(NIV)
(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)
And the
gold of
that land is
good;
bdellium and
onyx stone are there.
(NIV)
They said to each other, ‘Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.’ They used brick instead of stone, and bitumen for mortar.
And they
said to
one another, “
Come, let us
make bricks, and
burn them
thoroughly.” And they
had brick for
stone,
and
bitumen for
mortar.
(NIV)
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.
When the
camels had
finished drinking, the
man took a
gold ring weighing a
half shekel, and
two bracelets for her
arms weighing ten gold shekels,
(NIV)
As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring.
As soon as he
saw the
ring and the
bracelets on his
sister’s arms, and
heard the
words of
Rebekah his
sister, “
Thus the
man spoke to me,” he
went to the
man. And
behold, he was
standing by the
camels at the
spring.
(NIV)
‘I asked her, “Whose daughter are you?”
‘She said, “The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.”
‘Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,
Then I
asked her, ‘
Whose daughter are you?’ She
said, ‘The
daughter of
Bethuel,
Nahor’s son, whom
Milcah bore to him.’ So I
put the
ring on her
nose and the
bracelets on her
arms.
(NIV)
Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewellery and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.
And the
servant brought out jewelry of
silver and
of gold, and
garments, and
gave them to
Rebekah.
He also gave to her
brother and to her
mother costly ornaments.
(NIV)
Now then, get your equipment – your quiver and bow – and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
Now then,
take your
weapons, your
quiver and your
bow, and
go out to the
field and
hunt game for me,
(NIV)
When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
And he
came to a certain
place and
stayed there that
night,
because the
sun had
set.
Taking one of the
stones of the
place, he
put it under his
head and lay down in that
place to
sleep.
(NIV)
Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
So
early in the
morning Jacob took the
stone that he had
put under his
head and
set it up for a
pillar and
poured oil on the
top of it.
(NIV)
and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.’
and
this stone, which I have
set up for a
pillar,
shall be
God’s house. And of
all that you
give me I will give a
full tenth to you.”
(NIV)
There he saw a well in the open country, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well. The stone over the mouth of the well was large.
As he
looked, he
saw a
well in the
field, and
behold,
three flocks of
sheep lying beside it, for
out of that
well the
flocks were
watered. The
stone on the
well’s mouth was
large,
(NIV)
When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone away from the well’s mouth and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
and when
all the
flocks were
gathered there, the shepherds would
roll the
stone from the
mouth of the
well and
water the
sheep, and put the
stone back in its
place over the
mouth of the
well.
(NIV)
‘We can’t,’ they replied, ‘until all the flocks are gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.’
But they
said, “We
cannot until all the
flocks are
gathered together and the
stone is
rolled from the
mouth of the
well; then we
water the
sheep.”
(NIV)
When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of his uncle Laban, and Laban’s sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
Now as soon as
Jacob saw Rachel the
daughter of
Laban his
mother’s brother, and the
sheep of
Laban his
mother’s brother,
Jacob came
near and
rolled the
stone from the
well’s mouth and
watered the
flock of
Laban his
mother’s brother.
(NIV)
Now that you have searched through all my goods, what have you found that belongs to your household? Put it here in front of your relatives and mine, and let them judge between the two of us.
For you have
felt through all my
goods;
what have you
found of
all your
household goods?
Set it
here before my
kinsmen and your
kinsmen, that they may
decide between us
two.
(NIV)
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
So
Jacob took a
stone and set it
up as a
pillar.
(NIV)
He said to his relatives, ‘Gather some stones.’ So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
And
Jacob said to his
kinsmen, “
Gather stones.” And they
took stones and
made a
heap, and they
ate there by the
heap.
(NIV)
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.
So they
gave to
Jacob all the
foreign gods that they
had, and the
rings that were in their
ears.
Jacob hid them
under the
terebinth tree that was near
Shechem.
(NIV)
Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.
