Exodus 6 Cross References - NSB

¹ Jehovah said to Moses: »Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. I will show him my power. He will let my people go! I will show him my power, and he will throw them out of his country.« ² God spoke further to Moses and said to him: »I am Jehovah. ³ »I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name, Jehovah, I did not make myself known to them. ⁴ »I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as foreigners. ⁵ »Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel. This is because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage. I have remembered my covenant. ⁶ »Tell the sons of Israel: ‘I am Jehovah. I will bring you out from under the oppression of the Egyptians. I will free you from slavery! I will rescue you with my powerful arm and with mighty acts of judgment.’ ⁷ »I will make you my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am Jehovah your God. I brought you out from under the forced labor of the Egyptians. ⁸ »I will bring you to the land I solemnly swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your own possession. I am Jehovah!’« ⁹ Moses reported this to the Israelites. But they would not listen to him. For they were so discouraged by their backbreaking work. ¹⁰ Then Jehovah told Moses: ¹¹ »Demand that Pharaoh king of Egypt let the sons of Israel go.« ¹² But Moses replied: »I am not a powerful speaker. If the sons of Israel will not listen to me, why should the king of Egypt?« ¹³ Jehovah sent Aaron and Moses with a message for the sons of Israel and for the king. He also ordered Aaron and Moses to free the people from Egypt. ¹⁴ The following men were the heads of their father’s households: The sons of Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ¹⁵ 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. ¹⁶ These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari. Levi lived one hundred and thirty-seven years. ¹⁷ The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. ¹⁸ The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived one hundred and thirty-three years. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. ²⁰ Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived one hundred and thirty-seven years. ²¹ The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. ²² The sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri. ²³ Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²⁴ The sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. ²⁵ Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families. ²⁶ It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom Jehovah said: »Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.« ²⁷ They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron. ²⁸ On the day when Jehovah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹ Jehovah said to Moses: »I am Jehovah! Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.« ³⁰ But Moses protested to Jehovah: »I am unskilled in speech. How then will Pharaoh listen to me?«

¹⁹ »I know that the king of Egypt will not permit you to go, except under compulsion. ²⁰ »So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do in it’s midst. After that he will let you go.

¹ Jehovah said to Moses: »I will send only one more punishment (plague) on the king of Egypt and his people. After that he will let you leave. In fact, he will drive all of you out of here.

³¹ Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron during the night. He said: »You and the Israelites must leave my people at once. Go serve Jehovah just as you requested.

³³ The Egyptians begged the people to leave the country quickly. They said: »We will all be dead soon!«

³⁹ With the dough they had brought from Egypt, they baked round, flat bread. The dough had not risen because they had been thrown out of Egypt and had no time to prepare food for the trip.

³ Moses said to the people: »Remember this day in the month of Abib. It is the day Jehovah’s mighty power rescued you from slavery in Egypt. Do not eat anything made with yeast.

¹³ But Moses said to the people: »Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of Jehovah. He will accomplish this for you today. The Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.

²³ »For there is omen (spell) against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel. At the proper time it will be said to Jacob and Israel: What God has done!

³⁴ »Has God attempted to take a nation from the middle of another nation? Has he done this by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by great terrors? Yes, and by the use of his great power! Jehovah your God did all this for you in Egypt before your very eyes!

³⁹ »See now that I, even I, am he. There is no god besides me! It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heals. There is no one who can deliver from my hand.

² The personal attendant of the king said to Elisha: »If Jehovah could make floodgates in the heavens could this happen?« Elisha replied: »You will see it with your own eyes. But you will not eat from it.«

¹⁹ The king’s attendant answered: »If Jehovah could open floodgates in the heavens could this happen?« Elisha had replied: »You shall see with your own eyes. But you will not eat from it.«

¹⁷ »‘You will not have to fight this battle. Just take up your positions and wait. You will see Jehovah give you victory. People of Judah and Jerusalem, do not hesitate or be afraid.’ Go out to battle. Jehovah will be with you!

