The Abridged Book of Exodus

1:1-7. The families of Jacob's 12 children lived in Egypt for a while, had many descendants, and grew very strong.

1:8. Eventually, there was a new king of Egypt who never knew Joseph or the things he did.

1:9-14. The new king was fearful of the Israelites, and enslaved them, forcing them to build buildings and do other labor.

1:15-16. The king wanted to take it a step further and ordered all the boys who were born to be killed.

1:17-21. Two Hebrew women, named Shiphrah and Puah did not listen, and God was impressed and rewarded them.

1:22. But this only made the king double down on his efforts.

2:1-4. One day, a son was born to parents from the house of Levi, one of the Tribes of Israel. She hid him for 3 months, until she could no longer, and hid him in a basket by the river. She waited and watched what would happen.

2:5-10. Eventually, the daughter of the Pharaoh stumbled upon the crying child. She knew it was one of the Israelites, and felt bad, so she paid one the Israelite women to help her raise it. She named him Moses, because she took him from the water.

2:11-12. One day, after Moses had grown up, he saw the Israelites, his own people, out in their forced labor, with an Egyptian beating one of them. He looked to make sure no one was watching, and killed the Egyptian.

2:13-14. He went out the next day and saw two Israelites arguing with themselves. He told them they should stop. One of the two said, "Why? Are you going to kill us, too?" Then Moses knew everyone knew.

2:15. Pharaoh, in fact, did come to find out and wanted to kill Moses. Moses ran and settled in a land called Midian.

2:16-20. The priest there had 7 daughters who were out trying to get some water, but some travelers tried to scare them away. Moses came to their defense, and gave water to all of their animals. They went back and explained this to their father, who told them to offer the stranger a meal.

2:21-22. Moses enjoyed dinner, and stayed with them for a bit. He married the priest's daughter named Zipporah, and had a kid who he named Gershom, because he was a stranger in the land.

2:23-25. Eventually, that king of Egypt died. The Israelites still left in Egypt began to cry and pray to God for help. God remembered his promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and paid attention to them.

3:1. Moses was out tending the flocks of his father-in-law, and ended up at a mountain called Mount Horeb.

3:2. An angel appeared to him in flame coming from the center of a bush, but the bush itself was not being burned up.

3:3-6. Moses got curious and had to look. When God saw that Moses cared, he called out Moses' name, and told him to remove his sandals, because the place is holy ground. He announced himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses hid his face, afraid to look at God.

3:7-10. God said, "I see the pain and misery of my people who are Egypt. I am coming to take them away and to deliver them to a new land, flowing with milk and honey. Go to them, go to the Pharaoh- you will be the one to lead them out of Egypt."

3:11. Moses said, "Who the hell am I to go up to the Pharaoh of Egypt? Why would he listen?"

3:12. God said, "I will be with you during this. And after, this is the mountain that I will be for the next instructions."

3:13. Moses said, "But what if the Israelites ask what your name is, who sent me?"

3:14-15. God said, "I am that I am. You will tell them, ‘The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, "I am", has sent me to you', That is my name forever, for all generations to come.

3:16-17. Gather and tell the leaders of the Israelites, ‘The Lord has appeared to me, and told me what to do to get you guys out of here and get you to a nice land where we can all settle.'

3:18. They will listen to you. You will go with them to the Pharaoh, and tell them you all need to go on a religious trip.

3:19-22. I know the Pharaoh will not let you go, so I will force them to. Not only will they let you go, but by the time you leave, you will have all the riches you'll need to start fresh."

4:1. Moses said, "But what if they don't believe me?"

4:2. God said, "What's in your hand?"
Moses said, "A staff."

4:3. God said, "Throw it on the ground."
He did, and it turned into a snake. Moses jumped back.

4:4. God said, "Go ahead, grab it by the tail."
He did, and it became a staff again.

4:5-6. "Now they'll believe you. But just to be sure, put your hand inside your coat."
He did, and it dried up and turned white as snow.

4:7. God said, "Put it back."
He did, and it was restored.

4:8-9. God said, "If they don't believe the first sign, they'll believe the second. If they don't believe either, take some water from the Nile River, pour it on the ground, and it will turn into blood."

4:10. Moses said, "God, come on, you know I'm bad at public speaking."

4:11-13. God said, "And who is it that gives speech? Isn't it me, God? I will be your mouth and tongue, and tell you what to say."
Moses said, "Are you sure you don't want to send someone else?"

4:14-17. This made God angry. God said, "Fine, you're still going, but your brother Aaron will speak for you. Don't forget your staff."

4:18. Moses went back to his father-in-law and asked for his permission to take off. It was granted to him.

4:19. God said, "Go bad to Egypt. The people who were chasing you were dead."

4:20. Moses took his wife and sons, and left for Egypt on a donkey, carrying his staff.

4:21. God said, "When you get there, show the Pharoah all the signs I showed you. But it will not persuade him.

