English Standard Version Exodus 21 Laws About Slaves "Now these are therules that you shall set before them.2When you buy a Hebrew slave,[a]he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.3If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.4If his master gives him a wife and she bea...

English Standard Version Exodus 20 The Ten Commandments 20AndGod spoke all these words, saying, 2"I am theLordyour God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3"You shall have no other gods before[a]me. 4"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth benea...

English Standard Version Exodus 18 Jethro's Advice Jethro,the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how theLordhad brought Israel out of Egypt.2Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her home,3along with hertwo sons. The name of the one was Gershom (for ...

English Standard Version Exodus 16 Bread from Heaven Theyset out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt.2And the whole congregation of the people of Israelgrumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wi...

English Standard Version Exodus 15 The Song of Moses Then Moses and the people of Israelsang this song to theLord, saying, "I will sing to theLord, for he has triumphed gloriously;the horse and his rider[a]he has thrown into the sea.2TheLordis my strength and mysong,and he has becomemy salvation;this is my God, and I will praise him,my father's God, andI will exalt...

English Standard Version Exodus 13 Consecration of the Firstborn TheLordsaid to Moses,2"Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine." The Feast of Unleavened Bread 3Then Moses said to the people,"Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery...

English Standard Version Exodus 11 A Final Plague Threatened TheLordsaid to Moses, "Yetone plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here.When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely.2Speak now in the hearing of the people, thatthey ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and go...

English Standard Version Exodus 9 The Fifth Plague: Egyptian Livestock Die Then theLordsaid to Moses,"Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus saystheLord, the God of the Hebrews, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.2For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,3behold,the hand of theLordwill fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in t...

English Standard Version Exodus 7 Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh And theLordsaid to Moses, "See, I have made you likeGod to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be yourprophet.2You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land.3ButI will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though Imultiply my sign...

English Standard Version Exodus 5 Making Bricks Without Straw Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says theLord, the God of Israel, 'Let my people go, that they may holda feast to me in the wilderness.'"2But Pharaoh said,"Who is theLord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know theLord, and moreover,I will not let Israel go."3...