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Exodus

Spring 2021

Monday

February 8, 2021

Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each man came with his household: 1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 1:4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 1:5 And all the persons who came forth from the loins of Jacob were seventy persons, but Joseph was already in Egypt. 1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation. 1:7 But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, and the land was filled with them. 1:8 And a new king rose up over Egypt, who did not know of Joseph. 1:9 And he said to his people, The people of the children of Israel are now more numerous and stronger than we. 1:10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply and, when some war occurs, they also join themselves to those who hate us and fight against us and go up from the land. 1:11 So they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built storage cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses. 1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out so that they came to dread the children of Israel. 1:13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness, 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and in brick and in all kinds of labor in the field; all their labor with which they made them serve was with harshness. 1:15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one whose name was Shiphrah and the other whose name was Puah; 1:16 And he said, aWhen you act as midwives for the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live. 1:17 But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them but let the male children live. 1:18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, Why have you done this thing and let the male children live? 1:19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous: before the midwife comes to them, they give birth. 1:20 And God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very strong. 1:21 And because the midwives feared God, He established households for them. 1:22 And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, Every son who is born you shall cast into the River, but every daughter you shall let live.

Tuesday

February 9, 2021

Exodus 2:1 And a man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as wife. 2:2 And the woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 2:3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him a papyrus basket and plastered it with tar and pitch; and she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the River. 2:4 And his sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him. 2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the River while her maidens walked alongside the River. And she saw the basket in the midst of the reeds and sent her female servant, and she brought it to her. 2:6 And she opened it and saw the child, and there was the boy, crying. And she had compassion on him and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children. 2:7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call a nurse from the Hebrew women for you that she may nurse the child for you? 2:8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and called the child’s mother. 2:9 And 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. 2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses and said, Because I drew him out of the water. 2:11 And in those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brothers. 2:12 And he looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one there, he struck the Egyptian down and hid him in the sand. 2:13 And he went out the next day, and there were two Hebrew men struggling together; and he said to the one who was in the wrong, Why are you beating your companion? 2:14 And he said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you thinking to kill me as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses became 1frightened and said, Surely the matter is known. 2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh to dwell in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. 2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Wednesday

February 10, 2021

Exodus 2:17 And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses rose up and helped them and watered their flock. 2:18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, Why have you come back so quickly today? 2:19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and he even drew water for us as well and watered the flock. 2:20 And he said to his daughters, And where is he? Why did you leave the man? Invite him to eat a meal. 2:21 And Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 2:22 And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land. 2:23 And in the course of those many days the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage. And they cried out, and their cry went up to God because of their bondage. 2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God took notice of them. Exodus 3:1 Now Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. 3:2 And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thornbush. And when he looked, there was the thornbush, burning with fire; but the thornbush was not consumed. 3:3 And Moses said, I must turn aside now and see this great sight, why the thornbush does not burn up. 3:4 And when Jehovah saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him out of the midst of the thornbush and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here I am. 3:5 And He said, Do not come near here. Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. 3:6 And 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 at God. 3:7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

Thursday

February 11, 2021

Exodus 3:8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. 3:9 And now the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 3:10 So come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. 3:11 But Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt? 3:12 And He said, Surely I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will serve God upon this mountain. 3:13 Then Moses said to God, If 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? 3:14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And He said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. 3:15 And God also said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial from generation to generation. 3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you and seen what is being done to you in Egypt. 3:17 And I say, 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. 3:18 And they will listen to your voice. And you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; and now let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God. 3:19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand. 3:20 So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will perform in the midst of it, and after that he will let you go.

