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For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
The
flood continued
forty days on the
earth. The
waters increased and
bore up the
ark, and it
rose high above the
earth.
(NIV)
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, ‘With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the
Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
But
Abram said to the
king of
Sodom,
“I have
lifted my hand to the
Lord,
God Most High,
Possessor of
heaven and
earth,
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Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, ‘Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.’ So he was named Levi.
Again she
conceived and
bore a
son, and
said, “
Now this
time my
husband will be
attached to me, because I have
borne him
three sons.”
Therefore his
name was
called Levi.
(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)
Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.
On the
third day, when they
were sore,
two of the
sons of
Jacob,
Simeon and
Levi,
Dinah’s brothers,
took their swords and
came against the
city while it
felt secure and
killed all the
males.
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Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, ‘You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.’
Then
Jacob said to Simeon and
Levi,
“You have
brought trouble on me
by making me
stink to the
inhabitants of the
land,
the
Canaanites and the
Perizzites.
My
numbers are
few, and if they
gather themselves against me and
attack me, I shall be
destroyed, both I and
my household.”
(NIV)
The sons of Leah:
Reuben the firstborn of Jacob,
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
The
sons of
Leah:
Reuben (
Jacob’s firstborn),
Simeon,
Levi,
Judah,
Issachar, and
Zebulun.
(NIV)
So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
Then
Midianite traders passed by. And they
drew Joseph up and
lifted him out
of the
pit, and
sold him to the
Ishmaelites for
twenty shekels of
silver. They
took Joseph to
Egypt.
(NIV)
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.’
And as soon as he
heard that I
lifted up my
voice and
cried out, he
left his
garment beside me and
fled and
got out of the house.”
(NIV)
But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.’
But as soon as I
lifted up my
voice and
cried, he
left his
garment beside me and
fled out of the house.”
(NIV)
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.’
Moreover,
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “
I am
Pharaoh, and without your
consent no one shall lift
up hand or
foot in
all the
land of
Egypt.”
(NIV)
I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.’
I myself will
go down with you to
Egypt, and
I will also bring you
up again, and
Joseph’s hand shall
close your eyes.”
(NIV)
The sons of Levi:
Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
The
sons of
Levi:
Gershon,
Kohath, and
Merari.
(NIV)
‘Simeon and Levi are brothers –
their swords are weapons of violence.
“
Simeon and
Levi are
brothers;
weapons of
violence are
their swords.
(NIV)
When he sees how good is his resting place
and how pleasant is his land,
he will bend his shoulder to the burden
and submit to forced labour.
He
saw that a
resting place was
good,
and
that the
land was
pleasant,
so he
bowed his
shoulder to
bear,
and became a
servant at
forced labor.
(NIV)
Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’
And
Joseph said to his
brothers, “
I am about to
die, but
God will visit you and bring you up
out of this
land to the
land that he
swore to
Abraham, to
Isaac, and to
Jacob.”
(NIV)
And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, ‘God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.’
Then
Joseph made the
sons of
Israel swear,
saying, “
God will
surely visit you, and you shall carry
up my
bones from here.”
(NIV)
Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
Reuben,
Simeon,
Levi, and
Judah,
(NIV)
So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labour, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
Therefore they
set taskmasters over them to
afflict them with
heavy burdens. They
built for
Pharaoh store cities,
Pithom and
Raamses.
(NIV)
Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman,
Now a
man from the
house of
Levi went and
took as his wife a
Levite woman.
(NIV)
So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey – the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
and I have come
down to
deliver them out of the
hand of the
Egyptians and
to bring them up out
of that
land to a
good and
broad land, a
land flowing with
milk and
honey,
to the
place of the
Canaanites, the
Hittites, the
Amorites, the
Perizzites, the
Hivites, and the
Jebusites.
(NIV)
And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites – a land flowing with milk and honey.”
and I
promise that I will
bring you up out of the
affliction of
Egypt to the
land of the
Canaanites, the
Hittites, the
Amorites, the
Perizzites, the
Hivites, and the
Jebusites, a
land flowing with
milk and
honey.”’
