¹ And all the multitude of the children of Israel being gathered together, he said to them: These are the things which the Lord hath commanded to be done.

² Six days you shall do work: the seventh day shall be holy unto you, the sabbath, and the rest of the Lord: he that shall do any work on it, shall be put to death.

³ You shall kindle no fire in any of your habitations on the sabbath day.

⁴ And Moses said to all the assembly of the children of Israel: This is the word the Lord hath commanded, saying:

⁵ Set aside with you firstfuits to the Lord. Let every one that is willing and hath a ready heart, offer them to the Lord: gold, and silver, and brass,

⁶ Violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, goats' hair,

⁷ And rams' skins dyed red, and violet coloured skins, setim wood,

⁸ And oil to maintain lights, and to make ointment, and most sweet incense.

⁹ Onyx stones, and precious stones, for the adorning of the ephod and the rational.

¹⁰ Whosoever of you is wise, let him come, and make that which the Lord hath commanded:

¹¹ To wit, the tabernacle and the roof thereof, and the cover, the rings, and the board work with the oars, the pillars, and the sockets:

¹² The ark and the staves, the propitiatory, and the veil that is drawn before it:

¹³ The table with the bars and the vessels, and the loaves of proposition:

¹⁴ The candlestick to bear up the lights, the vessels thereof and the lamps, and the oil for the nourishing of fires:

¹⁵ The altar of incense, and the bars, and the oil of unction and the incense of spices: the hanging at the door of the tabernacle:

¹⁶ The altar of holocaust, and its grate of brass, with the bars and vessels thereof: the laver and its foot:

¹⁷ The curtains of the court with the pillars and the sockets, the hanging in the doors of the entry,

¹⁸ The pins of the tabernacle and of the court with their little cords:

¹⁹ The vestments that are to be used in the ministry of the sanctuary, the vesture of Aaron the high priest, and of his sons, to do the office of priesthood to me.

²⁰ And all the multitude of the children of Israel going out from the presence of Moses,

²¹ Offered firstfruits to the Lord with a most ready and devout mind, to make the work of the tabernacle of the testimony. Whatsoever was necessary to the service, and to the holy vestments,

²² Both men and women gave bracelets and earrings, rings and tablets: every vessel of gold was set aside to be offered to the Lord.

²³ If any man had violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, fine linen and goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and violet coloured skins,

²⁴ Metal of silver and brass, they offered it to the Lord, and setim wood for divers uses.

²⁵ The skilful women also gave such things as they had spun, violet, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen,

²⁶ And goats' hair, giving all of their own accord.

²⁷ But the princes offered onyx stone, and precious stones, for the ephod and the rational,

²⁸ And spices and oil for the lights, and for the preparing of ointment, and to make the incense of most sweet savour.

²⁹ All both men and women with devout mind offered gifts, that the works might be done which the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses. All the children of Israel dedicated voluntary offerings to the Lord.

³⁰ And Moses said to the children of Israel: Behold the Lord hath called by name Beseleel the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Juda.

³¹ And hath filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom and understanding and knowledge and all learning.

³² To devise and to work in gold and silver and brass,

³³ And in engraving stones, and in carpenters' work. Whatsoever can be devised artificially,

³⁴ He hath given in his heart: Ooliab also the son of Achisamech of the tribe of Dan:

³⁵ Both of them hath he instructed with wisdom, to do carpenters' work and tapestry, and embroidery in blue and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen, and to weave all things, and to invent all new things.

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.