Friday

February 12, 2021

Exodus 3:21 And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that when you go, you will not go empty-handed. 3:22 But every woman will ask of her neighbor and of any woman living in her house for articles of silver and articles of gold and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and on your daughters, and thus plunder the Egyptians. Exodus 4:1 Then Moses answered and said, What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice, but say, Jehovah has not appeared to you? 4:2 And Jehovah said to him, What is this in your hand? And he said, A staff. 4:3 And He said, Throw it on the ground. And he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses recoiled from it. 4:4 And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out your hand, and take it by its tail — so he stretched out his hand and seized it, and it became a staff in his hand — 4:5 That they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you. 4:6 And Jehovah further said to him, Now put your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, there his hand was, leprous, as white as snow. 4:7 And He said, Put your hand into your bosom again — so he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out of his bosom, there it was, restored like the rest of his flesh — 4:8 And if they do not believe you or heed the first sign, then they may believe the next sign. 4:9 And if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, then you shall take some of the water of the River and pour it on the dry ground, and the water that you take out of the River will become blood upon the dry ground. 4:10 And Moses said to Jehovah, Please, Lord, I am not a man of words, neither in the past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.

Monday

February 15, 2021

Exodus 4:11 And Jehovah said to him, Who gave man a mouth? Or who makes him dumb or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah? 4:12 Now go therefore, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you shall speak. 4:13 And he said, Please, Lord, send word by sending someone else. 4:14 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and He said, Is there not Aaron your brother the Levite? I know that he can certainly speak. And even now he is coming out to meet you; and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 4:15 And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. 4:16 And he shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be as God to him. 4:17 And you shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs. 4:18 And Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law. And he said to him, Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 4:19 And Jehovah said to Moses in Midian, Go, return to Egypt; for all the men who were seeking your life have died. 4:20 So Moses took his wife and his sons, and mounted them upon a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand. 4:21 And Jehovah said to Moses, When you go to return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go. 4:22 Then you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says Jehovah, Israel is My son, My firstborn. 4:23 And I said to you, Let My son go that he may serve Me; but you have refused to let him go. I will now slay your son, your firstborn. 4:24 And at the lodging place on the way, Jehovah came upon him and sought to put him to death. 4:25 Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and cast it at Moses’ feet, and she said, You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me! 4:26 So He let him alone. It was then that she said, A bridegroom of blood, because of the circumcision. 4:27 And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went and came upon him at the mountain of God, and he kissed him.

Tuesday

February 16, 2021

Exodus 4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah with which He had sent him and all the signs with which He had charged him. 4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. 4:30 And Aaron spoke all the words which Jehovah had spoken to Moses, and he performed the signs in the sight of the people. 4:31 And the people believed; and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, they bowed and worshipped. Exodus 5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, Let My people go that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness. 5:2 But Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah that I should listen to His voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, and I also will not let Israel go. 5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God; otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or sword. 5:4 Then the king of Egypt said to them, Moses and Aaron, why are you trying to release the people from their work? Get back to your burdens. 5:5 And Pharaoh said, Look, the people of the land are now many, yet you want them to cease from their burdens. 5:6 And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, 5:7 You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks as previously; let them go and gather straw for themselves. 5:8 And the quota of the bricks which they made previously, you shall still place upon them; you shall not diminish any of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 5:9 Let the work be laid more heavily upon such men, so that they do it and not pay attention to false words. 5:10 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. 5:11 You go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, for none of your work will be reduced. 5:12 So the people scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 5:13 And the taskmasters pressed them saying, Finish your work, the same daily assignment as when there was straw.

Wednesday

February 17, 2021

Exodus 5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and told, Why have you not finished, both yesterday and today, the amount of bricks required of you previously? 5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, Why do you treat your servants this way? 5:16 No straw is given to your servants, and they say to us, Make bricks. And now your servants are being beaten, but it is the fault of your own people. 5:17 But he said, Idle is what you are, idle; therefore you say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah. 5:18 So go now and work; and no straw shall be given you, but you shall deliver the quota of bricks. 5:19 And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, You shall not diminish any of the daily assignment of your bricks. 5:20 And they came upon Moses and Aaron, who were standing there to meet them when they came forth from Pharaoh. 5:21 And they said to them, Jehovah look upon you and judge, because you have made us odious in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants so as to put a sword in their hand to kill us. 5:22 Then Moses went back to Jehovah and said, Lord, why have You mistreated this people? Why is it that You have sent me? 5:23 Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has mistreated this people, and You have not delivered Your people at all. Exodus 6:1 And Jehovah said to Moses, Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh; for because of a mighty hand he will let them go, and because of a mighty hand he will drive them out of his land. 6:2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am Jehovah. 6:3 And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as the All-sufficient God; but by My name Jehovah I did not make Myself known to them. 6:4 And I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they sojourned. 6:5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians have enslaved; and I have remembered My covenant. 6:6 Therefore say to the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.

