's Rise to Power<br/>And the counsel was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.


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And Pharaoh said unto his servants, "Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?" 


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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you art. 


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You shall be over my house, and according unto your word shall all my people be ruled. Only in the throne will I be greater than you." 


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And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck. 


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And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, "Bow the knee!" And he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. 


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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you <n>(your consent)</n> shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt." 


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And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him for a wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. 


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And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 


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And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 


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And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea -- very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number. 


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And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On, bore unto him. 


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And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh <n>(that is, Forgetting)</n>, "For God ," said he, "has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house." 


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And the name of the second called the Ephraim <n>(that is, Fruitful)</n>, "For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction." 


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And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said; and the dearth was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 


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And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, "Go unto Joseph. What he says to you, do." 


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And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold unto the Egyptians. And the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.


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And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn, because the famine was so sore in all lands. 


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Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt<br/>Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, "Why do you look one upon another?" 


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And he said, "Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt. Go down thither and buy for us from thence, that we may live and not die." 


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But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren, for he said, "Lest perhaps mischief befall him." 


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And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 


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And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brethren came and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. 


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And Joseph saw his brethren, and he recognized them, but made himself as a stranger unto them and spoke roughly unto them; and he said unto them, "From where come ye?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food." 


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And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said unto them, "You are spies! To see the nakedness of the land you have come!" 


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And they said, "Your servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more." 


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Hereby you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither. 


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Send one of you and let him fetch your brother; and you shall be kept in prison, that your words may be tested, whether there be any truth in you; or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies!" 


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If you be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the prison house. You go, carry corn for the famine of your houses. 


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But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and you shall not die." And they did so. 


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And they said one to another, "We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear. Therefore has this distress come upon us." 


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And Reuben answered them, saying, "Spoke I not unto you, saying, `Do not sin against the child'; and you would not hear? Therefore, behold, also his blood is required." 


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And he turned himself away from them and wept; and returned to them again and communed with them, and took from them Simeon and bound him before their eyes. 


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The Brothers Return to Canaan <br/>Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and thus did he unto them. 


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And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender at the inn, he espied his money; for behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. 


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And he said unto his brethren, "My money is restored; and lo, it is even in my sack." And their heart failed them and they were afraid, saying one to another, "What is this that God has done unto us?" 


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And they came unto Jacob their father, unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell them, saying, 


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We are twelve brethren, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.' 


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And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, `Hereby shall I know that you are true men: Leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone; 


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and bring your youngest brother unto me. Then shall I know that you are not spies, but that you are true men; so will I deliver you your brother, and you shall traffic in the land.'" 


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And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 


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And Jacob their father said unto them, "Me have you bereaved of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you will take Benjamin away. All these things are against me." 


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And Reuben spoke unto his father, saying, "Slay my two sons if I bring him not to you. Deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to you again." 


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And he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If mischief befall him by the way in which you go, then shall you bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave." 


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And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, "Go again, buy us a little food." 


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And Judah spoke unto him, saying, "The man did solemnly declare unto us, saying, `You shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.' 


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But if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said unto us, `You shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.'" 


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And they said, "The man asked us strictly about our state, and about our kindred, saying, `Is your father yet alive? Have you another brother?' And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we certainly know that he would say, `Bring your brother down'?" 


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And Judah said unto Israel his father, "Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you, and also our little ones. 


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I will be surety for him; from my hand shall you require him. If I bring him not unto you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame for ever; 


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And their father Israel said unto them, "If it must be so now, do this: Take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds. 


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And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand. Perhaps it was an oversight. 


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and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved!" 


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And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 


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And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, "Bring these men home, and slay a beast and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon." 


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And the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, "Because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time are we brought in, that he may seek occasion against us and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and also our Asses." 


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And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; and we have brought it again in our hand. 


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And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food. We cannot tell who put our money in our sacks." 


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And he said, "Peace be to you, fear not; your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money." And he brought Simeon out unto them. 


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And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water and they washed their feet; and he gave their Asses provender. 


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And they made ready the present for Joseph's coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there. 


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And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves before him to the earth. 


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And he asked them of their welfare and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?" 


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And they answered, "Your servant our father is in good health; he is yet alive." And they bowed down their heads and made obeisance. 


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And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your younger brother of whom you spoke unto me?" And he said, "God be gracious unto you, my son." 


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And Joseph made haste, for his heart yearned for his brother, and he sought somewhere to weep; and he entered into his chamber and wept there. 


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And they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, 


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And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marveled one at another. 


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And he took and sent portions unto them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry with him. 


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Joseph's Final Test of His Brothers<br/>And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in the mouth of his sack. 


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Joseph's Cup<br/>And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money." And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 


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And when they had gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, "Up, follow after the men; and when you dost overtake them, say unto them, `Why have you rewarded evil for good? 


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Is not this that from which my lord drinks, and whereby indeed he divines? You have done evil in so doing.'" 


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And they said unto him, "Why says my lord these words? God forbid that your servants should do according to this thing! 


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Behold, the money which we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought again unto you out of the land of Canaan. How then would we steal out of your lord's house silver or gold? 


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With whomsoever of your servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen." 


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And he said, "Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant, and you shall be blameless." 


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And he searched, and began with the eldest and ended with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 


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And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house <n>(for he was yet there)</n>, and they fell before him on the ground. 


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And Joseph said unto them, "What deed is this that you have done? Know you not that such a man as I can certainly divine?" 


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And Judah said, "What shall we say unto my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lord's servants, both we and he also with whom the cup was found." 


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And he said, "God forbid that I should do so; but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, go up in peace unto your father." 


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Judah Intercedes for Benjamin<br/>Then Judah came near unto him and said, "Oh my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh. 


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And we said unto my lord, `We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.' 


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And we said unto my lord, `The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.' 


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And you said unto your servants, `Unless your youngest brother come down with you, you shall see my face no more.' 


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And it came to pass, when we came up unto your servant, my father, we told him the words of my lord. 


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And we said, `We cannot go down. If our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down, for we may not see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.' 


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And if you take this also from me, and harm befall him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.' 


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it shall come to pass, when he see that the lad is not with us, that he will die; and your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 


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For your servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, `If I bring him not unto you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.' 


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Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant remain instead of the lad as a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren. 


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For how shall I go up to my father and the lad be not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come upon my father?" 


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Joseph Revealed to His Brothers<br/>Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him; and he cried, "Cause every man to go out from me!" And there stood no man with him while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 


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And Joseph said unto his brethren, "I am Joseph. Does my father yet live?" And his brethren could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence. 


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And Joseph said unto his brethren, "Come near to me, I pray you." And they came near; and he said, "I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 


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Now therefore be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that you sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 


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And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 


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So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 


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Joseph Sends for Jacob<br/>Hury <n>(hasten)</n> you, and go up to my father and say unto him, `Thus says your son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down unto me, tarry not; 


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and you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near unto me -- you, and your children, and your children's children, and your flocks and your herds and all that you hast. 


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And there will I nourish you <n>(for yet there are five years of famine)</n>, lest you and your household and all that you have come to poverty.' 


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And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks unto you. 


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And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall make haste and bring down my father hither." 


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And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, "Joseph's brethren have come"; and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 


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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "Say unto your brethren, `This do ye: Load your beasts and go, get you unto the land of Canaan. 


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And take your father and your households, and come unto me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.' 


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Now you are commanded, this do ye: `Take with you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 


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And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 


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To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. 


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And to his father he sent in this manner: ten Asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she Asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father on the way. 


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So he sent his brethren away, and they departed; and he said unto them, "See that you fall not out on the way." 


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and told him, saying, "Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt." And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. 


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And they told him all the words of Joseph which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. 


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Jacob's Journey to Egypt and Judah Pleads for His Brother Benjamin<br/>And Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 


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And God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here am I." 


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And He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will there make of you a great nation. 


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I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon your eyes." 


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And Jacob rose up from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 


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And they took their cattle and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: 


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his sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters; and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 


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And these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 


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And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.


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And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah and Perez and Zerah <n>(but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan)</n>. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 


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These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 


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And the sons of Asher: Jimnah and Ishuah, and Isui and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 


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These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 


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And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On, bore unto him. 


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And the sons of Benjamin were Belah and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard. 


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These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob; all the souls were seven. 


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All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six. 


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And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. 


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Jacob Settles in Goshen<br/>And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph to direct his face unto Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. 


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And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 


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And Israel said unto Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are yet alive." 


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And Joseph said unto his brethren and unto his father's house, "I will go up and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, `My brethren and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come unto me. 


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And the men are shepherds, for their trade has been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks and their herds, and all that they have.' 


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that you shall say, `Your servants' trade has been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we and also our fathers,' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians." 


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Joseph Is Governor of Egypt<br/>Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brethren, and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen." 


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And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, "What is your occupation?" And they said unto Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers." 


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They said moreover unto Pharaoh, "To sojourn in the land have we come, for your servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen." 


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The land of Egypt is before you. In the best of the land make your father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell; and if you know any industrious men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle." 


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And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage." 


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And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 


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And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren and all his father's household with bread, according to their families. 


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Joseph Deals with the Famine<br/>And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 


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And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the corn which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.


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And when money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph and said, "Give us bread; for why should we die in your presence? For the money fails." 


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And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds and for the Asses; and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. 


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When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, "We will not hide it from my lord that our money is spent; my lord also has our herds of cattle. There is not anything left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands. 


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Why shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate." 


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And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them; so the land became Pharaoh's. 


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And as for the people, he removed them to cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 


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Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them by Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they sold not their lands. 


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Then Joseph said unto the people, "Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh. Lo, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. 


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And it shall come to pass in the harvest, that you shall give a fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food, and for those of your households and for food for your little ones." 


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And they said, "You have saved our lives. Let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants." 


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And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have a fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. 


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Joseph's Vow to Jacob<br/>And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew and multiplied exceedingly. 


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And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the whole age of Jacob was a hundred forty and seven years.


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And the time drew nigh that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph and said unto him, "If now I have found grace in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray you, in Egypt. 


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But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place." And he said, "I will do as you have said." 


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Jacob Blesses Joseph's Sons<br/>And it came to pass after these things that one told Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick"; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 


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And one told Jacob and said, "Behold, your son Joseph comes  unto you"; and Israel strengthened himself and sat upon the bed. 


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And Jacob said unto Joseph, "God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me 


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and said unto me, `Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; and I will make of you a multitude of people, and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.' 


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And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born unto you in the land of Egypt before I came unto you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. 


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And your issue whom you beget after them shall be yours, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 


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And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath" <n>(the same is Bethlehem)</n>. 


