Exodus 1:1-6
New King James Version
Israel’s Suffering in Egypt
1 Now (A)these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; 4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 All those [a]who were descendants of Jacob were (B)seventy[b] persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already). 6 And (C)Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. 7 (D)But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and [c]grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, (E)who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and (F)mightier than we; 10 (G)come, let us (H)deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.” 11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them (I)to afflict them with their (J)burdens. And they built for Pharaoh (K)supply cities, Pithom (L)and Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel. 13 So the Egyptians made the children of Israel (M)serve with [d]rigor. 14 And they (N)made their lives bitter with hard bondage—(O)in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.
15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the (P)Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah; 16 and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a (Q)son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” 17 But the midwives (R)feared God, and did not do (S)as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. 18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”
19 And (T)the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they [e]are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”
20 (U)Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and [f]grew very mighty. 21 And so it was, because the midwives feared God, (V)that He [g]provided households for them.
22 So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, (W)“Every son who is [h]born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
Moses Is Born(X)
2 And (Y)a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. 2 So the woman conceived and bore a son. And (Z)when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. 3 But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of (AA)bulrushes for him, daubed it with (AB)asphalt and (AC)pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds (AD)by the river’s bank. 4 (AE)And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
5 Then the (AF)daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it. 6 And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the maiden went and called the child’s mother. 9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became (AG)her son. So she called his name [i]Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
Moses Flees to Midian(AH)
11 Now it came to pass in those days, (AI)when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he (AJ)killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 And (AK)when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men (AL)were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why are you striking your companion?”
14 Then he said, (AM)“Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?”
So Moses (AN)feared and said, “Surely this thing is known!” 15 When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But (AO)Moses fled from [j]the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of (AP)Midian; and he sat down by (AQ)a well.
16 (AR)Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. (AS)And they came and drew water, and they filled the (AT)troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 Then the (AU)shepherds came and (AV)drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and (AW)watered their flock.
18 When they came to (AX)Reuel[k] their father, (AY)he said, “How is it that you have come so soon today?”
19 And they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock.”
20 So he said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may (AZ)eat bread.”
21 Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave (BA)Zipporah his daughter to Moses. 22 And she bore him a son. He called his name (BB)Gershom,[l] for he said, “I have been (BC)a [m]stranger in a foreign land.”
23 Now it happened (BD)in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel (BE)groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and (BF)their cry came up to God because of the bondage. 24 So God (BG)heard their groaning, and God (BH)remembered His (BI)covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God (BJ)looked upon the children of Israel, and God (BK)acknowledged them.
Moses at the Burning Bush(BL)
3 Now Moses was tending the flock of (BM)Jethro his father-in-law, (BN)the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to (BO)Horeb, (BP)the mountain of God. 2 And (BQ)the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. 3 Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this (BR)great sight, why the bush does not burn.”
4 So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called (BS)to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
5 Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. (BT)Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.” 6 Moreover He said, (BU)“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 (BV)he was afraid to look upon God.
7 And the Lord said: (BW)“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry (BX)because of their taskmasters, (BY)for I know their [n]sorrows. 8 So (BZ)I have come down to (CA)deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land (CB)to a good and large land, to a land (CC)flowing with milk and honey, to the place of (CD)the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, (CE)the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the (CF)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 (CG)Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
11 But Moses said to God, (CH)“Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
12 So He said, (CI)“I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a (CJ)sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
13 Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?”
14 And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, (CK)‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” 15 Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to 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 to you. This is (CL)My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’ 16 Go and (CM)gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, (CN)“I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt; 17 and I have said (CO)I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’ 18 Then (CP)they will heed your voice; and (CQ)you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has (CR)met with us; and now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ 19 But I am sure that the king of Egypt (CS)will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand. 20 So I will (CT)stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with (CU)all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and (CV)after that he will let you go. 21 And (CW)I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be, when you go, that you shall not go empty-handed. 22 (CX)But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, namely, of her who dwells near her house, (CY)articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So (CZ)you shall plunder the Egyptians.”
Miraculous Signs for Pharaoh
4 Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’ ”
2 So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”
He said, “A rod.”
3 And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand), 5 “that they may (DA)believe that the (DB)Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
6 Furthermore the Lord said to him, “Now put your hand in your bosom.” And he put his hand in his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, (DC)like snow. 7 And He said, “Put your hand in your bosom again.” So he put his hand in his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and behold, (DD)it was restored like his other flesh. 8 “Then it will be, if they do not believe you, nor heed the message of the (DE)first sign, that they may believe the message of the latter sign. 9 And it shall be, if they do not believe even these two signs, or listen to your voice, that you shall take water from [o]the river and pour it on the dry land. (DF)The water which you take from the river will become blood on the dry land.”
