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IN THE NAME OF THE DELIVERER OF YISRAEL

Praise you Yah, praise you the name of YHWH; praise you servants of YHWH that stand in the house of YHWH, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise you Yah, for YHWH is good; sing you to his name; for it is pleasant. For Yah has chosen Ya'akov to himself, Yisrael for his treasured possession. For I know that YHWH is great and he is our Lord from all gods. All that YHWH desires he has done in heaven and in earth, in the seas and all deep places. He makes vapours ascend from the end of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain; he brings wind out of his treasuries. He that smote the first-born of Misrayim, from man until beast, sent signs and marvels into the midst of you Misrayim, upon Par'o and upon all his servants. He that smote great nations and slew mighty kings, Sihon king of the Emori, and 'Ogh king of Bashan and all the kingdoms of Kena'an, and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Yisrael his people. YHWH, your name endures forever; YHWH, your remembrance from generation to generation. For YHWH will judge his people, and upon his servants he will be for comfort. The idols of the nations, silver and gold, are the work of the hands of men. They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see. They have ears, but they do not hear; nor is there any breath in their mouths. They that make them, may they be like them: all that trust in them. House of Yisrael, bless YHWH: House of Aharon, bless YHWH: House of Lewi, bless YHWH: you that revere YHWH, bless YHWH. Blessed be YHWH out of Siyyon, who dwells at Yerushalem. Praise you Yah. (Psalm 135)

When your son asks you on the morrow, saying, "What (mean) the testimonies and the laws and the judgements that YHWH our God has commanded you?" Then you shall say to your son, "Slaves we were to Par'o in Misrayim; and YHWH took us out from Misrayim with a strong hand. And YHWH placed signs and marvels, great and evil, on Misrayim, on Par'o and upon all his household, before our eyes. And he took us out from there, in order to bring us, to give us the land that he swore to our fathers. And YHWH commanded us to do all these laws, to revere YHWH our God, for our good all the days, to keep us alive, as it is this day. And righteousness it will be for us, if we keep to do all this commandment before YHWH our God, as he commanded us." (Deut. 6:20-25)

And in order that you may tell in the ears of your son and of your son's son, that I acted severely in Misrayim, and my signs that I have placed upon them; that you may know that I am YHWH. (Ex. 10:2)

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not deny it from their children, telling to the last generation the praises of YHWH, and his might, and his wonders that he did. (Psalm 78:3-4)

You are he, YHWH the God, who chose Avram, and took him from Ur of the Kasdim, and gave him the name of Avraham. And found his heart faithful before you, and cut a covenant with him to give the land of the Kena'ani, the Hitti, the Emori, and the Perizzi, and the Yevusi, and the Girgashi, to give it to his seed, and you kept your words, for you are righteous. And did see the affliction of our fathers in Misrayim, and heard their cry by the Sea of Reeds. And placed signs and marvels upon Par'o and on all his servants and on all the people of his land: for you knew that they acted insolently toward them. And you made for yourself a name, as it is this day. (Neh. 9:7-10)

And thus you informed Avraham our father that his seed would be afflicted in a land that will not be theirs, as it is written:

And he said to Avram, "Know, you shall know that your seed shall be a sojourners in a land not theirs, and they will place them in servitude and afflict them four hundred years. And also the nation to which they are in servitude, will I judge: and after that they shall go out with great property." (Gen. 15:13-14)

And Yisrael came (into) Misrayim and Ya'akov sojourned in the Land of Ham. And he made his people very fruitful; and he made them mightier than their foes. He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal deceitfully with his servants. (Psalm 105:23-25)

And thus the Misriym dealt shrewdly with our fathers. They afflicted them, enslaved them and embittered their lives, as it is written:

And there arose a new king over Misrayim, who knew not Yosef. And he said to his people, "Here is (this) people, the Children of Yisrael, many more and mightier than we. Come, let us deal wisely with him, lest he become many more, and it shall be, when war should chance, he too be added to our enemies, and make war upon us and go up from the land." So they placed over him chiefs of forced labour in order to afflict him with their burdens. And he built storage cities for Par'o, Pithom and Ra'amses. But as they afflicted him, so did he become many more, so did he burst forth. And they felt dread before the Children of Yisrael. (Ex. 1:8-12)

And Misrayim made the Children of Yisrael serve with rigor. And they embittered their lives with hard labour, in clay and in brick and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour in which they made them serve, was with rigor. (Ex. 1:13-14)

And two admonishing decrees Par'o and the Misriym decreed upon our fathers. The first decree by the hands of the midwives, as it is written:

And the king of Misrayim spoke to the 'Ivri women's midwives, of which the name of one was Shifra, and the name of the second Pu'a. And he said, "When you help the 'Ivri women give birth, and see them upon the two stones; if he be a son, you shall put him to death; but if she be a daughter, she shall live." But the midwives revered God, and did not do as the king of Misrayim spoke to them, and let the male-children live. And the king of Misrayim called for the midwives and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and let the male-children live?" And the midwives said to Par'o, "Because the 'Ivri women are not like the Misri women: for they are lively, before the midwife comes to them they have given birth." And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people became many, and became very mighty. And it came to pass, because the midwives revered God, that he made for them houses. (Ex. 1:15-21)

The second decree by the hands of his people, as it is written: And Par'o commanded all his people, saying, "Every son that is born you shall cast into the Nile, and every daughter you shall let live." (Ex. 1:22)