⁵ »Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise,« says Jehovah. »I will provide safety for those who long for it.«

¹³ You have a strong arm! Your hand is mighty (power by Holy Spirit); your right hand is exalted.

¹² With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

¹² Where is the one who sent his powerful arm to support the right hand of Moses? Where is the one who divided the water in front of them to make an everlasting name for himself?

³³ ‘»As I am alive,’ declares the Lord Jehovah, ‘I will rule you with a mighty hand and a powerful arm. I will pour out my fury. ³⁴ ‘»I will bring you out from the nations and gather you from the countries where I have scattered you with my mighty hand and powerful arm. I will pour out my fury.

⁷ Then God said to him: »I AM JEHOVAH, who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess.«

⁶ »Tell the sons of Israel: ‘I am Jehovah. I will bring you out from under the oppression of the Egyptians. I will free you from slavery! I will rescue you with my powerful arm and with mighty acts of judgment.’

⁸ »I will bring you to the land I solemnly swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your own possession. I am Jehovah!’«

¹⁸ »Then the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen.«

¹ The entire congregation of Israelites left the desert of Sin and traveled from place to place as Jehovah commanded them. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

² »I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.

⁸ »I ALONE AM JEHOVAH. THAT IS MY NAME. I WILL NOT GIVE MY GLORY TO ANOTHER! I will not let idols share my praise.

¹¹ »I ALONE AM JEHOVAH, AND THERE IS NO SAVIOR BESIDES ME.«

¹⁵ »I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.«

⁶ »This is what Jehovah, Israel’s King and Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts says: ‘I AM THE FIRST AND I AM THE LAST-APART FROM ME THERE IS NO GOD!

²⁴ »If they want to brag, instead let them advocate (glory) (celebrate) that they understand and know me. They should advocate that I, Jehovah, act out of love, righteousness, and justice on the earth. This kind of celebration pleases me,« declares Jehovah.

⁶ »I am Jehovah. I have not changed! You are the sons of Jacob. You have not yet been destroyed!

²⁴ »The God that made the world and all things in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He does not live in temples made with hands. ²⁵ »Men’s hands do not serve him as if he needed anything. He gives life and breath to all.

⁷ Jehovah appeared to Abram and said: »I will give this land to your offspring (seed).« He built an altar there to Jehovah, who had appeared to him. ⁸ From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent. Bethel was on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to Jehovah and called on the name of Jehovah.

¹⁸ Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron. He built an altar to Jehovah there.

¹ Abram was ninety-nine years old. Jehovah appeared to him and said: »I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

¹⁴ Abraham named that place »Jehovah Will Provide.« It is still said today: »It will be provided on the mountain of Jehovah.«

³ »Almighty God will bless your marriage and give you many children. You will become the father of many nations!

¹¹ God also said: »I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and an assembly of nations will come from you. Kings shall come forth from you.

³ Jacob said to Joseph: »Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

¹⁴ God then said to Moses: »[I exist and] I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE.« You shall say to the sons of Israel: »I WILL BE, has sent me to you.’« (Hebrew: hayah, »I was, I am, I will be« gives evidence of God’s eternal existence)

⁴ Sing to God, sing praises to his name: extol him who rides upon the heavens by his name, Jehovah, and rejoice before him.

¹⁸ That they may know that you alone, whose name is Jehovah, are the Most High over all the earth.

⁵ »What do I have here?« Declares Jehovah. »For my people have been taken away for nothing. Those who rule them mock,« declares Jehovah. »And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed. ⁶ »Therefore my people will all know my name! In that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I!«

⁵⁸ Jesus said: »I tell you the truth, I existed before Abraham was born!« (Ex 3:14, 15)

⁴ John, to the seven congregations in Asia: May you have grace and peace from him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

¹⁸ »But I will establish my covenant with you. You will enter the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

¹³ Jehovah said to Abram: »Know this for sure; your offspring will be strangers (aliens) in a land that is not theirs. They will be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years.