Thursday

February 18, 2021

Exodus 6:7 And I will take you to Myself as My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am Jehovah your God, the One who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 6:8 And I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you as a possession. I am Jehovah. 6:9 And Moses spoke this to the children of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of anguish of spirit and harsh bondage. 6:10 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 6:11 Go, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 6:12 And Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying, The children of Israel do not now listen to me. How then will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am of uncircumcised lips? 6:13 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a charge for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 6:14 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. 6:15 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. 6:16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the years of Levi’s life were one hundred thirty-seven years. 6:17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. 6:18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the years of Kohath’s life were one hundred thirty-three years. 6:19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. 6:20 And Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister for himself as wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the years of Amram’s life were one hundred thirty-seven years. 6:21 And the sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. 6:22 And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri. 6:23 And Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, for himself as wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 6:24 And the sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

Friday

February 19, 2021

Exodus 6:25 And Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families. 6:26 It was this same Aaron and Moses to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies. 6:27 It was they who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt; it is the same Moses and Aaron. 6:28 And on the day when Jehovah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 6:29 Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, I am Jehovah; speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, all that I speak to you. 6:30 But Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How then will Pharaoh listen to me? Exodus 7:1 And Jehovah said to Moses, See, I have made you God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. 7:2 You shall speak all that I command you, and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 7:3 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and will multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. 7:4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay My hand upon Egypt and bring forth My armies, My people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. 7:5 And the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth My hand upon Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them. 7:6 And Moses and Aaron did so; as Jehovah commanded them, so did they do. 7:7 And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh. 7:8 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 7:9 When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, Perform a wonder; then you shall say to Aaron, Take your staff, and throw it down before Pharaoh, so that it becomes a serpent. 7:10 And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and they did just as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 7:11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. And they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret spells; 7:12 That is, each one threw down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 7:13 And Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had said. 7:14 Then Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

Monday

February 22, 2021

Exodus 7:15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water, and stand on the bank of the River to meet him. And you shall take in your hand the staff which was turned into a serpent. 7:16 And you shall say to him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, Let My people go that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But until this very moment you have not listened. 7:17 Thus says Jehovah, By this you will know that I am Jehovah. I am now going to strike the water which is in the River with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned to blood. 7:18 And the fish that are in the River will die, and the River will become foul, and the Egyptians will loathe drinking water from the River. 7:19 And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your staff, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their watercourses, and over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone. 7:20 And Moses and Aaron did just as Jehovah commanded; and he lifted up the staff and struck the water that was in the River in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the River was turned to blood. 7:21 And the fish that were in the River died, and the River became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the River; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. 7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret spells; and Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had said. 7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart. 7:24 And all the Egyptians dug around the River for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the River. 7:25 And seven days passed after Jehovah had struck the River.

Tuesday

February 23, 2021

Exodus 8:1 Then Jehovah said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah, Let My people go that they may serve Me. 8:2 But if you refuse to let them go, I will now smite all your territory with frogs. 8:3 And the River shall swarm with frogs, and they will go up from the River and come into your house and into your bedchamber and upon your bed, and into the houses of your servants and upon your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls. 8:4 And the frogs shall come up upon you and upon your people and upon all your servants. 8:5 And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the watercourses, and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt 8:6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. 8:7 And the magicians did the same with their secret spells and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt. 8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, Entreat Jehovah to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah. 8:9 And Moses said to Pharaoh, May it please you, and not me, as to the time. When shall I make entreaty for you and for your servants and for your people, to cut off the frogs from you and from your houses so that they remain in the River only? 8:10 And he said, Tomorrow. And he said, It will be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like Jehovah our God. 8:11 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. 8:12 Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried out to Jehovah concerning the frogs which He had brought upon Pharaoh. 8:13 And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died in the houses, in the courts, and in the fields. 8:14 And they gathered them together, heap after heap, and the land stank. 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had said.