4:22-23. So, you will tell him, ‘God says that you have their firstborn child. Since you refused to release them, God will now kill your firstborn child.'"

4:24-26. Sometime along the way, God got pissed at Moses and tried to kill him. His wife Zipporah took a piece of flint and circumcised their son on the spot, and God decided to leave them alone.

4:27. Meanwhile, God said to Aaron, "Go to the wild to meet Moses." He left and met Moses at the Mountain of God, and they embraced warmly and kissed.

4:28. Moses showed and told Aaron everything God told him.

4:29. Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elder Israelites.

4:30-31. Aaron spoke the words God had said, and people believed. They bowed down and worshiped.

5:1. After, Moses and Aaron went to the Pharoah, and asked permission to take the Israelites into the wilderness for a festival.

5:2. The Pharaoh said, "Who is God? Why do I need to listen? I don't know God, so, no, I won't let them go."

5:3. They said, "God told us to take them on a three days journey, or else sickness and war will envelop the land."

5:4-5. The Pharaoh said, "There's too many workers to just have them stop working. No way."

5:6-19. The same day, the Pharaoh commanded that the Israelites were given twice the amount of work to be done in the same amount of time. When they were unable to complete it, they were beaten. There was no budging the Pharaoh.

5:20-21. Some Israelites ran into Moses and Aaron, and blamed them for the increased work and beatings.

5:22-23. Moses said to God, "What's going on? Why did you even send me? All this has done is make things worse."

6:1. God said, "Now you'll see what I can do.

6:2-4. I am the Lord, even though I never told Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob The Name. I established my covenant with them to give them a land, the land of Canaan.

6:5. I also hear the crying of their descendants in Egypt.

6:6-8. Go tell them I am freeing you, taking you all in as my people, and giving you the land I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."

6:9. Moses went to tell them, but they didn't believe him.

6:10-11. So God said, "Alright, go and try the Pharaoh again."

6:12. Moses said, "But it didn't work last time?"

6:13. So God told Moses and Aaron told them exactly what to do.

6:14-25. Jacob's son Levi had sons named Gershon, Kohath, and Merai.
Kohath had sons named Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Amram was the father of Moses and Aaron.
Aaron had a wife named Elisheba, and their children's names were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Moses had a wife named Zipporah, and their children's names were Gershom and Eliezer.
Thus, the generations from Abraham to Moses:
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Levi
Kohath
Amram
Moses, Aaron

6:26-30. It was this Moses and Aaron that God brought to Egypt to help free the Israelites from the Pharaoh.

7:1-6. God said to Moses, "I have made you like me to the Pharaoh, and Aaron will be your prophet. You will speak what I say, and Aaron will talk to the Pharaoh. It still won't work immediately, but I will begin to punish Egypt."
They left.

7:7. Moses was 80 and Aaron 83 years old at the time.

7:8-9. God reminded them of the staff.

7:10. Aaron went and did the staff trick in front of the Pharaoh.

7:11-12. Pharaoh assembled all the magicians and wisemen and they turned their staffs into snakes, but Aaron's snake ate their snakes.

7:13. This, however, did not impress the Pharaoh.

7:14-18. God said, "Tomorrow morning, go to the Pharaoh when he is at the Nile River. Take your staff and ask to let the people go again. Hit the river and it will turn to blood and start to smell, and all the fish will die. No one will be able to drink from it.

7:19. Tell Aaron to wave his hand. Then this will happen to all the water in Egypt.

7:20-24. They did exactly that. They showed up and turned all the water in Egypt to blood, and the Pharaoh was unimpressed. He had his magicians do the same thing, and they all went back in the house. Everyone had to dig wells because they couldn't drink the normal water.

7:25. Seven days passed.

8:1-6. Then God said, "Go again and ask again. Threaten them with swarms of frogs. There will literally be a flood of them flooding in everyone's homes and windows and beds." Moses went and Aaron waved his hands.

8:7. Yet, the Pharaoh's magicians showed they could do the same tricks, so Pharaoh wasn't yet convinced.

8:8-9. However, Pharaoh was getting annoyed. He finally offered to let the Israelites go on their retreat if Moses would call off the frogs.

8:10-11. They set the time and date for the next day.

8:12. Moses told God the plan.

8:13-14. God killed all the frogs. They were gathered into piles in the city and began to stink.

8:15. But this short breath of fresh air made Pharaoh go back on his word.

8:16. So God said to Moses, "Have Aaron stretch out the staff, and gnats will cover the whole land."

8:17. Aaron did so, and gnats covered every human and animal in Egypt.

8:18. The Pharaoh's magicians tried to create gnats, but they couldn't, so they knew this was God's hand at work.

8:19. But Pharaoh would still not listen. But it was just as God expected.

8:20-24. So God had Moses and Aaron go back, and warn again. This time God sent flies, but protected the land where the Israelites lived.