¹⁸ On that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram. He said: »To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

⁴ »This is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

⁷ »I will establish my covenant as a long lasting covenant between us. It will be for your descendants after you, for the generations to come. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. ⁸ »The whole land of Canaan, where you are now a guest (alien) (foreigner) (stranger), I will give a long lasting possession to you and your descendants after you. I will be their God.«

¹³ »Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be a long lasting covenant.

⁴ He said: »I am a stranger with no permanent home. Let me have some of your property for a tomb that I can bury my dead wife.«

³ »You will live there as a foreigner. I will be with you and bless you. I will keep my promise to your father Abraham by giving this land to you and your descendants.

⁴ »He will bless you and your descendants as he blessed Abraham. You may take possession of this land, in which you have lived and which God gave to Abraham!«

¹³ Jehovah was standing above the stairway. He proclaimed: »I am Jehovah, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give the land on which you are lying to you and your descendants.

⁵ »‘That is how God will bless my descendants. He made an eternal covenant with me. It is an agreement that will not be broken, a promise that will not be changed. That is all I desire. That will be my victory, and God will surely bring it about.

¹² They were a few men in number, very few, and strangers in it.

³ Give ear and come to me; listen to me, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.

⁵ »He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. Yet he promised that he would give it to him and his seed after him for a possession. This promise was made before he had a child.

¹ God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark. He sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.

¹⁵ »I will remember my covenant with you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters flood to destroy all life.

²⁴ God heard their groaning. He remembered his promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

⁷ Jehovah said: »I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt. I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them.

⁸ He has remembered his covenant forever! It is the word he commanded to a thousand generations.

⁴⁴ He saw that they were suffering when he heard their cry for help. ⁴⁵ He remembered his promise to them. In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans.

⁹ In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

⁵⁴ »He has helped Israel his servant that he might remember mercy.

⁷² »He shows mercy towards our fathers and remembers his holy covenant.

¹⁷ »So I said: ‘I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.«’

² God spoke further to Moses and said to him: »I am Jehovah.

²⁹ Jehovah said to Moses: »I am Jehovah! Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.«

⁴ »Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will use my power to punish (lay my hand upon) Egypt severely. I will bring my people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt in organized family groups.

¹³ »Using your powerful love, you rescued (redeemed) the people.

²³ »Take care of yourselves. Do not forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you. Do not make a graven image, or the likeness of anything, which Jehovah your God has forbidden.

⁸ »You were chosen because Jehovah loved you and kept the oath he swore to your fathers. So he used his mighty hand to bring you out. He freed you from slavery under Pharaoh king of Egypt.

¹⁵ »Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this today!

⁸ »‘Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders.

³⁶ »Jehovah took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm. He is your God, to whom you are to give worship and make offerings:

²¹ »Who is like your people Israel? Israel is the one nation on earth who’s God went out to redeem a people. You redeemed your people from Egypt. You make a name for yourself, and perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before your people.

¹⁰ »These are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand.

⁶ »I relieved his shoulder of the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

¹¹ And brought Israel out from their midst, for his loving kindness is everlasting. ¹² With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

¹² The Arameans from the east and the Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away. His hand (power) is still stretched out (extended).

¹⁷ That is why Jehovah did not rejoice in their young people, nor show compassion to their orphans and widows. Everyone was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke wickedness (foolishness) (vileness). In all this his anger has not turned away. His hand is stretched out still (ready to apply his power).

²¹ Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, Ephraim will feed on Manasseh, and both will devour Judah. But even then Jehovah’s anger will not be satisfied. His hand is still poised to unleash his power.

⁷ »I told them to throw away the disgusting idols they loved and not to make themselves unclean with the false gods of Egypt. I am Jehovah their God. ⁸ ‘»»They defied me and refused to listen. They did not throw away their disgusting idols or give up the Egyptian gods. I was ready to let them feel the full force of my anger there in Egypt. ⁹ »‘»But I did not, since that would have brought dishonor to my name. In the presence of the people among whom they were living I had announced to Israel that I was going to lead them out of Egypt.

