'AND WHEN THE L~RD SAW THAT HE TURNED ASIDE TO SEE, G~D CALLED TO HIM OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE BUSH, AND SAID, MOSHE, MOSHE, AND HE SAID, HERE I AM . . . AND G~D SAID TO MOSHE, EHEY~H ASHER EHEY~H ( I WILL BE WHAT I AM NOW ): AND HE SAID, THUS SHALL YOU SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF YISRAEL, EHEY~H ( I AM ) HAS SENT ME TO YOU . . . AND THEY SHALL HEARKEN TO THY VOICE: AND THOU SHALT COME, THOU AND THE ELDERS OF YISRAEL, TO THE KING OF MITZRAYIM, AND YOU SHALL SAY TO HIM, THE L~RD G~D OF THE HEBREWS HAS MET WITH US: AND NOW LET US GO, WE PRAY THEE, THREE DAYS JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS, THAT WE MAY SACRIFICE TO THE L~RD OUR G~D.' SHEMOT 3.4,14,18
'AND THEY SAID, THE G~D OF THE HEBREWS HAS MET WITH US: LET US GO, WE PRAY THEE, THREE DAYS JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT, AND SACRIFICE TO THE L~RD OUR G~D; LEST HE FALL UPON US WITH PESTILENCE, OR WITH THE SWORD. AND THE KING OF MITZRAYIM SAID TO THEM, WHY DO YOU, MOSHE AND AHARON, DISTRACT THE PEOPLE FROM THEIR WORKS? GET YOU TO YOUR BURDENS. AND PARO SAID, BEHOLD, THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND ARE NOW MANY, AND YOU MAKE THEM REST FROM THEIR BURDENS. AND PARO THE SAME DAY COMMANDED THE TASKMASTERS OF THE PEOPLE, AND THEIR OFFICERS, SAYING . . .' SHEMOT 5.3-6
'THEN THE L~RD SAID TO MOSHE, NOW SHALT THOU SEE WHAT I WILL DO TO PARO: FOR WITH A STRONG HAND SHALL HE LET THEM GO, AND WITH A STRONG HAND SHALL HE DRIVE THEM OUT OF HIS LAND . . . THEREFORE SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF YISRAEL, I AM THE L~RD, AND I WILL BRING YOU OUT FROM UNDER THE BURDENS OF MITZRAYIM, AND I WILL DELIVER YOU OUT OF THEIR BONDAGE, AND I WILL REDEEM YOU WITH AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM, AND WITH GREAT JUDGEMENTS: AND I WILL TAKE YOU TO ME FOR A PEOPLE, AND I WILL BE TO YOU G~D: AND YOU SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE L~RD YOUR G~D, WHO BRINGS YOU OUT FROM UNDER THE BURDENS OF MITZRAYIM. AND I WILL BRING YOU INTO THE LAND, WHICH I SWORE TO GIVE TO AVRAHAM, TO YITZHAK, AND TO YAAQOV; AND I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU FOR A HERITAGE: I AM THE L~RD.' SHEMOT 6.1,6-8.
'AND THE L~RD SAID TO MOSHE, SEE, I HAVE MADE THEE A GOD TO PARO: AND AHARON THY BROTHER SHALL BE THY PROPHET.' SHEMOT 7.1.
'AND PARO'S SERVANTS SAID TO HIM, HOW LONG SHALL THIS MAN BE A SNARE TO US? LET THE MEN GO THAT THEY MAY SERVE THE L~RD THEIR G~D: KNOWST THOU NOT YET THAT MITZRAYIM IS DESTROYED? AND MOSHE AND AHARON WERE BROUGHT BACK TO PARO: AND HE SAID TO THEM, GO, SERVE THE L~RD YOUR G~D: BUT WHO ARE THEY THAT SHALL GO? AND MOSHE SAID, WE WILL GO WITH OUR YOUNG AND OUR OLD, WITH OUR SONS AND OUR DAUGHTERS, WITH OUR FLOCKS AND OUR HERDS WILL WE GO; FOR WE MUST HOLD A FEAST TO THE L~RD. AND HE SAID TO THEM, LET THE L~RD BE SO WITH YOU, AS I WILL LET YOU GO, AND YOUR LITTLE ONES: LOOK TO IT; FOR EVIL IS BEFORE YOU. NOT SO: GO NOW YOU THAT ARE MEN, AND SERVE THE L~RD; FOR THAT IS WHAT YOU DESIRE. AND THEY WERE DRIVEN OUT FROM PARO'S PRESENCE.' SHEMOT 10.7-11.
'AND HE CRIED TO THE L~RD; AND THE L~RD SHOWED HIM A TREE, WHICH WHEN HE HAD CAST INTO THE WATERS, THE WATERS WERE MADE SWEET: THERE HE MADE FOR THEM A STATUTE AND AN ORDINANCE, AND THERE HE TESTED THEM.' SHEMOT 15.25.
'THEN SAID THE L~RD TO MOSHE, BEHOLD, I WILL RAIN BREAD FROM HEAVEN FOR YOU; AND THE PEOPLE SHALL GO OUT AND GATHER A CERTAIN PORTION EVERY DAY, THAT I MAY TEST THEM, WHETHER THEY WILL FOLLOW MY TORAH, OR NO . . . AND WHEN THE CHILDREN OF YISRAEL SAW IT, THEY SAID ONE TO ANOTHER, MAN-HU (WHAT IS IT?): FOR THEY KNEW NOT WHAT IT WAS. AND MOSHE SAID TO THEM, THIS IS THE BREAD WHICH THE L~RD HAS GIVEN YOU TO EAT. THIS IS THE STATEMENT WHICH THE L~RD HAS COMMANDED, GATHER OF IT EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS EATING, AN OMER FOR EVERY MAN, ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF YOUR PERSONS SHALL YOU TAKE IT, EVERY MAN FOR THEM WHO ARE IN HIS TENT. AND THE CHILDREN OF YISRAEL DID SO, AND GATHERED, SOME MORE, AND SOME LESS. AND WHEN THEY DID MEASURE IT WITH AN OMER, HE THAT HAD GATHERED MUCH HAD NOTHING OVER, AND HE THAT GATHERED LITTLE HAD NO LACK; THEY GATHERED EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS EATING . . . AND MOSHE SAID, EAT THAT TODAY; FOR TODAY IS A SHABBAT TO THE L~RD; TODAY YOU SHALL NOT FIND IT IN THE FIELD . . . AND THE L~RD SAID TO MOSHE, HOW LONG WILL YOU REFUSE TO KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS AND MY TOROT? SEE, THAT THE L~RD HAS GIVEN YOU THE SHABBAT, THEREFORE HE GIVES YOU ON THE SIXTH DAY THE BREAD OF TWO DAYS; REMAIN EVERY MAN IN HIS PLACE, LET NO MAN GO OUT OF HIS PLACE ON THE SEVENTH DAY. SO THE PEOPLE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY.' SHEMOT 16.4, 15-18, 25, 28-30. END