8:25-27. At this point, the Pharaoh offered to let them do their sacrifices within the land of Egypt, but Moses pointed out how that would be disrespectful and illegal to the Egyptian gods.

8:28-29. Pharaoh said, "Alright fine, just don't go too far. And get rid of these flies."

8:30-32. Moses asked God to get rid of the flies, but Pharaoh changed his mind yet again and didn't let them go.

9:1-7. This time, God had Moses go and threaten the livestock with disease. Pharaoh ignored the warning, and all animals in Egypt, except for the ones belonging to the Israelites, got sick and died. Pharaoh still did not let them go.

9:8-12. So, God told Moses to throw some ash in the air, and when he did, it caused infected boils on all humans and animals in the Egypt. Even the magicians had to run away and take care of themselves. But the Pharaoh still did not let them go.

9:13-22. So God told Moses to go again, and tell them they're only still alive so that God can make Their name known. This time, God is sending massive storms of hail is going to come and kill all humans and animals left outside.

9:23-26. Moses went and told Pharaoh, and stretched out his hand. Hail, lightning, and fire came from the heavens. Everything outside of the Israelite's land was destroyed.

9:27-35. Pharaoh agreed to let them go again, but again changed his mind as soon as God called off the storms.

10:1-2. God said, "Even though he still won't listen, I still want to show off and make sure you and your descendants will remember how I've humiliated them."

10:3-6. Moses and Aaronn went to threaten Pharaoh with locusts, saying that they would go and eat all the plants and all the trees.

10:7. When they left, even Pharaoh's closest officials started to speak up, and told Pharaoh it wasn't worth it to hold onto them.

10:8. They brought Moses and Aaron back, and Pharaoh agreed to let them go. Pharaoh asked Moses who exactly they wanted to take.

10:9. Moses said, "Everyone."

10:10-11. The Pharaoh said, "Clearly you have deceptive intentions! Why would you need to take the youngest children to go serve and sacrifice to your God in the wilderness? Get out of my sight."

10:12-15. God told Moses to stretch out his hand, and locusts covered the land and ate everything, covering the land so that everything was dark.

10:16-20. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron back and apologized, so God removed the locusts, but then Pharaoh changed his mind again.

10:21-23. God told Moses to stretch out his hand, and the whole sky went dark for three days. No one could see, except for where the Israelites lived.

10:24. This time the Pharaoh called them back and said all the humans could go, but they had to leave their flocks behind.

10:25-26. Moses pointed out that they need their animals to do the sacrifices.

10:27-28. But the Pharaoh said no, and said to never ever come back.

10:29. Moses said, "Fine, I won't ever see your face again!"

11:1-2. God told Moses, "There is only one final plague. After that, he'll let you go, and even chase you away. Be sure to ask your neighbors for gold and silver first."

11:3. God made the Egyptians want to help the Israelites. Moses was well respected and feared in the land after all this plague stuff.

11:4-10. Moses went and warned Pharaoh that God was going to kill all of the firstborn sons in Egypt, except for the Israelites. The Pharaoh did not listen and did not let the Israelites leave.

12:1-10. So God told Moses and Aaron, "The month we're in now will now be considered the first month of the year. On the tenth of this month, every family of Israel with sacrifice a lamb at sundown, smear some of the blood on the front door of their house, and quickly eat the whole lamb, after roasting it over the fire.

12:46. Do not take any part of the animal outside of the house, or break any of its bones.

12:11-13. This day will be called Passover- because I am going to kill every firstborn in Egypt, except the houses that do this- those houses I am going to pass over.

12:43-45. Everyone should do this, except for foreigners who aren't circumcised. Slaves who have been circumcised are allowed to participate. Not employees, just slaves.

12:47-48. Everyone should do this, except for foreigners who aren't circumcised. Slaves who have been circumcised are allowed to participate. Not employees, just slaves.

12:49. The rules are the same for native born people and foreigners.

12:14-20. This day will become a holiday for you. You will observe it every year. For seven days you'll eat bread with no yeast. On the first and last day, you'll get together, and no work will be done at all on those days. This will be called the Festival of Unleavened Bread."

12:21-27. Moses told the Israelites what God told him. He added, "Don't leave your houses until morning. Remember this story to tell your kids."

12:28. They did everything as instructed.

12:50. They did everything as instructed.

12:29-30. At midnight, God did what was said. There was not a house without someone dead.

12:31-32. Finally, Pharaoh sent Moses and the Israelites from the land, along with all their animals.

12:33-36. The Egyptians hurried along the Israelites and gave them a bunch of silver and gold.

12:37-39. About 600,000 Israelites traveled on foot from Ramses to Succoth. They took flocks of animals and bread that had not yet had the yeast added to it, because they had to leave in a hurry.

12:40-42. At that point, the Israelites had been in Egypt 430 years. They were brought out of slavery that night, and everyone remembered that night for the rest of time.