(NIV)
Then the
Lord’s anger burned against Moses and he said, ‘What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you.
Then the
anger of the
Lord was
kindled against
Moses and he
said, “Is there
not Aaron, your
brother, the
Levite? I
know that he can
speak well. Behold,
he is
coming out to
meet you, and when he
sees you, he will be
glad in
his heart.
(NIV)
These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
These are the
names of the
sons of
Levi according to their
generations:
Gershon,
Kohath, and
Merari, the
years of the
life of
Levi being
137 years.
(NIV)
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.
These were the clans of Levi according to their records.
The
sons of
Merari:
Mahli and
Mushi. These are the
clans of the
Levites according to
their generations.
(NIV)
Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.
These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.
Eleazar,
Aaron’s son,
took as his
wife one of the
daughters of
Putiel, and she
bore him
Phinehas. These are the
heads of the
fathers’ houses of the
Levites by
their clans.
(NIV)
Moses and Aaron did just as the
Lord had commanded. He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was changed into blood.
Moses and
Aaron did as the
Lord commanded. In the
sight of
Pharaoh and in the
sight of his
servants he
lifted up the
staff and
struck the
water in the
Nile, and
all the
water in the
Nile turned into blood.
(NIV)
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, ‘God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.’
Moses took the
bones of
Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the
sons of
Israel solemnly swear,
saying,
“
God will
surely visit you, and you shall carry
up my
bones with you from here.”
(NIV)
The
Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.
And the
Lord hardened the
heart of
Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and he
pursued the
people of
Israel while the
people of
Israel were
going out defiantly.
(NIV)
Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
Lift up your
staff, and
stretch out your
hand over the
sea and
divide it, that the
people of
Israel may
go through the
sea on
dry ground.
(NIV)
‘The
Lord is my strength and my defence ;
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
The
Lord is my
strength and my
song,
and he has
become my
salvation;
this is my
God, and I will
praise him,
my
father’s God, and
I will
exalt him.
(NIV)
But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, ‘Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?’
But the
people thirsted there for
water, and the
people grumbled against Moses and
said, “
Why did you bring us
up out of
Egypt, to
kill us and our
children and our
livestock with
thirst?”
(NIV)
As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.
Whenever Moses held
up his
hand,
Israel prevailed, and
whenever he
lowered his
hand,
Amalek prevailed.
(NIV)
‘Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.
You shall
make seven lamps for it. And the
lamps shall be set
up so as to give
light on the
space in
front of it.
(NIV)
‘Consecrate those parts of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons: the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented.
And you shall
consecrate the
breast of the
wave offering that is
waved and the
thigh of the
priests’ portion that is
contributed from the
ram of
ordination, from
what was
Aaron’s and
his sons’.
(NIV)
He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so that incense will burn regularly before the
Lord for the generations to come.
and when
Aaron sets
up the
lamps at
twilight, he shall
burn it, a
regular incense offering before the
Lord throughout your
generations.
(NIV)
When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered round Aaron and said, ‘Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.’
When the
people saw that
Moses delayed to come
down from the
mountain, the
people gathered
themselves together to
Aaron and
said to him, “
Up,
make us
gods who shall
go before us. As
for this Moses, the
man who brought us
up out of the
land of
Egypt, we do
not know what has
become of
him.”
(NIV)
He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’
And he
received the gold from their
hand and
fashioned it with a
graving tool and
made a
golden calf. And they
said,
“
These are your
gods, O
Israel,
who brought you
up out
of the
land of
Egypt!”
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Moses, ‘Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt.
And the
Lord said to Moses,
“
Go down,
for your
people,
whom you
brought up out
of the
land of
Egypt, have
corrupted themselves.
(NIV)
They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”
They have
turned aside quickly out
of the
way that I
commanded them. They have
made for themselves a
golden calf and have
worshiped it and
sacrificed to it and
said, ‘
These are your
gods, O
Israel,
who brought you
up out of the
land of
Egypt!’”
(NIV)
They said to me, “Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”
For they
said to me, ‘
Make us
gods who shall
go before us. As
for this Moses, the
man who brought us
up out
of the
land of
Egypt, we do
not know what has
become of
him.’
