(NIV)
God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.’
And
God blessed them,
saying,
“Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
waters in the
seas, and let
birds multiply on the
earth.”
(NIV)
God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’
And
God blessed them. And
God said to them, “Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
earth and
subdue it, and have
dominion over the
fish of the
sea and over the
birds of the
heavens and over
every living thing that
moves on the
earth.”
(NIV)
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.
Now the
earth was
corrupt in
God’s sight, and the
earth was
filled with
violence.
(NIV)
So God said to Noah, ‘I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
And
God said to
Noah,
“I have
determined to
make an
end of
all flesh, for the
earth is
filled with
violence through them.
Behold, I will
destroy them
with the
earth.
(NIV)
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
And
God blessed Noah and his
sons and
said to them, “Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
earth.
(NIV)
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the
Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the
Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’
For I have
chosen him,
that he may
command his
children and his
household after him to
keep the
way of the
Lord by
doing righteousness and
justice, so that the
Lord may
bring to
Abraham what he has
promised him.”
(NIV)
Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?’
Far be it from you to
do such a
thing, to put the
righteous to
death with the
wicked,
so that the
righteous fare as the
wicked!
Far be that from you! Shall not the
Judge of
all the
earth do what is
just?”
(NIV)
Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
Then
God opened her
eyes, and she
saw a
well of
water. And she
went and
filled the
skin with
water and gave the
boy a
drink.
(NIV)
The woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.
The
young woman was
very attractive in
appearance, a
maiden whom no
man had
known. She
went down to the
spring and
filled her
jar and
came up.
(NIV)
When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.
When her
days to
give birth were
completed,
behold, there were
twins in her
womb.
(NIV)
because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.’
because Abraham obeyed my
voice and
kept my
charge, my
commandments, my
statutes, and my
laws.”
(NIV)
So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.
(Now the
Philistines had
stopped and
filled with
earth all the
wells that his
father’s servants had
dug in the
days of
Abraham his
father.)
(NIV)
Then Jacob said to Laban, ‘Give me my wife. My time is completed, and I want to make love to her.’
Then
Jacob said to
Laban, “
Give me my
wife that I may
go in to her, for my
time is
completed.”
(NIV)
Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.’
Complete the
week of
this one, and we will
give you the
other also in
return for
serving me
another seven years.”
(NIV)
And Jacob did so. He finished the week with Leah, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.
Jacob did so, and
completed her
week. Then Laban
gave him his
daughter Rachel to be his
wife.
(NIV)
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.
In three days Pharaoh will lift
up your
head and
restore you to your
office, and you shall
place Pharaoh’s cup in his
hand as
formerly, when you were his
cupbearer.
(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)
Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: ‘Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
Then he
commanded the
steward of his
house,
“
Fill the
men’s sacks with
food, as much
as they
can carry, and
put each
man’s money in the
mouth of his
sack,
(NIV)
However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a fixed allowance from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allowance Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.
Only the
land of the
priests he did
not buy,
for the
priests had a fixed
allowance from
Pharaoh and
lived on the
allowance that
Pharaoh gave them;
therefore they did
not sell their
land.
(NIV)
So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt – still in force today – that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.
So
Joseph made it a
statute concerning the
land of
Egypt, and it stands to
this day, that
Pharaoh should have the
fifth;
the
land of the
priests alone did
not become
Pharaoh’s.
(NIV)
taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Forty days were
required for it,
for that is how
many are
required for
embalming. And the
Egyptians wept for him
seventy days.
(NIV)
but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.
But the
people of
Israel were
fruitful and
increased greatly; they
multiplied and
grew exceedingly strong, so that the
land was
filled with them.
(NIV)
Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Now the
priest of
Midian had
seven daughters, and they
came and
drew water and
filled the
troughs to
water their
father’s flock.
(NIV)
And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, ‘Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?’
And the
foremen of the
people of
Israel, whom
Pharaoh’s taskmasters had
set over them, were
beaten and were
asked, “Why have you not
done all your
task of
making bricks today and
yesterday, as in the
past?”
(NIV)
Seven days passed after the
Lord struck the Nile.
Seven full days passed after the
Lord had
struck the
Nile.
(NIV)
If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them.
Or else,
if you will
not let my
people go, behold, I will
send swarms of
flies on you and your
servants and your
people, and into your
houses. And the
houses of the
Egyptians shall be
filled with swarms of
flies, and also the
ground on which they stand.
(NIV)
They will fill your houses and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians – something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.”’ Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
and they shall
fill your
houses and the
houses of
all your
servants and of
all the
Egyptians,
as neither your
fathers nor your
grandfathers have
seen, from the
day they came
on earth to
this day.’” Then he
turned and
went out from
Pharaoh.
(NIV)
Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.
and you shall
keep it until the
fourteenth day of
this month, when the
whole assembly of the
congregation of
Israel shall
kill their
lambs at
twilight.
(NIV)
‘This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the
Lord – a lasting ordinance.
“
This day shall be for you a
memorial day, and you shall
keep it as a
feast to the
Lord; throughout your
generations, as a
statute forever, you shall keep it as a
feast.
(NIV)
‘Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.
And you shall
observe the Feast of
Unleavened Bread, for on this
very day I
brought your
hosts out of the
land of
Egypt. Therefore you shall
observe this day, throughout your
generations, as a
statute forever.
(NIV)
‘Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants.
You shall
observe this rite as a
statute for you and for your
sons forever.
