The Wilderness Way(A)

17 Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people (B)change their minds when they see war, and (C)return to Egypt.” 18 So God (D)led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.

19 And Moses took the (E)bones of (F)Joseph with him, for he had placed the children of Israel under solemn oath, saying, (G)“God will surely [a]visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you.”

20 So (H)they took their journey from (I)Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness. 21 And (J)the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

The Red Sea Crossing

14 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to the children of Israel, (K)that they turn and camp before (L)Pi Hahiroth, between (M)Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, (N)‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.’ Then (O)I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that he will pursue them; and I (P)will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, (Q)that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and (R)the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” So he [b]made ready his chariot and took his people with him. Also, he took (S)six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. And the Lord (T)hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and (U)the children of Israel went out with boldness. So the (V)Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.

10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel (W)cried out to the Lord. 11 (X)Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? 12 (Y)Is this not the word that we told 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 that we should die in the wilderness.”

13 And Moses said to the people, (Z)“Do not be afraid. (AA)Stand still, and see the (AB)salvation[c] of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall (AC)see again no more forever. 14 (AD)The Lord will fight for you, and you shall (AE)hold[d] your peace.”

15 And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. 16 But (AF)lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I indeed will (AG)harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will (AH)gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen. 18 Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

19 And the Angel of God, (AI)who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them. 20 So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night.

21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and (AJ)made the sea into dry land, and the waters were (AK)divided. 22 So (AL)the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were (AM)a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

24 Now it came to pass, in the morning (AN)watch, that (AO)the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He [e]troubled the army of the Egyptians. 25 And He [f]took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord (AP)fights for them against the Egyptians.”

26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.” 27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea (AQ)returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord (AR)overthrew[g] the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 Then (AS)the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained. 29 But (AT)the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

30 So the Lord (AU)saved[h] Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel (AV)saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 31 Thus Israel saw the great [i]work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and (AW)believed the Lord and His servant Moses.

The Song of Moses(AX)

15 Then (AY)Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying:

“I will (AZ)sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
The Lord is my strength and (BA)song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and (BB)I will praise Him;
My (BC)father’s God, and I (BD)will exalt Him.
The Lord is a man of (BE)war;
The Lord is His (BF)name.
(BG)Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
(BH)His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
The depths have covered them;
(BI)They sank to the bottom like a stone.

“Your (BJ)right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
And in the greatness of Your (BK)excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth (BL)Your wrath;
It (BM)consumed them (BN)like stubble.
And (BO)with the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
(BP)The floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths [j]congealed in the heart of the sea.
(BQ)The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will (BR)divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’
10 You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

11 “Who(BS) is like You, O Lord, among the [k]gods?
Who is like You, (BT)glorious in holiness,
Fearful in (BU)praises, (BV)doing wonders?
12 You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.
13 You in Your mercy have (BW)led forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To (BX)Your holy habitation.

14 “The (BY)people will hear and be afraid;
(BZ)Sorrow[l] will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 (CA)Then (CB)the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;
(CC)The mighty men of Moab,
Trembling will take hold of them;
(CD)All the inhabitants of Canaan will (CE)melt away.
16 (CF)Fear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be (CG)as still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O Lord,
Till the people pass over
(CH)Whom You have purchased.
17 You will bring them in and (CI)plant them
In the (CJ)mountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O Lord, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The (CK)sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

18 “The(CL) Lord shall reign forever and ever.”

19 For the (CM)horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and (CN)the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

The Song of Miriam(CO)

20 Then Miriam (CP)the prophetess, (CQ)the sister of Aaron, (CR)took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her (CS)with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam (CT)answered them:

(CU)“Sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!”

Bitter Waters Made Sweet

22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of (CV)Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no (CW)water. 23 Now when they came to (CX)Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called [m]Marah. 24 And the people (CY)complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. (CZ)When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.

There He (DA)made a statute and an [n]ordinance for them, and there (DB)He tested them, 26 and said, (DC)“If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the (DD)diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord (DE)who heals you.”

27 (DF)Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.

Bread from Heaven

16 And they (DG)journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and (DH)Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt. Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel (DI)complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. And the children of Israel said to them, (DJ)“Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, (DK)when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain (DL)bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather [o]a certain quota every day, that I may (DM)test them, whether they will (DN)walk in My law or not. And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and (DO)it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”

Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, (DP)“At evening you shall know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt. And in the morning you shall see (DQ)the glory of the Lord; for He (DR)hears your complaints against the Lord. But (DS)what are we, that you complain against us?” Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the Lord hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but (DT)against the Lord.”

Then Moses spoke to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, (DU)‘Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your complaints.’ ” 10 Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord (DV)appeared in the cloud.

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 (DW)“I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, (DX)‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and (DY)in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ ”

13 So it was that (DZ)quail came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning (EA)the dew lay all around the camp. 14 And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was (EB)a small round (EC)substance, as fine as frost on the ground. 15 So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.

And Moses said to them, (ED)“This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it (EE)according to each one’s need, one (EF)omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ”

17 Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less. 18 So when they measured it by omers, (EG)he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need. 19 And Moses said, “Let no one (EH)leave any of it till morning.” 20 Notwithstanding they did not [p]heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. 21 So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.

