Now aJethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt....
Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of aSin, according to the command of the Lord, and camped at bRephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink....
Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of aSin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on bthe fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt....
aThen Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and said, "bI will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; cThe horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea....
Now the Lord said to Moses, "One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; aafter that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out from here completely....
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for aI have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may perform these signs of Mine among them,...
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and speak to him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, "aLet My people go, that they may serve Me....
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for aunder compulsion he will let them go, and under compulsion he will drive them out of his land."...
And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, "aThus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'bLet My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.'"...