⁴ The king of Egypt replied: »Moses and Aaron, why do you distract the people from their work? Get back to work!« ⁵ Pharaoh added: »Look how many people there are in the land! Do you want them to quit working?«

¹² »I have heard my people complain. I said to them: ‘Each evening you will have meat and each morning they will have more than enough bread.’ Then you will know that I am Jehovah their God.’«

⁵ ‘If you will obey me and are faithful to the terms of my covenant, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, for all the earth is mine. ⁶ ‘You will be my kingdom of priests and my holy nation. These are the words you must speak to the children of Israel.’«

⁴⁵ »I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God. ⁴⁶ »They shall know that I am Jehovah their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them. I am Jehovah their God!

²⁰ »But you are Jehovah’s people! He led you through fiery trials and rescued you from Egypt.

⁶ »You are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be his own special people out of all the nations of the earth.

² »You are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Out of all the people on the face of the earth Jehovah has chosen you to be a people for His own possession.

¹⁸ »Jehovah declared you to be his people and a treasured possession. Obey his commandments and receive his promise.

¹³ »Jehovah will confirm today with this promise that you are his people and that he is your God. This is what he told you. This is what he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with an oath.

²³ »There is no other nation on earth like Israel. This is the nation you rescued from slavery in Egypt to be your own. You became famous by using great and wonderful miracles to force other nations and their gods out of your land, so your people could live here. ²⁴ »You chose Israel to be your people from generation to generation! You have become their God.

²⁰ »People may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand (power) of Jehovah has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

³³ »This is the covenant (agreement) that I will make with Israel after those days,« declares Jehovah. »I will put my teachings (Law) inside them. I will write those teachings (Law) on their hearts (inner man) (mind) (will) (conscience) (understanding). I will be their God, and they will be my people.«

¹⁰ »Yet the number of the children of Israel will be like the grains of the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. It will be said: You are the sons of the living God in the place where it was said you are not my people!

⁹ »I will bring the third part into the fire. I will refine them, as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: ‘It is my people!’ They will say: ‘Jehovah is my God!«’

³² »God said: ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ God is not the God of the dead, but of the living!«

³¹ What shall we then say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

¹⁶ They desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Because of this, God is not ashamed to be called their God. He has prepared a city for them!

¹⁰ In time past you were no people, but now you are the people of God. You had not then received, but now have received mercy (compassion) (divine kindness).

³ Then I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying: »Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men. He will dwell with them and they will be his people! God will be with them, and be their God.

⁷ »He who overcomes will inherit all things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

²² But Abram said to the king of Sodom: »I have sworn to Jehovah, God Most High, maker of heaven and earth:

¹⁶ He said: »I am taking an oath on my own name, declares Jehovah, that because you have done this and have not refused to give me your son, your only son, ¹⁷ ‘»I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of their enemies’ cities.

¹² »The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. I will give the land to your descendants after you.«

¹³ »Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You took an oath, swearing on yourself. You told them: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all the land I spoke of. It will be their long lasting possession.’«

¹⁹ »God is a not man that he should lie. He is not a son of man who changes his mind. Does he ever promise and not fulfill? Does he ever speak and not act?

⁴⁰ »Indeed, I lift up my hand to heaven, and say: As I live forever,

²⁹ »The Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind. He is not a mortal who changes his mind.«

²¹ And gave their land as a heritage, for his loving kindness is everlasting, ²² Even a heritage to Israel his servant, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

⁵ »Tell them what the Lord Jehovah said: ‘When I chose Israel, I made them a promise. I revealed myself to them in Egypt and told them: ‘I am Jehovah your God.’ ⁶ »It was then that I promised to take them out of Egypt and lead them to a land I had chosen for them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all.

¹⁵ ‘»»I also swore an oath to them in the desert. I swore that I would not bring them into the land that I had promised to give them. This land is the most beautiful land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

²³ »I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands.

