Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!”

The Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”

Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a menace to us? Release the people so that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not know that Egypt is destroyed?”

They came, men and women alike, all who had willing hearts. They brought brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments, all kinds of gold jewelry, and everyone came who waved a wave offering of gold to the Lord.