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And Joseph said unto his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place." And he said, "Bring them, I pray you, unto me, and I will bless them." 


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<n>(Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see.)</n> And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them and embraced them. 


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And Israel said unto Joseph, "I had not thought to see your face; and lo, God has shown me also your seed." 


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And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 


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And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. 


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And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. 


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And he blessed Joseph and said, "God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who fed me all my life long unto this day, 


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the Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." 


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And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; and he held up his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 


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And Joseph said unto his father, "Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand upon his head." 


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And his father refused and said, "I know it, my son, I know it. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations." 


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And he blessed them that day, saying, "In you shall Israel bless, saying, `God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.'" And he set Ephraim before Manasseh. 


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And Israel said unto Joseph, "Behold, I die; but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. 


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Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow." 


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Jacob's Last Words to His Sons<br/>And Jacob called unto his sons and said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 


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Jacob's Prophecy Concerning His Sons<br/>"Gather yourselves together and hear, you sons of Jacob, and hearken unto Israel your father: 


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"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. 


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Unstable as water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it; he went up to my couch. 


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O my soul, come not you into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not you united; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they dug down a wall. 


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Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 


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"Judah, you are he whom your brethren shall praise; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you. 


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Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, you are gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 


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The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be. 


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Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine, he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes. 


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"Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships, and his border shall be unto Sidon. 


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And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant, and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute. 


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Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 


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But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, from thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel, 


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even by the God of your father, who shall help you, and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. 


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The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. 


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"Benjamin shall raven as a wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil." 


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All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is it that their father spoke unto them and blessed them; everyone according to his blessing he blessed them. 


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Jacob's Death and Burial<br/>And he charged them and said unto them, "I am to be gathered unto my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 


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in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession as a burying place. 


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There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah. 


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And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered unto his people. 


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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.


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And forty days were fulfilled for him <n>(for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed)</n>, and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. 


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And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 


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`My father made me swear, saying, "Lo, I die; in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me." Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again.'" 


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and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house. Only their little ones, and their flocks and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 


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And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 


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And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning of the Egyptians." Therefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim <n>(that is, The mourning of the Egyptians)</n>, which is beyond the Jordan. 


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For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession as a burying place from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 


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And Joseph returned into Egypt, he and his brethren and all who went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 


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Joseph Reassures His Brothers<br/>And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, "Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him." 


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`So shall you say unto Joseph, "Forgive, I pray you now, the trespass of your brethren and their sin, for they did unto you evil."' And now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him. 


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And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and they said, "Behold, we are your servants." 


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But as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good to bring to pass as it is this day, to save many people alive. 


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Now therefore fear you not; I will nourish you and your little ones." And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them. 


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Death of Joseph<br/>And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. 


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And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.


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And Joseph said unto his brethren, "I die; and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." 


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And Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from hence." 


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So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. 


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Israel's Suffering in Egypt<br/>Now these are the names of the children of Israel who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob:


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And all the souls who came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls, for Joseph was in Egypt already. 


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And the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. 


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And he said unto his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. 


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Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply and it come to pass, when there befalls any war, that they join also unto our enemies and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land." 


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Therefore they set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. 


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But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew; and they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 


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And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar and in brick and in all manner of service in the field; all their service wherein they made them serve was with rigor. 


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And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah. 


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And he said, "When you do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women and see them upon the birth stools, if it be a son then you shall kill him; but if it be a daughter then she shall live." 


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But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 


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And the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said unto them, "Why have you done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?" 


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And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them." 


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And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive." 


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Moses Is Born<br/>And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took for a wife a daughter of Levi. 


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Birth of Moses<br/>And the woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 


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And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the reeds by the river's brink. 


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And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river, and her maidens walked along by the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to fetch it. 


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And when she had opened it, she saw the child; and behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children." 


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Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call to you a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?" 


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And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, "Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages." And the woman took the child, and nursed it. 


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And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses <n>(that is, Drawn out)</n>, and she said, "Because I drew him out of the water." 


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Moses Flees to Midian<br/>And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren and looked on their burdens; and he spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 


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And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 


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And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together; and he said to him that did the wrong, "Why smite you your fellow?" 


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And he said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? You Intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" And Moses feared and said, "Surely this thing is known." 


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Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well. 


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Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 


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And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 


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And they said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us and watered the flock." 


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And he said unto his daughters, "And where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread." 


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And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom <n>(that is, A stranger there)</n>; for he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land." 


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And it came to pass in process of time that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. 


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And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 


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Moses at the Burning Bush<br/>Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the back side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 


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And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 


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And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses." And he said, "Here am I." 


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And He said, "Draw not nigh hither. Put off your shoes from off your feet, for the place where on you stand is holy ground." 


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Moreover He said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God . 


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And the LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. 


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And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites, and the Amorites and the Perizzites, and the Hivites and the Jebusites. 


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Now therefore behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come unto Me, and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. 


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Come now therefore, and I will send you unto Pharaoh, that you may bring forth My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt." 


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And Moses said unto God, "Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?" 


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And He said, "Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a token unto you that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain." 


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And Moses said unto God, "Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel and shall say unto them, `The God of your fathers has sent me unto you,' and they shall say to me, `What is His name?' what shall I say unto them?" 


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And God said unto Moses, "I AM THAT I AM." And He said, "Thus shall you say unto the children of Israel, `I AM has sent me unto you.'" 


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And God said moreover unto Moses, "Thus shall you say unto the children of Israel: `The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has sent me unto you.' This is My name for ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations. 


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Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, `The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob appeared unto me, saying, "I have surely visited you and seen that which is done to you in Egypt; 


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and I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites, and the Amorites and the Perizzites, and the Hivites and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey."' 


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And they shall hearken to your voice; and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and you shall say unto him, `The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now let us go, we beseech you, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God .' 


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And I will stretch out My hand and smite Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in the midst thereof; and after that he will let you go.


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but every woman shall borrow of her neighbor and of her that sojourns in her house jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment; and you shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters, and you shall despoil the Egyptians." 


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Miraculous Signs for Pharaoh<br/>And Moses answered and said, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, `The LORD has not appeared unto you.'" 


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And He said, "Cast it on the ground." And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Put forth your hand and take it by the tail." And he put forth his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand-- 


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"that they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has appeared unto you." 


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And the LORD said furthermore unto him, "Put now your hand into your bosom." And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. 


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And He said, "Put your hand into your bosom again." And he put his hand into his bosom again and plucked it out of his bosom, and behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 


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"And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 


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And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which you take out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land." 


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And Moses said unto the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore nor since You have spoken unto Your servant; but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue." 


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And the LORD said unto him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the dumb or deaf, or the seeing or the blind? Have not I, the LORD? 


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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and He said, "Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes  forth to meet you; and when he see you, he will be glad in his heart. 


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And you shall speak unto him and put words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. 


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And he shall be your spokesman unto the people; and he shall be, even he shall be to you instead of a mouth, and you shall be to him instead of God . 


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Moses Returns <n>(Goes Back)</n> to Egypt<br/>And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, "Let me go, I pray you, and return unto my brethren who are in Egypt and see whether they are yet alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace." 


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And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead who sought your life." 


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And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand. 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "When you go to return into Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand; but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 


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And I say unto you, "Let My son go, that he may serve Me." And if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.'" 


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Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet and said, "Surely a bloody husband are you to me." 


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And the LORD said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." And he went and met him on the mount of God, and kissed him. 


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And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which He had commanded him. 


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And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 


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And the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that He had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped. 


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First Encounter with Pharaoh; Let My People Go<br/>And afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: `Let My people go, that they may hold a feast unto Me in the wilderness.'" 


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And Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go." 


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And they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice unto the LORD our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword." 


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And the king of Egypt said unto them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, delay the people from their work? Get you unto your burdens!" 


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And Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens!" 


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"You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. 


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And the tally of bricks which they made heretofore, you shall lay upon them; you shall not diminish any thereof. For they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, `Let us go and sacrifice to our God .' 


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Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein, and let them not regard vain words." 


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And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, "Thus says Pharaoh: `I will not give you straw. 


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So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.


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And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, "Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw." 


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And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were demanded, "Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore?" 


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Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, "Why you deal thus with your servants? 


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There is no straw given unto your servants, and they say to us, `Make brick!' And behold, your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people." 


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But he said, "You are idle, you are idle! Therefore you say, `Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.' 


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Go therefore now and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall you deliver the tally of bricks." 


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And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in evil straits after it was said, "You shall not diminish any from your bricks of your daily task." 


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And they said unto them, "The LORD look upon you and judge, because you have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us." 


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Israel's Deliverance Assured<br/>And Moses returned unto the LORD and said, "Lord, why have You so evilly treated this people? Why is it that You have sent me? 


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For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all." 


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God Renews His Promise to Israel<br/>Then the LORD said unto Moses, "Now shall you see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land." 


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And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob by the name of God Almighty, but by My name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 


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And I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 


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And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant. 


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Therefore say unto the children of Israel: `I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 


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And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 


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And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am the LORD.'" 


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And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel, but they hearkened not unto Moses from anguish of spirit and from cruel bondage. 


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And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me. How then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?" 


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And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 


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The Family of Moses and Aaron<br/>These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. 


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And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin, and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. 


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And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years.


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And the sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar, and Hebron and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years. 


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And the sons of Merari: Mahali and Mushi; these are the families of Levi according to their generations.


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And Amram took Jochebed, his father's sister, for a wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years. 


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And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, for a wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 


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And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took one of the daughters of Putiel for a wife; and she bore him Phinehas; these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. 


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These are that Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies." 


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These are they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.


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Aaron Is Moses' Spokesman<br/>And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 


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that the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, "I am the LORD. Speak you unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto you." 


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And Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?" 


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Moses Before Pharaoh<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "See, I have made you a God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. 


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You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. 


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But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay My hand upon Egypt and bring forth Mine armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 


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And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth Mine hand upon Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them." 


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And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old when they spoke unto Pharaoh. 


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"When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, `Show a miracle for yourselves,' then you shall say unto Aaron, `Take your rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.'" 


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And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 


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Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers. Now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 


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For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents; but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. 


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The First Plague: Waters Become Blood<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go. 


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Get you unto Pharaoh in the morning. Lo, he goes out unto the water, and you shall stand by the river's brink until he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shall you take in your hand. 


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And you shall say unto him, `The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me unto you, saying, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness"; and behold, hitherto you would not hear. 


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Thus says the LORD: "In this you shall know that I am the LORD: Behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 


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And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river."'" 