²⁸ »I brought them to the land I had promised to give them. When they saw the high hills and green trees, they offered sacrifices at all of them. They made me angry by the sacrifices they burned and by the wine they brought as offerings.

⁴² ‘»When I bring you back to Israel, the land that I promised I would give to your ancestors, you will know that I am Jehovah.

⁷ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I raise my hand and swear that the nations that surround you will be insulted.

¹⁴ »Divide the land equally. I raised my hand and swore that I would give the land to your ancestors. So this land will be your inheritance.

²¹ They said: »May Jehovah see what you have done and judge you! You have made Pharaoh and his officials hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.«

¹² »Did we not say in Egypt: Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert.«

⁴ They moved from Mount Hor following the road that goes to the Red Sea. That way they could go around Edom. The people became impatient on the trip

⁴ »As for me, is my complaint addressed to mortals? Why should I not be impatient?

¹⁹ The evil bow before the good. The wicked are at the gates of the righteous.

¹⁰ »Now go to Pharaoh! I am sending you to lead my people out of his country.«

¹ Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh. They said: »Jehovah, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to me in the wilderness.’«

²³ »Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak for you, he has treated your people cruelly, and you have done nothing at all to rescue your people.«

¹ Jehovah said to Moses: »See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.

¹³ Then Moses said to God: »Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel. I will say to them: ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may ask me: ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?’«

¹⁰ Moses said: »O Jehovah I am not a man of words. I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant. Talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.«

²⁹ Then Moses and Aaron went to Egypt and assembled all the elders of the people of Israel. ³⁰ Aaron told them everything Jehovah had said to Moses. He also did the miraculous signs for the people. ³¹ The people believed them. When they heard that Jehovah was concerned about the people of Israel and that he had seen their misery, they knelt, bowed low and worshiped.

¹⁹ The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told: »Do not make fewer bricks each day than you are supposed to.« ²⁰ Leaving the Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting for them. ²¹ They said: »May Jehovah see what you have done and judge you! You have made Pharaoh and his officials hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.«

⁹ Moses reported this to the Israelites. But they would not listen to him. For they were so discouraged by their backbreaking work.

³⁰ But Moses protested to Jehovah: »I am unskilled in speech. How then will Pharaoh listen to me?«

⁴¹ »‘I will oppose them and bring them into the lands of their enemies. Then, if they humble their uncircumcised hearts and accept their guilt,

⁶ »Jehovah your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, to LOVE JEHOVAH YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR BEING, that you may live.

⁵ »Woe to me!« I cried. »I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips (a sinner) and I live among a people of unclean (filthy) lips (speech) (language). My eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.«

⁶ I, Jeremiah, said: »Lord Jehovah, I do not know how to speak. I am only a child!«

¹⁰ »To whom can I speak and give warning that they may hear? Their ears are closed and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of Jehovah has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.

²⁶ »I will punish Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, and Moab. I will punish all who shave the hair on their foreheads or live in the desert. Even though all these nations are uncircumcised, all Israel has uncircumcised hearts.«

⁵¹ »You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did.

¹⁹ »Have him stand in front of Eleazar the priest and the entire congregation, and there before them all proclaim him as your successor.

²³ Moses put his hands on Joshua’s head and proclaimed him as his successor, just as Jehovah proclaimed.

¹⁴ Then Jehovah said to Moses: »Behold, the time for you to die is near. Call Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may commission him.« So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.

¹¹ He will put his angels in charge of you to protect you in all your ways.

⁶ »If (since) you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. The Scriptures say: ‘God will give orders to his angels about you and they will hold you with their hands, so that not even your feet will strike the ground.’«

¹⁸ I entrust this command to you, Timothy, my son. It is in accordance with the prophecies that were previously made. They do apply to you, and with them you may fight the good fight.