22 And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is (EI)a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’ ” 24 So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not (EJ)stink, nor were there any worms in it. 25 Then Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 (EK)Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”

27 Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. 28 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long (EL)do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws? 29 See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

31 And the house of Israel called its name [q]Manna. And (EM)it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

32 Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Fill an omer with it, to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ” 33 And Moses said to Aaron, (EN)“Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.” 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up (EO)before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel (EP)ate manna (EQ)forty years, (ER)until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.

Water from the Rock(ES)

17 Then (ET)all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of (EU)Sin, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to (EV)drink. (EW)Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.”

So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you (EX)tempt the Lord?”

And the people thirsted there for water, and the people (EY)complained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our (EZ)livestock with thirst?”

So Moses (FA)cried out to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to (FB)stone[r] me!”

And the Lord said to Moses, (FC)“Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which (FD)you struck the river, and go. (FE)Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.”

And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. So he called the name of the place (FF)Massah[s] and [t]Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they [u]tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Victory over the Amalekites(FG)

(FH)Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with (FI)the rod of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And so it was, when Moses (FJ)held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands became [v]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. 13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, (FK)“Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that (FL)I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses built an altar and called its name, [w]The-Lord-Is-My-Banner; 16 for he said, “Because [x]the Lord has (FM)sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 13:19 give attention to
  2. Exodus 14:6 harnessed
  3. Exodus 14:13 deliverance
  4. Exodus 14:14 Lit. be quiet
  5. Exodus 14:24 confused
  6. Exodus 14:25 Sam., LXX, Syr. bound
  7. Exodus 14:27 Lit. shook off
  8. Exodus 14:30 delivered
  9. Exodus 14:31 Lit. hand with which the Lord worked
  10. Exodus 15:8 became firm
  11. Exodus 15:11 mighty ones
  12. Exodus 15:14 Anguish
  13. Exodus 15:23 Lit. Bitter
  14. Exodus 15:25 regulation
  15. Exodus 16:4 Lit. the portion of a day in its day
  16. Exodus 16:20 listen to
  17. Exodus 16:31 Lit. What? Ex. 16:15
  18. Exodus 17:4 Put me to death by stoning
  19. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Tempted
  20. Exodus 17:7 Lit. Contention
  21. Exodus 17:7 tested
  22. Exodus 17:12 Weary of being held up
  23. Exodus 17:15 Heb. YHWH Nissi
  24. Exodus 17:16 Lit. a hand is upon the throne of the Lord

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time. (A)And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. Then she sent and called for (B)Barak the son of Abinoam from (C)Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, ‘Go and [a]deploy troops at Mount (D)Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun; and against you (E)I will deploy Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude at the (F)River Kishon; and I will [b]deliver him into your hand’?”

And Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go!”

So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will (G)sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 And Barak called (H)Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men (I)under[c] his command, and Deborah went up with him.

11 Now Heber (J)the Kenite, of the children of (K)Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the terebinth tree at Zaanaim, (L)which is beside Kedesh.

12 And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. 13 So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon.

14 Then Deborah said to Barak, [d]“Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. (M)Has not the Lord gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. 15 And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot. 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was (N)left.

17 However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of (O)Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not fear.” And when he had turned aside with her into the tent, she covered him with a [e]blanket.

19 Then he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened (P)a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him. 20 And he said to her, “Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’ ”

21 Then Jael, Heber’s wife, (Q)took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. 22 And then, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, I will show you the man whom you seek.” And when he went into her tent, there lay Sisera, dead with the peg in his temple.

23 So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel. 24 And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

The Song of Deborah

Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam (R)sang on that day, saying:

“When[f] leaders (S)lead in Israel,
(T)When the people [g]willingly offer themselves,
Bless the Lord!

“Hear,(U) O kings! Give ear, O princes!
I, even (V)I, will sing to the Lord;
I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

Lord, (W)when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from (X)the field of Edom,
The earth trembled and the heavens poured,
The clouds also poured water;
(Y)The mountains [h]gushed before the Lord,
(Z)This Sinai, before the Lord God of Israel.

“In the days of (AA)Shamgar, son of Anath,
In the days of (AB)Jael,
(AC)The highways were deserted,
And the travelers walked along the byways.
Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel,
Until I, Deborah, arose,
Arose a mother in Israel.
They chose (AD)new gods;
Then there was war in the gates;
Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
My heart is with the rulers of Israel
Who offered themselves willingly with the people.
Bless the Lord!

10 “Speak, you who ride on white (AE)donkeys,
Who sit in judges’ attire,
And who walk along the road.
11 Far from the noise of the archers, among the watering places,
There they shall recount the righteous acts of the Lord,
The righteous acts for His villagers in Israel;
Then the people of the Lord shall go down to the gates.

12 “Awake,(AF) awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, sing a song!
Arise, Barak, and lead your captives away,
O son of Abinoam!

