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Moses

Moses was a prophet whom God used to lead Israel out of slavery in Egypt and give them the law.

The name Moses means “taken out; drawn forth”

MaleLeviteTribe of LeviEgypt and Wilderness eraOld & New Testaments31 books1,521 verses

Summary

A man from the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exodus 2:10; referred to as Moses (מֹשֶׁה, Aramiac מֹשֶׁה, מְנַשֶּׁה) or Moses (Μωϋσῆς, Μωσῆς); son of Amram and Jochebed; a brother of Aaron and Miriam; husband of Zipporah; father of Gershom and Eliezer.

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Moses was the first leader of Israel as a nation. God used Moses at a very important time in the history of his people. He was the prophet who received the law and mediated God's covenant (special agreement) with Israel at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:3–6). He was also the first known writer of Scripture.

Moses was the younger brother of Miriam and Aaron. He was born in Egypt during a dangerous time (Exodus 1:15–2:2). The Egyptian pharaoh, fearing a rebellion, ordered all Hebrew boys to be killed at birth. Jochebed, the mother of Moses, trusted God and placed her baby in a reed basket on the Nile River. Pharaoh's daughter discovered him and raised him as her own child in the palace (Exodus 2:3–10).

We do not know much about the early life of Moses. Jewish tradition says he learned administration and military skills in Pharaoh's household. When he was about forty years old, he killed an Egyptian to save a Hebrew slave and then fled to Midian (Exodus 2:11–15; see also Acts 7:23–29). There, he saved young women from harassment while they watered their flocks. Their father, Jethro, invited Moses to his home. Moses married one of the women, Zipporah, and started a family while caring for his father-in-law's flocks.

About forty years later, God appeared to Moses in a burning bush. He told Moses to return to Egypt to free his people from slavery (Exodus 3:1–4:17). Moses hesitated because he feared the Israelites would not accept him as their leader. So God revealed his covenant name, Yahweh, to Moses and chose Aaron to speak for Moses.

Moses and Aaron traveled to Egypt and confronted Pharaoh. Pharaoh stubbornly refused the demand from Moses to free the Israelite slaves. Moses announced a series of plagues, which eventually convinced Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. After they left Egypt, Pharaoh changed his mind and chased them to the Red Sea. God helped the Israelites cross safely by dividing the waters. The Egyptian army was destroyed when the waters closed over them.

Moses led Israel to Mount Sinai, where he had met God at the burning bush. God revealed himself to Moses again on that mountain, giving him the law, including the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1–23:19). He also gave him instructions for building the tabernacle. When Moses came down from the mountain, he found the people had abandoned the true God by worshiping a gold calf (Exodus 32). Moses broke the two tablets of the law and gathered the Levites to punish some offenders with death. After praying for the people, he received a new copy of the law and led them in building the tabernacle.

Moses led a complaining, rebellious, and distrustful group through the wilderness. Even his own brother and sister questioned his leadership, using his marriage to a Cushite woman as an excuse (Numbers 12). Moses responded with great humility, and God confirmed that Moses was his spokesperson and trusted friend.

Moses was a great man, but he was not perfect. When the people tested his patience by complaining about the lack of water, Moses did not follow God's instructions. He struck a rock instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:1–13). His actions did not show God's holiness, and he suggested that he brought the water by his own power (Numbers 20:10; compare Psalms 106:32–33). As a result, God did not allow him to enter the promised land.

Before he died, Moses gave a final sermon, which we know as the book of Deuteronomy. The first generation of Israelites who left Egypt had died in the wilderness. Moses spoke to a new generation. He renewed the covenant with them, reminded them of its terms, and encouraged them to obey it and serve only the Lord.

After delivering this sermon and before Israel entered Canaan, Moses climbed Pisgah Peak on Mount Nebo, where he died. “Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face” (Deuteronomy 34:10). Only Jesus surpassed Moses as a mediator between God and humans (Acts 3:17–26; Hebrews 3).

Moses is mentioned in the New Testament more than any other person from the Old Testament. He appeared at the transfiguration (when the appearance of Jesus was changed to show his glory). The New Testament emphasizes his role as a lawgiver and uses his experiences to show what life under the new covenant is like. Like Moses, Jesus was saved as a baby from a ruler's evil plans (Matthew 2:13–18). Jesus gave a new law in his Sermon on the Mount that mirrors the law given at Sinai (see Matthew 5–7). It shows Jesus as the true interpreter of God's will. The letter to the Hebrews compares Christ with Moses. Paul's letter to the Galatians and the Gospel of John contrast the law of Moses with a believer's new relationship with God (see John 1:17; Galatians 3:1–5; Hebrews 3:5–6; 9:11–10:18).

