Daily
Feast
(23rd
Day)
Exodus 14:03 - 16:30
This
section is designed to read the entire Bible in a year, i.e., in 365 days. The
total verses of the entire Bible are equally divided into 365 parts.
Exodus
14
3
Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land.
The wilderness has shut them in.’ 4 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will
follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies;
and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh.” They did so.
5
The king of Egypt was told that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh
and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this
we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” 6 He prepared his
chariot, and took his army with him; 7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots,
and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them. 8 Yahweh
hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of
Israel; for the children of Israel went out with a high hand. 9 The Egyptians
pursued them. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his
army overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
10
When Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and
behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The
children of Israel cried out to Yahweh. 11 They said to Moses, “Because there
were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why
have you treated us this way, to bring us out of Egypt? 12 Isn’t this the word
that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the
Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to
die in the wilderness.”
13
Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation
of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the
Egyptians whom you have seen today. 14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall
be still.”
15
Yahweh said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel,
that they go forward. 16 Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the
sea and divide it. Then the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the
sea on dry ground. 17 Behold, I myself will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
and they will go in after them. I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and over
all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen. 18 The Egyptians
shall know that I am Yahweh when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over
his chariots, and over his horsemen.” 19 The angel of God, who went before the
camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from
before them, and stood behind them. 20 It came between the camp of Egypt and
the camp of Israel. There was the cloud and the darkness, yet it gave light by
night. One didn’t come near the other all night.
21
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back
by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were
divided. 22 The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry
ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their
left. 23 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the
sea: all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 In the morning
watch, Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of
cloud, and confused the Egyptian army. 25 He took off their chariot wheels, and
they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face
of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!”
26
Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may
come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.” 27
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength
when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. Yahweh overthrew
the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. 28 The waters returned, and covered the
chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh’s army that went in after them into
the sea. There remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of
Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were a wall
to them on their right hand and on their left. 30 Thus Yahweh saved Israel that
day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the
seashore. 31 Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and
the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.
15
1
Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said,
“I
will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously.
He
has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.
2
Yah is my strength and song.
He
has become my salvation.
This
is my God, and I will praise him;
my
father’s God, and I will exalt him.
3
Yahweh is a man of war.
Yahweh
is his name.
4 He
has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.
His
chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
5
The deeps cover them.
They
went down into the depths like a stone.
6
Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power.
Your
right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces.
7 In
the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you.
You
send out your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.
8
With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up.
The
floods stood upright as a heap.
The
deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9
The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder.
My
desire will be satisfied on them.
I
will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’
10
You blew with your wind.
The
sea covered them.
They
sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11
Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods?
Who
is like you, glorious in holiness,
fearful
in praises, doing wonders?
12
You stretched out your right hand.
The
earth swallowed them.
13
“You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed.
You
have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
14
The peoples have heard.
They
tremble.
Pangs
have taken hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
15
Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed.
Trembling
takes hold of the mighty men of Moab.
All
the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
16
Terror and dread falls on them.
By
the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone,
until
your people pass over, Yahweh,
until
the people you have purchased pass over.
17
You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,
the
place, Yahweh, which you have made for yourself to dwell in:
the
sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
18
Yahweh will reign forever and ever.”
19
For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into
the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the
children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea. 20 Miriam the
prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the
women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. 21 Miriam answered
them,
“Sing
to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously.
He
has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.”
22
Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness
of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23
When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they
were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah. 24 The people murmured
against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 Then he cried to Yahweh.
Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were
made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he
tested them. 26 He said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s
voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to
his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on
you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”
27
They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm
trees. They encamped there by the waters.
16
1
They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the
fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of
Egypt. 2 The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness; 3 and the children of Israel said to
them, “We wish that we had died by Yahweh’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we
sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us
out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
4
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and
the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test
them, whether they will walk in my law or not. 5 It shall come to pass on the
sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be
twice as much as they gather daily.”
6
Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, “At evening, you shall know
that Yahweh has brought you out from the land of Egypt. 7 In the morning, you
shall see Yahweh’s glory; because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh. Who
are we, that you murmur against us?” 8 Moses said, “Now Yahweh will give you
meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you, because
Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your
murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh.” 9 Moses said to Aaron,
“Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come close to Yahweh,
for he has heard your murmurings.’ ” 10 As Aaron spoke to the whole
congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and
behold, Yahweh’s glory appeared in the cloud. 11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
12 “I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them,
saying, ‘At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled
with bread. Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God.’ ”
13
In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew
lay around the camp. 14 When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface
of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground. 15
When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For
they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which Yahweh
has given you to eat. 16 This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: ‘Gather
of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number
of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.’ ”
17 The children of Israel did so, and some gathered more, some less. 18 When
they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he
who gathered little had no lack. They each gathered according to his eating. 19
Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.” 20
Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until
the morning, so it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
21 They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When
the sun grew hot, it melted. 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much
bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the congregation came and
told Moses. 23 He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken,
‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want
to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up
for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’ ” 24 They laid it up until the
morning, as Moses ordered, and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms
in it. 25 Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today
you shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the
seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.” 27 On the seventh day,
some of the people went out to gather, and they found none. 28 Yahweh said to
Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 Behold,
because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth
day the bread of two days. Everyone stays in his place. Let no one go out of
his place on the seventh day.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
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