13 “Then the survivors came down, the people against the nobles;
The Lord came down for me against the mighty.
14 From Ephraim were those whose roots were in (AG)Amalek.
After you, Benjamin, with your peoples,
From Machir rulers came down,
And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter’s staff.
15 And [i]the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
As Issachar, so was Barak
Sent into the valley [j]under his command;
Among the divisions of Reuben
There were great resolves of heart.
16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
To hear the pipings for the flocks?
The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.
17 (AH)Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan,
And why did Dan remain [k]on ships?
(AI)Asher continued at the seashore,
And stayed by his inlets.
18 (AJ)Zebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death,
Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.

19 “The kings came and fought,
Then the kings of Canaan fought
In (AK)Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
They took no spoils of silver.
20 They fought from the heavens;
The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.
21 (AL)The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon.
O my soul, march on in strength!
22 Then the horses’ hooves pounded,
The galloping, galloping of his steeds.
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the [l]angel of the Lord,
‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’

24 “Most blessed among women is Jael,
The wife of Heber the Kenite;
(AM)Blessed is she among women in tents.
25 He asked for water, she gave milk;
She brought out cream in a lordly bowl.
26 She stretched her hand to the tent peg,
Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer;
She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head,
She split and struck through his temple.
27 At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still;
At her feet he sank, he fell;
Where he sank, there he fell (AN)dead.

28 “The mother of Sisera looked through the window,
And cried out through the lattice,
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’
29 Her wisest [m]ladies answered her,
Yes, she [n]answered herself,
30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil:
To every man a girl or two;
For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments,
Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed,
Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’

31 “Thus let all Your enemies (AO)perish, O Lord!
But let those who love Him be (AP)like the (AQ)sun
When it comes out in full (AR)strength.”

So the land had rest for forty years.

Footnotes

  1. Judges 4:6 march
  2. Judges 4:7 Lit. draw
  3. Judges 4:10 Lit. at his feet
  4. Judges 4:14 Arise!
  5. Judges 4:18 rug
  6. Judges 5:2 Or When locks are loosed
  7. Judges 5:2 volunteer
  8. Judges 5:5 flowed
  9. Judges 5:15 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT And my princes in Issachar
  10. Judges 5:15 Lit. at his feet
  11. Judges 5:17 Or at ease
  12. Judges 5:23 Or Angel
  13. Judges 5:29 princesses
  14. Judges 5:29 Lit. repeats her words to herself

Jesus Walks on the Sea(A)

15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him (B)king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.

16 (C)Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them. 18 Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing. 19 So when they had rowed about [a]three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were (D)afraid. 20 But He said to them, (E)“It is I; do not be afraid.” 21 Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

The Bread from Heaven

22 On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except [b]that one [c]which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone— 23 however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks— 24 when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, (F)seeking Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”

26 Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 (G)Do not labor for the food which perishes, but (H)for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, (I)because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”

29 Jesus answered and said to them, (J)“This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

30 Therefore they said to Him, (K)“What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do? 31 (L)Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, (M)‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’

32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but (N)My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

34 (O)Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

35 And Jesus said to them, (P)“I am the bread of life. (Q)He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never (R)thirst. 36 (S)But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet (T)do not believe. 37 (U)All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and (V)the one who comes to Me I will [d]by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, (W)not to do My own will, (X)but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, (Y)that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, (Z)that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Rejected by His Own

41 The Jews then [e]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” 42 And they said, (AA)“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, [f]“Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 (AB)No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me (AC)draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, (AD)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ (AE)Therefore everyone who [g]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46 (AF)Not that anyone has seen the Father, (AG)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 Most assuredly, I say to you, (AH)he who believes [h]in Me has everlasting life. 48 (AI)I am the bread of life. 49 (AJ)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 (AK)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread (AL)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and (AM)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

52 The Jews therefore (AN)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless (AO)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54 (AP)Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For My flesh is [i]food indeed, and My blood is [j]drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood (AQ)abides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58 (AR)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not (AS)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Turn Away

60 (AT)Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a [k]hard saying; who can understand it?”

61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples [l]complained about this, He said to them, “Does this [m]offend you? 62 (AU)What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? 63 (AV)It is the Spirit who gives life; the (AW)flesh profits nothing. The (AX)words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But (AY)there are some of you who do not believe.” For (AZ)Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore (BA)I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

66 (BB)From that time many of His disciples went [n]back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have (BC)the words of eternal life. 69 (BD)Also we have come to believe and know that You are the [o]Christ, the Son of the living God.”

70 Jesus answered them, (BE)“Did I not choose you, the twelve, (BF)and one of you is a devil?” 71 He spoke of (BG)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would (BH)betray Him, being one of the twelve.

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:19 Lit. 25 or 30 stadia
  2. John 6:22 NU omits that
  3. John 6:22 NU omits which His disciples had entered
  4. John 6:37 certainly not
  5. John 6:41 grumbled
  6. John 6:43 Stop grumbling
  7. John 6:45 M hears and has learned
  8. John 6:47 NU omits in Me
  9. John 6:55 NU true food
  10. John 6:55 NU true drink
  11. John 6:60 difficult
  12. John 6:61 grumbled
  13. John 6:61 make you stumble
  14. John 6:66 Or away; lit. to the back
  15. John 6:69 NU Holy One of God.

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