Study Desk

You must celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because on this very day I brought your divisions of people out of Egypt. So all of your descendants must celebrate this day. This is a law that will last from now on.

The king, his officers, and all the Egyptians got up during the night because someone had died in every house. So there was a loud outcry everywhere in Egypt.

The Israelites used the dough they had brought out of Egypt to bake loaves of bread without yeast. The dough had no yeast in it, because they had been rushed out of Egypt and had no time to get food ready for their trip.

On that day you should tell your son: ‘We are having this feast because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

This feast will help you remember, like a mark on your hand or a reminder on your forehead. This feast will remind you to speak the Lord 's teachings, because the Lord used his great power to bring you out of Egypt.

Moses carried the bones of Joseph with him, because before Joseph died, he had made the Israelites promise to do this. He had said, "When God saves you, remember to carry my bones with you out of Egypt."

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord : "I will sing to the Lord , because he is worthy of great honor. He has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea.

Miriam told them: "Sing to the Lord , because he is worthy of great honor; he has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea."

Then they came to Marah, where there was water, but they could not drink it because it was too bitter. (That is why the place was named Marah.)

Tomorrow morning you will see the glory of the Lord , because he has heard you grumble against him. We are nothing, so you are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord ."

And Moses said, "Each evening the Lord will give you meat to eat, and every morning he will give you all the bread you want, because he has heard you grumble against him. You are not grumbling against Aaron and me, because we are nothing; you are grumbling against the Lord ."

Then Moses said to Aaron, "Speak to the whole community of the Israelites, and say to them, ‘Meet together in the presence of the Lord , because he has heard your grumblings.'"

When the Israelites saw it, they asked each other, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, "This is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.

he said to them, "This is what the Lord commanded, because tomorrow is the Sabbath, the Lord 's holy day of rest. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil today. Save the rest of the food until tomorrow morning."

He named that place Massah, because the Israelites tested the Lord when they asked, "Is the Lord with us or not?" He also named it Meribah, because they quarreled.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write about this battle in a book so people will remember. And be sure to tell Joshua, because I will completely destroy the Amalekites from the earth."

along with his two sons. The first son was named Gershom, because when he was born, Moses said, "I am a stranger in a foreign country."

The other son was named Eliezer, because when he was born, Moses said, "The God of my father is my help. He saved me from the king of Egypt."

Now I know the Lord is greater than all gods, because he did this to those who looked down on Israel."

Then Moses said to his father-in-law, "It is because the people come to me for God's help in solving their disagreements.