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And the LORD spoke unto Moses, "Say unto Aaron, `Take your rod and stretch out your hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'" 


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And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. 


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And the fish that were in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 


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And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them, as the LORD had said. 


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And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the river. 


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The Second Plague: Frogs<br/>And the LORD spoke unto Moses, "Go unto Pharaoh and say unto him, `Thus says the LORD: Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 


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And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber and upon your bed, and into the house of your servants and upon your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading troughs. 


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And the LORD spoke unto Moses, "Say unto Aaron, `Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.'" 


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And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. 


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Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Entreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD." 


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And Moses said unto Pharaoh, "Glory over me: When shall I entreat for you and for your servants and for your people to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only?" 


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And he said, "Tomorrow." And Moses said, "Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is none like unto the LORD our God . 


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And the frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses and from your servants and from your people. They shall remain in the river only." 


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And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which He had brought against Pharaoh.


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And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. 


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But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart and hearkened not unto them, as the LORD had said. 


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The Third Plague: Lice<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "Say unto Aaron, `Stretch out your rod and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.'" 


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And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice on man and on beast. All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 


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And the magicians so did with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not; so there were lice upon man and upon beast. 


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Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God ." And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them, as the LORD had said. 


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The Fourth Plague: Flies<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Lo, he comes  forth to the water, and say unto him, `Thus says the LORD: Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 


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Else, if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you, and upon your servants and upon your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 


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And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, to the end you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. 


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And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses and into all the land of Egypt. The land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. 


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And Moses said, "It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God. Lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? 


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We will go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as He shall command us." 


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And Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Entreat for me." 


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And Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants and from his people tomorrow; but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD." 


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And the LORD did according to the word of Moses, and He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. 


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The Fifth Plague: Livestock Diseased<br/>Then the LORD said unto Moses, "Go in unto Pharaoh and tell him, `Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 


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behold, the hand of the LORD is upon your cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the Asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep. There shall be a very grievous pestilence. 


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And the LORD shall distinguish between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belong to the children of Israel.'" 


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And the LORD did that thing on the morrow; and all the cattle of Egypt died, but of the cattle of the children of Israel not one died. 


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And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 


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The Sixth Plague: Boils<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes from the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 


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And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains, upon man and upon beast throughout all the land of Egypt." 


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And they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became boils breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast. 


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And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians. 


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And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them, as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. 


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The Seventh Plague: Hail<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh and say unto him, `Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 


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For I will at this time send all My plagues upon your heart, and upon your servants and upon your people, that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth. 


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For now I will stretch out My hand, that I may smite you and your people with pestilence, and you shall be cut off from the earth. 


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And in very deed, for this cause have I raised you up: to show in you My power, and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth. 


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Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. 


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Send therefore now, and gather your cattle and all that you have in the field, for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.'" 


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He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses, 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man and upon beast and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt." 


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And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven; and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 


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So there was hail and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 


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And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field. 


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And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, "I have sinned this time. The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 


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Entreat the LORD <n>(for it is enough)</n>, that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer." 


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And Moses said unto him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail, that you may know that the earth is the LORD's. 


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And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bolls. 


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And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD; and the thunder and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 


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And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 


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And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go, as the LORD had spoken by Moses. 


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The Eighth Plague: Locusts<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I might show these My signs before him; 


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and that you may tell in the ears of your son and of your son's son what things I have wrought in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may know that I am the LORD." 


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And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh and said unto him, "Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: `How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 


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Else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow will I bring the locusts into your border. 


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And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one shall not be able to see the earth; and they shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field. 


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And they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians -- which neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day.'" And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. 


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And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, "How long shall this man be a snare unto us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Know you not yet that Egypt is destroyed?" 


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And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh; and he said unto them, "Go, serve the LORD your God. But who are they that shall go?" 


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And Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go, for we must hold a feast unto the LORD." 


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And he said unto them, "Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones. Look to it, for evil is before you. 


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Not so! Go now you that are men, and serve the LORD, for that you did desire." And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left." 


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And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 


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And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. Very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 


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For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left, and there remained not any green thing in the trees or in the herbs of the field through all the land of Egypt. 


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Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. 


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Now therefore forgive, I pray you, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only." 


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And the LORD turned a mighty, strong west wind, which took away the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt. 


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The Ninth Plague: Darkness<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt." 


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And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 


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They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. 


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And Pharaoh called unto Moses and said, "You go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed. Let your little ones also go with you." 


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And Moses said, "You must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God . 


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Our cattle also shall go with us. There shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God, and we know not with what we must serve the LORD until we come thither." 


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And Pharaoh said unto him, "Get you from me! Take heed to yourself! See my face no more, for in that day you see my face you shall die!" 


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God's Warning About Egypt's Firstborn<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterwards he will let you go hence. When he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. 


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Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow from his neighbor, and every woman from her neighbor, jewels of silver and jewels of gold." 


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And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people.


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Death of the Firstborn Announced<br/>And Moses said, "Thus says the LORD: `About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt; 


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and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sit upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant who is behind the mill, and all the firstborn of beasts. 


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And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. 


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But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast, that you may know how the LORD does put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.' 


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And all these your servants shall come down unto me and bow down themselves unto me, saying, `Get you out, and all the people who follow you!' And after that I will go out." And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt." 


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And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land. 


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God Establishes the Passover<br/>And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 


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"This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. 


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Speak you unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, `On the tenth day of this month they shall take for themselves every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house. 


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And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 


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Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year; you shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats. 


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And you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month, and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. 


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And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses wherein they shall eat it. 


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And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire; and with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 


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Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire -- his head with his legs and with the viscera thereof. 


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And you shall let nothing of it remain until the morning, and that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire. 


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And thus shall you eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste; it is the LORD's Passover. 


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For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the Gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. 


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And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt. 


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"`And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever. 


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Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread. Even the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses; for whosoever eat leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 


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And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you. No manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. 


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And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore shall you observe this day in your generations by an ordinance forever. 


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In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the one and twentieth day of the month at evening. 


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Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses; for whosoever eat that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger or born in the land. 


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Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said unto them, "Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the Passover. 


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And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out from the door of his house until the morning. 


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For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He see the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 


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And it shall come to pass, when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as He has promised, that you shall keep this service. 


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that you shall say, `It is the sacrifice of the LORD's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses.'" And the people bowed their heads and worshiped. 


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And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron; so did they. 


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The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn<br/>And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle. 


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And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 


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The Exodus<br/>And he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said, "Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both you and the children of Israel! And go, serve the LORD, as you have said. 


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And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, "We are all dead men." 


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And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 


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And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses, and they borrowed from the Egyptians jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment. 


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And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they despoiled the Egyptians. 


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And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children. 


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And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it was not leavened because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 


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And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even on the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 


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It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of the LORD to be observed by all the children of Israel in their generations.


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Passover Regulations<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof; 


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but every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 


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In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth any of the flesh abroad out of the house, neither shall you break a bone thereof. 


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And when a stranger shall sojourn with you and will keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land, for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 


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And it came to pass the selfsame day that the LORD brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.


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"Sanctify unto Me all the firstborn, whatsoever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast; it is Mine." 


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The Feast of Unleavened Bread<br/>And Moses said unto the people, "Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place. There shall no leavened bread be eaten. 


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"And it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which He swore unto your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month. 


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Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with you, neither shall there be leaven seen with you in all your quarters. 


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And you shall show your son in that day, saying, `This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.' 


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And it shall be as a sign unto you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD's law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand has the LORD brought you out of Egypt. 


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The Law of the Firstborn<br/>"And it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore unto you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you, 


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that you shall set apart unto the LORD all that opens the womb, and every firstling that comes  from a beast which you hast; the males shall be the LORD's. 


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And every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break his neck; and all the firstborn of man among your children shall you redeem. 


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And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, `What is this?' that you shall say unto him, `By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage. 


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And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast; therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.' 


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And it shall be as a token upon your hand, and as frontlets between your eyes; for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt." 


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The Wilderness Way<br/>And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt." 


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But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up by five in a rank out of the land of Egypt. 


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And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had strictly sworn the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away hence with you." 


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And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, to go by day and night. 


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He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.


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"Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; before it shall you encamp by the sea. 


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For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, `They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.' 


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And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honored above Pharaoh, and above all his host, that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD." And they did so. 


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And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, "Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?" 


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and he took six hundred chosen chariots and all the chariots of Egypt and captains over everyone of them.


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And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with a high hand. 


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But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon. 


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And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid; and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. 


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And they said unto Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 


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Is not this the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, `Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians'? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness." 


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And Moses said unto the people, "Fear you not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will show to you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall see them again no more forever. 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Why you cry to Me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. 


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But lift you up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 


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And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them; and I will get Myself honor above Pharaoh and above all his host, above his chariots and above his horsemen. 


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And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I have gotten Myself honor above Pharaoh, above his chariots, and above his horsemen." 


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And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face and stood behind them. 


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And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these, so that the one came not near the other all the night. 


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And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 


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And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground, and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left. 


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And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 


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And it came to pass that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians. 


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And He took off their chariot wheels, that they drove them heavily, so that the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians." 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen." 


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And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared. And the Egyptians fled against it, and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 


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And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. There remained not so much as one of them. 


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But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left. 


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Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore. 


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And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD and His servant Moses. 


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The Song of Moses<br/>Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying, "I will sing unto the LORD, for He has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider has He thrown into the sea. 


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The LORD is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will prepare Him a habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt Him. 


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Pharaoh's chariots and his host has He cast into the sea; his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.


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Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed in pieces the enemy. 


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And in the greatness of Your excellency You have overthrown them that rose up against You; You sent forth Your wrath, which consumed them as stubble. 


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And with the blast of Your nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as a heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. 


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The enemy said, `I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.' 


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"Who is like unto You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 


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You in Your mercy have led forth the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength unto Your holy habitation.


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Then the chiefs of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 


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Fear and dread shall fall upon them. By the greatness of Your arm they shall be as still as a stone, till Your people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, whom You have purchased. 


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You shall bring them in and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which You have made for You to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established. 


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For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 


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The Song of Miriam<br/>And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 


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And Miriam answered them: "Sing you to the LORD, for He has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider has He thrown into the sea!" 


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Bitter Waters Made Sweet<br/>So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 


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And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah <n>(that is, Bitterness)</n>. 


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And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He put them to the proof, 


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and said, "If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in His sight, and will give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you which I have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD that heals you." 


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And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water and threescore and ten palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters. 


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God Sends Quails and Manna <n>(Bread)</n> from Heaven<br/>And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 


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And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.