Passages for Further Study

Exodus 2:1–22; 3:1–19:25; 20:19–21; 24:1–18; 31:18; 32:1–34:35; 39:42–43; 40:16; Leviticus 8:1–36; 10:1–20; 24:10–23; Numbers 7:1–11, 89; 9:1–14; 10:29–14:45; 15:32–36; 16:1–17:13; 20:1–29; 21:4–9; 25:1–5; 27:1–23; 31:1–32:33; 33:1–2; Deuteronomy 1:1–5; 31:1–34:12; 1 Chronicles 23:13–17; Psalms 77:20; 90:1–17; 103:7; 105:26–27; 106:32–33; Mark 9:2–13; Acts 7:17–44; 1 Corinthians 10:1–14; 2 Corinthians 3:7–18; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 3:1–19; 8:5; 9:19–22; 11:23–28; 12:18–29

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Moses Manasseh (Person)

Family members

Father

Amram

Mother

Jochebed

Spouse

Zipporah

Siblings

Aaron Miriam

Children

Eliezer Gershom

Alternative names

Mentions

First 200 of 1,521

Includes 735 verses that refer to Moses without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

  1. Exodus 2:10
    When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
  2. Exodus 2:11
    One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
  3. Exodus 2:12Referred to, not named
    After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
  4. Exodus 2:13Referred to, not named
    The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
  5. Exodus 2:14
    But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
  6. Exodus 2:15
    When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
  7. Exodus 2:17
    And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
  8. Exodus 2:21
    Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
  9. Exodus 2:22Referred to, not named
    And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
  10. Exodus 3:1
    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  11. Exodus 3:2Referred to, not named
    There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
  12. Exodus 3:3
    So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”
  13. Exodus 3:4
    When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
  14. Exodus 3:5Referred to, not named
    “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
  15. Exodus 3:6
    Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
  16. Exodus 3:10Referred to, not named
    Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
  17. Exodus 3:11
    But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
  18. Exodus 3:12Referred to, not named
    “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
  19. Exodus 3:13
    Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
  20. Exodus 3:14
    God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  21. Exodus 3:15
    God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, 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 how I am to be remembered in every generation.
  22. Exodus 3:16Referred to, not named
    Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
  23. Exodus 3:18Referred to, not named
    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
  24. Exodus 3:19Referred to, not named
    But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
  25. Exodus 3:20Referred to, not named
    So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
  26. Exodus 4:1
    Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
  27. Exodus 4:2Referred to, not named
    And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
  28. Exodus 4:3
    “Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
  29. Exodus 4:4
    “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
  30. Exodus 4:5Referred to, not named
    “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
  31. Exodus 4:6Referred to, not named
    Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
  32. Exodus 4:7Referred to, not named
    “Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
  33. Exodus 4:8Referred to, not named
    And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
  34. Exodus 4:9Referred to, not named
    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.”
  35. Exodus 4:10
    “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
  36. Exodus 4:11Referred to, not named
    And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
  37. Exodus 4:12Referred to, not named
    Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
  38. Exodus 4:13Referred to, not named
    But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
  39. Exodus 4:14
    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
  40. Exodus 4:15Referred to, not named
    You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
  41. Exodus 4:16Referred to, not named
    He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
  42. Exodus 4:17Referred to, not named
    But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
  43. Exodus 4:18
    Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
  44. Exodus 4:19
    Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
  45. Exodus 4:20
    So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
  46. Exodus 4:21
    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
  47. Exodus 4:22Referred to, not named
    Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
  48. Exodus 4:24Referred to, not named
    Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
  49. Exodus 4:25Referred to, not named
    But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
  50. Exodus 4:26Referred to, not named
    So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)
  51. Exodus 4:27
    Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
  52. Exodus 4:28
    And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
  53. Exodus 4:29
    Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
  54. Exodus 4:30
    …and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
  55. Exodus 5:1
    After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
  56. Exodus 5:3Referred to, not named
    “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
  57. Exodus 5:4
    But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”
  58. Exodus 5:5Referred to, not named
    Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”
  59. Exodus 5:20
    When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.
  60. Exodus 5:21Referred to, not named
    “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
  61. Exodus 5:22
    So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?
  62. Exodus 5:23Referred to, not named
    Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”
  63. Exodus 6:1
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
  64. Exodus 6:2
    God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.
  65. Exodus 6:6Referred to, not named
    Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
  66. Exodus 6:9
    Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.
  67. Exodus 6:10
    So the LORD said to Moses,
  68. Exodus 6:11Referred to, not named
    “Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”
  69. Exodus 6:12
    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
  70. Exodus 6:13
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
  71. Exodus 6:20
    And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
  72. Exodus 6:26
    It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
  73. Exodus 6:27
    Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
  74. Exodus 6:28
    Now on the day that the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt,
  75. Exodus 6:29
    He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”
  76. Exodus 6:30
    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”
  77. Exodus 7:1
    The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
  78. Exodus 7:2Referred to, not named
    You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
  79. Exodus 7:4Referred to, not named
    Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
  80. Exodus 7:6
    So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
  81. Exodus 7:7
    Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
  82. Exodus 7:8
    The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  83. Exodus 7:9Referred to, not named
    “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
  84. Exodus 7:10
    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
  85. Exodus 7:13Referred to, not named
    Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
  86. Exodus 7:14
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
  87. Exodus 7:15Referred to, not named
    Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
  88. Exodus 7:16Referred to, not named
    Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
  89. Exodus 7:17Referred to, not named
    This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
  90. Exodus 7:19
    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
  91. Exodus 7:20
    Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
  92. Exodus 7:22Referred to, not named
    But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
  93. Exodus 8:1
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  94. Exodus 8:5
    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
  95. Exodus 8:8
    Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
  96. Exodus 8:9
    Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
  97. Exodus 8:10Referred to, not named
    “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
  98. Exodus 8:12
    After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.
  99. Exodus 8:13
    And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.
  100. Exodus 8:15Referred to, not named
    When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
  101. Exodus 8:16
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
  102. Exodus 8:17Referred to, not named
    This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
  103. Exodus 8:19Referred to, not named
    “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
  104. Exodus 8:20
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  105. Exodus 8:25
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”
  106. Exodus 8:26
    But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
  107. Exodus 8:27Referred to, not named
    We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”
  108. Exodus 8:28Referred to, not named
    Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
  109. Exodus 8:29
    “As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”
  110. Exodus 8:30
    Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,
  111. Exodus 8:31
    …and the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.
  112. Exodus 9:1
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  113. Exodus 9:8
    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.
  114. Exodus 9:10
    So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.
  115. Exodus 9:11
    The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
  116. Exodus 9:12
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.
  117. Exodus 9:13
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  118. Exodus 9:22
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
  119. Exodus 9:23
    So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
  120. Exodus 9:27
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
  121. Exodus 9:28Referred to, not named
    Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
  122. Exodus 9:29
    Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
  123. Exodus 9:30Referred to, not named
    But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”
  124. Exodus 9:33
    Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
  125. Exodus 9:35
    So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
  126. Exodus 10:1
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
  127. Exodus 10:2Referred to, not named
    …and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
  128. Exodus 10:3
    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  129. Exodus 10:6Referred to, not named
    They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
  130. Exodus 10:7Referred to, not named
    Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
  131. Exodus 10:8
    So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”
  132. Exodus 10:9
    “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
  133. Exodus 10:10Referred to, not named
    Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
  134. Exodus 10:11Referred to, not named
    No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
  135. Exodus 10:12
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”
  136. Exodus 10:13
    So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
  137. Exodus 10:16
    Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
  138. Exodus 10:17Referred to, not named
    Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
  139. Exodus 10:18Referred to, not named
    So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.
  140. Exodus 10:21
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
  141. Exodus 10:22
    So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
  142. Exodus 10:24
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
  143. Exodus 10:25
    But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
  144. Exodus 10:26Referred to, not named
    Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
  145. Exodus 10:27Referred to, not named
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
  146. Exodus 10:28Referred to, not named
    “Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
  147. Exodus 10:29
    “As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”
  148. Exodus 11:1
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
  149. Exodus 11:2Referred to, not named
    Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
  150. Exodus 11:3
    And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.
  151. Exodus 11:4
    So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,
  152. Exodus 11:8Referred to, not named
    And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
  153. Exodus 11:9
    The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
  154. Exodus 11:10
    Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.
  155. Exodus 12:1
    Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
  156. Exodus 12:2Referred to, not named
    “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
  157. Exodus 12:3Referred to, not named
    Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.
  158. Exodus 12:21
    Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.
  159. Exodus 12:28
    And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
  160. Exodus 12:31
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
  161. Exodus 12:32Referred to, not named
    Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
  162. Exodus 12:35
    Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
  163. Exodus 12:43
    And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.
  164. Exodus 12:44Referred to, not named
    But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.
  165. Exodus 12:46Referred to, not named
    It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.
  166. Exodus 12:48Referred to, not named
    If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
  167. Exodus 12:49Referred to, not named
    The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
  168. Exodus 12:50
    Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
  169. Exodus 13:1
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  170. Exodus 13:2Referred to, not named
    “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
  171. Exodus 13:3
    So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
  172. Exodus 13:16Referred to, not named
    So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
  173. Exodus 13:19
    Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”
  174. Exodus 14:1
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  175. Exodus 14:2Referred to, not named
    “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
  176. Exodus 14:11
    They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
  177. Exodus 14:12Referred to, not named
    Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
  178. Exodus 14:13
    But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
  179. Exodus 14:15
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.
  180. Exodus 14:16Referred to, not named
    And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
  181. Exodus 14:21
    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  182. Exodus 14:26
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
  183. Exodus 14:27
    So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
  184. Exodus 14:31
    When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
  185. Exodus 15:1
    Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
  186. Exodus 15:2Referred to, not named
    The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
  187. Exodus 15:17Referred to, not named
    You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
  188. Exodus 15:21Referred to, not named
    And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
  189. Exodus 15:22
    Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
  190. Exodus 15:23Referred to, not named
    And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
  191. Exodus 15:24
    So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
  192. Exodus 15:25Referred to, not named
    And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
  193. Exodus 15:27Referred to, not named
    Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
  194. Exodus 16:2
    And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
  195. Exodus 16:3Referred to, not named
    “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
  196. Exodus 16:4
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
  197. Exodus 16:6
    So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
  198. Exodus 16:7Referred to, not named
    …and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?”
  199. Exodus 16:8
    And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
  200. Exodus 16:9
    Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”