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Bible Reading for January 28

Exodus 1
[1] Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into
Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. [2] Reuben, Simeon,
Levi, and Judah, [3] Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, [4] Dan, and
Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. [5] And all the souls that came out of the loins
of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. [6] And
Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. [7] And the
children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied,
and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. [8] Now
there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. [9] And he
said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more
and mightier than we: [10] Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they
multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they
join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of
the land. [11] Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them
with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and
Raamses. [12] But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied
and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. [13] And
the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: [14] And
they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick,
and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they
made them serve, was with rigour. [15] And the king of Egypt spake to the
Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of
the other Puah: [16] And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the
Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall
kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. [17] But the
midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but
saved the men children alive. [18] And the king of Egypt called for the
midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved
the men children alive? [19] And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because
the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and
are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
[20] Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied,
and waxed very mighty.
[21] And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
[22] And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye
shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

Exodus 2
[1] And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
[2] And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he
was a goodly child, she hid him three months. [3] And when she could not
longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with
slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the
flags by the river's brink. [4] And his sister stood afar off, to wit what
would be done to him. [5] And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash
herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and
when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. [6]
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept.
And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews'
children.
[7] Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee
a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? [8] And
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the
child's mother.
[9] And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse
it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child,
and nursed it.
[10] And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and
he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I
drew him out of the water.
[11] And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went
out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an
Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. [12] And he looked this
way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the
Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. [13] And when he went out the second
day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him
that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
[14] And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest
thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said,
Surely this thing is known.
[15] Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses
fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat
down by a well.
[16] Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew
water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. [17] And the
shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and
watered their flock. [18] And when they came to Reuel their father, he
said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
[19] And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the
shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. [20]
And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have
left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. [21] And Moses was content
to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
[22] And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I
have been a stranger in a strange land. [23] And it came to pass in process
of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by
reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by
reason of the bondage. [24] And God heard their groaning, and God
remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. [25] And
God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

Exodus 3
[1] Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of
Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the
mountain of God, even to Horeb.
[2] And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of
the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire,
and the bush was not consumed.
[3] And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why
the bush is not burnt.
[4] And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him
out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am
I.
[5] And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet,
for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. [6] Moreover he said, I
am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
[7] And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which
are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for
I know their sorrows;
[8] And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a
land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites.
[9] Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto
me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress
them.
[10] Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou
mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. [11] And
Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I
should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? [12] And he said,
Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I
have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye
shall serve God upon this mountain. [13] And Moses said unto God, Behold,
when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God
of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is
his name? what shall I say unto them? [14] And God said unto Moses, I AM
THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I
AM hath sent me unto you. [15] And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt
thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you:
this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
[16] Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The
LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob,
appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is
done to you in Egypt:
[17] And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt
unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and
the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing
with milk and honey.
[18] And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the
elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The
LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech
thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the
LORD our God.
[19] And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a
mighty hand.
[20] And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders
which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
[21] And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and
it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: [22] But
every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in
her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall
put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the
Egyptians.

Exodus 4
[1] And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor
hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto
thee.
[2] And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
[3] And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and
it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. [4] And the LORD said
unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth
his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
[5] That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
[6] And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy
bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold,
his hand was leprous as snow.
[7] And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand
into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was
turned again as his other flesh.
[8] And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither
hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of
the latter sign.
[9] And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two
signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of
the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest
out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. [10] And Moses said
unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since
thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow
tongue.
[11] And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh
the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? [12]
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou
shalt say.
[13] And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom
thou wilt send.
[14] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is
not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also,
behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be
glad in his heart.
[15] And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will
be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
[16] And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even
he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of
God.
[17] And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
[18] And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto
him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in
Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in
peace. [19] And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt:
for all the men are dead which sought thy life. [20] And Moses took his
wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of
Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. [21] And the LORD said
unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all
those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will
harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. [22] And thou shalt
say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
[23] And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou
refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. [24]
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and
sought to kill him.
[25] Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son,
and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
[26] So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of
the circumcision.
[27] And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And
he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. [28] And Moses
told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs
which he had commanded him. [29] And Moses and Aaron went and gathered
together all the elders of the children of Israel:
[30] And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses,
and did the signs in the sight of the people. [31] And the people believed:
and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and
that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and
worshipped.

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