And
Jacob set up a
pillar in the
place where he had
spoken with him, a
pillar of
stone. He
poured out a
drink offering on it and
poured oil on it.
(NIV)
Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to put each man’s silver back in his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done for them,
And
Joseph gave orders to
fill their
bags with
grain, and to
replace every
man’s money in his
sack, and to
give them
provisions for the
journey.
This was
done for them.
(NIV)
Then their father Israel said to them, ‘If it must be, then do this: put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift – a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.
Then their
father Israel said to them, “
If it must be
so,
then do this:
take some of the
choice fruits of the
land in your
bags, and carry a
present down to the
man, a
little balm and a
little honey,
gum,
myrrh,
pistachio nuts, and
almonds.
(NIV)
Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.”’
Have
no concern for your
goods,
for the
best of
all the
land of
Egypt is yours.’”
(NIV)
‘Simeon and Levi are brothers –
their swords are weapons of violence.
“
Simeon and
Levi are
brothers;
weapons of
violence are their
swords.
(NIV)
But his bow remained steady,
his strong arms stayed supple,
because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,
because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
yet his
bow remained unmoved;
his
arms were
made agile by the
hands of the
Mighty One of
Jacob (from there is the
Shepherd the
Stone of
Israel),
(NIV)
Every woman is to ask her neighbour and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.’
but each
woman shall
ask of her
neighbor, and any woman who
lives in her
house, for
silver and
gold jewelry, and for
clothing. You shall
put them on your
sons and on your
daughters. So you shall
plunder the
Egyptians.”
(NIV)
The
Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell Aaron, “Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt – over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs – and they will turn to blood.” Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in vessels of wood and stone.’
And the
Lord said to
Moses, “
Say to
Aaron, ‘
Take your
staff and
stretch out your
hand over the
waters of
Egypt, over their
rivers, their
canals, and their
ponds, and all their
pools of
water, so that they may become
blood, and there shall be
blood throughout all the
land of
Egypt, even in vessels of
wood and in vessels of
stone.’”
(NIV)
Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbours for articles of silver and gold.’
Speak now in the
hearing of the
people, that they
ask, every
man of his
neighbor and every
woman of her
neighbor, for
silver and gold jewelry.”
(NIV)
The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing.
The
people of
Israel had also
done as
Moses told them, for they had
asked the
Egyptians for
silver and
gold jewelry and for
clothing.
(NIV)
The deep waters have covered them;
they sank to the depths like a stone.
The
floods covered them;
they
went down into the
depths like a
stone.
(NIV)
terror and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
they will be as still as a stone –
until your people pass by,
Lord,
until the people you bought pass by.
Terror and
dread fall upon them;
because of the
greatness of your
arm, they are
still as a
stone,
till your
people, O
Lord,
pass by,
till the
people pass by whom you have
purchased.
(NIV)
When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up – one on one side, one on the other – so that his hands remained steady till sunset.
But
Moses’
hands grew weary, so they
took a
stone and
put it
under him, and he
sat on it, while
Aaron and
Hur held up his
hands, one on
one side, and the other on the other
side. So his
hands were
steady until the going
down of the
sun.
(NIV)
Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,
Now therefore,
if you will
indeed obey my
voice and
keep my
covenant, you shall be my
treasured possession among all peoples,
for all the
earth is mine;
(NIV)
If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.
If you
make me an
altar of
stone,
you shall not
build it of
hewn stones, for if you
wield your
tool on it you
profane it.
(NIV)
‘If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist and the victim does not die but is confined to bed,
“When
men quarrel and
one strikes the
other with a
stone or with his
fist and the man does
not die but
takes to his
bed,
(NIV)
‘If anyone gives a neighbour silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbour’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
“
If a
man gives to his
neighbor money or
goods to
keep safe, and it is
stolen from the
man’s house, then,
if the
thief is
found,
he shall
pay double.
(NIV)
The
Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.’
The
Lord said to
Moses,
“Come
up to me on the
mountain and wait there, that I may
give you the
tablets of
stone, with the
law and the
commandment, which I have
written for their
instruction.”
