and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.

The sons of Gershon, by their families, were Libni and Shimei.

When Pharaoh got closer, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified. The Israelites cried out to the Lord,

God saw the Israelites, and God understood….

The Israelites did so, and they gathered – some more, some less.

I will reside among the Israelites, and I will be their God,

So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

So the whole community of the Israelites went out from the presence of Moses.

These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt – each man with his household entered with Jacob:

He said to his people, “Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites,

So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

You must say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is my son, my firstborn,

Then Moses and Aaron went and brought together all the Israelite elders.

The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you treating your servants this way?

“Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land.”

Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was there no hail.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites.

and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.

The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men on foot, plus their dependants.