²¹ I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these [principles] without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

¹³ I charge you in the sight of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession:

¹⁷ Command those who are rich in this present system not to be high-minded (arrogant), not to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

⁴ No soldier entangles himself in the affairs of this life. That way, he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

¹ I solemnly charge you in the sight (presence) of God, and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

⁹ The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

³ »Reuben, you are my firstborn; you are my strength and the first child of my manhood. You are the proudest and strongest of all my sons. ⁴ »You are like a raging flood. But you will not be the most important, for you slept with my concubine. You dishonored your father’s bed.

²⁵ Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families.

⁵ Reuben was Israel’s firstborn. The descendants of Reuben were the family of Hanoch, the family of Pallu, ⁶ the family of Hezron, and the family of Carmi. ⁷ These were the families of Reuben. The total number of men was forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

¹⁵ Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

²³ The border of the children of Reuben was Jordan and its border. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages there.

¹ These are the countries that the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for their inheritance.

⁵¹ These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they finished dividing the country.

³ the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

²⁴ These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families.

² The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel, heads of their families. During the reign of David, the descendants of Tola listed as fighting men in their genealogy numbered twenty-two thousand six hundred.

⁷ The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families, five in all. Their genealogical record listed twenty-two thousand and thirty-four fighting men.

⁶ These were the descendants of Ehud, who were heads of families of those living in Geba and were deported to Manahath:

¹⁰ The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.

¹² The families descended from Simeon were the family of Nemuel, the family of Jamin, the family of Jakin, ¹³ the family of Zerah, and the family of Shaul.

²⁴ The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah and Shaul;

²⁸ Isaac was one hundred and eighty years old.

¹¹ The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

²⁸ Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, until he was a hundred and forty-seven years old.

²⁶ Joseph died in Egypt at the age of one hundred and ten. His body was embalmed and put in a coffin.

¹⁸ The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived one hundred and thirty-three years.

²⁰ Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived one hundred and thirty-seven years.

¹⁷ Gershon, Kohath, and Merari were the sons of Levi.

⁵⁷ The families descended from Levi were listed as the family of Gershon, the family of Kohath, and the family of Merari.

¹ The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

¹⁶ The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

⁶ David divided the Levites into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

¹⁸ Libni and Shimei were the sons of Gershon. Their families were named after them.

¹⁷ These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.

⁷ Belonging to the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

¹⁹ Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel were the sons of Kohath. Their families were named after them.

² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

¹⁸ The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

²⁰ Mahli and Mushi were the sons of Merari. Their families were named after them. These were the households of Levite families.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

²¹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

¹ A man from Levi’s family married a Levite woman. ² The woman became pregnant and bore a son. She saw how beautiful he was and hid him for three months.

¹⁶ These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari. Levi lived one hundred and thirty-seven years.

⁵⁹ The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born in Egypt. She gave birth to Amram’s children: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

²⁴ The sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

¹ Korah son of Izhar, Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth dared to challenge Moses. Korah was a descendant of Kohath and Levi. Dathan, Abiram, and On were descendants of Reuben.

³² and the earth opened up to swallow them, their families, the followers of Korah, and all their property.

¹⁰ The ground opened up and swallowed them along with Korah. They and their followers died when the fire consumed the two hundred and fifty men. This was a warning. ¹¹ The descendants of Korah did not die.

³⁷ the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, ³⁸ the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel;

⁴ Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, Aaron's uncle. He said: »Come here and carry your cousins' bodies away from the sacred tent and put them outside the camp.«

³⁰ The leader of the Kohathite families and households was Elizaphan, son of Uzziel.

²⁰ After him Baruch, the son of Zabbai, was hard at work on another part, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib, the chief priest.

¹ Jehovah said to Moses: »You and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders come up the mountain to me and worship at a distance.

⁹ Moses and Aaron, together with Nadab and Abihu and the seventy leaders, went up the mountain.

¹ Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu each took an incense burner. They put burning coals and incense in it. Then in Jehovah’s presence they offered this unauthorized fire. ² A fire flashed from Jehovah and burned them. They died in the presence of Jehovah.

