and they said to them, “May the Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his servants, so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for compelled by my strong hand he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “It is the sound of war in the camp!”

But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even under force.

He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.”

If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters.

The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever.

He will speak for you to the people, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were his God.

“You are to make the courtyard of the tabernacle. For the south side there are to be hangings for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long for one side,

(Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.)

If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,

He made the courtyard. For the south side the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long,

Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people whom you have bought pass by.

They are to tie the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it may be above the waistband of the ephod, and so that the breastpiece will not be loose from the ephod.

Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”

He told the elders, “Wait for us in this place until we return to you. Here are Aaron and Hur with you. Whoever has any matters of dispute can approach them.”

The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.

At three times in the year all your males will appear before the Lord God.

Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.