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And the children of Israel said unto them, "Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." 


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Then said the LORD unto Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may put them to the proof, whether they will walk in My law, or no. 


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And it shall come to pass that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily." 


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And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, "At evening, then you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt; 


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and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of the LORD, for He hears your murmurings against the LORD. And what are we, that you murmur against us?" 


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And Moses said, "This shall be when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat and in the morning bread to the full, for the LORD hears your murmurings which you murmur against Him. And what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD." 


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And Moses spoke unto Aaron, "Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, `Come near before the LORD, for He has heard your murmurings.'" 


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And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 


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"I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak unto them, saying, `At evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God .'" 


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And it came to pass that at evening the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. 


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And when the dew that lay had gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoarfrost on the ground. 


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And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, "What is this?" For they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, "This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat. 


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This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: `Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons. Take you every man for those who are in his tents.'" 


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And when they measured it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. 


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Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left part of it until the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was wroth with them. 


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And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating; and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 


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And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 


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And he said unto them, "This is that which the LORD has said: `Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the LORD. Bake that which you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and that which remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.'" 


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And they laid it up until the morning, as Moses bade; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 


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And Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath unto the LORD. Today you shall not find it in the field. 


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Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none." 


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And it came to pass that there went out some of the people on the seventh day to gather, and they found none. 


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See, for the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day the bread for two days. Abide you every man in his place. Let no man go out of his place on the seventh day." 


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And the house of Israel called the name thereof manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 


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And Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD commands: `Fill an omer with it to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.'" 


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And Moses said unto Aaron, "Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD to be kept for your generations." 


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And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited. They ate manna until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 


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God Gives the People Water from the Rock<br/>And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched camp in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink. 


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Therefore the people chided Moses and said, "Give us water that we may drink." And Moses said unto them, "Why chide you me? Why do you tempt the LORD?" 


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And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses and said, "Why is this that you have brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?" 


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And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, "What shall I do unto this people? They are almost ready to stone me!" 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Go on before the people, and take with you of the elders of Israel; and your rod with which you smote the river, take in your hand and go. 


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Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb; and you shall smite the rock and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 


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And he called the name of the place Massah <n>(that is, Temptation)</n>, and Meribah <n>(that is, Chiding)</n>, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?" 


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And Moses said unto Joshua, "Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand." 


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So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 


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And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 


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But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat thereon. And Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book, and recount it in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven." 


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And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi <n>(that is, The LORD my banner)</n>; 


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for he said, "Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation." 


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Jethro's Advice<br/>When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt, 


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and her two sons <n>(of whom the name of the one was Gershom <n>(that is, A stranger there)</n>, for he said, "I have been an alien in a strange land"; 


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and the name of the other was Eliezer <n>(that is, My God is a help)</n>, "For the God of my father," said he, "was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh")</n>; 


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and Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God . 


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And he said unto Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come unto you and your wife and her two sons with her." 


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And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent. 


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And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. 


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And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 


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And Jethro said, "Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 


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Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly, He was above them." 


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And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God . 


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And it came to pass on the morrow that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 


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And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why you sit yourself alone, and all the people stand by you from morning unto evening?" 


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When they have a matter, they come unto me, and I judge between one and another, and I make them know the statutes of God and His laws." 


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You will surely wear away, both you and this people who are with you. For this thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone. 


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Hearken now unto my voice! I will give you counsel, and God shall be with you: You, be for the people toward God, that you may bring the causes unto God . 


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And you shall teach them ordinances and laws, and shall show them the way wherein they must walk and the work that they must do. 


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The Appointment of Judges<br/>Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God -- men of truth, hating covetousness -- and place such over them to be rulers of thousands and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties and rulers of tens. 


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And let them judge the people at all seasons; and it shall be that every great matter they shall bring unto you, but every small matter they shall judge. So shall it be easier for yourself, and they shall bear the burden with you. 


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If you shall do this thing and God command you so, then you shall be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace." 


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And Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 


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And they judged the people at all seasons. The hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 


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Israel at Mount Sinai<br/>In the third month after the children of Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the Wilderness of Sinai. 


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For they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the desert of Sinai and had pitched camp in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. 


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And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, "Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 


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`You have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you unto Myself. 


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Now therefore, if you will obey My voice indeed and keep My covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. 


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And you shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Israel." 


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And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. 


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And all the people answered together and said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do." And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Lo, I come unto you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever." And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. 


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and be ready against the third day; for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.


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And you shall set bounds unto the people round about, saying, `Take heed to yourselves, that you go not up into the mount or touch the border of it. Whosoever touches the mount shall be surely put to death. 


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There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mount." 


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And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 


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And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. 


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And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 


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And Mount Sinai was altogether in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 


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And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long and waxed louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. 


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And the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mount; and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount, and Moses went up. 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Go down. Charge the people, lest they break through to gaze unto the LORD, and many of them perish. 


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And let the priests also, who come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them." 


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And Moses said unto the LORD, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You charged us, saying, `Set bounds about the mount and sanctify it.'" 


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And the LORD said unto him, "Away! Get you down, and you shall come up, you and Aaron with you; but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest He break forth upon them." 


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"I am the LORD your God, who have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 


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"You shall not make unto you any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 


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You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me, 


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"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain. 


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but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates. 


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For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. 


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"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you. 


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"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is your neighbor's." 


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The People Afraid of God's Presence<br/>And all the people saw the thunderings and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they removed and stood afar off. 


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And they said unto Moses, "Speak you with us and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die." 


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And Moses said unto the people, "Fear not; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before your faces, that you sin not." 


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The Law of the Altar<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "Thus you shall say unto the children of Israel: `You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 


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An altar of earth you shall make unto Me, and shall sacrifice thereon your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In all places where I record My name I will come unto you, and I will bless you. 


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And if you will make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you lift up your tool upon it, you have polluted it. 


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If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 


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If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he was married, then his wife shall go out with him. 


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If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. 


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then his master shall bring him unto the judges. He shall also bring him to the door or unto the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever. 


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If she please not her master who has betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed. To sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her. 


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If he take for himself another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish. 


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And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand, then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. 


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But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor to slay him with guile, you shall take him from Mine altar, that he may die. 


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"And he that steals a man and sells him, or if he shall be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 


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"And if men strive together and one smite another with a stone or with his fist, and he die not but keeps to his bed, 


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if he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be acquitted; he shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. 


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"And if a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall be surely punished. 


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"If men strive and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no misfortune follow, he shall be surely punished according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 


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"And if a man smite the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid, that it perish, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 


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And if he smite out his manservant's tooth or his maidservant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 


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Animal Control Laws<br/>"If an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they die, then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted. 


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But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in times past, and it has been testified to his owner, and he has not kept him in so that he has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and his owner also shall be put to death. 


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If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 


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Whether he has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 


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If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 


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"And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein, 


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the owner of the pit shall make it good and give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his. 


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And if one man's ox hurt another's, so that he die, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it, and the dead ox also they shall divide. 


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Or if it be known that the ox used to push in times past and his owner has not kept him in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead shall be his own. 


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Responsibility for Property<br/>"If a man shall steal an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. 


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"If a thief be found breaking in and be smitten so that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 


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If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodshed for him, for he should make full restitution. If he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 


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If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox or ass or sheep, he shall restore double. 


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"If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast and shall feed in another man's field, of the best of his own field and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make restitution. 


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"If fire break out and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn or the standing corn or the field be consumed therewith, he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 


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"If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house, if the thief be found, let him pay double. 


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If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges to see whether he has put his hand unto his neighbor's goods. 


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"For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challenges to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbor. 


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"If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast to keep, and it die or be hurt or driven away, no man seeing it, 


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then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both that he has not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. 


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If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 


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"And if a man borrow aught from his neighbor, and it become hurt or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. 


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But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hired thing, it came for his hire. 


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Moral and Ceremonial Principles<br/>"And if a man entice a maid who is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 


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If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 


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and My wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 


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"If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be to him as a usurer, neither shall you lay upon him usury. 


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If you at all take your neighbor's raiment in pledge, you shall deliver it unto him by the time the sun goes down, 


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for that is his only covering. It is his raiment for his skin. Wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he cries unto Me, that I will hear, for I am gracious. 


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"You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe fruits and of your liquors. The firstborn of your sons shall you give unto Me. 


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Likewise shall you do with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.


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"And you shall be holy men unto Me; neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field: you shall cast it to the dogs. 


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Justice for All<br/>"You shall not raise a false report. Put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 


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You shall not follow the multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause, following many, to divert judgment. 


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If you see the ass of him that hates you lying under his burden, and would forbear to help him, you shall surely help with him. 


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Keep you far from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous slay you not; for I will not justify the wicked. 


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And you shall take no bribe, for the bribe blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. 


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"Also you shall not oppress a stranger; for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 


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The Law of Sabbaths<br/>"And six years you shall sow your land and shall gather in the fruits thereof, 


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but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie still, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive trees. 


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"Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed. 


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And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect; and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth. 


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You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread <n>(you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out from Egypt; and none shall appear before Me empty)</n>, 


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and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of your labors which you have sown in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering, which is at the end of the year when you have gathered in your labors out of the field. 


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"You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until the morning. 


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"The first of the first fruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. "You shall not boil a kid in his mother's milk. 


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The Angel and the Promises<br/>"Behold, I send an angel before you to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 


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Have regard for him, and obey his voice. Provoke him not, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for My name is in him. 


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But if you shall indeed obey his voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy unto your enemies, and an adversary unto your adversaries. 


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The LORD's Angel Sent to Lead Israel<br/>For Mine angel shall go before you, and bring you in unto the Amorites and the Hittites, and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. 


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You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and quite break down their images. 


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And you shall serve the LORD your God, and He shall bless your bread and your water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of you. 


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"I will send My fear before you and will destroy all the people to whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs unto you. 


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And I will send hornets before you which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you. 


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I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beast of the field multiply against you. 


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Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you be increased and inherit the land. 


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And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea even unto the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. 


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They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto you." 


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Moses and the Elders on Mount Sinai<br/>And He said unto Moses, "Come up unto the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship you afar off. 


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And Moses alone shall come near the LORD; but they shall not come nigh, neither shall the people go up with him." 


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Israel Affirms the Covenant<br/>And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which the LORD has said will we do." 


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And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning and built an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 


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And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. 


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And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 


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And he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the audience of the people; and they said, "All that the LORD has said will we do, and be obedient." 


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And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words." 


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On the Mountain with God<br/>Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; 


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and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 


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And upon the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand. Also they saw God, and ate and drank. 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Come up to Me onto the mount, and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and a law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them." 


