Exodus

Old Testament · 40 chapters · 1,213 verses

Read Exodus in the King James Version, with a plain-language reading beneath every verse. Here are a few to start with.

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From Exodus

Exodus 1:1

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

Here are the names of the Israelite families who journeyed to Egypt, each one, along with their households, following Jacob with hope and trepidation.

Exodus 15:17

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established.

You will guide them and settle them on the peak of your legacy, in the home you've created for yourself, Lord. In your sacred sanctuary, Lord, that your own hands have built.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Choose from among the people, capable individuals who respect God, are honest, and despise greed. Appoint them as leaders of various groups, large and small.

Exodus 29:5

And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

Dress Aaron in the special garments - the coat, the ephod robe, the ephod itself, and the breastplate. Secure them with the intricately woven belt of the ephod.

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