¹ I reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

² Gle, pozvah po imenu Veseleila sina Urije sina Orovog od plemena Judinog.

³ I napunih ga Duha Svetog, mudrosti i razuma i znanja i svake veštine,

⁴ Da vešto izmišlja kako se šta može načiniti od zlata i od srebra i od bronze,

⁵ Da ume rezati kamenje i ukivati, da ume tesati drvo, i svaki posao raditi.

⁶ I evo udružih s njim Elijava, sina Ahisamahovog od plemena Danovog, i svakom veštom čoveku u srce dadoh veštinu da izrade sve što sam ti zapovedio.

⁷ Šator od sastanka, i kovčeg za svedočanstvo i zaklopac na nj, i sve sprave u šatoru,

⁸ I sto i sprave njegove, i svećnjak čisti sa svim spravama njegovim, i oltar kadioni,

⁹ I oltar za žrtvu paljenicu sa svim spravama njegovim, i umivaonicu i podnožje njeno,

¹⁰ I haljine službene i svete haljine Aronu svešteniku i haljine sinovima njegovim, da vrše službu svešteničku,

¹¹ I ulje pomazanja, i kad mirisni za svetinju. Sve neka načine onako kako sam ti zapovedio.

¹² I reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

¹³ A ti kaži sinovima Izrailjevim i reci: Ali subote moje čuvajte, jer je znak između mene i vas od kolena do kolena, da znate da sam ja Gospod koji vas posvećujem.

¹⁴ Čuvajte dakle subotu, jer vam je sveta; ko bi je oskvrnio, da se pogubi; jer ko bi god radio kakav posao u nju, istrebiće se ona duša iz naroda svog.

¹⁵ Šest dana neka se radi; a sedmi je dan subota, odmor, svet Gospodu; ko bi god radio posao u dan subotni, da se pogubi.

¹⁶ Zato će čuvati sinovi Izrailjevi subotu praznujući subotu od kolena do kolena zavetom večnim.

¹⁷ To je znak između mene i sinova Izrailjevih doveka; jer je za šest dana stvorio Gospod nebo i zemlju, a u sedmi dan počinu i odmori se.

¹⁸ I izgovorivši ovo Mojsiju na gori Sinajskoj, dade mu dve ploče svedočanstva, ploče kamene pisane prstom Božijim.

¹ I načini oltar od drveta sitima, pet lakata u dužinu i pet lakata u širinu, četvorouglast da bude oltar, tri lakta visok.

¹ Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

² You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

³ I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

⁴ But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

⁵ The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them."

⁶ Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.

⁷ Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

⁸ Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

⁹ "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.'"

¹⁰ Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

¹¹ Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.

¹² For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

¹³ Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.

¹⁴ Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

¹⁵ Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.

¹⁶ You shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:" and behold, until now you haven't listened.

¹⁷ Thus says Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

¹⁸ The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river."'"

¹⁹ Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"

²⁰ Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

²¹ The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians couldn't drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.

²² The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.

²³ Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart.

²⁴ All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldn't drink of the water of the river.

²⁵ Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.