The rich are not to increase it, and the poor are not to pay less than the half shekel when giving the offering of the Lord, to make atonement for your lives.

It must not be applied to people’s bodies, and you must not make any like it with the same recipe. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

Now the firstling of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. “No one will appear before me empty-handed.

But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they are later crops.)

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to release them.

You will not eat anything made with yeast; in all the places where you live you must eat bread made without yeast.’”

“You shall have no other gods before me.

The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.

You must not kindle a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.”

They baked cakes of bread without yeast using the dough they had brought from Egypt, for it was made without yeast – because they were thrust out of Egypt and were not able to delay, they could not prepare food for themselves either.

Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt.

So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!”

Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.

And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not pay any attention to this.

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.

Moses said, “As you wish! I will not see your face again.”

You must leave nothing until morning, but you must burn with fire whatever remains of it until morning.

He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the area.