In those days of affliction a deliverer was born. And there went a man from the House of Lewi and took (to wife) a daughter of Lewi. And the woman became pregnant and bore a son: and when she saw him that he was goodly, she hid him three moons [months]. And when she was no longer able to hide him, she took for him an ark of papyrus and covered it with clay and with pitch, and she put the child in it and put it in the reeds by the shore of the Nile. And his sister stationed herself afar off, to know what would be done to him. (Ex. 2:1-4)

And Par'o's daughter went down to bathe at the Nile, and her maidens were walking by the Nile: she saw the ark among the reeds and sent her maid, and she fetched it. And she opened it and saw him, the child: and behold, a boy weeping! And she had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the 'Ivri's children". Then said his sister to Par'o's daughter, "Shall I go, and call for you a nursing woman from the 'Ivri women, that she may nurse the child for you?" And Par'o's daughter said to her, "Go!" And the maid went and called the child's mother. And Par'o's daughter said to her, "Have this child go with you and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." And the woman took the child and nursed him. And the child grew, and she brought him to Par'o's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moshe: and she said, "Because from the waters I drew him out". (Ex. 2:5-10)

And it came to pass in those days, when Moshe was grown, that he went out to his brothers, and saw their burdens: and he saw a Misri man striking an 'Ivri man, one of his brothers. And he turned this way and that way, and when he saw thatthere was no man, he struck the Misri, and hid him in the sand. And when he went out the second day, behold, two 'Ivri men scuffling! And he said to the guilty one, "For what (reason) do you strike your fellow?" And he said, "Who put you as a prince and a judge over us? Do you say, that you mean to kill me, as you killed the Misri?" And Moshe became afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known". Par'o heard this thing, and sought to kill Moshe. But Moshe fled from the face of Par'o, and settled in the Land of Midhyan. (Ex. 2:11-15)

And Moshe settled with Yithro the priest of Midhyan, as is written:

And Moshe was willing to settle with the man, and he gave Sippora his daughter to Moshe. (Ex. 2:21)

And it came to pass after these many days, the king of Misrayim died: and the Children of Yisrael groaned from the servitude, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God, from the servitude. And God heard their moaning, and God remembered his covenant with Avraham, with Yishak, and with Ya'akov. And God saw the Children of Yisrael, and God knew. (Ex. 2:23-25)

Now Moshe was a shepherd of the flock of Yithro his father-in-law, priest of Midhyan: and he led the flock behind the wilderness, and he came to the Mountain of God, to Horev. And YHWH's messenger was seen by him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush: and he saw, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moshe said, "Please, I will turn aside, and I will see this great sight, why the bush does not burn up!" When YHWH saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him from the midst of the bush, and said, "Moshe, Moshe". And he said, "Here I am". And he said, "Do not come near hither, put off your shoe from your foot, for the place on which you stand is holy ground." And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Avraham, the God of Yishak, and the God of Ya'akov." And Moshe hid his face, for he was afraid to gaze upon God. (Ex. 3:1-6)

And YHWH said, "Seen, I have seen the affliction of my people that is in Misrayim, and their cry I have heard because of their slave-drivers; for I know his suffering. And I have come down to rescue him from the hand of Misrayim, and to bring him up from that land, to a land good and wide, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Kena'ani, and the Hitti, and the Emori, and the Perizzi, and the Hiwwi, and the Yevusi." (Ex. 3:7-8)

"And now go, and I will send you to Par'o, and bring out my people the Children of Yisrael from Misrayim." (Ex. 3:10)

And Moshe said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Par'o, and that I should bring out the Children of Yisrael from Misrayim?" And he said, "Indeed, I will be with you, and this is the sign for you, that I myself have sent you: When you have brought out the people from Misrayim, you shall serve God upon this mountain." (Ex. 3:11-12)

And Moshe said to God, "Here, I will come to the Children of Yisrael and I will say to them: The God of your fathers has sent me to you; and they will say to me: What is his name? What shall I say to them?" And God said to Moshe, "I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE." And he said, "Thus shall you say to the Children of Yisrael, I WILL BE has sent me to you." And God said still more to Moshe, "Thus shall you say to the Children of Yisrael, YHWH the God of your fathers, the God of Avraham, the God of Yishak, and the God of Ya'akov, has sent me to you: this is my name forever and this is my memorial (from) generation to generation". (Ex. 3:13-15)

"And I know that the king of Misrayim will not let you go, and not by a strong hand. And I will send out my hand and I will strike Misrayim with all my wonders that I will do in its midst: and after that he will send you out." (Ex. 3:19-20)

And YHWH said to Moshe, "When you go to return to Misrayim, see, all the marvels that I have put in your hand you shall do them before Par'o, but I will strengthen his heart, and he will not send out the people. And you shall say to Par'o: 'Thus says YHWH: My son, my first-born, is Yisrael. And I say to you: Send out my son, that he may serve me, and if you shall refuse to send him out, here, I will kill your son, your first-born!'" (Ex. 4:21-23)

For I brought you up from the Land of Misrayim, and from the house of slavery I redeemed you and I sent before you Moshe, Aharon, and Miryam. (Mic. 6:4)

He sent Moshe his servant and Aharon whom he had chosen. They put his signs among them, and marvels in the Land of Ham. (Psalm 105:26-27)

