Moses 1:
Introduction
The word Israel, in Arabic means traveler from the verb Sara means walk and travel and means moved from one place to another. From this point of view, the sons of Israel are the travelers ( the Bedwin ), those that move across the countries form the beginning of mankind moving with them their tents and sheep.
The words Arab and Aram gives the same meaning (the travelers). the Holy bible talks about Abraham the Hebrew who was from Aramaic (the Aramaic ) and traveled to Egypt to become a great nation.
This name Israel was given to Jacob the father of Joseph who was taken to Egypt, and all his sons was named sons of Israel.
Moses: mozes This name means in Arabic the one who comes out of water mo = from ma' means water , za = means a pointing article )
Moshe: ( means in Arabic a thing of water , where MO = means water and SHE means a thing), this word also points to the one that travel -Masha- or move.
Levi : or Levi ,in Arabic comes from ( Legawi ) means keepers of the language the linguistic , those were the sons of Israel who are still keeping the language of their fathers in Egypt.
Exodus " Chapter 2
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
2:1 A man of the house of Levi went and married Levi's daughter.
2:2 The woman became pregnant and had a son. She realized how extraordinary [the child] was, and she kept him hidden for three months.
2:3 When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus box, coating it with asphalt and pitch, and she placed the child in it. She placed it in the rushes near the bank of the Nile.
2:4 [The child's] sister stood herself at a distance to see what would happen to him.
2:5 Pharaoh's daughter went to bathe in the Nile, while her maids walked along the Nile's edge. She saw the box in the rushes, and sent her slave-girl to fetch it.
2:6 Opening [the box] she saw the boy. The infant began to cry, and she had pity on it. 'It is one of the Hebrew boys (Hebrew means those that are coming to Egypt from across the other bank of the red sea to work in Egypt)(the travelers ) ,' she said.
2:7 [The infant's] sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, 'Shall I go and call a Hebrew woman to nurse the child for you?'
2:8 'Go,' replied Pharaoh's daughter. The young girl went and got the child's own mother.
2:9 'Take this child and nurse it,' said Pharaoh's daughter to [the mother]. 'I will pay you a fee.' The woman took the child and nursed it.
2:10 When the child matured, [his mother] brought him to Pharaoh's daughter. She adopted him as her own son, and named him Moses (Moshe). 'I bore (mashe) him from the water,' she said.
2:11 When Moses was grown, he began to go out to his own people, and he saw their hard labor. [One day] he saw an Egyptian kill one of his fellow Hebrews.(the travelers )
2:12 [Moses] looked all around, and when he saw that no one was [watching], he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
2:13 Moses went out the next day, and he saw two Hebrew men fighting. 'Why are you beating your brother?' he demanded of the one who was in the wrong.
2:14 'Who made you our prince and judge?' retorted [the other]. 'Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?' Moses was frightened. 'The incident is known,' he said.
2:15 When Pharaoh heard about the affair, he took steps to have Moses put to death. Moses fled from Pharaoh, and ended up in the land of Median. (Median ,is the place of Medina in the north part of Arabia and its old Arabic name is yathrib and it is from -yashrab- to drink because of the wells of water in that place.) [Moses] was sitting near the well.
2:16 The sheik of Median had seven daughters (This can be read as the sheik of Midian Saba had daughters showing that Saba is his name and not the number of his daughters), who came to draw water. As they were beginning to fill the troughs and water their father's sheep, ( they were of the travelers the Arabs, Aramaic or Hebrew families that travel across the Arabian land and the middle east.)
2:17 other shepherds came and tried to chase them away. Moses got up and came to their aid, and then watered their sheep.
2:18 When they came to their patriarch Raeuel, he asked them, 'How did you get to come home so early today?'
2:19 'An Egyptian stranger rescued us from some shepherds,' they replied. 'He also drew water for us and watered our sheep.'
2:20 'And where is he now?' he asked his daughters. 'Why did you abandon the stranger? Call him, and let him have something to eat.'
2:21 Moses decided to live with the man. He gave Moses his daughter Tzipporah as a wife.( Tzipporah means in Arabic Asphourah - the bird )
2:22 When she gave birth to a son, [Moses] named him Gresham ( in Arabic Gerthoum means strange ) . 'I have been a foreigner (ger) in a strange land,' he said. New Oppression
2:23 A long time then passed , and the king of Egypt died. The Israelites (the travelers) were still groaning because of their subjugation. When they cried out because of their slavery, their pleas went up before God.
2:24 God heard their cries, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
2:25 God saw the Israelites (the travelers ), and He was about to show concern. Exodus " Chapter 3 Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy The Burning Bush
3:1 Moses tended the sheep of his father-in-law Jethro ( the man from jethrib , yethrib) , sheik of Median. He led the flock to the edge of the desert, and he came to God's Mountain, in the Horeb area.( Horeb or Horem means in Arabic the Holy place) (Travelers such as Arabs ,Aramaic and Hebrew in the old times used to light the tops of mountains to lead the travelers to Horeb or Horem being the shrine is in the valley of Becca ,the Holy place, and can't be seen by travelers. They used to call it Kabas of the Holy fire. One of the mountains near the Holy place still have the name of Abi-Koubais mountain, the words Sin and Seina means in Arabic a light)
3:2 God's angel appeared to [Moses] in the heart of a fire, in the middle of a thorn-bush. As he looked, [Moses] realized that the bush was on fire, but was not being consumed.