12:51. God brought everyone out of Egypt.

13:3-10. Moses said to the people of Israel, "Today, in the month Abib, we're going out. Remember this day, when God brought you out of slavery in Egypt. We're going to the promised land of milk and honey, where we'll celebrate this day every year. Only eat unleavened bread for seven days like God said, and have a festival on the seventh day. Tell your children this story and why we do things this way."

13:1-2. God said to Moses, "Give me the firstborn, of all humans and animals."

13:11-16. Moses said to the people of Israel, "Be sure to sacrifice the firstborn of animals, except for donkeys and humans, use a sheep instead. This is because God killed all the firstborns in Egypt."

13:17-18. When they left, God didn't lead them to the closest land because there was a war going on there. So, God led them to the wilderness by the Red Sea.

13:19. Moses had Joseph's bones with him.

13:20. They left Succoth and went to Etham.

13:20-22. God led them with a pillar of clouds during the day, and a pillar of fire at night. Neither one budged from being in front of the people.

14:1-4. God said to Moses, "Go back and camp at Pi-hahiroth, by the sea. Pharaoh is watching you, and thinks you are in a weak position. He wants to come after you. But I will defeat their whole army, and the Egyptians will know I am God." They did so.

14:5-9. Pharaoh gathered 600 chariots and set off leading with his own. They pursued the Israelites and came up to their camp.

14:10-12. The Israelites saw the Egyptians getting closer, and started to cry out to God, saying it would have just been better if they had stayed.

14:13-14. Moses said, "Stand firm- don't be afraid. See how God has our backs- this is the last time we'll see the Egyptians."

14:15-18. God said to Moses, "Reach out your hand over the sea and divide it until you see the ground. Then go forward with everyone. The Egyptians will follow you.

14:19-20. The angel in front of the Israelites moved between them and the Egyptians, along with cloud pillar, which lit up the night.

14:21-22. Moses stretched his hand over the sea, and the waters were divided. The Israelites walked along the ground with huge walls of water to the left and right.

14:23. The Egyptians followed.

14:24-25. In the morning, the pillars of fire and clouds appeared above the Egyptian army and sent them into a panic. Their chariot wheels started getting stuck. The Egyptians realized God was fighting against them and went to turn around.

14:26-28. But God told Moses to wave his hand again, and all the water crashed back down and drowned all the Egyptians.

14:29. The Israelites walked all the way through on solid ground.

14:30-31. That's how God saved Israel from the Egyptians. The Israelites saw and believed.

15:1-18. Moses sang this song with the Israelites,
"I will sing to God, God has won,
By throwing the army into the sea.
God is my strength and has saved me.
This is my God, the God of my ancestors,
I will praise and exalt them.
God's a warrior- God's the name,
The Pharaoh he cast into the sea,
They were drowned in water,
And sank like a stone.
God is powerful because they destroyed our enemies.
No one is like God.
We know you love us and freed us,
And you made your name known to everyone through the land, and now they fear you.
You'll reign forever and ever."

15:19-21. Then Aaron's sister, the prophet Miriam, took a tambourine and sang the same song.

15:22-23. Moses and the Israelites left the Red Sea and went into the wilderness. There went three days and still couldn't find water. The only water they could find, they couldn't drink.

15:24. The people started complaining to Moses.

15:25. Moses asked God what to do, and God told Moses to throw some wood into the water, and it became good to drink.

15:26. God built a statue and said as long as it doesn't get destroyed, no one will get sick.

15:27. Then they got to a place where they found 12 springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there.

16:1-3. One the 15th day of the 2nd month, they got to another land, and the Israelites started complaining of hunger, remembering when they were back in slavery, at least they had food and weren't dying from hunger.

16:4-5. God told Moses he was going to make it rain bread, so they could go out and gather whatever they need.

16:6-9. Moses and Aaron passed this message along to the Israelites, and said, "Watch out, you're not complaining about us, you're complaining about God. But also don't worry, because God heard you."

16:10-12. As Aaron was telling the Israelites, God appeared on a cloud and backed him up.

16:13. That evening, a bunch of quails came round camp. In the morning, there was a layer of dew around the camp.

16:14-18. When the dew evaporated, there was a fine dust left behind all over the ground. No one knew what it was, but Moses told them it was the bread that God promised. Everyone gathered as much as they needed.

16:19-20. Moses told them not to leave any on the ground, but they didn't listen. In the morning, it was wormy and rotten. Moses got mad at them.

16:21. Every day they gathered as much as they needed, but the rest would melt when the sun came out and got hot.

16:22-26. On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much, and prepared twice as much, because God declared the next day a Sabbath day- a day of rest with no work.

16:27-30. The next day, some people didn't listen, so God yelled at Moses, then people listened.

16:31. The Israelites called this stuff manna. It was sweet.

