Exodus 1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Israel’s Suffering in Egypt
1Now these are the names of the children of ______who came to ______; each man and his household came with ______: 2Reuben, ______, Levi, and ______; 3Issachar, ______, and Benjamin; 4______, Naphtali, ______, and Asher. 5All those who were descendants[a] of Jacob were ______[b] persons (for ______was in Egypt already). 6And Joseph ______, all his ______, and all that ______. 7But the children of Israel were ______and increased ______, ______and grew exceedingly ______; and the land was ______with them.
8Now there arose a _____ king over ______, who did not know ______. 9And he said to his people, “Look, the ______of the children of ______are more and ______than we; 10come, let us deal ______with them, lest they ______, and it happen, in the event of ______, that they also join our ______and fight ______us, and so go up ______of the land.” 11Therefore they set ______over them to afflict them with their ______. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, ______and ______. 12But the more they afflicted them, the more they ______and ______. And they were in ______of the children of ______. 13So the ______made the children of Israel serve with ______. 14And they made their lives ______with hard ______—in ______, in ______, and in all manner of service in the ______. All their service in which they made them serve was with ______.
15Then the _____ of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew ______, of whom the name of one was ______and the name of the other ______; 16and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the ______, if it is a _____, then you shall _____ him; but if it is a ______, then she shall _____.” 17But the midwives feared ______, and did _____ do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but ______the male children alive. 18So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this ______, and saved the male children ______?”
19And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the ______women are not like the ______women; for they are ______and give ______before the midwives come to them.”
20Therefore God dealt ______with the midwives, and the people ______and grew very ______. 21And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided ______for them.
22So ______commanded all his people, saying, “Every ____ who is born[c] you shall cast into the ______, and every ______you shall _____ alive.”
Footnotes:
- Exodus 1:5 Literally who came from the loins of
- Exodus 1:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint read seventy-five (compare Acts 7:14).
- Exodus 1:22 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Targum add to the Hebrews.
Exodus 2 New King James Version (NKJV)
Moses Is Born
2And a man of the house of ______went and took as wife a ______of Levi. 2So the woman ______and bore a ______. And when she saw that he was a ______child, she hid him ______months. 3But when she could no longer ______him, she took an ______of ______for him, daubed it with ______and ______, put the child in it, and laid it in the ______by the river’s bank. 4And his ______stood afar off, to know what would be ______to him.
5Then the ______of Pharaoh came down to ______at the river. And her ______walked along the ______; and when she saw the ark among the ______, she sent her ______to get it. 6And when she ______it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby ______. So she had ______on him, and said, “This is one of the ______children.”
7Then his ______said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a ______for you from the ______women, that she may ______the child for you?”
8And Pharaoh’s ______said to her, “_____.” So the maiden went and called the child’s ______. 9Then ______daughter said to her, “Take this child away and ______him for me, and I will give you your ______.” So the woman took the ______and nursed him. 10And the child ______, and she brought him to ______daughter, and he became her ______. So she called his name ______,[a] saying, “Because I drew him out of the ______.”
Moses Flees to Midian
11Now it came to pass in those days, when ______was ______, that he went out to his ______and looked at their ______. And he saw an ______beating a ______, one of his brethren. 12So he looked this ______and that _____, and when he saw no one, he ______the ______and hid him in the ______. 13And when he went out the ______day, behold, two ______men were ______, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why are you ______your companion?”
14Then he said, “Who made you a ______and a ______over us? Do you intend to ______me as you killed the ______?”
So Moses ______and said, “Surely this thing is ______!” 15When ______heard of this matter, he sought to ______Moses. But Moses ______from the face of ______and dwelt in the land of ______; and he sat down by a ______.
16Now the ______of ______had ______daughters. And they came and drew water, and they filled the ______to water their father’s ______. 17Then the ______came and drove them ______; but Moses ______up and ______them, and ______their flock.
18When they came to ______their father, he said, “How is it that you have come so ______today?”
19And they said, “An ______delivered us from the hand of the ______, and he also drew enough ______for us and watered the ______.”
20So he said to his ______, “And where is he? Why is it that you have _____ the man? ______him, that he may eat ______.”
21Then Moses was ______to live with the man, and he gave ______his daughter to Moses. 22And she bore him a ______. He called his name ______,[b] for he said, “I have been a ______in a ______land.”
23Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt ______. Then the children of Israel ______because of the ______, and they ______out; and their cry came up to ______because of the bondage. 24So ______heard their ______, and God remembered His ______with ______, with ______, and with ______. 25And God looked upon the children of ______, and God ______them.
Footnotes:
- Exodus 2:10 Literally Drawn Out
- Exodus 2:22 Literally Stranger There
Exodus 3 New King James Version (NKJV)
Moses at the Burning Bush
3Now Moses was tending the flock of ______his ______, the ______of ______. And he led the ______to the back of the ______, and came to ______, the ______of God. 2And the ______of the ______appeared to him in a flame of ______from the midst of a ______. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not ______.3Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this ______sight, why the bush does not burn.”