3:3 Moses said [to himself], 'I must go over there and investigate this wonderful phenomenon. Why doesn't the bush burn?'
3:4 When God saw that [Moses] was going to investigate, He called to him from the middle of the bush. 'Moses, Moses!' He said. 'Yes,' replied [Moses].
3:5 'Do not come any closer,' said [God]. 'Take your shoes off your feet. The place upon which you are standing is holy ground.' (This what was travelers to this Holy place do starting their Holy trip to the place during all ages - where the word place in Arabic means Makan) ( Abraham and his son Ishmael has build a temple for God in that place before ,where Abraham has come to this place called Bet-il, the house of God ,The Bible say that Abraham then he moved to the mountain east of beit-il and built his tent)
3:6 [God then] said, 'I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.' Moses hid his face, since he was afraid to look at the Divine.
3:7 God said, 'I have indeed seen the suffering of My people in Egypt. (Those that have traveled from this place to Egypt ) I have heard how they cry out because of what their slave-drivers [do], and I am aware of their pain.
3:8 I have come down to rescue them from Egypt's power. I will bring them out of that land, to a good, spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, the territory of the Canaanites (Canaanites in Arabic means settlers ) , Hittites ( Hittis in Arabic means farmers or grass and plants ) , Amorites ( Amorites in Arabic means the people of Hemiar- the red people- who where in Yemen and the red sea ), Perizzites (Pherizzi in Arabic means Persians ) , Hivites (Hivites , or Hiwites in Arabic means the people of the living land, Adnan) and Yebusites ( Yebousi in Arabic means the people of the dead land, Kahtan ). (The old Arabic people called the people live in Eden Adnen from Aden and the people live in dead land- Hadramawt , Kahtan)
3:9 'Right now the cry of the Israelites (the travelers) is coming to Me. I also see the pressure to which Egypt is subjecting them.
3:10 Now go. I am sending you to Pharaoh. Bring My people, the Israelites (the travelers), out of Egypt.'
3:11 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?' said Moses to God. 'And how can I possibly get the Israelites (the travelers) out of Egypt?'
3:12 'Because I will be with you,' replied [God]. 'Proof that I have sent you will come when you get the people out of Egypt. All of you will then become God's servants on this mountain.'
3:13 Moses said to God, 'So I will go to the Israelites (the travelers) and say, 'Your fathers' God sent me to you.' They will immediately ask me what His name is. What shall I say to them?'
3:14 'I Will Be Who I Will Be,' replied God to Moses. ( YHVH , Jehovah , Yahwa ,in Arabic means I am the one , means the only one Iya-Houwa Iya hou, I am the only one - means God ) (NOTE: THE HOLY QURAN SAY ' LA NA'BUDU ILLA IYAHU ' means we worship only HIM , where IYAHU means him and can be written YHVH) [God then] explained, 'This is what you must say to the Israelites(the travelers): 'I Will Be (I am, or the only God) sent me to you.' '
3:15 God then said to Moses, 'You must [then] say to the Israelites (the travelers), 'YHVH, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, sent me to you.' This is My eternal name, and this is how I am to be recalled for all generations.
3:16 'Go, gather the elders of Israel (the travelers), and say to them, 'YHVH, the God of your fathers, appeared to me - the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He said, 'I have granted you special providence regarding what is happening to you in Egypt.
3:17 I declare that I will bring you out of the wretchedness of Egypt, to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Yebusites - to a land flowing with milk and honey.' '
3:18 'They will take what you say seriously. You and the elders of Israel will then go to the king of Egypt. You must tell him, 'YHVH, God of the Hebrews(the travelers), revealed Himself to us. Now we request that you allow us to take a three day journey into the desert, to sacrifice to YHVH our God.'
(the Three day journey to the Holy place the valley of Becca ,or Mecca to do the Sacrifice , El Adahi,or El Hajj the thing that all believers in God do it from the day Abraham build the Shrine in the valley of Becca)
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**The Bible mentions about the valley of Baca in connection with the pilgrimage. Below is the quote from Psalms 84 (NIV):

1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young-- a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob.
9 Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

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The interpretation of the valley of Baca in the The Jewish Encyclopedia is quite interesting, though it does not provide complete evidence and leaves the reader with a suggestion. Below is the full quote.
Baca, The Valley Of: A valley mentioned in Psalms LXXXIV:7.
Since it is there said that pilgrims transform the valley into a land of wells, an old translators gave to Baca, the meaning of a "valley of weeping"; but it signifies rather any valley lacking water. Support for this latter view is to be found in II Samuel V:23 et seq.; I Chronicles XIV:14 et seq., in which the plural form of the same word designates a tree similar to the balsam tree; and it was supposed that a dry valley could be named after this tree. Konig takes Baca from the Arabian Baka'a, and translates it "lack of streams". The Psalmist apparently has in mind a particular valley whose natural condition led him to adopt its name.[6]
The translation of Arabian Baka'a as "lack of stream" seems to throw some light on the nature of the valley before the appearance of the stream of Zam-Zam near Ka'bah which was a dry place with no vegetation whatsoever.