And afterward Moshe and Aharon came and they said to Par'o, "Thus says YHWH the God of Yisrael: Send out my people, that they may hold a pilgrimage festival to me in the wilderness." And Par'o said, "Who is YHWH, that I should hearken to his voice to send out Yisrael? I know not YHWH and also Yisrael I will not send out". And they said, "The God of the 'Ivrim has called to us: please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness and let us slaughter-offer to YHWH our God, lest he strike us with the pestilence or with the sword." And the king of Misrayim said to them, "For what (reason), Moshe and Aharon, do you disturb the people from their works? Go to your burdens." And Par'o said, "Here, the people of the land are now many, and you would have them rest from their burdens." (Ex 5:1-5)

And Par'o commanded on the same day, the taskmasters of the people and their overseers, saying, "You are no longer to give straw to the people to make the bricks, as yesterday (and the) day-before; they are to go and gather straw for themselves. And the quantity of the bricks, which they made yesterday (and the) day-before, you shall place upon them, you shall not diminish from it, for they are lax, therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go, let us slaughter-offerings to our God.' Let the labour be heavy upon the men, and they shall do it and they shall not have regard for lying words." (Ex 5:6-9)

And the taskmasters of the people and their overseers went out, and they said to the people, saying, "Thus says Par'o, I will not give to you straw. Go you, take for yourselves straw from wherever you can find (it), yet nothing of your labour shall be diminished." And the people scattered throughout the Land of Misrayim, to gather stubble for straw. And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, "Accomplish your works, the day's tasks in its day, as when there was the straw." And they were beaten the overseers of the Children of Yisrael, which Par'o's taskmasters had placed over them, saying, "Why have you not accomplished your legal requirements for making bricks, as yesterday (and the) day-before, so yesterday so today?" (Ex. 5:10-14)

And the overseers of the Children of Yisrael came and they cried to Par'o, saying, "For what (reason) do you do thus to your servants? There is no straw given to your servants, and bricks they say to us, 'Make!' and here, your servants are beaten and the guilt is your people's." And he said, "You are lax, lax, therefore you say, 'Let us go, let us slaughter-offerings to YHWH.' And now go and work, and straw will not be given to you, and the full-measure of bricks you shall give." (Ex. 5:15-18)

And the overseers of the Children of Yisrael saw that they were in an evil case, saying, "You shall not diminish from your bricks, the day's tasks in its day." And they encountered Moshe and Aharon, stationed to encounter them, as they came out from Par'o. And they said to them, "May YHWH see you, and judge, for you have made our smell stink in the eyes of Par'o and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hands to kill us!" And Moshe returned to YHWH, and said, "Lord, for what (reason) have you brought evil on this people? For what (reason) is it that you have sent me? For since I came to Par'o to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and rescue, you have not rescued your people." (Ex. 5:19-23)

And YHWH said to Moshe, "Now you shall see what I will do to Par'o, for with a strong hand he shall send them out, and with a strong hand he shall drive them out from his land." (Ex. 6:1)

And God spoke to Moshe, and said to him, "I am YHWH. And I appeared to Avraham, to Yishak anto Ya'akov as El Shaddai, but (by) my name YHWH I was not known to them. And also I established my covenant with them, to give to them the Land of Kena'an, the land of their sojourning, in which they sojourned. And also I have heard the groaning of the Children of Yisrael, whom Misrayim is keeping in servitude, and I have remembered my covenant. Therefore say to the Children of Yisrael, I am YHWH, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of Misrayim, and I will rescue you from servitude to them, 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 for a God, and you shall know that I am YHWH your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of Misrayim. And I will bring you to the land, which I took up my hand (in an oath) to give it to Avraham, to Yishak and to Ya'akov, and I will give it to you as an inheritance, I am YHWH." And Moshe spoke thus to the Children of Yisrael, and they did not hearken to Moshe, from shortness of spirit and from hard servitude. (Ex. 6:2-9)

And YHWH said to Moshe, "I will harden Par'o's heart, and I will make many my signs and my marvels in the Land of Misrayim. But Par'o shall not hearken to you, and I will place my hand on Misrayim, and I will bring out my hosts, my people the Children of Yisrael, from the Land of Misrayim, by great judgements. And Misrayim will know that I am YHWH, when I stretch out my hand upon Misrayim, and I will bring out the Children of Yisrael from among them." (Ex. 7:1,3-5)

And YHWH said to Moshe and to Aharon, saying. "When Par'o shall speak to you, saying, 'Give for you a marvel,' then you shall say to Aharon, 'Take your staff and cast it down before Par'o, and it shall become a serpent'". And Moshe and Aharon came in to Par'o, and they did thus, as YHWH had commanded, and Aharon cast down his rod before Par'o and before his servants, and it became a serpent. And Par'o also called for the wise men and for the wizards, and they also did thus them with the occult-knowledge of Misrayim with their mysteries. And they cast down (every) man his staff, and they became serpents, and Aharon's staff swallowed up their staffs. And he hardened Par'o's heart, and he did not hearken to them as YHWH had spoken. (Ex. 7:8-13)

And these are the ten blows that with them YHWH struck against Par'o and against Misrayim because of his people and in order to declare his name.