Wednesday

February 24, 2021

Exodus 8:16 And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your staff, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 8:17 And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man and on beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 8:18 And the magicians did the same with their secret spells, to try to bring forth lice, but they could not; so there were lice on man and on beast. 8:19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. But Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had said. 8:20 Then Jehovah said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and present yourself before Pharaoh as he is going out to the water, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah, Let My people go that they may serve Me. 8:21 For if you will not let My people go, then I will at once send swarms of flies against you and against your servants and against your people and against your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, as well as the ground on which they are. 8:22 But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are staying, so that no swarms of flies will be there, so that you may know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the land. 8:23 And I will put a redemption between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall occur. 8:24 And Jehovah did so; and heavy swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants’ houses, and throughout the land of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies. 8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said, Go, sacrifice to your God in the land. 8:26 And Moses said, It would not be right to do so, for we will sacrifice to Jehovah our God what is an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us? 8:27 We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Jehovah our God just as He commands us. 8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go that you may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Make entreaty for me. 8:29 And Moses said, I am now going out from you, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies would depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow; only do not let Pharaoh deal deceitfully anymore by not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah. 8:30 So Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated Jehovah. 8:31 And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses, and He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained. 8:32 However Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, and he did not let the people go.

Thursday

February 25, 2021

Exodus 9:1 Then Jehovah said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and speak to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let My people go that they may serve Me. 9:2 For if you refuse to let them go and still retain them, 9:3 Then the hand of Jehovah is going to be on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very severe pestilence. 9:4 And Jehovah will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the children of Israel. 9:5 And Jehovah set an appointed time, saying, Tomorrow Jehovah will do this thing in the land. 9:6 And Jehovah did this thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel not one died. 9:7 And Pharaoh sent to inquire, and indeed there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go. 9:8 Then Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Take handfuls of ashes from a furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9:9 And it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will become boils breaking out with sores on man and on beast throughout all the land of Egypt. 9:10 So they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it toward heaven, and it became boils breaking forth with sores on man and on beast. 9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians. 9:12 And Jehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had spoken to Moses.

Friday

February 26, 2021

Exodus 9:13 Then Jehovah said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and present yourself before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let My people go that they may serve Me. 9:14 For this time I am going to send all My plagues against you and on your servants and on your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. 9:15 For if by now I had stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, you would have been cut off from the earth. 9:16 But indeed for this cause I have made you stand, to show you My power and to have My name proclaimed throughout all the earth. 9:17 You are still exalting yourself against My people by not letting them go. 9:18 Tomorrow about this time I am going to cause very heavy hail to fall, such as has never occurred in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. 9:19 Now therefore send men and secure your livestock and all that you have in the field; every man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home when the hail comes down shall die. 9:20 He who feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses. 9:21 But he who did not pay attention to the word of Jehovah left his servants and his livestock in the field. 9:22 And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven that there may be hail throughout all the land of Egypt, upon man and upon beast and upon all the vegetation of the field in the land of Egypt. 9:23 And Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven; and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire came down on the earth, and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 9:24 So there was very heavy hail with fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, such as had not occurred in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 9:25 And the hail struck everything that was in the field, both man and beast, throughout all the land of Egypt; and the hail struck all the vegetation of the field and shattered every tree of the field. 9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. 9:27 And Pharaoh sent a messenger and called for Moses and Aaron; and he said to them, I have sinned this time; Jehovah is the righteous One, and I and my people are in the wrong. 9:28 Entreat Jehovah, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer. 9:29 And Moses said to him, As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to Jehovah: The thunder will cease, and there will not be any more hail, that you may know that the earth is Jehovah’s.