The Anchor Bible Dictionary does not throw any light on it, albeit, there are some suggestions in it too like the The Jewish Encyclopedia. Below is the full quote.
Baca, The Valley Of (PLACE): [Hebrew 'emeq habakka'],
The valley of Baca (Psalms 84:1)
is either a historical place name or a symbolical expression for "deep sorrow".
The first part of Psalms 84:6 seems to mean that by "passing through the experience of deep sorrow, righteous ones can make it the source of life." The Septuagint translated the phrase into Greek as "the valley of weeping". The word 'emeq "valley" has the root meaning of "deep", so the expression may mean "deep sorrow".
Bakkah or Makkah In The Scriptures
The Holy Qur'ân talks about Bakkah (the older name of Makkah) being the first house of worship appointed for mankind. It also addresses this place as Umm ul-Qurâ i.e., Mother of the Settlements.
" The most important shrine established for the people is the one in Becca; a blessed beacon for all the people. In it are clear signs: the station of Abraham. Anyone who enters it shall be granted safe passage. The people owe it to GOD that they shall observe Hajj to this shrine, when they can afford it. As for those who disbelieve, GOD does not need anyone." [Qur'ân 3:96*-97]
After this, I say that the valley of Becca is the Valley of Mecca in the western Arabia, and in this valley on the top of the Mountain of God Moses saw the Holy fire.
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3:19 'I know in advance that the Egyptian king will not allow you to leave unless he is forced to do so.
3:20 I will then display My power and demolish Egypt through all the miraculous deeds that I will perform in their land. Then [Pharaoh] will let you leave.
3:21 'I will give the people status among the Egyptians, and when you all finally leave, you will not go empty-handed.
3:22 Every woman shall borrow articles of silver and gold, as well as clothing, from her neighbor or from the woman living with her. You shall load this on your sons and daughters, and you will thus drain Egypt [of its wealth].' The Burning Bush
4:1 When Moses [was able to] reply, he said, 'But they will not believe me. They will not listen to me. They will say, 'God did not appear to you.' '
4:2 'What is that in your hand?' asked God. 'A staff.'
4:3 'Throw it on the ground.' When [Moses] threw it on the ground, it turned into a snake, and Moses ran away from it. ( A snake in Arabic means Hayya ,and this is the same verb to mean live ,thus means it became a living staff )
4:4 God said to Moses, 'Reach out and grasp its tail.' When [Moses] reached out and grasped [the snake], it turned back into a staff in his hand.
4:5 'This is so that they will believe that God appeared to you,' [He said]. 'The God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.'
4:6 God then said to Moses, 'Place your hand [on your chest] inside your robe.' When [Moses] placed his hand in his robe and removed it from his chest, it was leprous, [as white] as snow.
4:7 'Place your hand in your robe again,' said [God]. [Moses] placed his hand [back] into his robe, and when he removed it from his chest, his skin had returned to normal.
4:8 'If they do not believe you,' [said God], 'and they do not pay attention to the first miraculous sign, then they will believe the evidence of the second sign.
4:9 'And if they also do not believe these two signs, and still do not take you seriously, then you shall take some water from the Nile and spill it on the ground. The water that you will take from the Nile will turn into blood on the ground.' ( Dam means blood , Tam means mud ,and so this red mud of the nile can bring life )
4:10 Moses pleaded with God. 'I beg You, O God, I am not a man of words - not yesterday, not the day before - not from the very first time You spoke to me. I find it difficult to speak and find the right language.' (Thus moses was raised in Egypt where he had not practiced the language of mankind good when Aaron as one of the Levi's was raised in the desert with the travelers that speak this language from father to son)
4:11 'Who gave man a mouth?' replied God. 'Who makes a person dumb or deaf? Who gives a person sight or makes him blind? Is it not I - God?
4:12 Now go! I will be with your mouth and teach you what to say.'
4:13 'I beg you O Lord!' exclaimed [Moses]. 'Please! Send someone more appropriate!'
4:14 God displayed anger toward Moses. 'Is not Aaron the Levite your brother?' He said. 'I know that he knows how to speak! He is setting out to meet you, and when he sees you, his heart will be glad.
4:15 You will be able to speak to him, and place the words in his mouth. I will then be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will teach you what to do.
4:16 He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and you will be his guide.
4:17 Take this staff in your hand. With it, you will perform the miracles.' Moses Leaves Median
4:18 Moses left and returned to his father-in-law Jether. He said, 'I would like to leave and return to my people in Egypt, to see if they are still alive.' 'Go in peace,' said Jethro to Moses.
4:19 While Moses was still in Median, God said to him, 'Go return to Egypt. All the men who seek your life have died.'