First, blood as it is written: And YHWH said to Moshe, "Say to Aharon, Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Misrayim, over their rivers over their canals and over their ponds, and over all their bodies of water, and they will become blood, and there shall be blood in all the Land of Misrayim, and in the (vessels) of wood and in the (vessels) of stone." And Moshe and Aharon did thus, as YHWH commanded, and he raised the staff and struck the waters that were in the Nile, before the eyes of Par'o and before the eyes of his servants, and all the waters that were in the Nile turned into blood. And the fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, and Misrayim was not able to drink water from the Nile, and there was the blood in all the Land of Misrayim. And they (also) did thus those with the occult-knowledge of Misrayim with their mysteries, and Par'o's heart was hardened, and he did not hearken to them as YHWH had spoken. And Par'o turned and came into his house, and also to this he did not pay attention. And all Misrayim had to dig round about the Nile, to drink water, for they were not able to drink from the waters of the Nile. And seven days were fulfilled, after YHWH had struck the Nile. (Ex. 7:19-25)

Second, frogs as it is written: And YHWH said to Moshe, "Say to Aharon, Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the ponds, and bring up the frogs upon the Land of Misrayim." And Aharon stretched his hand over the waters of Misrayim, and the frogs ascended, and covered the Land of Misrayim. And they (also) did thus those with the occult-knowledge with their mysteries, and they made frogs ascend upon the Land of Misrayim. And Par'o called for Moshe and for Aharon, and said, "Supplicate to YHWH and he will take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will send out the people, and they shall slaughter-offer to YHWH." And Moshe said to Par'o, "Glorify over me, for when shall I supplicate for you and for your servants and for your people, to cut off the frogs from you and from your houses, (so that) only in the Nile they shall remain?" And he said, "For tomorrow". And he said, "As your word! In order you shall know that there is none like YHWH our God. And the frogs shall depart from you and from your houses, and from your servants and from your people, only in the Nile they shall remain". And Moshe and Aharon went out from (being) with Par'o, and Moshe cried to YHWH about the matter of the frogs that were placed before Par'o. And YHWH did as the word of Moshe, and the frogs died, from the houses from the courtyards and from the fields. And they piled them heap (upon) heap and the land stank. But when Par'o saw that there was the respite, and he made heavy his heart, and did not hearken to them, as YHWH had spoken. (Ex. 8:1-11)

Third, lice as it is written: And YHWH said to Moshe, "Say to Aharon, Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the land, and it will become lice in all the Land of Misrayim". And they did so, and Aharon stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the land, and the lice were on man and on beast; all the dust of the land became lice in all the Land of Misrayim. And they (also) did thus those with the occult-knowledge with their mysteries to bring forth the lice, but they were not able: and the lice were on man and on beast. And those with the occult-knowledge said to Par'o, "This is the finger of God" and Par'o's heart was hardened and he did not hearken to them as YHWH had spoken. (Ex 8:12-15)

Fourth, swarms as it is written: And YHWH said to Moshe, "Rise early in the morning, and station yourself before Par'o, here! He goes out to the water and say to him, 'Thus says YHWH, Send out my people and they shall serve me. Because if you will not send out my people, behold I will send out upon you and upon your servants and upon your people and upon your houses the swarms, and the houses of Misrayim shall be full of the swarms, and also the ground upon which they are. And I shall make distinct in that day the Land of Goshen, which my people stand upon, that there shall not be there swarms, in order you shall know, that I am YHWH within the land. And I shall put a ransom between my people and between your people, for tomorrow there shall be this sign'". And YHWH did so, and there came a heavy swarm into Par'o's house and the houses of his servants', and in all the Land of Misrayim and the land was ruined from before the swarm. (Ex. 8:16-20)

And Par'o said, "I shall send you out, and you shall slaughter-offer to YHWH your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go far, too far, supplicate for me". And Moshe said, "Here, (when) I go out from you, and I will supplicate to YHWH, and the swarms shall depart from Par'o from his servants and from his people tomorrow, only let not Par'o add deception, by not sending out the people to slaughter-offer to YHWH". And Moshe went out from (being) with Par'o, and supplicated to YHWH. And YHWH did as the word of Moshe, and he removed the swarms from Par'o from his servants and from his people, there did not remain one. And Par'o made his heart heavy also at this time, and he did not send out the people. (Ex 8:24-28)

Fifth, pestilence as it is written: And YHWH said to Moshe, "Come to Par'o, and speak to him, 'Thus says YHWH God of the 'Ivrim, send out my people and they shall serve me. For if you refuse to send (them) out, and you still hold them. Here, YHWH's hand shall be on your livestock that are in the field, on the horses on the donkeys on the camels on the cattle and on the flock, a very heavy pestilence. And YHWH shall make a distinction between the livestock of Yisrael anbetween the livestock of Misrayim, and there shall not die from all of the Children of Yisrael's a thing. And YHWH shall set an appointed-time, saying, To-morrow YHWH shall do this thing in the land.'" And YHWH did that thing on the morrow, and all the livestock of Misrayim died and from the livestock of the Children of Yisrael not one died. And Par'o sent out (to inquire), and here, there had not died from the livestock of Yisrael even one. And Par'o's heart remained heavy, and he did not send out the people. (Ex. 9:1-7)