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And he said unto the elders, "Tarry you here for us until we come again unto you; and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. If any man have any matters to arbitrate, let him come unto them." 


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And the glory of the LORD abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and the seventh day He called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 


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And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.


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And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and got himself up onto the mount; and Moses was on the mount forty days and forty nights. 


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"Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From every man who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering. 


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According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall you make it. 


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The Ark of the Testimony<br/>"And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 


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And you shall overlay it with pure gold; within and without shall you overlay it, and shall make upon it a crown of gold round about. 


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And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. 


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And you shall put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 


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"And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 


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And you shall make two cherubims of gold; of beaten work shall you make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.


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And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end; even of the mercy seat shall you make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 


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And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another. Toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 


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And you shall put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.


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And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the Testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment unto the children of Israel. 


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The Table for the Showbread<br/>"You shall also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 


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And you shall make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and you shall make a golden crown for the border thereof round about. 


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And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 


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And you shall make the staves of shittim wood and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 


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And you shall make the dishes thereof and spoons thereof and covers thereof and bowls thereof for pouring; of pure gold shall you make them.


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The Gold Lampstand<br/>"And you shall make a candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft and his branches, his bowls, his buds, and his flowers shall be of the same. 


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And six branches shall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side. 


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Three bowls made like unto almonds with a bud and a flower on one branch, and three bowls made like almonds on the other branch with a bud and a flower -- so for the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 


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And on the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their buds and their flowers. 


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And there shall be a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 


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Their buds and their branches shall be of the same. All of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.


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And you shall make the seven lamps thereof; and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over the face of it. 


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The Tabernacle<br/>"Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue and purple and scarlet. With cherubims of the work of a skilled embroiderer shall you make them. 


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The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; and everyone of the curtains shall have one measure. 


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The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another, and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 


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And you shall make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvage in the coupling, and likewise shall you do on the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 


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Fifty loops shall you make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shall you make on the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second, that the loops may take hold one to another. 


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And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps; and it shall be one tabernacle. 


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"And you shall make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make. 


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The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; and the eleven curtains shall be all the same measure. 


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And you shall couple five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves, and shall double the sixth curtain at the forefront of the tabernacle. 


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And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which couples the second. 


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"And you shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 


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And the remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. 


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And a cubit on the one side and a cubit on the other side, of that which remains of the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side to cover it. 


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And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. 


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Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. 


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Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order to join one to another. Thus shall you make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 


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And you shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 


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And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it into one ring. Thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 


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And there shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 


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and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. 


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And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold. 


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And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shown you on the mount.


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"And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen of skillful work; with cherubims shall it be made. 


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And you shall hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 


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And you shall hang up the veil under the clasps, that you may bring in thither within the veil the ark of the Testimony; and the veil shall divide unto you between the holy place and the Most Holy. 


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And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the candlestick opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side. 


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"And you shall make a hanging for the door of the tent of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. 


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And you shall make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold; and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them. 


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The Altar of Burnt Offering<br/>"And you shall make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare, and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 


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And you shall make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof. His horns shall be of the same, and you shall overlay it with brass. 


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And you shall make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels and his basins and his fleshhooks and his firepans. All the vessels thereof you shall make of brass. 


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And you shall make for it a grate, a network of brass; and upon the network shall you make four brazen rings at the four corners thereof. 


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And you shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be even to the middle of the altar. 


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And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar to bear it. 


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The Court of the Tabernacle<br/>"And you shall make the court of the tabernacle: For the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of a hundred cubits long for one side. 


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And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.


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And likewise for the north side, in length there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars with their twenty sockets of brass, and the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 


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And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten. 


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The hangings on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three. 


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And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three. 


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And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits of blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needlework; and their pillars shall be four and their sockets four. 


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All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of brass.


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The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 


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All the vessels of the tabernacle for all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. 


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The Care of the Lampstand<br/>"And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the light to cause the lamp to burn always. 


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In the tabernacle of the congregation outside the veil, which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. 


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Garments for the Priesthood<br/>"And take you unto you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto Me in the priest's office, even Aaron, with Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. 


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And you shall speak unto all who are wisehearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto Me in the priest's office. 


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How the Priests Were Dressed<br/>And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate and an ephod, and a robe and an embroidered coat, a miter and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister unto Me in the priest's office. 


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and they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and of purple, of scarlet and fine twined linen, with skillful work. 


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It shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof, and so it shall be joined together. 


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And the embroidered girdle of the ephod which is upon it shall be of the same, according to the work thereof: even of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen. 


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six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. 


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With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. You shall make them to be set in clasps of gold. 


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And you shall put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.


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and two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathed work shall you make them, and fasten the wreathed chains to the clasps. 


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The Breastplate<br/>"And you shall make the breastplate of judgment with skillful work; according to the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of blue and of purple, and of scarlet and of fine twined linen shall you make it. 


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Foursquare it shall be, and doubled: a span shall be the length thereof and a span shall be the breadth thereof. 


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And you shall set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle; this shall be the first row. 


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And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; everyone with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 


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And you shall make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 


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And you shall put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.


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And the other two ends of the two wreathed chains you shall fasten in the two clasps, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. 


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And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is on the inner side of the ephod. 


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And two other rings of gold you shall make, and shall put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepare thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the embroidered girdle of the ephod. 


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And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the embroidered girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. 


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And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel on the breastplate of judgment upon his heart when he goes in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. 


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And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be upon Aaron's heart when he goes in before the LORD; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. 


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and there shall be a hole in the top of it, in the middle thereof. It shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a jacket of mail, that it be not rent. 


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And beneath upon the hem of it you shall make pomegranates of blue and of purple and of scarlet round about the hem thereof, and bells of gold between them round about: 


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a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 


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And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers; and his sound shall be heard when he goes in unto the holy place before the LORD and when he comes  out, that he die not. 


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"And you shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet: Holiness to the LORD. 


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And you shall put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the miter; upon the forefront of the miter it shall be. 


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And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts. And it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. 


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"And you shall embroider the coat of fine linen, and you shall make the miter of fine linen, and you shall make the girdle of needlework. 


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"And for Aaron's sons you shall make coats, and you shall make for them girdles, and bonnets shall you make for them, for glory and for beauty. 


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And you shall put them upon Aaron your brother and his sons with him; and shall anoint them and consecrate them and sanctify them, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office. 


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And you shall make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach.


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And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place, that they bear not iniquity and die. It shall be a statute forever unto him and his seed after him. 


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Aaron and His Sons Consecrated and How the Sacrifices Were Made<br/>"And this is the thing that you shall do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto Me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock and two rams without blemish, 


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and unleavened bread and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil -- of wheat flour shall you make them -- 


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and you shall put them into one basket and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 


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And Aaron and his sons you shall bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall wash them with water. 


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And you shall take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastplate, and gird him with the embroidered girdle of the ephod. 


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And you shall gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them. And the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute; and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons. 


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"And you shall cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 


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And you shall take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood alongside the bottom of the altar. 


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And you shall take all the fat that covers the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. 


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But the flesh of the bullock and his skin and his dung shall you burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.


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"You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 


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And you shall slay the ram, and you shall take his blood and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. 


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And you shall cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him and his legs, and put them on top of his pieces and on top of his head; 


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and you shall burn the whole ram upon the altar. It is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 


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"And you shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 


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Then shall you kill the ram, and take of his blood and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 


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And you shall take of the blood that is upon the altar and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron and upon his garments, and upon his sons and upon the garments of his sons with him; and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him. 


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"Also you shall take of the ram the fat, and the rump, and the fat that covers the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder <n>(for it is a ram of consecration)</n>, 


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and one loaf of bread and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD. 


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And you shall put all in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. 


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And you shall receive them from their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor before the LORD. It is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 


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"And you shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be your part. 


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And you shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron and of that which is for his sons. 


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And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute forever from the children of Israel, for it is a heave offering; and it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel from the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD. 


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"And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein and to be consecrated in them. 


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And that son who is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he comes  into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place. 


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And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 


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And they shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. 


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And if aught of the flesh of the consecrations or of the bread remain unto the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 


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"And thus shall you do unto Aaron and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded you. Seven days shall you consecrate them. 


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And you shall offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement; and you shall cleanse the altar when you have made an atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it. 


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Seven days you shall make an atonement for the altar and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy. Whatsoever touches the altar shall be holy.


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The Daily Offerings<br/>"Now this is that which you shall offer upon the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually. 


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And with the one lamb a tenth part of flour mingled with a fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering. 


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And the other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 


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"This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak there unto you. 


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And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by My glory. 


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And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar. I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me in the priest's office.


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And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the LORD their God . 


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The Altar of Incense<br/>"And you shall make an altar to burn incense upon; of shittim wood shall you make it. 


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A cubit shall be the length thereof and a cubit the breadth thereof. Foursquare shall it be, and two cubits shall be the height thereof. The horns thereof shall be part of the same. 


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And you shall overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and you shall make unto it a crown of gold round about. 


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And two golden rings shall you make for it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof; upon the two sides of it shall you make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it. 


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And you shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you. 


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And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning. When he dresses the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 


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And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. 


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You shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall you pour drink offering thereon. 


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And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements. Once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy unto the LORD." 


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"When you take the sum of the children of Israel according to their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD when you numberest them, that there be no plague among them when you numberest them. 


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This they shall give, everyone that passes among them that are numbered: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary <n>(a shekel is twenty gerahs)</n>; a half shekel shall be the offering to the LORD. 


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Everyone who passes among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. 


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The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD to make an atonement for your souls. 


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And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls." 


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"You shall also make a laver of brass, with his foot also of brass, for washing; and you shall put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and you shall put water therein. 


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When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not. Or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD, 


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so they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not. And it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations." 


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"Take you also unto you principal spices: of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half as much <n>(even two hundred and fifty shekels)</n>, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 


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and of cassia five hundred shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. 


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And you shall make from it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound according to the are of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. 


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And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office. 


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And you shall speak unto the children of Israel, saying, `This shall be a holy anointing oil unto Me throughout your generations. 


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Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall you make any other like it, according to the composition of it. It is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 


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Whosoever compounds any like it, or whosoever puts any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.'" 


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The Incense<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "Take unto you sweet spices: stacte and onycha and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense, of each shall there be a like weight. 


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And you shall make it a perfume, a confection according to the are of the perfumer, tempered together, pure and holy. 


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And you shall beat some of it very small, and put it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation where I will meet with you; it shall be unto you most holy. 