4:20 Moses took his wife and sons and, putting them on a donkey, set out to return to Egypt. He also took the divine staff in his hand.
4:21 God said to Moses, 'On your way back to Egypt, keep in mind all the wondrous powers that I have placed in your hand. You will use them before Pharaoh. But I will make him obstinate, and he will not allow the people to leave.
4:22 You must say to Pharaoh, 'This is what God says: Israel is My son, My firstborn.
4:23 I have told you to let My son go and serve Me. If you refuse to let him leave, I will [ultimately] kill your own first-born son.' '
4:24 When they were in the place where they spent the night along the way, God confronted Moses and wanted to kill him.
4:25 Tzipporah took a stone knife and cut off her son's foreskin, throwing it down at [Moses'] feet. 'As far as I am concerned, you're married to blood, she said [to the child].
4:26 [God] then spared [Moses]. '[You were] married to blood because of circumcision,' she said. First Confrontation with Pharaoh
4:27 God said to Aaron, 'Go meet Moses in the desert.' [Aaron] went, and when he met [Moses] near God's Mountain, he kissed him.
4:28 Moses described to Aaron everything that God had told him about his mission, as well as the miraculous proofs that He had instructed him to display.
4:29 Moses and Aaron went [to Egypt], and they gathered all the elders of Israel.
4:30 Aaron related all the words that God had told Moses, and he demonstrated the miraculous proofs before the people.
4:31 The people believed. They accepted the message that God had granted special providence to the Israelites, and that He had seen their misery. They bowed their heads and prostrated themselves. Exodus " Chapter 5 Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy First Confrontation with Pharaoh
5:1 Moses and Aaron then went to Pharaoh and said, 'This is what YHVH, God of the Hebrews (those who came from across the red sea- Ibr el Bahr ), declares: 'Let My people leave, so they can sacrifice to Me in the desert.' '
5:2 Pharaoh replied, 'Who is YHVH that I should obey Him and let Israel go? I do not recognize YHVH. Nor will I let Israel leave.'
5:3 'The God of the Hebrews has revealed Himself to us,' said [Moses and Aaron]. 'Please, allow us to take a three day journey into the desert, and let us sacrifice to YHVH our God. Otherwise, He may strike us down with the plague or the sword.'
5:4 The Egyptian king said to them, 'Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their work? Get back to your own business!'
5:5 'The peasants are becoming more numerous,' said Pharaoh, 'and you want them to take a vacation from their work!'
5:6 That day, Pharaoh gave new orders to the people's administrators and foremen. He said,
5:7 'Do not give the people straw for bricks as before. Let them go and gather their own straw.
5:8 Meanwhile, you must require them to make the same quota of bricks as before. Do not reduce it. They are lazy, and are protesting that they want to go sacrifice to their God.
5:9 Make the work heavier for the men, and make sure they do it. Then they will stop paying attention to false ideas.'
5:10 The administrators and foremen went out and told the people, 'Pharaoh has said that he will no longer give you straw.
5:11 You must go and get your own straw wherever you can find it. Meanwhile, you may not reduce the amount of work you must complete.'
5:12 The people spread out all over Egypt to gather grain stalks for straw.
5:13 The administrators pressured them and said, 'You must complete your daily work quota, just as before when there was straw.'
5:14 The Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh's administrators had appointed, were flogged. They were told, 'Yesterday and today you did not complete your quotas. Why didn't you make as many bricks as before?'
5:15 The Israelite foremen came and protested to Pharaoh. 'Why are you doing this to us?' they said.
5:16 'We are no longer given straw, but we are told to make bricks. We are the ones being flogged, but it is your people's fault.'
5:17 'You are lazy!' retorted Pharaoh. 'Lazy! That's why you are saying that you want to sacrifice to God.
5:18 Now go! Get to work! You will not be given any straw, but you must deliver your quota of bricks.'
5:19 The Israelite foremen realized that they were in serious trouble. They had been clearly told that they could not reduce their daily brick quota.
5:20 When they were leaving Pharaoh, [the foremen] encountered Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them.
5:21 'Let God look at you and be your Judge,' they said. 'You have destroyed our reputation with Pharaoh and his advisors. You have placed a sword to kill us in their hands.'
5:22 Moses returned to God and said, 'O Lord, why do You mistreat Your people? Why did You send me?
5:23 As soon as I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he made things worse for these people. You have done nothing to help Your people.' Exodus " Chapter 6 Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy First Confrontation with Pharaoh
6:1 God said to Moses, 'Now you will begin to see what I will do to Pharaoh. He will be forced to let them go. [Not only that, but] he will be forced to drive them out of his land.' Reassurance
6:2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, 'I am YHVH.
6:3 I revealed Myself to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God Almighty (El Shaddai), and did not allow them to know Me by My name YHVH.
6:4 I also made My covenant with them, [promising] to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, where they lived as foreigners. (Promising them to be of the settlers and live in the same place with all the people that were before)
6:5 I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are holding as slaves, and I have remembered My covenant.
6:6 'Therefore say to the Israelites [in My name], 'I am God. I will take you away from your forced labor in Egypt and free you from their slavery. I will liberate you with a demonstration of My power, and with great acts of judgment.
