So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.

We have plenty of straw and feed,” she added, “and room for you to spend the night.”

You didn’t even allow me to kiss my daughters and my grandchildren good-bye. You have acted foolishly!

We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.

God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.

When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and Aaron standing there to meet them,

Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you!

They will eat the meat the same night; they will eat it roasted over the fire with bread made without yeast and with bitter herbs.

You are to make the altar hollow, out of boards. Just as it was shown you on the mountain, so they must make it.

The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted for the ephod and the breastpiece,

It was square – they made the breastpiece doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled.

“‘When you sacrifice a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is accepted for you.

He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.

When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is acceptable for your benefit.

Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.

I will lay your cities waste and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.

These were the ones chosen from the community, leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

They are responsible for his needs and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending to the service of the tabernacle.