16:32. Moses commanded them to keep a jar of the stuff so that they could show their children.

16:33-34. Moses told Aaron to keep a jar for God. He did.

16:35-36. They ended up eating the manna for forty years until they got to Canaan.

17:1. They continued to travel and stopped at another place, but there was no water there.

17:2-4. People got mad at Moses, and Moses asked God what to do.

17:5-7. God told Moses to hit a rock with his staff, and water will come from it. Moses did so.

17:8. A king named Amalek attacked the Isrealites.

17:9. Moses sent someone named Joshua to gather a small army to fight back, and went to stand on a hill.

17:10-11. Moses watched the two armies fight. Whenever he held up the staff, his team would win, when he lowered it, the enemies did.

17:12. But Moses' arm got tired of holding up the staff, so he sat on a rock and Aaron helped him hold up his hand.

17:13. Joshua defeated Amalek.

17:14-16. God told Moses to write down how we'll all forget about Amalek, and how God will fight Amalek generation after generation.

18:1. Moses' father-in-law Jethro heard about all this stuff going on, how God was helping bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

18:2-4. A while ago, Moses sent Zipporah and his two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, to live with Jethro.

18:5-7. But now, Jethro, Zipporah, and the sons went to find Moses' camp. Jethro sent a letter ahead, and Moses went to go meet them and bring them in. They greeted each other warmly.

18:8-12. Moses told stories to Jethro about everything. Jethro was happy. He said, "Bless God! Now I know they're the best God." Jethro did a sacrifice and offering.

18:13-23. The next day, Moses did his usual of sitting around and helping solve disputes among the people, like a judge. Jethro saw, and noted how Moses could not keep this up- it would be wiser to teach the people the ways of God so they could form a council and take matters into their own hands as judges.

18:24-65. Moses chose the honorable and trustworthy judges and appointed them as officers. They would still bring the hard cases to Moses, but handled the small stuff themselves.

18:27. Jethro went back home.

19:1-2. On the third new moon after leaving, they came to the wilderness of Sinai, and set up camp at the base of the mountain.

19:3-6. God called to the Moses to the mountain, and made promises of treasure and a strong nation if they follow the rules. God told Moses to tell the Israelites.

19:7-9. Moses did, the people agreed to the terms, and God announced they were coming in as a cloud to deliver some news so the rest of the people could hear, too.

19:10-11. God told Moses to make sure everyone was ritually clean and prepared over the next two days, because on the third, God was going to come down from Mt. Sinai and talk to everyone.

19:12-15. God set bounds around the mountain, and told Moses to tell the Israelites that anyone who crosses and touches the mountain before the correct time will die. Moses told the people and started to clean them, but also added not to touch any women either.

19:16-19. On the morning of the third day, Moses brought everyone to the foot of the mountain, ready to meet God. There was thunder and lighting and clouds and trumpets so loud everyone was shaking scared. It was enveloped in smoke because God set it on fire. The trumpets grew louder. Moses would speak, and God would answer in thunder.

19:20-23. Moses went further, all the way up the mountain, but God warned that anyone else trying would likely be burned and killed by the pure holiness.

19:24-25. God told Moses to go get Aaron and come back. Moses went back to pass along the message.

20:1. Then God said,

20:2-3. "One. I am God, who brought you out of Egypt. Have no other Gods before me.

20:4-6. Two. Don't make any idols and false gods- and don't serve them. I am a jealous God. I will punish for 4 generations if you reject me, but will bless for 1,000 generations if you love me.

20:7. Three. Don't misuse the name of God.

20:8-11. Four. Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. Work for siz dys, but rest the seventh. Everyone, including your children, slaves, and animals.

20:12. Five. Honor your parents.

20:13. Six. Don't murder.

20:14. Seven. Don't commit adultery.

20:15. Eight. Don't steal.

20:16. Nine. Don't lie.

20:17. Ten. Don't be jealous of things others have."

20:18. All the people witnessed the thunder, lightning, and smoke, and stayed at the foot of the mountain, trembling.

20:19. They said to Moses, "You can tell us God said, but don't let God speak to us- we don't want to die."

20:20. Moses said, "Don't be afraid- God just wants to make sure you'll listen."

20:21. They all stood at a distance.

20:22-24. God told Moses to tell the Israelites, "Now you've seen what I can do. Don't make gods of silver and place them beside me.

20:24. Only make an altar made of dirt, and sacrifice there.

20:25. If it has to be made of stone, don't chisel it.

20:26. Don't build any stairs to it either, or else people will be able to look up and see your genitals."

21:1-11. God gives laws and rules about owning human slaves.

21:12. God gives rules about fighting and violence:

21:13-14. If you accidentally kill someone, you're allowed to run away, but otherwise, you'll be killed.

21:15. If you hit your parents, you will be killed.

21:17. If you curse your parents, you will be killed.

21:16. If you kidnap someone, you will be killed.