6:7 I will take you to Myself as a nation, and I will be to you as a God. You will know that I am God your Lord, the One who is bringing you out from under the Egyptian subjugation.
6:8 I will bring you to the land regarding which I raised My hand, [swearing] that I would give it to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I will give it to you as an inheritance. I am God.' '
6:9 Moses related this to the Israelites, but because of their disappointment and hard work, they would no longer listen to him. Moses Demurs
6:10 God spoke to Moses, saying,
6:11 'Go, speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he will let the Israelites leave his land.'
6:12 Moses spoke, interrupting the revelation. 'Even the Israelites will not listen to me,' he said. 'How can I expect Pharaoh to listen to me? I have no self-confidence when I speak.' Aaron is Included
6:13 God [then] spoke to [both] Moses and Aaron. He gave them instructions regarding the Israelites and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, so they would be able to get the Israelites out of Egypt. Genealogy (Where Israel means the traveler the first natural behave of humans , here the families of the travelers that come from the first day those that went to Egypt and then return back with Moses )
6:14 These are the heads of their extended families: The sons of Israel's first-born, Reuben: Enoch (Chanokh), Pallu, Chetzron and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
6:15 The sons of Simeon: Yemuel, Yamin, Ohad, Yakhin and Tzochar, as well as Saul, son of the Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon.
6:16 According to their family records, these are the names of Levi's sons: Gershon(Gerhom), Kehoth* and Merari. Levi lived to be 137 years old.
6:17 The families descending from Gershon: Livni and Shimi.
6:18 The sons of Kehoth: Amram, Yitzhar*, Hebron (Chevron), and Uzziel. Kehoth lived to be 133 years old.
6:19 The sons of Merari: Machli and Mushi. According to their family records, the above are the families of Levi.
6:20 Amram married his aunt Yokhebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived to be 137 years old.
6:21 The sons of Yitzhar: Korach*, Nefeg and Zikhri.
6:22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Eltzafan and Sithri.
6:23 Aaron married Nachshon's sister, Elisheva daughter of Aminadav. She bore him Nadav, Avihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
6:24 The sons of Korach*: Assir, Elkana and Aviasaf. These are the families of the Korachites.
6:25 Aaron's son, Eleazar, married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Pinchas. The above are the heads of the Levite clans according to their families.
6:26 This then [is the lineage] of Moses and Aaron, to whom God said, 'Bring the Israelites out of Egypt en masse.'
6:27 They are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, in order to get the Israelites out of Egypt. It [involved both] Moses and Aaron.
6:28 Still, on that day in Egypt, God spoke [only] to Moses. Second Demurral
6:29 God spoke to Moses and said, 'I am God. Relate to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, all that I am saying to you.'
6:30 Interrupting the revelation, Moses said, 'I do not have the self-confidence to speak. How will Pharaoh ever pay attention to me?' Navigating the Bible Exodus " Chapter 7 Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Moses Told What to Expect
7:1 God said to Moses, 'Observe! I will be making you like a god to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
7:2 You must announce all that I order you to, and your brother Aaron will relate it to Pharaoh. He will then let the Israelites leave his land.
7:3 'I will make Pharaoh obstinate, and will thus have the opportunity to display many miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt.
7:4 This is why Pharaoh will not pay attention to you. But then I will display My power against Egypt, and with great acts of judgment, I will bring forth from Egypt My armies - My people, the Israelites.
7:5 When I display My power and bring the Israelites out from among them, Egypt will know that I am God.'
7:6 Moses and Aaron did this. They did exactly as God had instructed them.
7:7 When they spoke to Pharaoh, Moses was 80 years old, and Aaron was 83 years old. The Staff Becomes a Serpent
7:8 God said to Moses and Aaron,
7:9 'When Pharaoh speaks to you, he will tell you to prove yourself with a miraculous sign. You [Moses] must then tell Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh. Let it become a viper!' '
7:10 Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh. They did exactly as God had said. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh, and it became a viper.
7:11 Pharaoh summoned his scholars and magicians. The master symbolists were able to do the same thing with their magic tricks.
7:12 When each one threw down his staff, [the staffs] all turned into vipers. Aaron's staff then swallowed up their staffs.
7:13 But Pharaoh remained obstinate and did not pay attention to them, just as God had predicted. Warnings for the First Plague
7:14 God said to Moses, 'Pharaoh is obstinate and he refuses to let the people leave.
7:15 Pay a call on Pharaoh in the morning, when he goes out to the water. Stand where you will meet him on the bank of the Nile. Take in your hand the staff that was transformed into a snake.
7:16 'Say to him: God, Lord of the Hebrews, has sent me to you with the message, 'Let My people leave, and let them worship Me in the desert.'(the place of the Holy House that was raised up by Abraham before ) So far, you have not paid attention.
7:17 God [now] says, 'Through this you will know that I am God.' I will strike the water of the Nile with the staff in my hand, and [the water] will turn into blood.