Sixth, boils as it is written: And YHWH said to Moshe and to Aharon, "Take for yourselves fullness of handfuls of soot (from) a furnace, and Moshe shall throw it heavenward before the eyes of Par'o. And it shall be for dust upon all the Land of Misrayim, and it shall be upon the human and upon the beast for boils spreading blisters in all the Land of Misrayim." And they took soot (from) the furnace, and they stood before Par'o, and Moshe threw it heavenward, and it became boils blisters spreading on human and on beast. And those with the occult-knowledge were not able to stand before Moshe, because of the boils, for the boils were on those with occult-knowledge and on all Misrayim. And YHWH hardened the heart of Par'o, and did not hearken to them as YHWH had spoken to Moshe. (Ex. 9:8-12)

Seventh, hail as it is written: And YHWH said to Moshe, "Rise early in the morning, and station yourself before Par'o, and say to him, 'Thus says YHWH God of the 'Ivrim, send out my people and they shall serve me. Because this time I will send all my blows to your heart, and on your servants and on your people in order that you shall know that there is none like me in all the land. Because now I have sent out my hand, and I will strike you and your people with the pestilence, and you shall be effaced from the land. But however, on account of this I caused you to stand firm, for the sake of showing you my power, and in order that (they) shall tell my name in all the land. Still you exalt yourself against my people, by not sending them out. Here, I shall cause to rain down this time to-morrow a very heavy hail, which there has not been the like of in Misrayim, from the day of its foundation until now. And now send out (word) seek refuge for your livestock and all that is yours in the field, all the humans and the beasts, which shall be found in the field and have not been gathered into the house, the hail shall descend upon them and they shall die.'" He that revered the word of YHWH from the servants of Par'o, made flee his servants and his livestock into the houses. And (he) that did not pay attention to the word of YHWH, left his servants and his livestock in the field. (Ex. 9:13-21)

And YHWH said to Moshe, "Stretch out your hand towards the heavens, and there shall be hail in all the Land of Misrayim, upon the human and upon the beasts, and upon every herb of the field in the Land of Misrayim." And Moshe stretched out his staff towards the heavens, and YHWH caused sounds and hail, and fire went toward the earth, and YHWH caused it to rain hail upon the Land of Misrayim. And there was hail and fire taking hold of itself in the midst of the hail, very heavy, which there has not been the like of in all the Land of Misrayim since it became a nation. And the hail struck in all the Land of Misrayim all that was in the field, from human and until beast, and every herb of the field the hail struck, and every tree of the field was broken-down. Only in the Land of Goshen, where the Children of Yisrael were, there was no hail. (Ex. 9,22-26)

And Par'o sent and called for Moshe and Aharon, and said to them, "I have sinned this time, YHWH is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. Supplicate to YHWH for enough of there being mighty sounds of God and hail, and I will send you out, and you shall not continue to stand (here)." And Moshe said to him, "When I have gone out of the city I will spread out my palms to YHWH; the sounds shall cease, and the hail shall be no more, in order that you shall know how that the earth is YHWH's. But you and your servants, I know that you will not yet stand in reverence before YHWH God." (Ex. 9:13-30)

And Moshe went out from Par'o and the city, and spread out his palms to YHWH, and the sounds and the hail ceased, and the rain did not pour towards the earth. And when Par'o saw that the rain and the hail and the sounds had ceased, he added to his sin, and his heart remained heavy, he and his servants. And Par'o heart remained hardened, and he did not send out the Children of Yisrael, as YHWH had spoken through Moshe. (Ex. 9:33-35)

Eighth, locusts as it is written: And YHWH said to Moshe, "Come to Par'o, for I have made heavy his heart and the heart of his servants, in order that I may put these my signs among him. And in order that you shall tell in the ears of your son and of your son's son, that I acted severely in Misrayim, and my signs that I have placed on them, that you shall know that I am YHWH". And Moshe and Aharon came to Par'o, and they said to him, "Thus says YHWH God of the 'Ivrim, 'Until when will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Send out my people and they shall serve me. For if you refuse to send out my people, here I will bring tomorrow locusts into your border. And they shall cover the surface of the earth, and one will not be able to see the earth, and they shall eat the remnant of that escaped that remains to you from the hail, and shall eat all the trees that sprout for you from the field. And they shall fill your houses, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all Misrayim, which your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen from the day of their being upon the soil until this day.'" And he turned and went out from Par'o. (Ex. 10:1-6)

And Par'o's servants said to him, "Until when shall this one be to us for snare? Send out the men, and they shall serve YHWH their God, do you not yet know that Misrayim is lost?" (Ex. 10:7)

And YHWH said to Moshe, "Stretch out your hand over the Land of Misrayim for the locusts and they shall ascend upon the Land of Misrayim, and they shall eat every herb of the land, all that the hail has let remain". And Moshe stretched out his staff over the Land of Misrayim, and YHWH drove an east wind against the land, all that day and all that night, and when it was morning the east wind carried the locusts. And the locusts ascended over all the Land of Misrayim, and they came to rest in all the borders of Misrayim, very heavy, before them there was no such locusts like these, and after them there will not be such. And they covered the surface of all the land, and the land became dark, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had let remain, and nothing remained (of) all (the) green on the trees and of the herbs of the field in all the Land of Misrayim. (Ex 10:12-15)

And quickly Par'o (had) to call for Moshe and Aharon, and he said, "I have sinned against YHWH your God and against you. And now please bear my sin only this once, and supplicate to YHWH your God, and he shall remove from upon only this death". And he went out from Par'o, and supplicated to YHWH. And YHWH reversed a very strong sea wind, and it carried the locusts, and thrust them into the Sea of Reeds, not one locust remained in all the borders of Misrayim. And YHWH hardened the heart of Par'o, and he did not send out the Children of Yisrael. (Ex. 10:16-20)