(NIV)
So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, ‘Whoever is for the
Lord, come to me.’ And all the Levites rallied to him.
then
Moses stood in the
gate of the
camp and
said, “
Who is on the
Lord’s side? Come
to me.” And
all the
sons of
Levi gathered around him.
(NIV)
The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died.
And the
sons of
Levi did according to the
word of
Moses. And that
day about
three thousand men of the
people fell.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Moses, ‘Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, “I will give it to your descendants.”
The
Lord said to Moses, “
Depart;
go up from here,
you and the
people whom you have
brought up out
of the
land of
Egypt,
to the
land of
which I
swore to
Abraham,
Isaac, and
Jacob,
saying, ‘
To your
offspring I will
give it.’
(NIV)
Moses said to the
Lord, ‘You have been telling me, “Lead these people,” but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, “I know you by name and you have found favour with me.”
Moses said to the
Lord, “
See,
you say to me, ‘Bring
up this people,’ but
you have
not let me
know whom you will
send with me. Yet
you have
said,
‘I
know you by
name, and you have
also found favor in
my sight.’
(NIV)
Then Moses said to him, ‘If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.
And he
said to him, “
If your
presence will
not go with me, do
not bring us
up from here.
(NIV)
Those presenting an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the
Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought it.
Everyone who
could make a
contribution of
silver or
bronze brought it as the
Lord’s contribution. And every one
who possessed acacia wood of
any use in the
work brought it.
(NIV)
These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.
These are the
records of the
tabernacle,
the
tabernacle of the
testimony,
as they were
recorded at the
commandment of
Moses, the
responsibility of the
Levites under the
direction of
Ithamar the
son of
Aaron the
priest.
(NIV)
Bring in the table and set out what belongs on it. Then bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
And you shall
bring in the
table and
arrange it, and you shall
bring in the
lampstand and set
up its
lamps.
(NIV)
and set up the lamps before the
Lord, as the
Lord commanded him.
and set
up the
lamps before the
Lord,
as the
Lord had
commanded Moses.
(NIV)
In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out;
Throughout
all their
journeys,
whenever the
cloud was taken
up from over the
tabernacle, the
people of
Israel would
set out.
(NIV)
but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out – until the day it lifted.
But
if the
cloud was
not taken up, then they did
not set out till the
day that
it was taken
up.
(NIV)
He shall take out the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the
Lord.
And the
priest shall
take from the
grain offering its
memorial portion and
burn this on the
altar, a
food offering with a
pleasing aroma to the
Lord.
(NIV)
He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering – all the fat that is connected to the internal organs,
And
all the
fat of the
bull of the
sin offering he shall
remove from it, the
fat that
covers the
entrails and
all the
fat that is
on the
entrails
(NIV)
just as the fat is removed from the ox sacrificed as a fellowship offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
(just
as these are
taken from the
ox of the
sacrifice of the
peace offerings); and the
priest shall
burn them
on the
altar of
burnt offering.
(NIV)
He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar,
And
all its
fat he shall
take from it and
burn on the
altar.
(NIV)
The priest shall then put on his linen clothes, with linen undergarments next to his body, and shall remove the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside the altar.
And the
priest shall
put on his
linen garment and
put his
linen undergarment on his
body, and he shall take
up the
ashes to
which the
fire has
reduced the
burnt offering on the
altar and
put them
beside the
altar.
(NIV)
The priest is to take a handful of the finest flour and some olive oil, together with all the incense on the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the
Lord.
And one shall
take from it a
handful of the
fine flour of the
grain offering and its
oil and
all the
frankincense that is
on the
grain offering and
burn this as its
memorial portion on the
altar, a
pleasing aroma to the
Lord.
(NIV)
I am the
Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
For
I am the
Lord who brought you
up out of the
land of
Egypt to
be your
God.
You shall therefore
be holy, for
I am
holy.”
(NIV)
The priests must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the
LordThey shall
not profane the
holy things of the
people of
Israel,
which they
contribute to the
Lord,
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