7:18 The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will become putrid. The Egyptians will have to stop drinking water from the Nile.' Blood: The First Plague
7:19 God said to Moses, 'Tell Aaron to take his staff and extend his hand over the waters of Egypt - over their rivers, their canals, their reservoirs, and every place where water is kept - and [the water] shall turn into blood. There will be blood throughout all Egypt, even in wooden [barrels] and stone [jars].'
7:20 Moses and Aaron did exactly as God had instructed. [Aaron] held the staff up, and then struck the Nile's water in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials. The Nile's water was transformed into blood.(Tam means mud ,and Dam means blood )
7:21 The fish in the Nile died, and the river became so polluted that the Egyptians were no longer able to drink the Nile's water. There was blood everywhere in Egypt.
7:22 However, when the master symbolists of Egypt were able to produce the same effect with their hidden arts, Pharaoh became obstinate. He would not pay attention to [Moses and Aaron], just as God had predicted.
7:23 Pharaoh turned his back to them and went to his palace. Even to this [miracle], he would not pay attention.
7:24 The Egyptians dug around the Nile for drinking water, since they could not drink any water from the river.
7:25 After God struck the Nile, [it remained that way] for seven full days. Frogs: The Second Plague
7:26 God said to Moses, 'Go to Pharaoh and say to him in My name, 'Let My people leave so they can serve Me.
7:27 If you refuse to let them leave, I will strike all your territories with frogs.
7:28 The Nile will swarm with frogs, and when they emerge, they will be in your palace, in your bedroom, and [even] in your bed. [They will also be in] the homes of your officials and people, even in your ovens and kneading bowls.
7:29 When the frogs emerge, they will be all over you, your people, and your officials.' Navigating the Bible Exodus " Chapter 8 Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Frogs: The Second Plague
8:1 God said to Moses, 'Tell Aaron to point the staff in his hand at the rivers, canals and reservoirs, and he will make frogs emerge upon Egypt.'
8:2 Aaron held his hand out over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs emerged, covering Egypt.
8:3 The master symbolists were able to produce the same effect with their hidden arts, making frogs emerge on Egyptian land.
8:4 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron, and said, 'Pray to God! Let Him get the frogs away from me and my people. I will let the people leave and sacrifice to God.'
8:5 'Try and test me,' replied Moses. 'Exactly when shall I pray for you, your officials and your people? The frogs will [immediately] depart from you and your homes, remaining only in the Nile.'
8:6 'Tomorrow!' said [Pharaoh]. 'As you say,' replied [Moses]. 'You will then know that there is none like God our Lord.
8:7 The frogs will depart from you, as well as from your houses, your officials and your people. They will remain only in the Nile.'
8:8 Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, and Moses cried out to God concerning the frogs that He had brought upon Pharaoh.
8:9 God did just as Moses said, and the frogs in the houses, courtyards and fields died.
8:10 [The Egyptians] gathered them into great heaps, and the land stank.
8:11 When Pharaoh saw that there had been a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as God had predicted. Lice: The Third Plague
8:12 God said to Moses, 'Tell Aaron to hold out his staff and strike the dust of the earth. It will turn into lice all over Egypt.'
8:13 They did this. Aaron held out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth. The lice appeared, attacking man and beast. Throughout all Egypt, the dust had turned into lice.
8:14 The master symbolists tried to produce lice with their hidden arts, but they could not. [Meanwhile], the lice were attacking man and beast alike.
8:15 'It is the finger of God,' said the master symbolists to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh remained obstinate and would not listen, just as God had predicted. Harmful Creatures: The Fourth Plague
8:16 God said to Moses, 'Get up early in the morning, and confront Pharaoh when he goes out to the water. Say to him in My name, 'Let My people leave and serve Me.
8:17 If you do not let My people leave, I will send swarms of harmful creatures [to attack] you, your officials, your people, and your homes. The houses of Egypt, and even the ground upon which they stand, will be filled with these creatures.
8:18 'On that day, I will miraculously set apart the Goshen area, where My people remain, so that there will not be any harmful creatures there. You will then realize that I am God, right here on earth.
8:19 I will therefore make a distinction between My people and your people. This miraculous sign will take place tomorrow.' '
8:20 God did this, and huge throngs of creatures attacked the palaces of Pharaoh and his officials. Throughout all Egypt, the land was devastated by the creatures.
8:21 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. 'Go!' he said. '[You have permission to] sacrifice to your God here in [our] land.'
8:22 'That would hardly be suitable,' replied Moses. 'What we will sacrifice to God our Lord is sacred to the Egyptians. Could we sacrifice the sacred animal of the Egyptians before their very eyes and not have them stone us?
8:23 What we must do is make a three day journey into the desert. There we will be able to sacrifice to God our Lord, just as He told us.'
8:24 'I will let you leave,' said Pharaoh, 'as long as you do not go too far away. You can sacrifice to God your Lord in the desert. But pray for me!'
8:25 Moses answered, 'When I leave your presence, I will pray to God. Tomorrow, the creatures will go away from Pharaoh, his servants, and his people. But let Pharaoh never again deceive us, refusing to let the people sacrifice to God.'