(NIV)
The
Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘These are the regulations for the Passover meal:
‘No foreigner may eat it.
And the
Lord said to
Moses and
Aaron, “
This is the
statute of the
Passover:
no foreigner shall
eat of it,
(NIV)
You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.
You shall therefore
keep this
statute at its appointed
time from
year to
year.
(NIV)
The enemy boasted,
“I will pursue, I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;
I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
and my hand will destroy them.”
The
enemy said,
‘I will
pursue, I will
overtake,
I will
divide the
spoil, my
desire shall have its fill
of them.
I will
draw my
sword; my
hand shall
destroy them.’
(NIV)
Then Moses cried out to the
Lord, and the
Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.
There the
Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test.
And he
cried to the
Lord, and the
Lord showed him a
log, and he
threw it into the
water, and the
water became sweet.
There the
Lord made for them a
statute and a
rule, and
there he
tested them,
(NIV)
He said, ‘If you listen carefully to the
Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the
Lord, who heals you.’
saying,
“
If you will
diligently listen to the
voice of the
Lord your
God, and
do that which is
right in his
eyes, and
give ear to his
commandments and
keep all his
statutes, I will
put none of the
diseases on you that I
put on the
Egyptians,
for I am the
Lord,
your
healer.”
(NIV)
He said to them, ‘This is what the
Lord commanded: “Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the
Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.”’
he
said to them, “
This is
what the
Lord has
commanded: ‘
Tomorrow is a day of
solemn rest, a
holy Sabbath to the
Lord;
bake what you will
bake and
boil what you will
boil, and
all that is
left over lay aside to be
kept till the
morning.’”
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Moses, ‘How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?
And the
Lord said to
Moses,
“
How long will you
refuse to
keep my
commandments and my
laws?
(NIV)
Moses said, ‘This is what the
Lord has commanded: “Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.”’
Moses said, “
This is
what the
Lord has
commanded: ‘
Let an omer of it be
kept throughout your
generations, so that they may
see the
bread with which I
fed you in the
wilderness, when I
brought you out of the
land of
Egypt.’”
(NIV)
So Moses said to Aaron, ‘Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the
Lord to be kept for the generations to come.’
And
Moses said to
Aaron, “
Take a jar, and
put an omer of
manna in it, and
place it
before the
Lord to be
kept throughout your
generations.”
(NIV)
As the
Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, that it might be preserved.
As the
Lord commanded Moses, so
Aaron placed it
before the
testimony to be
kept.
(NIV)
Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.’
when they have a
dispute, they
come to me and I
decide between one person and another, and I make them
know the
statutes of
God and his
laws.”
(NIV)
Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave.
and you shall
warn them about the
statutes and the
laws, and make them
know the
way in which they must
walk and
what they must
do.
(NIV)
but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
but
showing steadfast love to
thousands of those who
love me and
keep my
commandments.
(NIV)
‘These are the laws you are to set before them:
“Now
these are the
rules that you shall
set before them.
(NIV)
If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.
If he
designates her for his
son, he shall
deal with her
as with a
daughter.
(NIV)
This law also applies if the bull gores a son or a daughter.
If it
gores a man’s
son or daughter, he shall be
dealt with according to this
same rule.
(NIV)
‘Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
“You shall
not pervert the
justice due to your
poor in his
lawsuit.
(NIV)
and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
None shall
miscarry or be
barren in your
land; I will
fulfill the
number of your
days.
(NIV)
When Moses went and told the people all the
Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, ‘Everything the
Lord has said we will do.’
Moses came and
told the
people all the
words of the
Lord and
all the
rules. And
all the
people answered with
one voice and
said,
“
All the
words that the
Lord has
spoken we will
do.”
(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)
‘Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.
Then you shall
erect the
tabernacle according to the
plan for it that you were
shown on the
mountain.
(NIV)
In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the
Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.
In the
tent of
meeting,
outside the
veil that is
before the
testimony,
Aaron and his
sons shall
tend it from
evening to
morning before the
Lord. It shall be a
statute forever to be observed throughout their
generations by the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
Tell all the skilled workers to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so that he may serve me as priest.
You shall
speak to
all the
skillful,
whom I have
filled with a
spirit of
skill, that they
make Aaron’s garments to
consecrate him for my
priesthood.
(NIV)
‘Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions – the work of skilled hands. Make it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen.
“You shall
make a
breastpiece of
judgment, in
skilled work. In the
style of the
ephod you shall
make it—of
gold,
blue and
purple and
scarlet yarns, and
fine twined linen shall you
make it.
(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)
‘Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of decision as a continuing memorial before the
Lord.
So
Aaron shall
bear the
names of the
sons of
Israel in the
breastpiece of
judgment on his
heart, when he
goes into the
Holy Place, to bring them to
regular remembrance before the
Lord.
(NIV)
Also put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece, so they may be over Aaron’s heart whenever he enters the presence of the
Lord. Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the
Lord.
And in the
breastpiece of
judgment you shall
put the
Urim and the
Thummim, and they shall be on
Aaron’s heart, when he
goes in
before the
Lord. Thus
Aaron shall
bear the
judgment of the
people of
Israel on his
heart before the
Lord regularly.
(NIV)
After you put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint and ordain them. Consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
And you shall
put them on
Aaron your
brother, and on his
sons with him, and shall
anoint them and
ordain them and
consecrate them, that they may serve me as
priests.
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