10 Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but (DG)I am slow of speech and [p]slow of tongue.”
11 So the Lord said to him, (DH)“Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? 12 Now therefore, go, and I will be (DI)with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”
13 But he said, “O my Lord, (DJ)please send by the hand of whomever else You may send.”
14 So (DK)the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your (DL)brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, (DM)he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15 Now (DN)you shall speak to him and (DO)put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and (DP)I will teach you what you shall do. 16 So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and (DQ)you shall be to him as God. 17 And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”
Moses Goes to Egypt
18 So Moses went and returned to (DR)Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.”
And Jethro said to Moses, (DS)“Go in peace.”
19 Now the Lord said to Moses in (DT)Midian, “Go, return to (DU)Egypt; for all the men who (DV)sought your life are dead.” 20 Then Moses (DW)took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took (DX)the rod of God in his hand.
21 And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those (DY)wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But (DZ)I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go. 22 Then you shall (EA)say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: (EB)“Israel is My son, (EC)My firstborn. 23 So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed (ED)I will kill your son, your firstborn.” ’ ”
24 And it came to pass on the way, at the (EE)encampment, that the Lord (EF)met him and sought to (EG)kill him. 25 Then (EH)Zipporah took (EI)a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and [q]cast it at [r]Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a husband of blood to me!” 26 So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a [s]husband of blood!”—because of the circumcision.
27 And the Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness (EJ)to meet Moses.” So he went and met him on (EK)the mountain of God, and kissed him. 28 So Moses (EL)told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the (EM)signs which He had commanded him. 29 Then Moses and Aaron (EN)went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. 30 (EO)And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken to Moses. Then he did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 So the people (EP)believed; and when they heard that the Lord had (EQ)visited the children of Israel and that He (ER)had looked on their affliction, then (ES)they bowed their heads and worshiped.
First Encounter with Pharaoh
5 Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may [t]hold (ET)a feast to Me in the wilderness.’ ”
2 And Pharaoh said, (EU)“Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, (EV)nor will I let Israel go.”
3 So they said, (EW)“The God of the Hebrews has (EX)met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with (EY)pestilence or with the sword.”
4 Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your (EZ)labor.” 5 And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are (FA)many now, and you make them rest from their labor!”
6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded the (FB)taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, 7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make (FC)brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ 9 Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.”
10 And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I will not give you straw. 11 Go, get yourselves straw where you can find it; yet none of your work will be reduced.’ ” 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.” 14 Also the (FD)officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were (FE)beaten and were asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as before?”
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why are you dealing thus with your servants? 16 There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And indeed your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people.”
17 But he said, “You are idle! Idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ 18 Therefore go now and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.” 19 And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble after it was said, “You shall not reduce any bricks from your daily quota.”
20 Then, as they came out from Pharaoh, they met Moses and Aaron who stood there to meet them. 21 (FF)And they said to them, “Let the Lord look on you and judge, because you have made [u]us abhorrent in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”
Israel’s Deliverance Assured(FG)
22 So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why is it You have sent me? 23 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.”
God Renews His Promise to Israel
6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For (FH)with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand (FI)he will drive them out of his land.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 1:5 Lit. who came from the loins of
- Exodus 1:5 DSS, LXX seventy-five; cf. Acts 7:14
- Exodus 1:7 became very numerous
- Exodus 1:13 harshness
- Exodus 1:19 have vigor of life, bear quickly, easily
- Exodus 1:20 became very numerous
- Exodus 1:21 gave them families
- Exodus 1:22 Sam., LXX, Tg. add to the Hebrews
- Exodus 2:10 Heb. Mosheh, lit. Drawn Out
- Exodus 2:15 the presence of Pharaoh
- Exodus 2:18 Jethro, Ex. 3:1
- Exodus 2:22 Lit. Stranger There
- Exodus 2:22 sojourner, temporary resident
- Exodus 3:7 pain
- Exodus 4:9 The Nile
- Exodus 4:10 heavy or dull of tongue; cannot talk very well
- Exodus 4:25 Lit. made it touch
- Exodus 4:25 Lit. his
- Exodus 4:26 bridegroom
- Exodus 5:1 keep a pilgrim-feast
- Exodus 5:21 Lit. our scent to stink before
Isaiah 27:6-28:13
New King James Version
6 Those who come He shall cause (A)to take root in Jacob;
Israel shall blossom and bud,
And fill the face of the world with fruit.
7 (B)Has He struck [a]Israel as He struck those who struck him?