(NIV)
and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
onyx stones, and
stones for
setting, for the
ephod and for the
breastpiece.
(NIV)
Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.
Exactly as I
show you concerning the
pattern of the
tabernacle, and of
all its
furniture, so you shall
make it.
(NIV)
A talent of pure gold is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories.
It shall be
made, with
all these
utensils, out of a
talent of
pure gold.
(NIV)
Make all its utensils of bronze – its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans.
You shall
make pots for it to receive its
ashes, and
shovels and
basins and
forks and
fire pans. You shall
make all its
utensils of
bronze.
(NIV)
All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.
All the
utensils of the
tabernacle for
every use, and
all its
pegs and
all the
pegs of the
court, shall be of
bronze.
(NIV)
Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron to give him dignity and honour.
And you shall
make holy garments for
Aaron your
brother, for
glory and for
beauty.
(NIV)
‘Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel
You shall
take two onyx stones, and
engrave on them the
names of the
sons of
Israel,
(NIV)
in the order of their birth – six names on one stone and the remaining six on the other.
six of their
names on the
one stone, and the
names of the
remaining six on the
other stone, in the order of their
birth.
(NIV)
Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings
As a
jeweler engraves signets, so shall you
engrave the
two stones with the
names of the
sons of
Israel. You shall
enclose them in
settings of
gold filigree.
(NIV)
and fasten them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear the names on his shoulders as a memorial before the
Lord.
And you shall
set the
two stones on the
shoulder pieces of the
ephod, as
stones of
remembrance for the
sons of
Israel. And
Aaron shall
bear their
names before the
Lord on his
two shoulders for
remembrance.
(NIV)
Then mount four rows of precious stones on it. The first row shall be carnelian, chrysolite and beryl;
You shall
set in it
four rows of
stones. A
row of
sardius topaz, and
carbuncle shall be the
first row;
(NIV)
the fourth row shall be topaz, onyx and jasper. Mount them in gold filigree settings.
and the
fourth row a
beryl, an
onyx, and a
jasper. They shall be
set in
gold filigree.
(NIV)
There are to be twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
There shall be
twelve stones with their
names according to the
names of the
sons of
Israel. They shall be like
signets,
each engraved with its
name, for the
twelve tribes.
(NIV)
Make tunics, sashes and caps for Aaron’s sons to give them dignity and honour.
“For
Aaron’s sons you shall
make coats and
sashes and
caps. You shall
make them for
glory and
beauty.
(NIV)
the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
and the
table and
all its
utensils, and the
lampstand and its
utensils, and the
altar of
incense,
(NIV)
the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
and the
altar of
burnt offering with
all its
utensils and the
basin and its
stand.
(NIV)
to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts.
in
cutting stones for
setting, and in
carving wood, to
work in
every craft.
(NIV)
the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent –
the
tent of
meeting, and the
ark of the
testimony, and the
mercy seat that is
on it, and
all the
furnishings of the
tent,
(NIV)
the table and its articles, the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of incense,
the
table and its
utensils, and the
pure lampstand with
all its
utensils, and the
altar of
incense,
(NIV)
the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, the basin with its stand –
and the
altar of
burnt offering with
all its
utensils, and the
basin and its
stand,
(NIV)
When the
Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
And he
gave to
Moses, when he had
finished speaking with him on
Mount Sinai, the
two tablets of the
testimony,
tablets of
stone,
written with the
finger of
God.
(NIV)
Aaron answered them, ‘Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.’
So
Aaron said to them, “Take
off the
rings of
gold that are in the
ears of your
wives, your
sons, and your
daughters, and
bring them to me.”
(NIV)
So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron.
So
all the
people took off the
rings of
gold that were in their
ears and
brought them to
Aaron.
(NIV)
When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments.
When the
people heard this disastrous word, they
mourned, and
no one put on his
ornaments.
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