21:18-19. If you beat someone near the brink of death, who has to take time off work to recover, your only punishment is paying them for their time off work.

21:20-21. If you beat a slave and they die immediately, you'll die, but if takes them a few days to die, that's okay.

21:22-25. If you injure a pregnant woman and the baby dies, you have to pay a fine as determined by the judges. If any other harm happens, then you have to give whatever was taken- eye for eye, tooth for tooth, wound for wound.

21:26-27. If you beat your slave and knock out an eye or tooth, then let the slave go free.

21:28-30. If an ox kills someone, kill the ox, but don't hold the owner liable, unless there's proof they know the ox is violent and have been warned, and they've failed to restrain the ox properly- then kill the owner, too, unless the family agrees on a payment price- then they can pay that instead.

21:31. This rule also applies to children who are killed.

21:32. If an ox kills a slave, pay for the slave.

21:35-36. If the ox kills another ox, then you should sell both the living and dead animals, and split the money between the two parties. Unless it was known the ox was violent, then the owner has to pay for the dead ox, but also gets to keep it.

21:33-34. If you dig an open pit and don't cover it, and an animal falls into and dies, the owner of the pit pays for the animal but gets to keep it.

22:1-4. If someone steals animals and sells them, they have to pay back 4-5x the amount.
If the animals are found, they have to pay back double.
If the thief can't pay, they themselves are sold into slavery to pay.
If you catch a thief breaking in, you're allowed to kill them, but only on the spot, not later.

22:5. If you let your animals graze and destroy someone's land, pay for it.

22:6. If a fire is started and destroys stuff, whoever started it pays for the damage.

22:7. If someone leaves goods at a neighbors' house and they are stolen, the thief will pay double.

22:8. If the thief is never found, the neighbor themselves will be brought before God to see if they're guilty.

22:9. If two people are arguing over ownership of something, they'll both be brought before God, and whoever looses will have to pay double.

22:10-13. If someone leaves their animal with someone else, and something happens to it with no one seeing, the one who was watching will swear an oath. If nothing was done wrong, for example, if a wild animal killed it, no punishment will happen. But if it turns out it was stolen, they'll pay for the animal.

22:14-15. If you borrow an animal and it dies while the owner is not there, you have to pay for it. If the owner is there, no payment is due. If it was a hired animal, only the original hiring fee is due.

22:16-17. If you take someone's virginity, you have to pay for them and marry them, as long as their father is okay with it.

22:18. Kill all female sorcerers.

22:19. Kill anyone who has sex with an animal.

22:20. Don't sacrifice to any other Gods.

22:21. Don't wrong or oppress foreigners, because you were once foreigners in Egypt.

22:22-24. Don't abuse widows or orphans. They will let me know, and I will listen, I'll get pissed and kill you myself so that your wife will become a widow; and your children orphans.

22:25. Don't charge interest if you lend money.

22:26-27. If you take something as collateral, give it back before the sun goes down.

22:28. Don't hate God or curse your leaders.

22:29-30. Be quick with making offers from your harvests. Give all firstborn to me.

22:31. Don't eat the meat from animals you find killed by other animals, give it to your dogs.

23:1. Don't lie.

23:2. Don't do the wrong thing, even if everyone else is doing it.

23:3. Don't take pity on the poor.

23:4. If you find a wandering animal, give it to it's owner.

23:5. If you see an animal struggling to carry the weight on it's back, help it, even if it belongs to your enemy.

23:6. Be fair to the poor when they are wronged.

23:7. Don't make false accusations, and don't kill the innocent.

23:8. Don't take bribes.

23:9. Don't oppress foreigners.

23:12. Work for six days, but rest on the seventh, so that everyone feels refreshed. This includes for animals.

23:10-11. Work your land, vineyards, and orchards for six years, but on the seventh do nothing, so that the poor and wild animals may eat.

23:13. Listen to everything I've said. Don't invoke the names of other gods.

23:14. There are three festivals you must have for me.

23:15. The first is the Festival of Unleavened bread, as I have already told you, in remembrance of coming out of Egypt.

23:16. There is the Festival of First Fruits, where you will offer the first of what you harvest in your field.
There is the Festival of Ingathering, which is at the very end of the season.

23:17. These three times, all the males will get together before God.

23:18. Don't sacrifice any blood along with any bread that has yeast.
Don't let the fat from any sacrifice stay around until the morning.

23:19. Sacrifice and offer the best.
Don't boil a goat in it's mother's milk.

23:20. God said, "I'm sending an angel in front of you, to protect and guide you to the place I have made ready for you.

23:21. Pay attention and listen to their voice, and do not disobey. They will not put up with up.

23:22. But if you do listen, they'll slay your enemies.

23:23. They will bring to a land, and I'll destroy all the natives there.

23:24. You will not bow to them or their gods, and you will not be forced to follow their practices.

