and he said: When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.

And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.

And it came to pass after many days that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

And they said to them, Jehovah look upon you and judge, because you have made us abhorrent in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.

And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with a high hand.

And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were pulling up after them. And they were greatly afraid, and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah.

Was this not the word we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

And Amalek came and fought against Israel in Rephidim.

So Joshua did as Moses said to him, to fight against Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

But Moses' hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Jehovah, I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your betrothals, when you went after Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Jehovah your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all that He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

who went in the way before you to search out a place for you to encamp, to show you the way you should go, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day.

For Jehovah your God has blessed you in all the works of your hands. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years Jehovah your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.

And you shall remember that Jehovah your God has led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

And He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you had not known nor had your fathers known, to make you know that man does not live by bread alone; but man lives by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of Jehovah.

who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers had not known, to humble you and to test you, to do you good in the end;

Moreover You led them by day with a cloudy pillar, and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light on the way which they should travel.

You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes and Laws, by the hand of Your servant Moses.

In the daytime also He led them with the cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

He also brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

though He had commanded the clouds above, and opened the doors of the heavens,

Men ate the bread of the mighty; He sent them food to the full.

He also rained flesh upon them like the dust, and winged birds like the sand of the seas;

So they ate and were abundantly satisfied, for He gave them their own desire.

He also brought them out with silver and gold, and there was no one feeble among their tribes.

He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light at night.

He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; it ran in the dry places like a river.

He brought out His people with joy, His elect with gladness.

To Him who led His people through the wilderness, for His mercy is eternal;

and slew majestic kings, for His mercy is eternal;

and Og king of Bashan, for His mercy is eternal;

a heritage to Israel His servant, for His mercy is eternal.

and rescued us from our enemies, for His mercy is eternal.

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah has bestowed upon us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel which He has bestowed upon them according to His mercies, and according to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.

In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

Then He remembered the days of old, Moses and His people, saying, Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within him;

He led them through the deep, like a horse in the wilderness, so that they might not stumble.

But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

So they departed from the mountain of Jehovah on a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah set out before them for the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

for as yet you have not come to the rest and the inheritance which Jehovah your God is giving to you.

So I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter into My rest.

As a beast goes down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah caused him to rest. So You led Your people, to make for Yourself a glorious name.

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.

There remains therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.