You are to receive the atonement money ¹  from the Israelites and give it for the service ²  of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial ³  for the Israelites before the Lord, to make atonement ⁴  for your lives.”

Moses said, “You have been consecrated ¹  today for the Lord, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today.” ² 

The Israelites, ¹  however, ²  were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, ³  so that the land was filled with them.

He said ¹  to his people, “Look at ²  the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

And now indeed ¹  the cry ²  of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them. ³ 

So now go, and I will send you ¹  to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

Moses said ¹  to God, ²  “Who am I, that I should go ³  to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

You must say ¹  to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says ²  the Lord, “Israel is my son, my firstborn, ³ 

¹ The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you treating ²  your servants this way?

I ¹  have also heard ²  the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, ³  and I have remembered my covenant. ⁴ 

“Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release ¹  the Israelites from his land.”

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

So Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, ¹  and he did not release the Israelites, as the Lord had predicted through Moses.

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. ¹ 

Now the Israelites had done ¹  as Moses told them – they had requested from the Egyptians ²  silver and gold items and clothing.

The Israelites journeyed ¹  from Rameses ²  to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men ³  on foot, plus their dependants. ⁴ 

So all the Israelites did exactly as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. ¹ 

And on this very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments.

Pharaoh will think ¹  regarding the Israelites, ‘They are wandering around confused ²  in the land – the desert has closed in on them.’ ³