⁷ »Nahshon, son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah;

³ »On the east side, facing the rising sun, the armies led by Judah will camp under their flag. The leader for the people of Judah is Nahshon, son of Amminadab.

² The names of Aaron’s sons are Nadab (firstborn), Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests. ⁴ Nadab and Abihu died in Jehovah’s presence because they offered unauthorized fire in his presence in the Desert of Sinai. They had no children. So only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.

²⁵ »Take Aaron and his son Eleazar to Mount Hor.

⁶⁰ Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹ Nadab and Abihu died because they offered unauthorized fire in Jehovah’s presence.

¹⁹ And Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab. ²⁰ And Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon.

¹⁰ Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah.

³ The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

¹ The divisions of Aaron’s descendants were as follows: Aaron’s sons were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ² Nadab and Abihu died before their father died, and neither had any children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

⁴ Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon. ⁵ There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a priest named Zechariah. He was of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron. Her name was Elizabeth.

²¹ The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.

⁹ and Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram were the sons of Eliab. It was Dathan and Abiram, men chosen by the community, who defied Moses and Aaron’s authority. They joined Korah’s followers when they defied Jehovah’s authority.

¹ There was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the mountains of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham son of Elihu son of Tohu son of Zuph an Ephraimite.

²² The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, ²³ Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

²⁷ Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son and Samuel his son. ²⁸ The sons of Samuel: Joel the firstborn and Abijah the second son.

³³ Here are the men who served, together with their sons: From the Kohathites: Heman, the musician, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

¹ ([Psalm of Korah]) How lovely are your dwelling places, O Jehovah of Hosts!

¹ ([Psalm of Korah]) You favored your land, O Jehovah. You restored the prosperity of Jacob.

⁷ Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, saw this. He left the assembly and grabbed a spear in his hand. ⁸ He went into the tent after the Israelite man. He drove the spear through the man and into the woman’s body. Because of this, the plague that the Israelites were experiencing stopped. ⁹ Twenty-four thousand people died from that plague. ¹⁰ Jehovah continued speaking to Moses: ¹¹ Jehovah said to Moses: »Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of the priest Aaron, turned my fury away from the Israelites. Since he stood up for me, I did not have to stand up for myself and destroy them. ¹² »Tell Phinehas that I now make a promise of peace to him. ¹³ »My promise is that he and his descendants will be priests for a very long time because he stood up for his God. He made peace with Jehovah for the Israelites.«

⁶ Moses sent them off to war. There were one thousand men from each tribe along with Phinehas, son of the priest Eleazar. Phinehas took with him the holy articles and the trumpets for the fanfare.

¹³ Then the people of Israel sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, to the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh in the land of Gilead.

³¹ Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, said to them: »We know that Jehovah is with us. You have not rebelled against him. So you have saved the people of Israel from Jehovah’s punishment.« ³² Phinehas and the leaders left the people of Reuben and Gad in the land of Gilead and went back to Canaan, to the people of Israel, and reported to them.

³³ Eleazar son of Aaron died and was buried at Gibeah, the town in the hill country of Ephraim that had been given to his son Phinehas.

²⁸ The people asked Jehovah: »Should we go to battle against our brothers the Benjaminites again, or should we cease?« Jehovah answered: »Fight. Tomorrow I will give you victory over them.«

³⁰ Phinehas stood between God and the people, and the plague was stopped. ³¹ Because of this, Phinehas was considered righteous forever, throughout every generation.

¹ The heavens and the earth and their immense arrangement were completed.

¹⁰ »Now go to Pharaoh! I am sending you to lead my people out of his country.« ¹¹ But Moses said: »Who am I to go to Pharaoh and lead your people out of Egypt?«

⁷ »I will make you my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am Jehovah your God. I brought you out from under the forced labor of the Egyptians.

¹³ Jehovah sent Aaron and Moses with a message for the sons of Israel and for the king. He also ordered Aaron and Moses to free the people from Egypt.