23:25-26. You will serve me, and I'll bless your food and water, and make sure you don't get sick. No one will miscarry or be unable to have children, and you'll live to be old.

23:27. I will scare anyone who threatens you.

23:28-29. I'll send hornets to clear the land for you, within a year of when you'll get there, so that it won't become wilderness.

23:30-31. I'll slowly drive them out of the land, until you have conquered the whole thing. You'll own everything from the Red Sea to the Euphrates.

23:32. You won't even have to make any deals with them or their Gods.

23:33. They wont live there any longer- the land will be yours."

24:1-2. God told Moses to go tell everyone what was said, and to bring back Aaron, his children Nadab and Abihu, and seventy other elders to listen from a distance.

24:3. Moses went and told the people, and they agreed.

24:4. Moses wrote down these words that were spoken. He built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and set up twelve pillars.

24:5-8. Moses had them do a bunch of offerings and gathered some of the blood in a bowl, and splashed the rest on the altar. Moses reread all the rules, and they agreed again. Moses took the blood in the bowl and splashed on it on the people, "Here is the blood that seals the deal."

24:9. Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the 70 elders made their way to the top of the mountain.

24:10. There, they saw God standing on a slab of sapphire.

24:11. God didn't touch anyone, but they stared and ate and drank.

24:12. God said to Moses, "Come forward and wait, I'll have stone tablets for you with all the rules written on them."

24:13-14. Moses went forward with Joshua, and had everyone else wait behind.

24:15-16. A cloud covered the mountain for the six days, and on the seventh, God called out to Moses from it.

24:17. God looked like a raging fire on top of the mountain.

24:18. Moses entered the cloud, and was on the mountain for forty days and nights.

25:1-7. God told Moses, "Start to gather offerings from everyone. You'll get:
Gold, silver, and bronze
Blue, purple, and crimson yarn and cloth
Goat hair, tanned skins and leather
Acacia wood
Oil for burning
Spices and incense
Onyx and other gems

25:8-9. Build me a portable sanctuary so I can live with you all- I'm about to tell you exactly how.

25:10-22. Make a box of acacia wood with long poles to carry it by. Line it with gold inside and outside. Make a cover of gold and two little golden angel statues. Put the cover on the box, and put the promises and rules I'm giving you inside the box. I will appear between the two angels and command you. Call it the ark of the covenant.

25:23-30. Make a wooden table. Cover it with gold. Make plates and cups from gold. You can make offerings here. Always leave bread here. Call the bread the "Bread of Presence."

25:31-40. Make a seven-pronged candle holder from gold. The prongs should be curved and the seven should go in a straight line, one in the middle with the main staff, and 3 coming off each side. Make the seven lamps for it, and set it up to give light to the whole space. The snuffers and trays will be made from pure gold.

26:1-6. The sanctuary itself make with blue, purple, and crimson curtains. Make 10 and sew them all together, joining the final two edges with gold loops. Sew little angels into them.

26:7-13. Make curtains from goat hair and use it as a tent over the sanctuary. Join these edges with bronze loops.

26:14. Make an outermost covering of skins and leather.

26:15-30. Make a frame of acacia wood. Put that all together.

26:31-32. Make a small curtain of blue, purple, and crimson with angels on it. Build a small frame of four wooden pillars with gold trim and a silver base.

26:33-34. Hang the curtain and put the Box of Promises in here. This curtain will separate the holy place from the most holy place.

26:35. Put the table outside the curtain, along with the lampstand.

26:36-37. Make a final screen for the entrance with the blue, purple, and crimson yarn, held up by wooden pillars, gold hooks, and bronze bases.

27:1-8. Make an altar of wood to do offerings on. Make horns to put on it, covered in bronze. Make all the utensils- a grate, a pot, shovels, and firepans, from bronze. Give it poles to carry it by.

27:9-19. Make a fence to surround the whole thing. Make it from wood, bronze, and silver.

27:20-21. Command the Israelites to bring you olive oil, so that you continuously keep the lamp burning. Aaron and his sons will watch over it.

30:1-10. God told Moses, "Make an altar to offer incense. It should have horns and be trimmed with gold. Offer incense every morning and every night. Once a year, do a special ritual here."

30:17-21. God told Moses to make a bronze bowl to wash in before going into tent.

30:22-33. God told Moses to take a bunch of plants and make an anointing oil- this will be used to ritually clean everything.

30:34-38. God instructs Moses how to make special incense.

31:1-11. Finally, God told Moses which two of the Israelites, Bezalel and Oholiab, would be the best craftspeople to help make all of this stuff.

28:1-43. God gives instructions on how to make clothes for priests, including robes and jewelry, using gold, blue, purple, and crimson yarns.

29:1-37. God gives instructions on how to initiate priests.

29:38-42. God gives instructions on daily offerings.

30:11-16. God told Moses to also collect a little tax while taking the census, and to take it and use it to upkeep the sanctuary.