8:26 Moses left Pharaoh's presence and prayed to God.
8:27 Doing as Moses requested, God caused the creatures to leave Pharaoh, his servants and his people. Not a single one remained.
8:28 But this time again, Pharaoh made himself obstinate, and he would not let the people leave. Exodus " Chapter 9 Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Epidemic: The Fifth Plague
9:1 God told Moses to go to Pharaoh, and in the name of God, Lord of the Hebrews, say to him, 'Let My people leave and serve Me.
9:2 For if you refuse to let them leave, and continue holding them,
9:3 God's power will be directed against your livestock in the field. The horses, donkeys, camels, cattle and sheep [will die from] a very serious epidemic.
9:4 'God will [again] make a miraculous distinction, [this time] between Israel's livestock and that of Egypt. Not a single [animal] belonging to the Israelites will die.
9:5 God has set a fixed time, and has announced that He will strike the land with this tomorrow.'
9:6 On the next day, God did this, and all the livestock in Egypt died. Of the Israelites' livestock, however, not a single one was affected.
9:7 Pharaoh sent word and discovered that among the Israelites' livestock, not a single [animal] had died. But Pharaoh remained obstinate and would not let the people leave. Boils: The Sixth Plague
9:8 God said to Moses and Aaron, 'Take a handful of furnace soot and throw it up in the air before Pharaoh's eyes.
9:9 It will settle as dust on all Egypt, and when it falls on man or beast anywhere in Egypt, it will cause a rash breaking out into boils.'
9:10 They took the furnace soot and stood before Pharaoh. Moses threw it up in the air, and it caused a rash, which broke into boils, in man and beasts.
9:11 The master symbolists could not stand before Moses as a result of the rash, since the rash had attacked the symbolists [along with] the rest of Egypt.
9:12 [Now it was] God who made Pharaoh obstinate. He did not listen to [Moses and Aaron], just as God had predicted. Warning
9:13 God told Moses to get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh, saying to him in the name of God, Lord of the Hebrews, 'Let My people leave and serve Me.
9:14 This time, I am prepared to send all My catastrophes against your very heart. [They will strike] your officials and your people, so that you will know that there is none like Me in all the world.
9:15 'I could have unleashed My power, killing you and your people with the epidemic [sent against the animals], and you would have been obliterated from the world.
9:16 The only reason I let you survive was to show you My strength, so that My name will be discussed all over the world.
9:17 'But now you are still lording it over My people, refusing to let them leave.
9:18 At this time tomorrow, I will bring a very heavy hail. Never before in Egypt, since the day it was founded, has there been anything like it.
9:19 'Now send word and make arrangements to shelter your livestock and everything else you have in the field. Any man or beast who remains in the field, and does not come indoors, will be pelted by the hail and will die.'
9:20 Some of Pharaoh's subjects feared God's word, and they made their slaves and livestock flee indoors.
9:21 But those who did not fear God's word left their slaves and livestock in the field. Hail: The Seventh Plague
9:22 God said to Moses, 'Stretch out your had toward the sky, and there will be hail throughout all Egypt. [It will fall] on man and beast, and on all outdoor plants all over Egypt.
9:23 Moses pointed his staff at the sky, and God caused it to thunder and hail, with lightning striking the ground. God then made it hail on the land of Egypt.
9:24 There was hail, with lightning flashing among the hailstones. It was extremely heavy, unlike anything Egypt had experienced since it became a nation.
9:25 Throughout all Egypt, the hail killed every man and animal who was outdoors. The hail destroyed all the outdoor plants, and smashed every tree in the fields.
9:26 Only in Goshen, where the Israelites lived, there was no hail.
9:27 Pharaoh sent word and summoned Moses and Aaron. He said to them, 'This time I am guilty! God is Just! It is I and my people who are in the wrong!
9:28 Pray to God. There has been enough of this supernatural thunder and hail. I will let you leave. You will not be delayed again.'
9:29 Moses said to him, 'When I go out of the city, I will spread my hands [in prayer] to God. The thunder will then stop, and there will not be any more hail. You will then know that the whole world belongs to God.
9:30 'I realize that you and your subjects still do not fear God.
9:31 The flax and barley have been destroyed, since the barley was ripe, and the flax had formed stalks.
9:32 But the wheat and spelt have not been destroyed, since they are late in sprouting.'
9:33 Moses left Pharaoh's presence, and went out of the city. As soon as he spread his hands out to God, the thunder ceased, and the hail and rain stopped falling to the ground.
9:34 But when Pharaoh saw that there was no longer any rain, hail or thunder, he continued his sinful ways. He and his officials continued to make themselves obstinate.
9:35 Pharaoh hardened his heart and did not let the Israelites leave, just as God had predicted through Moses. Exodus " Chapter 10 Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Warning
10:1 God said to Moses, 'Go to Pharaoh. I have made him and his advisors stubborn, so that I will be able to demonstrate these miraculous signs among them.
10:2 You will then be able to confide to your children and grandchildren how I made fools of the Egyptians, and how I performed miraculous signs among them. You will then fully realize that I am God.'
