The New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Bible in One
Year - Day 35
Exodus Bricks without Straw
5: Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “Thus
says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, so that they may celebrate
a festival to me in the wilderness.’” 2 But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord,
that I should heed him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will
not let Israel go.” 3 Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has revealed
himself to us; let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness to sacrifice
to the Lord our God, or he will fall upon us with pestilence or sword.” 4 But
the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people
away from their work? Get to your labors!” 5 Pharaoh continued, “Now they are
more numerous than the people of the land[a] and yet you want them to stop
working!” 6 That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, as
well as their supervisors, 7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make
bricks, as before; let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 But you shall
require of them the same quantity of bricks as they have made previously; do
not diminish it, for they are lazy; that is why they cry, ‘Let us go and offer
sacrifice to our God.’ 9 Let heavier work be laid on them; then they will labor
at it and pay no attention to deceptive words.”
10 So the taskmasters and the supervisors of the people went out
and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. 11 Go
and get straw yourselves, wherever you can find it; but your work will not be
lessened in the least.’” 12 So the people scattered throughout the land of
Egypt, to gather stubble for straw. 13 The taskmasters were urgent, saying,
“Complete your work, the same daily assignment as when you were given straw.”
14 And the supervisors of the Israelites, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set
over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why did you not finish the required
quantity of bricks yesterday and today, as you did before?”
15 Then the Israelite supervisors came to Pharaoh and cried,
“Why do you treat your servants like this? 16 No straw is given to your
servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ Look how your servants are beaten!
You are unjust to your own people.”[b] 17 He said, “You are lazy, lazy; that is
why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ 18 Go now, and work; for no
straw shall be given you, but you shall still deliver the same number of
bricks.” 19 The Israelite supervisors saw that they were in trouble when they
were told, “You shall not lessen your daily number of bricks.” 20 As they left
Pharaoh, they came upon Moses and Aaron who were waiting to meet them. 21 They
said to them, “The Lord look upon you and judge! You have brought us into bad
odor with Pharaoh and his officials, and have put a sword in their hand to kill
us.”
22 Then Moses turned again to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why
have you mistreated this people? Why did you ever send me? 23 Since I first
came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has mistreated this people, and you
have done nothing at all to deliver your people.”
Israel’s Deliverance Assured
6: Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will
do to Pharaoh: Indeed, by a mighty hand he will let them go; by a mighty hand
he will drive them out of his land.”
2 God also spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am the Lord. 3 I
appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty,[c] but by my name ‘The
Lord’[d] I did not make myself known to them. 4 I also established my covenant
with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they resided as
aliens. 5 I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites whom the Egyptians
are holding as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Say therefore to
the Israelites, ‘I am the Lord, and I will free you from the burdens of the
Egyptians and deliver you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an
outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. 7 I will take you as my
people, and I will be your God. You shall know that I am the Lord your God, who
has freed you from the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 I will bring you into the
land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; I will give it to you
for a possession. I am the Lord.’” 9 Moses told this to the Israelites; but
they would not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel
slavery.
10 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, 11 “Go and tell Pharaoh king of
Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.” 12 But Moses spoke to the
Lord, “The Israelites have not listened to me; how then shall Pharaoh listen to
me, poor speaker that I am?”[e] 13 Thus the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and
gave them orders regarding the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, charging
them to free the Israelites from the land of Egypt.
The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
14 The following are the heads of their ancestral houses: the
sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi;
these are the families of Reuben. 15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad,
Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul,[f] the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the
families of Simeon. 16 The following are the names of the sons of Levi
according to their genealogies: Gershon,[g] Kohath, and Merari, and the length
of Levi’s life was one hundred thirty-seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon:[h]
Libni and Shimei, by their families. 18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar,
Hebron, and Uzziel, and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred
thirty-three years. 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the
families of the Levites according to their genealogies. 20 Amram married
Jochebed his father’s sister and she bore him Aaron and Moses, and the length
of Amram’s life was one hundred thirty-seven years. 21 The sons of Izhar:
Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and
Sithri. 23 Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon,
and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 The sons of Korah:
Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. 25
Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him
Phinehas. These are the heads of the ancestral houses of the Levites by their
families.
26 It was this same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said,
“Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, company by company.” 27 It was
they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of Egypt,
the same Moses and Aaron.
Moses and Aaron Obey God’s Commands
28 On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
29 he said to him, “I am the Lord; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am speaking
to you.” 30 But Moses said in the Lord’s presence, “Since I am a poor
speaker,[i] why would Pharaoh listen to me?”
Footnotes:
a. Exodus 5:5 Sam: Heb The people of the land are now many
b. Exodus 5:16 Gk Compare Syr Vg: Heb beaten, and the sin of
your people
c. Exodus 6:3 Traditional rendering of Heb El Shaddai
d. Exodus 6:3 Heb YHWH; see note at 3.15
e. Exodus 6:12 Heb me? I am uncircumcised of lips
f. Exodus 6:15 Or Saul
g. Exodus 6:16 Also spelled Gershom; see 2.22
h. Exodus 6:17 Also spelled Gershom; see 2.22
i. Exodus 6:30 Heb am uncircumcised of lips; see 6.12
Psalm 34: Praise for Deliverance from Trouble
Of David, when he feigned madness before Abimelech, so that he
drove him out, and he went away.
1 I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall
continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear
and be glad.
3 O magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his
name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from
all my fears.
5 Look to him, and be radiant;
so your[a] faces shall
never be ashamed.
6 This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,
and was saved from
every trouble.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear
him, and delivers them.
8 O taste and see that the Lord is good;
happy are those who
take refuge in him.
9 O fear the Lord, you his holy ones,
for those who fear him
have no want.
10 The young lions suffer want and hunger,
but those who seek the
Lord lack no good thing.
11 Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the
fear of the Lord.
12 Which of you desires life,
and covets many days
to enjoy good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil,
and your lips from speaking
deceit.
14 Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue
it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open
to their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off the
remembrance of them from the earth.
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears,
and rescues them from
all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and saves the crushed
in spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord rescues
them from them all.
20 He keeps all their bones;
not one of them will
be broken.
21 Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the
righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take
refuge in him will be condemned.
Footnotes:
a. Psalm 34:5 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb their
Matthew 19: The Rich Young Man
16 Then someone came to him and said, “Teacher, what good deed
must I do to have eternal life?” 17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me
about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you wish to enter into
life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said,
“You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You
shall not bear false witness; 19 Honor your father and mother; also, You shall
love your neighbor as yourself.” 20 The young man said to him, “I have kept all
these;[a] what do I still lack?” 21 Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be
perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money[b] to the poor, and you
will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” 22 When the young man
heard this word, he went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it will
be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you,
it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who
is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they
were greatly astounded and said, “Then who can be saved?” 26 But Jesus looked
at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are
possible.”
27 Then Peter said in reply, “Look, we have left everything and
followed you. What then will we have?” 28 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell
you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man is seated on the throne
of his glory, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging
the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or
sisters or father or mother or children or fields, for my name’s sake, will
receive a hundredfold,[c] and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are
first will be last, and the last will be first.
Footnotes:
a. Matthew 19:20 Other ancient authorities add from my youth
b. Matthew 19:21 Gk lacks the money
c. Matthew 19:29 Other ancient authorities read manifold
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