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And as for the perfume which you shall make, you shall not make it for yourselves according to the composition thereof; it shall be unto you holy for the LORD. 


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And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship, 


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and in cutting of stones to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 


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And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are wisehearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you: 


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the tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 


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and the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 


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and the clothes of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to minister in the priest's office, 


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and the anointing oil and sweet incense for the holy place. According to all that I have commanded you shall they do." 


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"Speak you also unto the children of Israel, saying, `Verily My Sabbaths you shall keep; for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who does sanctify you. 


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You shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it is holy unto you. Everyone who defiles it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 


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Six days may work be done, but on the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whosoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 


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Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant. 


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It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.'" 


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And He gave unto Moses, when He had made an end of communing with him upon Mount Sinai, two tablets of testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God . 


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The Gold Calf<br/>And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron and said unto him, "Arise, make us Gods which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has become of him." 


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And Aaron said unto them, "Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons and of your daughters, and bring them unto me." 


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And all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 


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And he received them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool after he had made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!" 


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And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation and said, "Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD." 


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And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Go, get you down; for your people which you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 


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They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed thereunto and said, `These are your gods, O Israel, which have brought you up out of the land of Egypt!'" 


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Now therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation." 


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And Moses besought the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does Your wrath wax hot against Your people, whom You have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 


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Why should the Egyptians speak and say, `For mischief did He bring them out, to slay them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Your people. 


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Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You by Your own self and said unto them, `I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.'" 


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And Moses turned and went down from the mount, and the two tablets of the testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 


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And the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tablets. 


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And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, "There is a noise of war in the camp." 


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And Moses said, "It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear." 


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And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them beneath the mount. 


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And he took the calf which they had made and burned it in the fire and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water and made the children of Israel drink of it. 


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And Moses said unto Aaron, "What did this people unto you, that you have brought so great a sin upon them?" 


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And Aaron said, "Let not the anger of my lord wax hot. You know the people, that they are set on mischief. 


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For they said unto me, `Make us Gods which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has become of him.' 


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And I said unto them, `Whosoever has any gold, let them break it off.' So they gave it to me. Then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf." 


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then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, "Who is on the LORD's side? Let him come unto me." And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 


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And he said unto them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: `Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'" 


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And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 


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For Moses had said, "Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man upon his son and upon his brother, that He may bestow upon you a blessing this day." 


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And it came to pass on the morrow that Moses said unto the people, "You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up unto the LORD. Perhaps I shall make an atonement for your sin." 


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And Moses returned unto the LORD and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves Gods of gold. 


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Yet now, if You will forgive their sin -- and if not, blot me, I pray You, out of Your book which You have written!" 


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Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto you; behold, Mine angel shall go before you. Nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them." 


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The Command to Leave Sinai<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "depart and go up hence, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, `Unto your seed will I give it.' 


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And I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite" 


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unto a land flowing with milk and honey. For I will not go up in the midst of you, for you are a stiffnecked people, lest I consume you on the way." 


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For the LORD had said unto Moses, "Say unto the children of Israel, `You are a stiffnecked people. I will come up into the midst of you in a moment and consume you. Therefore now put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do unto you.'" 


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Moses Meets with the LORD<br/>And Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was outside the camp. 


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And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle. 


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And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. 


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And all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door; and all the people rose up and worshiped, every man in his tent door. 


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And the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaks unto his friend. And he returned again into the camp; but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. 


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Moses Prays for God's Presence <n>(The Promise)</n><br/>And Moses said unto the LORD, "See, You sayest unto me, `Bring up this people,' and You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, `I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.' 


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Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You, that I may find grace in Your sight; and consider that this nation is Your people." 


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For wherein shall it be known here that I and Your people have found grace in Your sight? Is it not in that You go with us? So shall we be separated, I and Your people, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth." 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name." 


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And He said, "I will make all My goodness pass before you; and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you, and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy." 


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And it shall come to pass, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by; 


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Moses Makes New Tablets<br/>And the LORD said unto Moses, "Cut <n>(Hew)</n> you two tablets of stone like unto the first, and I will write upon these tablets the words that were in the first tablets which you brokest. 


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And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mount. 


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And no man shall come up with you, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount." 


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How the Law Was Recorded<br/>And he hewed two tablets of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up unto Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tablets of stone. 


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And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 


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keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children unto the third and to the fourth generation." 


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And he said, "If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray You, go among us, for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance." 


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The Covenant Renewed<br/>And He said, "Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is a fearsome thing that I will do with you. 


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Observe you that which I command you this day. Behold, I drive out before you the Amorite and the Canaanite, and the Hittite and the Perizzite, and the Hivite and the Jebusite. 


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Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you. 


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lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice, 


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and you take their daughters unto your sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make your sons go a whoring after their gods. 


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"The Feast of Unleavened Bread shall you keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt. 


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"All that opens the womb is Mine, and every firstling among your cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 


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But the firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you redeem him not, then shall you break his neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before Me empty. 


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"Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. 


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And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks of the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end. 


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For I will cast out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither shall any man desire your land when you shall go up to appear before the LORD your God thrice in the year.


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"You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leaven, neither shall the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover be left until the morning. 


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The first of the first fruits of your land you shall bring unto the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a kid in his mother's milk." 


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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Write you these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." 


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And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. 


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The Shining Face of Moses<br/>And it came to pass, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him. 


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And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come nigh him. 


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And Moses called unto them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him; and Moses talked with them. 


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And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh, and he gave them in commandments all that the LORD had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. 


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But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he took the veil off until he came out. And he came out, and spoke unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 


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And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone; and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with Him. 


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Sabbath Regulations<br/>And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together and said unto them, "These are the words which the LORD has commanded, that you should do them: 


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Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be for you a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whosoever does work therein shall be put to death. 


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Offerings for the Tabernacle<br/>And Moses spoke unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, 


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`Take you from among you an offering unto the LORD. Whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD: gold and silver and brass; 


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Articles of the Tabernacle<br/>"`And every wisehearted among you shall come and make all that the LORD has commanded: 


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the tabernacle, his tent and his covering, his clasps, and his boards, his bars, his pillars and his sockets; 


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and the incense altar and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle; 


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the altar of burnt offering with his brazen grate, his staves and all his vessels, the laver and his foot; 


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the hangings of the court, his pillars and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court; 


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the clothes of service to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to minister in the priest's office.'" 


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The Tabernacle Offerings Presented<br/>And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.


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And they came everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service and for the holy garments. 


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And they came, both men and women, as many as were willinghearted, and brought bracelets and earrings, and rings and tablets, all jewels of gold; and every man who offered, offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. 


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And every man with whom was found blue and purple and scarlet, and fine linen and goats' hair, and red skins of rams and badgers' skins, brought them. 


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Everyone who offered an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD's offering; and every man with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service brought it.


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And all the women who were wisehearted spun with their hands and brought that which they had spun, both of blue and of purple, and of scarlet and of fine linen. 


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The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. 


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The Artisans Called by God<br/>And Moses said unto the children of Israel, "See, the LORD has called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah. 


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And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 


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and in the cutting of stones to set them, and in carving of wood to make any manner of skillful work. 


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And He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan. 


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Them has He filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work of the engraver and of the skilled workman, and of the embroiderer in blue and in purple, in scarlet and in fine linen, and of the weaver --even of those who do any work and of those who devise skillful work." 


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Building the Tabernacle<br/>Then Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wisehearted man in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, wrought according to all that the LORD had commanded. 


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The People Give More than Enough<br/>And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wisehearted man in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up, to come unto the work to do it. 


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And they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it thereby. And they brought yet unto him freewill offerings every morning. 


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And all the wise men who wrought all the work of the sanctuary came every man from his work which they made, 


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and they spoke unto Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make." 


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And Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing, 


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Building the Tabernacle<br/>And every wisehearted man among them who wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue and purple and scarlet; with cherubims of skillful work made he them. 


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The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; the curtains were all of one size. 


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And he coupled the five curtains one unto another, and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. 


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And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvage in the coupling. Likewise he made in the outermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. 


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Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second; the loops held one curtain to another. 


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And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the clasps. So it became one tabernacle. 


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The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain; the eleven curtains were of one size. 


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And he made fifty loops upon the outermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which couples the second. 


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And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. 


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One board had two tenons equally distant one from another. Thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.


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And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 


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and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 


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And they were coupled beneath and coupled together at the head thereof to one ring; thus he did to both of them in both the corners.


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And there were eight boards, and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. 


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and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. 


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And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 


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And he made a veil of blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen; with cherubims he made it of skillful work. 


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And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 


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And he made a hanging for the tabernacle door of blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework, 


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and the five pillars of it with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, but their five sockets were of brass. 


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Making the Ark of the Testimony<br/>And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood. Two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it. 


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The Furniture of the Tabernacle<br/>And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold for it round about. 


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And he cast for it four rings of gold to be set in the four corners of it: even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. 


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And he made the mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 


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And he made two cherubims of gold. Beaten out of one piece made he them on the two ends of the mercy seat:


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one cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side; out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 


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And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered over the mercy seat with their wings with their faces one toward another; even toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubims. 


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Making the Table for the Showbread<br/>And he made the table of shittim wood. Two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 


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Also he made thereunto a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. 


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And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 


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And he made the vessels which were upon the table -- his dishes and his spoons and his bowls and his covers for covering -- of pure gold.


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Making the Gold Lampstand<br/>And he made the candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work made he the candlestick. His shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his buds and his flowers were of the same. 


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And six branches came out of the sides thereof: three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof. 


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Three bowls were made after the fashion of almonds on one branch, with a bud and a flower, and three bowls were made like almonds on another branch, with a bud and a flower -- so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick. 


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and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. 


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Making the Altar of Incense<br/>And he made the incense altar of shittim wood. The length of it was a cubit and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare, and two cubits was the height of it. The horns thereof were of the same. 


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And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it; also he made for it a crown of gold round about. 


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And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it. 


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Making the Anointing Oil and the Incense<br/>And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer. 


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Making the Altar of Burnt Offering<br/>And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood; five cubits was the length thereof and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare, and three cubits the height thereof. 


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And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same, and he overlaid it with brass. 


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And he made all the vessels of the altar: the pots and the shovels and the basins, and the fleshhooks and the firepans; all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 


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And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network, under the rim thereof beneath, unto the midst of it. 


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And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it; he made the altar hollow with boards.


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Making the Bronze Laver<br/>And he made the laver of brass and the foot of it from brass, from the looking glAsses of the women assembling, who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 


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Making the Court of the Tabernacle<br/>And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits. 


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Their pillars were twenty and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.