10:3 Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh. In the name of God, Lord of the Hebrews, they said to him, 'How long will you refuse to submit to Me? Let My people leave and serve Me.
10:4 If you refuse to let My people leave, I will bring locusts to your territories tomorrow.
10:5 They will cover every visible speck of land, so that you will not be able to see the ground, and they will eat all that was spared for you by the hail, devouring every tree growing in the field.
10:6 They will fill your palaces, as well as the houses of your officials and of all Egypt. It will be something that your fathers and your fathers' fathers have never seen, since the day they were in the land.' With that, [Moses] turned his back and left Pharaoh.
10:7 Pharaoh's officials said to him, 'How long will this [man] continue to be a menace to us? Let the men go, and let them serve God their Lord. Don't you yet realize that Egypt is being destroyed?'
10:8 Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. 'Go serve God your Lord,' he said. 'But exactly who will be going?'
10:9 'Young and old alike will go,' replied Moses. 'We will go with our sons and our daughters, with our sheep and cattle. It is a festival to God for [all of] us.'
10:10 'May God only be with you just as I will let you leave with your children!' replied Pharaoh. 'You must realize that you will be confronted by evil.
10:11 But that's not the way it will be. Let the males go and worship God, if that's really what you want!' With that, he had them expelled from his presence. Locusts: The Eighth Plague
10:12 God said to Moses, 'Extend your hand over Egypt [to bring] the locusts, and they will emerge on Egypt. They will eat all the foliage in the land that was spared by the hail.'
10:13 Moses raised his hand over Egypt, and all that day and night, God made an east wind blow over the land. When morning came, the east wind was carrying the locusts.
10:14 The locusts invaded Egypt, settling on all Egyptian territory. It was a very severe [plague]. Never before had there been such a locust plague, and never again [would the like be seen].
10:15 The [locusts] covered the entire surface of the land, making the ground black. They ate all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees, whatever had been spared by the hail. Nothing green remained on the trees and plants throughout all Egypt.
10:16 Pharaoh hastily summoned Moses and Aaron. 'I have committed a crime,' he said, 'both to God your Lord and to you.
10:17 Now forgive my offense just this one more time. Pray to God your Lord! Just take this death away from me!'
10:18 [Moses] left Pharaoh's presence and prayed to God.
10:19 God turned the wind around, [transforming it into] a very strong west wind. It carried away the locusts, and plunged them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained within all Egypt's borders.
10:20 But once again, God made Pharaoh obstinate, and he would not let the Israelites leave. Darkness: The Ninth Plague
10:21 God said to Moses, 'Reach out toward the sky with your hand, and there will be darkness in Egypt. The darkness will be palpable.'
10:22 Moses lifted his hand toward the sky, and there was an opaque darkness in all Egypt, lasting for three days.
10:23 People could not see each other, and no one left his place for three days. The Israelites, however, had light in the areas where they lived.
10:24 Pharaoh summoned Moses. 'Go!' he said. 'Worship God! Even your children can go with you. Just leave your sheep and cattle behind.'
10:25 'Will you then provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings so that we will be able to offer them to God our Lord?' replied Moses.
10:26 'Our livestock must also go along with us. Not a single hoof can be left behind. We must take them to serve God our Lord, since we do not know what we will need to worship God until we get there.'
10:27 God made Pharaoh obstinate, and he was no longer willing to let [the Israelites] leave.
10:28 'Leave my presence!' said Pharaoh to [Moses]. 'Don't dare see my face again! The day you appear before me, you will die!'
10:29 'As you say,' replied Moses. 'I will not see your face again.' Exodus " Chapter 11 Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Preparations for the Final Plague
11:1 God said to Moses, 'There is one more plague that I will send against Pharaoh and Egypt. After that, he will let you leave this place. When he lets you leave, he will actually drive you out of here.
11:2 Now speak to the people discreetly, and let each man request from his friend gold and silver articles. Let every woman make [the same] request of her friends. '
11:3 God gave the people status among the Egyptians. Moses was also very highly respected in Egypt, both by Pharaoh's officials and by the people. Death of the First-Born
11:4 Moses said [to Pharaoh] in God's name, 'Around midnight, I will go out in the midst of Egypt.
11:5 Every first-born in Egypt will die, from the first-born of Pharaoh sitting on his throne, to the first-born of the slave girl behind the millstones. Every first-born animal [will also die].
11:6 'There will be a great cry of anguish throughout all Egypt. Never before has there been anything like it, and never again will there be the like.
11:7 But among the Israelites, a dog will not even whine because of man or beast. You will then realize that God is making a miraculous distinction between Egypt and Israel.
11:8 'All your officials here will come and bow down to me. They will say, 'Leave! You and all your followers!' Only then will I leave.' He left Pharaoh in great anger. Final Reassurance
11:9 God said to Moses, 'Pharaoh will not listen to you. This is so that I will be able to do all the more wonders in Egypt.'
11:10 Moses and Aaron had done all these wonders before Pharaoh. Still, because God had made Pharaoh obstinate, he would not let the Israelites leave his land.