Ninth, darkness as it is written: And YHWH said to Moshe, "Stretch out your hand towards the heavens, and there shall be darkness over the Land of Misrayim, and they shall feel darkness". And Moshe stretched out his hand towards the heavens, and there was gloomy darkness in all the Land of Misrayim, (for) three days. A man could not see his brother, and a man did not rise from his place, (for) three days, but for all the Children of Yisrael there was light in their settlements. (Ex. 10:21-23)

And YHWH hardened the heart of Par'o, and he would not come to send them out. And Par'o said to him, "Go from me! Keep to yourself, you are not to see my face again, for onthe day you see my face you shall die!" And Moshe said, "Yes you have spoken, I will not see your face again". (Ex. 10:27-29)

Tenth, first-born, to smite and to kill as it is written: And YHWH said to Moshe, "I shall bring one more plague upon Par'o and upon Misrayim, afterwards he will send you out from this, when he shall completely send you out, drive out he shall drive you out from this". (Ex. 11:1)

And Moshe said, "Thus says YHWH, 'In the middle of the night I shall go out into the midst of Misrayim. And all the first-born shall die in the Land of Misrayim, from the first-born of Par'o who sits upon his throne, until the first-born of the maid that is behind the millstones, and all the first-born of beast. And there shall be a great cry in all the Land of Misrayim that like it there has never been, and the like of it shall not be again. But against all the Children of Yisrael no dog shall sharpen its tongue, against man or against beast, in order that you shall know that YHWH makes a distinction between Misrayim and between Yisrael. And all these your servants shall go down to me, and they shall bow down to me saying, 'Go out you and all the people that follow after you', and after that I will go out", and he went out from Par'o in a blazing anger. (Ex. 11:4-8)

And YHWH said to Moshe, "Par'o shall not hearken to you, in order that my marvels shall be many in the Land of Misrayim." And Moshe and Aharon had done all these marvels before Par'o, and YHWH hardened Par'o's heart, and he did not send out the Children of Yisrael from his land. (Ex. 11:9-10)

And it came to be in the middle of the night, YHWH struck all the first-born in the Land of Misrayim, from the first-born of Par'o who sits upon his throne, to the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon, and all the first-born of beast. And Par'o arose (in the) night, he and all his servants and all Misrayim, and there was a great cry in Misrayim, for there was not a house that there was not there one dead. And he called for Moshe and for Aharon (in the night), and said, "Arise go out from among my people, even you even the Children of Yisrael, and go serve YHWH according to your words. Even your flocks even your cattle take, as you have spoken, and go! and you bless even me." (Ex. 12:29-32)

And Misrayim pressed upon the people, to send them out quickly from the land, for they said, "We are all dead." And the Children of Yisrael did according to Moshe's word, and they asked from Misrayim vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments. And YHWH gave the people favour in the eyes of Misrayim, and they let themselves be asked of, and they stripped Misrayim. (Ex. 12:33-36)

And the Children of Yisrael travelled from Ra'meses to Sukkoth about six hundred thousand on foot the men alone from the little ones. And also a mixed multitude went up with them, and flocks and cattle, a very heavy (amount of) livestock. (Ex. 12:37-38)

Now the settlement of the Children of Yisrael that settled in Misrayim (was) four hundred and thirty years. And it came to be at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, and it was on this very same day, all of YHWH's hosts went out from the Land of Misrayim. (Ex. 12:40-41)

And it came to be when Par'o sent out the people, God did not lead them The Way of the Land of the Pelishtim, (just) because it was near, because God said, "Lest the people regret when they see war, and return towards Misrayim." (Ex. 13:17)

And God led the people round The Way of the Wilderness at the Sea of Reeds, and the Children of Yisrael went up in groups of fifty from the Land of Misrayim. And Moshe took the bones of Yosef with him, for he had made the Children of Yisrael swear, swear saying, "God shall muster you, muster, and you shall bring up my bones from this (place) with you. And they travelled from Sukkoth and encamped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness. And YHWH went before them, by day in a column of cloud to lead them the way and by night in a column of fire to give light to them, to go by day and night. He did not depart the column of the cloud by day, or the column of fire by night, from before the people. (Ex. 13:18-22)

And YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying, "Speak to the Children of Yisrael, they shall turn back and encamp before Pi-Hahiroth, between Mighdol and between the sea, before Ba'al-Sefon in front of it you shall encamp by the sea. And Par'o will say of the Children of Yisrael, 'They are confused in the land, the wilderness has closed upon them.' And I shall harden Par'o's heart, and he shall pursue after them, and I shall be honoured in Par'o and in all his army, and Misrayim shall know that I am YHWH," And they did so. And it was told to the king of Misrayim that the people fled, and the heart of Par'o and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, when we sent Yisrael from serving us?" And he harnessed his chariot, and his people he took with him. And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Misrayim, and teams of three upon all of them. And YHWH hardened the heart of Par'o king of Misrayim, and he pursued after the Children of Yisrael, and the Children of Yisrael went out with a high hand. And Misrayim pursued after them, and they reached them encamped by the sea, all the chariot-horses of Par'o and his horsemen and his army, by Pi-Hahiroth before Ba'al-Sefon. (Ex. 17:1-9)