29:43-46. God said, "Do all of this. I will meet with you all by this tent, and clean everything. I brought you out of Egypt to live with you and be your God."

31:12-17. God reminded Moses about the Sabbath rules again.

31:18. God finally gave Moses the two stone tablets, with all of this written down by the finger of God.

32:1. The Israelites down below noticed Moses was taking a really long time. They went to Aaron and demanded he make gods for them, because they didn't know what happened to Moses.

32:2-6. Aaron asked them for all of their gold, and melted and casted it into the shape of a baby cow, a calf. He built an altar, and said, "This is God now! Tomorrow we celebrate!"

32:7-10. God saw that they had created idols, and told Moses he was pissed and was going to kill them all and help Moses start over.

32:11-14. Moses calmed God down, and argued for mercy and for his people to live. It changed God's mind.

32:15-18. Moses walked down the mountain, with both tablets in hand. He heard singing as he approached.

32:19-20. As soon as he got into camp, he saw them dancing around the golden calf. He got mad and threw the tablets on the ground, breaking them. He then went and took the calf, and burned it up, crushed it, mixed it into water, and made all the Israelites drink it.

32:21-24. Moses blamed Aaron, and Aaron blamed the rest of everybody else and told Moses what had happened.

32:25-29. Moses saw how out of control everyone was, so he called out, "Who wants to be on God's side?" All of the people from the family of Levi gathered around. He ordered them to go massacre everyone, whether family, friend, or neighbor. They killed about 3000 people. Moses was proud.

32:30-32. Moses went and tried to make it up to God, and figure out what to do.

32:33-34. God told Moses he was going to one day punish whoever screwed up here.

32:35. God sent a plague to the people because of the calf.

33:1-3. God told Moses to leave Sinai and keep traveling to the land that is promised to them, even though God wouldn't be able to come along themselves because of how bad the Israelites are, they would just burn up in God's presence.

33:4-6. They took off all of their special religious gear.

33:7-11. Moses had his special tent placed outside of camp. He would meet with God here, and smoke would envelop the whole thing. God would talk to Moses face-to-face, like a friend. Moses would leave after talking to God, but his assistant Joshua would not leave the tent.

33:12-16. Moses asked God to pretty please come with them, and for the Israelites to be God's people, otherwise he didn't want to lead them anymore.

33:17. God agreed because they liked Moses.

33:18. Moses asked to see God.

33:19. God said, "I will show you my goodness and proclaim to you my name, "The Lord". I will be gracious and show mercy.

33:20-23. But you cannot see my face, no one can see me and live. Look at the rock over there. When you turn back around, you can see my back. Not my face, though."

34:1-4. God told Moses to make tablets exactly like the old ones. Moses went up to the top of Mt. Sinai with two blank tablets.

34:5. God proclaimed the name, "The Lord".

34:6-7. God said, "I'm slow to anger, and will bless for 1000 generations if you please me, and curse for 4 generations if you make me angry."

34:8-9. Moses bowed and worshipped, and asked for forgiveness for his people.

34:10-11. God said, "Here is your covenant. I will perform miracles and marvels for you, like you've never seen before. I will drive out the people from the land I am taking you to, so you will have homes.

34:12-26. Remember all the rules, no idols, remember the feasts, sacrifice your firstborns, remember the sabbath, etc.

34:27. Write all this down, these are the rules."

34:28. Moses was there another 40 days and nights and never ate or drank anything the whole time. He wrote down these 10 commandments.

34:29. Moses came down from the mountain again. He did not realize his face was shining because he was talking with God.

34:30-32. When Aaron and the other Israelites saw this, they were afraid, but Moses called them over to him. They came over, and he gave the commandments out loud.

34:33-35. When Moses finished speaking, he covered his face with a veil. He would take off the veil when speaking with God, but would have to put it back on after, because his face would be shining.

35:1-29. Moses delivered the laws to the Israelites, including the instructions for making the Portable Sanctuary. Everyone was so moved by the speech, they happily brought and donated all the required materials.

35:30-35. Moses called out for Bezalel and Oholiab and other skilled workers to help put it all together.

36:1-4. Moses called out for Bezalel and Oholiab and other skilled workers to help put it all together.

36:5-7. They actually got too many sacrifices and donations, and had to tell people to stop.

36:8-38. They started building the sanctuary.

37:1-100. They keep building the sanctuary.

38:1-100. They keep building the sanctuary.

39:1-31. They constructed the priest's clothes.

39:32-43. Thus, they finished the Portable Sanctuary. Moses was so proud.

40:1-33. They finished setting it all up and putting it all together on the first day of the first month of the second year.

40:34. A cloud covered the tent, and God entered the sanctuary.

40:35. Moses could not enter.

40:36-38. They would know they were supposed to travel and move forward when the cloud and God would leave from the sanctuary and start to guide the way.