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 \v 6 He added, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses covered his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
 
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-\v 7 Yahweh said, "I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their shouts because of their taskmasters, for I know about their suffering.
+\v 7 Yahweh said, "I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their outcry because of their taskmasters, for I know about their suffering.
 \v 8 I have come down to free them from the Egyptians' power and to bring them up from that land to a good, large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
 
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-\v 9 Now the shouts of the people of Israel have come to me. Moreover, I have seen the way the Egyptians have been oppressing them.
+\v 9 Now the outcry of the people of Israel has come to me. Moreover, I have seen the way the Egyptians have been oppressing them.
 \v 10 Now then, I will send you to Pharaoh so that you may bring my people, the people of Israel, out of Egypt."
 
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 \v 23 No one could see anyone else; no one left his home for three days. However, all the people of Israel had light in the place where they lived.
 
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-\v 24 Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go worship Yahweh. Even your families may go with you, but your flocks and herds must remain behind."
+\v 24 Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go worship Yahweh. Even your little ones may go with you, but your flocks and herds must remain behind."
 \v 25 But Moses said, "Allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings so that we may present them to Yahweh our God.
 \v 26 Our cattle must also go with us; not a hoof of them may be left behind, for we must take them to worship Yahweh our God. For we do not know with what we must worship Yahweh until we arrive there."
 
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 \v 11 This is how you must eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You must eat it hurriedly. It is Yahweh's Passover.
 
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-\v 12 Yahweh says this: I will go through the land of Egypt in that night and attack all the firstborn of man and animal in the land of Egypt. I will do acts of judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh.
+\v 12 Yahweh says this: I will go through the land of Egypt in that night and strike down all the firstborn of man and animal in the land of Egypt. I will do acts of judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh.
 \v 13 The blood will be a sign on your houses for my coming to you. When I see the blood, I will pass over you when I attack the land of Egypt. This plague will not come on you and destroy you.
 \v 14 This day will become a memorial day for you, which you must observe as a festival to Yahweh; for your generations—a statute that you must keep as a festival forever.
 
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 \v 26 When your children ask you, 'What does this act of worship mean?'
-\v 27 then you must say, 'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, because Yahweh passed over the people of Israel' houses in Egypt when he attacked the Egyptians. He set our households free.'" Then the people bowed down and worshiped Yahweh.
+\v 27 then you must say, 'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, because Yahweh passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt when he attacked the Egyptians. He set our households free.'" Then the people bowed down and worshiped Yahweh.
 \v 28 The people of Israel went and did exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron.
 
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-\v 29 It happened at midnight that Yahweh attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the person in prison and all the firstborn of the livestock.
-\v 30 Pharaoh got up in the night—he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians. There was loud lamenting in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not someone dead.
+\v 29 It happened at midnight that Yahweh attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the person in the dungeon and all the firstborn of the livestock.
+\v 30 Pharaoh got up in the night—he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians. There was a loud outcry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not someone dead.
 
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 \v 31 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, "Get up, get out from among my people, you and the people of Israel. Go, worship Yahweh, as you have said you wanted to do.
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-\v 37 The people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. They numbered about 600,000 men on foot, in addition to the women and children.
+\v 37 The people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. They numbered about 600,000 men on foot, in addition to the little ones.
 \v 38 A mixed multitude also went with them, together with flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock.
 \v 39 They baked bread without yeast in the dough that they brought from Egypt. It was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and could not delay to prepare food.
 \v 40 The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for 430 years.
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 \v 1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
-\v 2 "Set apart to me every firstborn male—because whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel belongs to me, whether man or animal."
+\v 2 "Set apart to me every firstborn male, the first issue of every womb among the people of Israel, whether man or animal. He is mine."
 
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 \v 5 When Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and the Jebusites, the land that he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—then you must observe this act of worship in this month.
 
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-\v 6 For seven days you must eat bread without yeast; on the seventh day there will be a feast to honor Yahweh.
+\v 6 For seven days you must eat bread without yeast; on the seventh day there will be a festival to honor Yahweh.
 \v 7 Bread without yeast must be eaten throughout the seven days; no bread with yeast may be seen among you. No yeast may be seen with you within any of your borders.
 
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 \v 1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
 \v 2 "Say to the people of Israel that they should turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You are to camp by the sea opposite Pi Hahiroth.
-\v 3 Pharaoh will say about the people of Israel, 'They are wandering in the land. The wilderness has closed in on them.'
+\v 3 Pharaoh will say about the people of Israel, 'They are wandering confused in the land. The wilderness has closed in on them.'
 
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 \v 4 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them. I will get honor because of Pharaoh and all his army. The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh." So the Israelites camped as they were instructed.
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 \v 23 The Egyptians pursued them. They went after them into the middle of the sea—all Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and horsemen.
-\v 24 But in the early morning hours, Yahweh looked down on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and cloud. He caused panic among the Egyptians.
+\v 24 But at the morning watch, Yahweh looked down on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and cloud. He threw the Egyptians into confusion.
 \v 25 Their chariot wheels were clogged, and the horsemen drove with difficulty. So the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from Israel, for Yahweh is fighting for them against us."
 
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 \v 29 However, the people of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea. The waters were a wall for them on their right hand and on their left.
 \v 30 So Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw dead Egyptians on the seashore.
-\v 31 When Israel saw the great power that Yahweh used against the Egyptians, the people honored Yahweh, and they trusted in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.
+\v 31 When Israel saw the great power that Yahweh used against the Egyptians, the people feared Yahweh, and they trusted Yahweh and his servant Moses.
 
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 \v 22 Then Moses led Israel onward from the Sea of Reeds. They went out into the wilderness of Shur. They traveled for three days into the wilderness and found no water.
-\v 23 Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. So they called that place Marah.
+\v 23 Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. So they named that place Marah.
 
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 \v 24 So the people complained to Moses and said, "What can we drink?"
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 \v 1 The people journeyed on from Elim, and all the community of people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
-\v 2 The whole community of people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
+\v 2 The whole community of the people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
 \v 3 The people of Israel said to them, "If only we had died by Yahweh's hand in the land of Egypt when we were sitting by the pots of meat and were eating bread to the full. For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill our whole community with hunger."
 
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 \v 22 You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.
-\v 23 If you afflict them at all, and if they call out to me, I will surely hear their call.
+\v 23 If you afflict them at all, and if they call out to me, I will surely hear their outcry.
 \v 24 My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows, and your children will become fatherless.
 
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 \v 11 Mika, Rehob, Hashabiah,
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-\v 12 Zakkaiur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
+\v 12 Zakkur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
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 \v 13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
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