And Par'o drew near, and the Children of Yisrael lifted up their eyes, and behold Misrayim marched after them, and they were very afraid, and the Children of Yisrael cried to YHWH. And they said to Moshe, "Is it because there are no graves in Misrayim, you have taken us to die in the wilderness? What is this you have done to us for taking us out from Misrayim? Is not this the word that we spoke to you in Misrayim, saying, 'Cease from us, and we shall serve Misrayim, for it is better for us serving Misrayim from our dying in the wilderness'." And Moshe said to the people, "You shall not fear, stand still and see the salvation of YHWH, which he shall do for you today, for Misrayim that you have seen today, you shall not continue to see them again forever. YHWH shall fight for you, and you shall be silent." (Ex. 17:10-14)

And YHWH said to Moshe, "Why you cry to me? Speak to the Children of Yisrael and they shall march (forward). And you lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and split it, and the Children of Yisrael shall come through the midst of the sea on the dry land. And I here I shall harden the heart of Misrayim, and they shall come after them, and I shall be honoured in Par'o and in all his army, in his chariots and in his horsemen. And Misrayim shall know that I am YHWH, when I become honoured in Par'o, in his chariots and in his horsemen." (Ex. 14:15-18)

And the angel of God marched, who went before the camp of Yisrael, and he went behind them, and the column of the cloud travelled from before them, and stood behind them. And it came between the camp of Misrayim and between the camp of Yisrael, and it was the cloud and the darkness and it lit up the night, and the one came not near the other all the night. (Ex. 17:19-20)

And Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea, and YHWH caused the sea to go back with a fierce east wind all the night, and he set the sea into dry ground, and the waters split. And the Children of Yisrael came through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters a wall for them, on their right and on their left. And Misrayim pursued and came in after them; all Par'o's horses his chariots and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea. And it came to be at the morning-watch, and YHWH looked out to the camp of Misrayim in the column of fire and of the cloud, and threw into panic the camp of Misrayim. And he removed the wheels of their chariots and made them drive with heaviness, and Misrayim said, "I must flee from before Yisrael, since YHWH fights for them with Misrayim." (Ex. 17:21-25)

And YHWH said to Moshe, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, and the waters shall return upon Misrayim upon their chariots and upon their horsemen." And Moshe stretcout his hand over the sea, and the sea returned at the turn of morning to its perpetual-place, and Misrayim fled towards it, and YHWH shook-off Misrayim in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned and they covered the chariots and the horsemen, of all of Par'o's army that came after them into the sea, not even one of them did remain. And the Children of Yisrael walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters a wall for them on their right and on their left. (Ex. 17:26-29)

And YHWH saved Yisrael on that day from the hand of Misrayim, and Yisrael saw Misrayim dead upon the shore of the sea. And Yisrael saw the great hand, which YHWH did, on Misrayim, and the people revered YHWH, and they trusted in YHWH and in Moshe his servant. (Ex. 14:30-31)

Remember his wonders that he did his marvels and the judgements of his mouth. Seed of Avraham his servant Children of Ya'akov his chosen. He is YHWH our God in all the earth are his judgements. He remembered forever his covenant the word that he commanded for a thousand generations. Which he cut with Avraham and his oath to Yishak. And he set it for Ya'akov for a law to Yisrael for a covenant forever. Saying to you, "I will give the Land of Kena'an the rope of your possession." When they were just a few men in number and sojourners in it. And they went from nation to nation from one kingdom to another people. He did not permit a human to oppress them and he reproved kings on account of them. You shall not touch my anointed and my prophets you shall not harm. (Ps. 105:5-15)

Therefore YHWH commanded us: You shall speak to all the Community of Yisrael, saying, "On the tenth (day) of this month, they shall take to them (each) man a sheep to the house of the fathers a sheep for a house. And if there shall be too few in the house for the sheep, and he shall take (it) him and his neighbour who is near his house, according to the computation of souls (each) man according to his eating you shall compute for the sheep. A perfect sheep, a male a year old it shall be for you, from the sheep and from the goats you shall take it. And it shall be for you for safekeeping, until the fourteenth day of this month, and they shall slaughter it all the assembly of the Community of Yisrael at twilight. And they shall eat the meat on this night, roasted with fire and unleavened bread, with bitter herbs they shall eat it. You shall not eat any of it raw, or cooked, cooked in water, but roasted with fire, its head with its legs and with its innards. And you shall not let any of it remain until the morning, and the remainder of it until the morning, in fire you shall burn. And thus you shall eat it, with your waist girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand and you shall eat it in trepidation, a Pesah [Passover] it is for YHWH. (Ex. 12:3-6,8-11)

It is a night of keeping-watch for YHWH, to bring them out from the Land of Misrayim, this is, it is the night of YHWH, a keeping-watch for all the Children of Yisrael throughout their generations. And YHWH said to Moshe and Aharon, "This is the law of the Pesah [Passover], any son of a stranger shall not eat of it. And any servant of a man purchased for silver, and you shall circumcise him, then he shall eat of it. A resident-settler and a hired-hand shall not eat of it. In one house it shall be eaten, you shall not take out from the house, from the meat outside and you shall not break a bone of it. All the Community of Yisrael shall do it. And if a sojourner shall sojourn with you, and shall make the Pesah [Passover] to YHWH, circumcise him (and) all (his) males, and then he shall come near to make it and he shall be a citizen of the land, and all uncircumcised-males shall not eat of it. One Tora [Instruction] there shall be for the citizen, and for the sojourner that sojourns in your midst." (Ex. 12:42-49)