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And for the north side the hangings were a hundred cubits. Their pillars were twenty and their sockets of brass twenty, the hooks of the pillars and their fillets, of silver. 


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And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten, the hooks of the pillars and their fillets, of silver. 


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The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three. 


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And for the other side of the court gate, on this side and that side, were hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three. 


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And the sockets for the pillars were of brass, the hooks of the pillars and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 


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And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework: of blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen; and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court. 


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And their pillars were four and their sockets of brass four; their hooks, of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets, of silver. 


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Materials of the Tabernacle<br/>This is the account of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted according to the commandment of Moses for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. 


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And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue and in purple and in scarlet, and fine linen. 


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All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 


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And the silver of those who were numbered in the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: 


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a bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who went to be numbered from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. 


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And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil: a hundred sockets from the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 


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And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals and filleted them. 


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And therewith he made the sockets for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, 


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and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs of the court round about. 


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Making the Garments of the Priesthood and How They Were Dressed<br/>And of the blue and purple and scarlet they made clothes of service to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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Making the Ephod<br/>And he made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 


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And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires to work it in the blue and in the purple and in the scarlet and in the fine linen, with skillful work. 


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And the embroidered girdle of his ephod that was upon it was of the same, according to the work thereof: of gold, blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And they wrought onyx stones enclosed in clasps of gold, graven as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. 


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And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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Making the Breastplate<br/>And he made the breastplate of skillful work, like the work of the ephod: of gold, blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 


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It was foursquare. They made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. 


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And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz and a carbuncle; this was the first row; 


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and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in clasps of gold in their enclosings. 


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And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel -- twelve, according to their names like the engravings of a signet, everyone with his name according to the twelve tribes. 


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And they made two clasps of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 


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and the two ends of the two wreathed chains they fastened in the two clasps, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. 


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And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it which was on the side of the ephod inward; 


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and they made two other golden rings and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the front of it over against the other coupling thereof, above the embroidered girdle of the ephod. 


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And they bound the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the embroidered girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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Making the Other Priestly Garments<br/>And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 


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And there was a hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of a jacket of mail, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. 


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And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet, and twined linen. 


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And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates: 


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a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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and a miter of fine linen and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 


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and a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue and purple and scarlet needlework, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet: Holiness to the LORD. 


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And they tied unto it a lace of blue to fasten it on high upon the miter, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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The Work Completed<br/>Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished, and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses; so did they. 


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And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses: the tent and all his furniture, his clasps, his boards, his bars and his pillars and his sockets; 


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and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the veil of the covering; 


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the pure candlestick with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light; 


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and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door; 


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the hangings of the court, his pillars and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords and his pegs, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle for the tent of the congregation; 


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the clothes of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and his sons' garments to minister in the priest's office. 


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And Moses looked upon all the work, and behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded; even so had they done it. And Moses blessed them. 


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"On the first day of the first month shall you set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 


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And you shall bring in the table and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and you shall bring in the candlestick and light the lamps thereof.


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And you shall set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. 


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And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.


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And you shall set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water therein. 


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And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is therein, and shall hallow it and all the vessels thereof; and it shall be holy. 


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And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar; and it shall be an altar most holy. 


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And you shall bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. 


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And you shall put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him and sanctify him, that he may minister unto Me in the priest's office. 


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and you shall anoint them, as you did anoint their father, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office. For their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations." 


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And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 


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And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof and reared up his pillars. 


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And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark. 


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And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering and covered the ark of the Testimony, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And he put the table in the tent of the congregation upon the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil. 


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And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 


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And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there for washing. 


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When they went into the tent of the congregation and when they came near unto the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. 


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The Cloud and the Glory<br/>Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 


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And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 


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And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys; 


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For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys. 


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The Burnt Offering<br/>And the LORD called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 


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"Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them: `If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, you shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd and of the flock. 


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"`If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish. He shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. 


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And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 


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And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD; and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 


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And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire. 


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And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar; 


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but his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water. And the priest shall burn all on the altar to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. 


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"`And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice, he shall bring a male without blemish. 


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And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD; and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. 


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And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat; and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar, 


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but he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water. And the priest shall bring it all and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. 


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"`And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or of young pigeons. 


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And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar. 


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And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes. 


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And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder. And the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. 


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The Grain Offering<br/>"`And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it and put frankincense thereon. 


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And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take from it his handful of the flour thereof and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. 


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And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.


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"`And if you bring an oblation of a meat offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. 


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And if your oblation be a meat offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mingled with oil. 


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And if your oblation be a meat offering baked in the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 


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And you shall bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD; and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. 


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And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. 


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And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.


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"`No meat offering which you shall bring unto the LORD shall be made with leaven; for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey in any offering of the LORD made by fire. 


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As for the oblation of the first fruits, you shall offer them unto the LORD, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet savor. 


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And every oblation of your meat offering shall you season with salt; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meat offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.


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And if you offer a meat offering of your first fruits unto the LORD, you shall offer for the meat offering of your first fruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. 


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And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 


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The Peace Offering<br/>"`And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd, whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. 


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 


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And he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD: the fat that covers the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 


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and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys -- it shall he take away. 


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And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. 


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"`And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation; and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.


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And he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone: and the fat that covers the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 


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and the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys -- it shall he take away. 


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And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.


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And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD: the fat that covers the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 


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And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savor; all the fat is the LORD's.


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It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.'" 


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"Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, `If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them, 


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if the priest who is anointed shall sin, bringing the sin upon the people, then let him bring for his sin which he has sinned a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering. 


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And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD, and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head and kill the bullock before the LORD. 


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And the priest who is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation;


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and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the veil of the sanctuary. 


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And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 


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And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering: the fat that covers the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 


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and the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys -- it shall he take away, 


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as it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.


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And the skin of the bullock and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung" 


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even the whole bullock shall he carry forth outside the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out shall he be burned. 


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"`And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done something against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty, 


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when the sin which they have sinned is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. 


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And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD; and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.


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And the priest who is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation;


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and the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the veil. 


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And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 


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And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering; so shall he do with this. And the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 


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And he shall carry forth the bullock outside the camp and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.


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"`When a ruler has sinned, and done something through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty, 


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or if his sin wherein he has sinned come to his knowledge, he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish. 


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering. 


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And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. 


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And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 


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"`And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance while he does something against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty, 


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or if his sin which he has sinned come to his knowledge, then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned. 


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 


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And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 


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And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. 


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. 


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And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 


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And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him. 


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The Trespass Offering<br/>"`And if a soul sin and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of it, if he does not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. 


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Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him, he also shall be unclean and guilty. 


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Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be, that a man shall be defiled thereby, and it be hid from him, when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty. 


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Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him, when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 


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And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing; 


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and he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he has sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. 


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"`And if he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons unto the LORD: one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 


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And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder. 


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And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. 


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And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. 


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"`But if he is not able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon, for it is a sin offering. 


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Then shall he bring it to the priest and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering. 


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And the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin that he has sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him; and the remnant shall be the priest's as a meat offering.'" 


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"If a soul commit a trespass and sin through ignorance in the holy things of the LORD, then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with your valuation in shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. 


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And he shall make amends for the harm that he has done in the holy thing, and shall add a fifth part thereto and give it unto the priest; and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 


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"And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD, though he knew it not, yet is he guilty and shall bear his iniquity. 


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And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to your valuation for a trespass offering unto the priest; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and knew it not, and it shall be forgiven him. 


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Laws About the Burnt Offering, the Grain Offering, and the Sin Offering<br/>And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 


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"If a soul sin and commit a trespass against the LORD by lying unto his neighbor about that which was delivered to him to keep, or in dealings, or in a thing taken away by violence, or has deceived his neighbor, 


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or has found that which was lost and lies concerning it, and swears falsely -- in any of all these that a man does, sinning therein, 


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then it shall be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he has deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, 


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or all that about which he has sworn falsely. He shall even restore the principal thereof, and shall add a fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertains, on the day of his trespassoffering. 


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And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to your valuation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest. 


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And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD; and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he has done in trespassing therein." 


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"Command Aaron and his sons, saying, `This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. 


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And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire has consumed with the burnt offering on the altar; and he shall put them beside the altar. 


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And he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes outside the camp unto a clean place. 


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And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.


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The Law of the Grain Offering<br/>"`And this is the law of the meat offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. 


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And he shall take from it his handful of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor, even the memorial of it unto the LORD. 


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And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat. With unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.


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It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of My offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering and as the trespass offering. 


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All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Everyone who touchs them shall be holy.'" 


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"This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed: a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a perpetual meat offering, half of it in the morning and half thereof at night. 


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In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baked you shall bring it in, and the baked pieces of the meat offering shall you offer for a sweet savor unto the LORD. 


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And the priest from among his sons, who is anointed in his stead, shall offer it. It is a statute forever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burned. 


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"Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, `This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD; it is most holy. 


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The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it; in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation. 


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Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, you shall wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. 


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But the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken; and if it is boiled in a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water. 


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And no sin offering, from which any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation for reconcilement thereby in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burned in the fire. 


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The Laws About the Trespass Offering and the Peace Offerings<br/>"`Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering <n>(it is most holy)</n>: 


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In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering; and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.


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and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys; it shall he take away. 


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And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.


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Every male among the priests shall eat thereof. It shall be eaten in the holy place; it is most holy.


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As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering; there is one law for them: the priest who makes atonement therewith shall have it. 


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And the priest who offers any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered. 


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And all the meat offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying pan and in the pan, shall be the priest's who offers it. 


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And every meat offering mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. 


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The Law of Peace Offerings<br/>"`And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer unto the LORD: 


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If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil of fine flour, fried. 


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Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. 


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And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for a heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings. 


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And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.


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But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice; and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten. 


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And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offers it; it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eats of it shall bear his iniquity. 


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"`And the flesh that touchs any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire; and as for the flesh, all who are clean shall eat thereof. 


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But the soul that eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 


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Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man or any unclean beast or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.'" 


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"Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, `You shall eat no manner of fat, of ox or of sheep or of goat. 


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And the fat of the beast that dies of itself and the fat of that which is torn by beasts may be used in any other use, but you shall in no wise eat of it. 


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For whosoever eats the fat of the beast of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eats it shall be cut off from his people. 


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Moreover you shall eat no manner of blood in any of your dwellings, whether it be of fowl or of beast. 


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Whatsoever soul it be that eats any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.'" 


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"Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, `He that offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 


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His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire; the fat with the breast it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD. 