¹⁷ »You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. That was the day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Observe this day throughout your generations as a long lasting ordinance.

⁵¹ On that day Jehovah brought the Israelite tribes out of Egypt.

¹⁸ He led them by way of the desert by the Red Sea. The Israelites were armed for battle.

¹ The people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain. They gathered around Aaron. They said to him: »We do not know what has happened to Moses, the man who led us out of Egypt. Make gods to lead us.«

⁷ Jehovah said to Moses: »Go down there. Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves.

¹¹ »But Moses pleaded with Jehovah his God. »Jehovah,« he said, »why are you so angry with your people? These are your people whom you brought out of Egypt using your great power and mighty hand!

¹ This is a list of all the places where the Israelites set up camp after they left Egypt in organized groups under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

⁵ »‘Later I sent Moses and Aaron, and I brought great trouble on Egypt. I led you out.

⁶ Samuel continued: »Jehovah chose Moses and Aaron and brought your ancestors out of Egypt.

⁸ »When Jacob and his family went to Egypt the Egyptians oppressed them. Your ancestors cried to Jehovah for help. He sent Moses and Aaron, who brought them out of Egypt and settled them in this land.

²⁰ You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

⁶ Moses and Aaron were among his priests. Samuel was among those who called on his name. They called upon Jehovah and he answered them.

⁴ »I brought you out of the land of Egypt. I redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

³⁵ »This Moses whom they refused, saying: Who made you ruler and judge? God sent him to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush. ³⁶ »He brought them out. He showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

¹ Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh. They said: »Jehovah, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to me in the wilderness.’« ² But Pharaoh responded: »Who is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, and besides, I will not let Israel go.« ³ Then they said: »The God of the Hebrews met with us. Please, let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness. Then we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God. Otherwise he will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.«

²⁶ It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom Jehovah said: »Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.«

¹⁰ Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh. They did as Jehovah commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials. It became a large snake.

¹ Jehovah said to Moses: »You and the people you brought out of Egypt must leave this place. Go to the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with an oath, saying: ‘I will give it to your descendants.’«

¹¹ »Demand that Pharaoh king of Egypt let the sons of Israel go.«

² »You shall speak all that I command you. Your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

⁷ Jehovah said to me: »‘Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go wherever I send you. You must say whatever I command you to say. ⁸ »Do not be afraid of people. I am with you. I will rescue you,« says Jehovah.

¹⁷ »Strengthen yourself, Jeremiah! Stand up, and say to them whatever I tell you to say. Do not be terrified in their presence, or I will make you even more terrified in their presence. ¹⁸ »Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people. ¹⁹ »They will fight you but they will not defeat you. I am with you, and I will rescue you,« declares Jehovah.

²⁸ »The prophet who has had a dream should say it is only a dream. The prophet who has heard my message should proclaim that message faithfully.« »What good is chaff compared with wheat?« Says Jehovah.

² Jehovah said to me: »Stand in the court of the Temple and proclaim all I have commanded you to say to the people who come from the towns of Judah to worship there. Do not omit anything.

⁶ »Son of man, do not be afraid of them or the things they say. Do not be afraid, even though thorns and thistles are around you and you live among scorpions. Do not let the things they say frighten you. Do not be terrified in their presence even though they are rebellious people. ⁷ »Speak my words to them whether they listen or not, because they are rebellious.

¹¹ »Go to the exiles, to your people. Whether they listen or not, tell them: This is what the Lord Jehovah says.«

¹⁷ »Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me.

²⁰ »Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.«

²⁷ »I did not shrink from telling you the entire will of God.

¹² But Moses replied: »I am not a powerful speaker. If the sons of Israel will not listen to me, why should the king of Egypt?«

¹⁶ Though I preach the good news I do not brag about it. Preaching the good news is my duty (obligation) and I must do it! It would be terrible if I did not preach the good news! ¹⁷ For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward. But if I do it against my will, I am just performing the trust of the good news committed to me.