And there shall not be seen with you leaven [soor] in all your borders seven days, and there shall not remain-overnight (anything) from the meat, which you slaughter in the evening on the first day till the morning. You shall not be allowed to slaughter the Pesah [Passover] within one of your gates, which YHWH your God gives to you. But to the place that YHWH your God shall choose to have his name dwell, there you shall slaughter the Pesah [Passover] at evening, when the sun comes, at the appointed-time of your going out from Misrayim. And you shall cook (it) and you shall eat (it) in the place that YHWH your God shall choose, and you shall turn in the morning, and you shall go to your tents. (Deut. 16:4-7)

And you shall keep this thing for a law for you and for your sons forever. And it shall be when you shall come to the land, which YHWH shall give to you, as he has spoken, and you shall keep this service. And it shall be when your children shall say to you, "What is this service to you?" And you shall say, "It is the slaughter-offering of Pesah [Passover] to YHWH, who passed over the houses of the Children of Yisrael in Misrayim, when he fatally smote Misrayim, and our houses he rescued." (Ex. 12:24-27)

Let them praise YHWH for his loving-kindness and his wonders for human beings. (Psalm 107:8) Let them praise your great and terrible name it is holy. (Psalm 99:3) I will praise YHWH with all my heart I will relate all your wonders. I will be happy and I will rejoice in you I will sing a hymn to your name most high. When mine enemies are turned back they shall stumble and they shall perish from your presence. For you have made my judgement and my justice you sat on the throne of righteous judgement. You rebuked the nations you destroyed the wicked you wiped out their name forever and ever. (Psalm 9:2-6) Blessed is YHWH who has not given us as prey for their teeth. (Psalm 124:6) Blessed is my Lord day by day he carries us the God of our salvation, sela. For us a God a God of salvations and to YHWH my Lord belong the results of death (Psalm 68:20-21)

Seek YHWH while he can be found call him while he is near. Leave the wicked to his way and the iniquitous man his thoughts and let him return to YHWH and he will have mercy on him and to our God for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:6-7) Then you shall call and YHWH shall answer, you shall cry out and he shall say, "Here I am," if you take away from your midst the yoke, the sending of the finger and speaking iniquity. And you bring out your soul to the hungry, and the afflicted soul you shall satisfy, then your light shall shine in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. (Isa. 58:9-10)

A remnant shall return a remnant of Ya'akov to mighty God. Even if your people Yisrael shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall return, annihilation decided overflowing with righteousness. For complete destruction is decided, my Lord YHWH of hosts shall make in the midst of all the land. (Isa. 10:21-23)

And it shall be all that shall call on the name of YHWH shall escape, for in Mount Siyyon and in Yerushalem there shall be those who escape as YHWH said and among the survivors those whom YHWH shall call. (Yoel 3:5)

In that day there shall be a shoot of YHWH for beauty and for honour, and the fruit of the earth for excellence and for splendour, for the survivors of Yisrael. And it shall come to be those that remain in Siyyon and the residue in Yerushalem, holy shall be said to him, all who are written for life in Yerushalem. When my Lord shall wash (away) the filth of the daughters of Siyyon, and the blood of Yerushalem he shall cleanse away from its midst in a spirit of judgement and in a spirit of burning. And YHWH shall create upon every dwelling place of Mount Siyyon and upon her places of proclamation a cloud by day and smoke, and brightness of a flaming fire by night, for upon all the honour a canopy. And there shall be a booth for shade by day from heat and for a shelter and for a hiding place from downpour and from rain. (Isa. 4:2-6)

And it shall be in that day my Lord will increase his hand a second time to acquire the remnant of his people who shall remain from Ashshur and from Misrayim and from Pathros and from Kush and from 'Elam and from Shin'ar and from Hamath afrom the islands of the sea. And he shall lift a standard to the nations and gather the banished of Yisrael and the dispersed of Yuhudha, he shall collect (them) from the four corners of the earth. (Isa. 11:11-12)

"Here, the days are coming," declares YHWH, "I will cut with the House of Yisrael and with the House of Yuhudha a new covenant. Not like the covenant that I cut with their fathers in the day that I grasped them by the hand to bring them out from the Land of Misrayim my covenant that they violated although I was their master," declares YHWH. "So this is the covenant that I will cut with the House of Yisrael after those days," declares YHWH, "I will place my Tora in their innards, and upon their hearts I will write it and I will be to them for a God and they shall be to me for a people. And they shall not teach again a man his neighbour and a man his brother, saying, 'Know YHWH,' for all of them shall know me from the smallest of them and until the greatest of them," declares YHWH. (Jer. 31:31-34)

And it shall be in the last days, the mountain of YHWH's house he will establish, it shall be at the head of the mountains and he will lift it above the hills and all the nations shall flow to it. And many people shall go and say, "Go! and we will ascend to the Mountain of YHWH to the house of the God of Ya'akov and he will instruct us in his ways, and we will walk in his paths," for from Siyyon shall go forth Tora and the word of YHWH from Yerushalem. And he shall judge between the nations and shall decide for many peoples and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks, nation shall not lift up sword against nation, and they shall not learn war again. (Isa. 2:2-4)