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And the right shoulder shall you give unto the priest for a heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.


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He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. 


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For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever, from among the children of Israel.'" 


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This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron and of the anointing of his sons out of the offerings to the LORD made by fire, on the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office, 


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which the LORD commanded to be given them by the children of Israel on the day that He anointed them, by a statute forever throughout their generations. 


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This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings, 


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which the LORD commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day that He commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.


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The Priests' Offerings<br/>"Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 


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And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 


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And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the woven girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. 


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And he put the miter upon his head. Also upon the miter, even upon the front thereof, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. 


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And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. 


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And Moses brought Aaron's sons and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put headdresses upon them, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And he brought the bullock for the sin offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.


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And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. 


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And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. 


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But the bullock and his hide, his flesh, and his dung he burned with fire outside the camp, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And he brought the ram for the burnt offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.


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And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burned the whole ram upon the altar. It was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savor, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 


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And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear and upon the thumb of his right hand and upon the great toe of his right foot.


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And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear and upon the thumbs of their right hands and upon the great toes of their right feet; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 


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And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and the right shoulder; 


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and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened cake and a cake of oiled bread and one wafer, and put them on the fat and upon the right shoulder. 


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And he put all upon Aaron's hands and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD. 


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And Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar upon the burnt offering. They were consecrations for a sweet savor; it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.


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And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD; for of the ram of consecration, it was Moses' part, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And Moses took of the anointing oil and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron and upon his garments, and upon his sons and upon his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him. 


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And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, `Aaron and his sons shall eat it.' 


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And you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation for seven days, until the days of your consecration are at an end; for seven days shall He consecrate you. 


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Therefore shall you abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that you die not; for so I am commanded." 


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The Priestly Ministry Begins<br/>And it came to pass on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, 


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The First Offerings of Aaron<br/>and he said unto Aaron, "Take you a young calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. 


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And unto the children of Israel you shall speak, saying, `Take you a kid of the goats for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering, 


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also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before the LORD, and a meat offering mingled with oil; for today the LORD will appear unto you.'" 


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And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. 


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And Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded that you should do, and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you." 


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And Moses said unto Aaron, "Go unto the altar, and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make an atonement for yourself and for the people; and offer the offering of the people and make an atonement for them, as the LORD commanded." 


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And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar; 


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but the fat, and the kidneys and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses. 


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And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. 


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And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof and the head; and he burned them upon the altar. 


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And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it and offered it for sin, as the first. 


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And he brought the meat offering, and took a handful thereof and burned it upon the altar beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. 


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He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 


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and the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covers the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver. 


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And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses commanded. 


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And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people and blessed them, and came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and peace offerings. 


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And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out and blessed the people; and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. 


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And there came a fire out from before the LORD and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat, which when all the people saw, they shouted and fell on their faces. 


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The Profane Fire <n>(Conduct)</n> of Nadab and Abihu <n>(the Priests)</n><br/>And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer and put fire therein, and put incense thereon and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He commanded them not. 


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Then Moses said unto Aaron, "This is that which the LORD spoke, saying, `I will be sanctified in them that come nigh Me, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron held his peace. 


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And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, "Come near; carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp." 


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And Moses said unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, "Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes, lest you die, and lest wrath come upon all the people; but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD has kindled. 


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And you shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest you die; for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses. 


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"Do not drink wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, 


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and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has spoken unto them by the hand of Moses." 


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And Moses spoke unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons who were left: "Take the meat offering that remains of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy. 


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And you shall eat it in the holy place, because it is your due and your sons' due of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire; for so I am commanded. 


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And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall you eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you; for they are your due and your sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. 


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The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be your and your sons' with you by a statute for ever, as the LORD has commanded." 


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And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it was burned; and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left alive, saying, 


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"Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? 


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Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place; you should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded." 


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And Aaron said unto Moses, "Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD, and such things have befallen me. And if I had eaten the sin offering today, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?" 


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Clean and Unclean Animals<br/>"Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, `These are the beasts <n>(animals)</n> which you shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 


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Whatsoever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud among the beasts, that shall you eat. 


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Nevertheless these shall you not eat, of those that chew the cud or of those that divide the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but divides not the hoof, he is unclean unto you; 


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and the swine, though he divide the hoof and is cloven- footed, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you. 


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"`These shall you eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall you eat. 


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And all that have not fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you. 


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They shall be even an abomination unto you: you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall hold their carcAsses in abomination. 


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"`And these are they which you shall hold in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey, 


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even these of them you may eat: the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 


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Unclean Animals<br/>"`And by these you shall be unclean. Whosoever touchs the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening, 


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and whosoever bears aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.


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The carcAsses of every beast which divides the hoof, and is not cloven-footed nor chews the cud, are unclean unto you; everyone who touchs them shall be unclean. 


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And whatsoever goes upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all fours, those are unclean unto you; whoso touchs their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 


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And he that bears the carcass of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean unto you.


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"`These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, 


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These are unclean to you among all that creep; whosoever does touch them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.


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And upon whatsoever any of them when they are dead does fall, it shall be unclean. Whether it be any vessel of wood or raiment or skin or sack, whatsoever vessel it be wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; so it shall be cleansed. 


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And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falls, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it. 


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Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water comes  shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. 


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And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean. Whether it be an oven or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down; for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you. 


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Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean; but that which touchs their carcass shall be unclean. 


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But if any water be put upon the seed and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 


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"`And if any beast of which you may eat die, he that touchs the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the evening. 


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And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. He also that bears the carcass of it shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.


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"`And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. 


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Whatsoever goes upon the belly, and whatsoever goes upon all fours, or whatsoever has more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them you shall not eat, for they are an abomination. 


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You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepes, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby. 


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For I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy, for I am holy; neither shall you defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. 


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For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 


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"`This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps upon the earth, 


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to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.'" 


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The Purification of Women<br/>"Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, `If a woman have conceived seed and borne a manchild, then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 


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And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days. She shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purifying are fulfilled. 


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But if she bear a maidchild, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation; and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 


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"`And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation unto the priest, 


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who shall offer it before the LORD and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that has borne a male or a female.


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And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for the burnt offering and the other for a sin offering, and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'" 


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Signs and Treatment of Leprosy<br/>"When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest or unto one of his sons the priests. 


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And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh; and when the hair in the plague has turned white and the plague in appearance be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him and pronounce him unclean. 


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If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh and in appearance be not deeper than the skin and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that has the plague seven days. 


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And the priest shall look on him the seventh day; and behold, if the plague in its appearance is stayed and the plague spread not in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more. 


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And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and behold, if the plague be somewhat dark and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is but a scab, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. 


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But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after he has been seen by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again. 


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And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy. 


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And the priest shall see him; and behold, if the rising be white in the skin and it has turned the hair white and there be living raw flesh in the rising, 


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it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean and shall not shut him up, for he is unclean. 


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And if leprosy break out abroad in the skin and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that has the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looks, 


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then the priest shall consider; and behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that has the plague. It has all turned white; he is clean. 


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And the priest shall see the raw flesh and pronounce him to be unclean, for the raw flesh is unclean; it is leprosy. 


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and the priest shall see him; and behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean that has the plague; he is clean. 


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and in the place of the boil there be a white rising or a bright spot, white and somewhat reddish, and it be shown to the priest, 


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and if, when the priest see it, behold, it is in appearance lower than the skin and the hair thereof is turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. 


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But if the priest look on it, and behold, there are no white hairs therein and if it is not lower than the skin, but is somewhat dark, then the priest shall shut him up seven days. 


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And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a plague. 


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But if the bright spot stay in his place and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 


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"Or if there be any flesh in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the living flesh that burns have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish or white, 


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then the priest shall look upon it; and behold, if the hair in the bright spot is turned white and it is in appearance deeper than the skin, it is a leprosy broken out of the burning. Therefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the plague of leprosy. 


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But if the priest look on it, and behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot and it is no lower than the other skin, but is somewhat dark, then the priest shall shut him up seven days. 


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And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day; and if it is spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the plague of leprosy. 


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And if the bright spot stay in his place and spread not in the skin, but it is somewhat dark, it is a rising from the burning; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is an inflammation from the burning. 


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then the priest shall see the plague; and behold, if it be in appearance deeper than the skin and there is in it a yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. 


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And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and behold, it is not in appearance deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that has the plague of the scall seven days. 


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And on the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague; and behold, if the scall spread not and there is in it no yellow hair and the scall is not in appearance deeper than the skin, 


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he shall be shaved, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that has the scall seven days more. 


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And on the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and behold, if the scall is not spread in the skin nor is in appearance deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. 


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then the priest shall look on him; and behold, if the scall is spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. 


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But if the scall is in appearance stayed and there is black hair grown up therein, the scall is healed; he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 


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then the priest shall look; and behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white, it is a freckled spot that grows in the skin; he is clean. 


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And he that has his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, his forehead is bald, yet is he clean. 


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And if there be in the bald head or bald forehead a white reddish sore, it is leprosy sprung up in his bald head or his bald forehead. 


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Then the priest shall look upon it; and behold, if the rising of the sore is reddish white in his bald head or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appears in the skin of the flesh, 


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he is a leprous man; he is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is on his head.


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"And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip and shall cry, `Unclean, unclean.' 


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All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean. He shall dwell alone; outside the camp shall his habitation be.


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The Law Concerning Leprous Garments<br/>"The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woolen garment or a linen garment, 


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whether it be in the warp or woof, of linen or of wool, whether in a skin or in any thing made of skin, 


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and if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the skin, either in the warp or in the woof or in any thing of skin, it is a plague of leprosy and shall be shown unto the priest. 


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And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day; if the plague is spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in a skin or in any work that is made of skin, the plague is a consuming leprosy; it is unclean. 


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He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in wool or in linen, or any thing of skin wherein the plague is, for it is a consuming leprosy; it shall be burned in the fire. 


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"And if the priest shall look, and behold, the plague is not spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, 


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then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more. 


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And the priest shall look on the plague after it is washed; and behold, if the plague has not changed his color and the plague is not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire. It has eaten inward, whether it be bare within or without. 


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And if the priest look, and behold, the plague is somewhat dark after the washing of it, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof. 


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And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof or in any thing of skin, it is a spreading plague; you shall burn that wherein the plague is with fire. 


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And the garment, either warp or woof or whatsoever thing of skin it is which you shall wash, if the plague is departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time and shall be clean." 


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This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean. 


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"This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest. 


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And the priest shall go forth out of the camp, and the priest shall look; and behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper, 


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then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. 