Or has He been slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by Him?
8 (C)In measure, by sending it away,
You contended with it.
(D)He removes it by His rough wind
In the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered;
And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin:
When he makes all the stones of the altar
Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust,
[b]Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.
10 Yet the fortified city will be (E)desolate,
The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness;
There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down
And consume its branches.
11 When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off;
The women come and set them on fire.
For (F)it is a people of no understanding;
Therefore He who made them will (G)not have mercy on them,
And (H)He who formed them will show them no favor.
12 And it shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord will thresh,
From the channel of [c]the River to the Brook of Egypt;
And you will be (I)gathered one by one,
O you children of Israel.
13 (J)So it shall be in that day:
(K)The great trumpet will be blown;
They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria,
And they who are outcasts in the land of (L)Egypt,
And shall (M)worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Woe to Ephraim and Jerusalem
28 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the [d]verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!
2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one,
(N)Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm,
Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing,
Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand.
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
Will be trampled underfoot;
4 And the glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the [e]verdant valley,
Like the first fruit before the summer,
Which an observer sees;
He eats it up while it is still in his hand.
5 In that day the Lord of hosts will be
For a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty
To the remnant of His people,
6 For a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
And for strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7 But they also (O)have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
(P)The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8 For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean.
9 “Whom(Q) will he teach knowledge?
And whom will he make to understand the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just drawn from the breasts?
10 (R)For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little.”
11 For with (S)stammering lips and another tongue
He will speak to this people,
12 To whom He said, “This is the (T)rest with which
You may cause the weary to rest,”
And, “This is the refreshing”;
Yet they would not hear.
13 But the word of the Lord was to them,
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little,”
That they might go and fall backward, and be broken
And snared and caught.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:7 Lit. him
- Isaiah 27:9 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
- Isaiah 27:12 The Euphrates
- Isaiah 28:1 Lit. valleys of fatness
- Isaiah 28:4 Lit. valley of fatness
Isaiah 29:22-23
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22 Therefore thus says the Lord, (A)who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall not now be (B)ashamed,
Nor shall his face now grow pale;
23 But when he sees his children,
(C)The work of My hands, in his midst,
They will hallow My name,
And hallow the Holy One of Jacob,
And fear the God of Israel.
Matthew 2:1-12
New King James Version
Wise Men from the East
2 Now after (A)Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, [a]wise men (B)from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, (C)“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen (D)His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”
3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all (E)the chief priests and (F)scribes of the people together, (G)he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
5 So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:
6 ‘But(H) you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;
For out of you shall come a Ruler
(I)Who will shepherd My people Israel.’ ”
7 Then Herod, when he had secretly called the [b]wise men, determined from them what time the (J)star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.”
9 When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, (K)they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12 Then, being divinely warned (L)in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.
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- Matthew 2:1 Gr. magoi
- Matthew 2:7 Gr. magoi
Acts 7:17-37
New King James Version
God Delivers Israel by Moses
17 “But when (A)the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, (B)the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18 till another king (C)arose who did not know Joseph. 19 This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, (D)making them expose their babies, so that they might not live. 20 (E)At this time Moses was born, and (F)was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months. 21 But (G)when he was set out, (H)Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son. 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was (I)mighty in words and deeds.
23 (J)“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. 25 For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand. 26 And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’ 27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, (K)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 (L)Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he (M)had two sons.
30 (N)“And when forty years had passed, an Angel [a]of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. 31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, 32 saying, (O)‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look. 33 (P)‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 34 I have surely (Q)seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will (R)send you to Egypt.” ’
35 “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, (S)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer (T)by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 (U)He brought them out, after he had (V)shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, (W)and in the Red Sea, (X)and in the wilderness forty years.
Israel Rebels Against God
37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, (Y)‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. (Z)Him[b] you shall hear.’
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1 Corinthians 14:13-25
New King James Version
13 Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may (A)interpret. 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. (B)I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing (C)with the understanding. 16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say “Amen” (D)at your giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you say? 17 For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18 I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all; 19 yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Tongues a Sign to Unbelievers
20 Brethren, (E)do not be children in understanding; however, in malice (F)be babes, but in understanding be mature.
21 (G)In the law it is written:
(H)“With men of other tongues and other lips
I will speak to this people;
And yet, for all that, they will not hear Me,”
says the Lord.
22 Therefore tongues are for a (I)sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe. 23 Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, (J)will they not say that you are [a]out of your mind? 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all. 25 [b]And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report (K)that God is truly among you.
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- 1 Corinthians 14:23 insane
- 1 Corinthians 14:25 NU omits And thus
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