שְׁנַ֫יִם

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

…both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”

And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.

Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.

These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”

They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.

When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.

On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.

…along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”

If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.

If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.

In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

…an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.

And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

…one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.

And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

…with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

…and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

…and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

…coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.

So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.