4So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to ______, God called to him from the ______of the bush and said, “______, ______!”
And he said, “______.”
5Then He said, “Do not ______near this place. Take your ______off your feet, for the place where you stand is ______ground.” 6Moreover He said, “I am the God of your ______—the God of ______, the God of ______, and the God of ______.” And Moses _____ his face, for he was ______to look upon God.
7And the ______said: “I have surely seen the ______of My people who are in ______, and have heard their cry because of their ______, for I know their ______. 8So I have come down to ______them out of the hand of the ______, and to bring them up from that land to a ______and ______land, to a land flowing with ______and ______, to the place of the ______and the ______and the ______and the ______and the ______and the Jebusites. 9Now therefore, behold, the ______of the children of ______has come to Me, and I have also seen the ______with which the ______oppress them. 10Come now, therefore, and I will send you to ______that you may bring My ______, the children of ______, out of ______.”
11But ______said to God, “_____ am I that I should go to ______, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of ______?”
12So He said, “I will ______be with you. And this shall be a ______to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of ______, you shall ______God on this ______.”
13Then Moses said to _____, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your ______has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His ______?’ what shall I say to them?”
14And God said to Moses, “______.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘______has sent me to you.’” 15Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The _____ God of your fathers, the God of ______, the God of ______, and the God of ______, has sent me to you. This isMy name ______, and this is My ______to all generations.’ 16Go and gather the ______of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The ______God of your fathers, the God of ______, of ______, and of ______, appeared to me, saying, “I have surely ______you and seen what is done to you in ______; 17and I have said I will bring you up out of the ______of Egypt to the land of the ______and the ______and the ______and the ______and the ______and the ______, to a land flowing with ______and ______.”’ 18Then they will ______your voice; and you shall come, you and the ______of Israel, to the ______of Egypt; and you shall say to him, ‘The ______God of the ______has met with us; and now, please, let us go ______days’ journey into the ______, that we may ______to the ______our God.’ 19But I am _____ that the king of ______will ____ let you go, no, not even by a ______. 20So I will stretch out ____ hand and ______Egypt with all My ______which I will do in its midst; and ______that he will let you ____. 21And I will give this people _____ in the sight of the ______; and it shall be, when you go, that you shall not go ______. 22But every ______shall ask of her ______, namely, of her who dwells near her house, articles of ______, articles of ______, and ______; and you shall put them on your _____ and on your ______. So you shall ______the Egyptians.”
Exodus 4 New King James Version (NKJV)
Miraculous Signs for Pharaoh
4Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not ______me or _____ to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The ______has not ______to you.’”
2So the ______said to him, “What is that in your ______?”
He said, “A ____.”
3And He said, “Cast it on the ______.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a ______; and Moses _____ from it.4Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out your _____ and take it by the _____” (and he reached out his hand and ______it, and it became a _____ in his hand), 5“that they may ______that the _____ God of their ______, the God of ______, the God of ______, and the God of ______, has appeared to you.”
6Furthermore the ______said to him, “Now put your ______in your ______.” And he put his hand in his bosom, and when he took it _____, behold, his hand was ______, like _____. 7And He said, “Put your hand in your bosom ______.” So he put his hand in his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and behold, it was ______like his other _____. 8“Then it will be, if they do not ______you, nor _____ the message of the first _____, that they may believe the message of the ______sign. 9And it shall be, if they do ____ believe even these two ______, or listen to your ______, that you shall take ______from the river[a] and ______it on the dry ______. The water which you take from the river will become ______on the dry land.”
10Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not ______, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your ______; but I am slow of ______and slow of ______.”
11So the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s ______? Or who makes the ______, the _____, the ______, or the ______? Have not I, the Lord? 12Now therefore, go, and I will be with your ______and ______you what you shall ______.”
13But he said, “O my Lord, please _____ by the ______of whomever elseYou may ______.”
14So the ______of the Lord was kindled against ______, and He said: “Is not ______the ______your ______? I know that he can speak _____. And look, he is also coming out to ______you. When he sees you, he will be _____ in his ______. 15Now you shall ______to him and put the words in his ______. And I will be with your ______and with his ______, and I will ______you what you shall _____. 16So he shall be your ______to the people. And he himself shall be as a ______for you, and you shall be to him as _____. 17And you shall take this _____ in your hand, with which you shall do the ______.”
Moses Goes to Egypt
18So Moses went and returned to ______his _____-___-____, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my ______who are in ______, and see whether they are still ______.”
And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in ______.”
19Now the Lord said to Moses in ______, “Go, return to ______; for all the men who sought your life are ______.” 20Then Moses took his ______and his _____ and set them on a ______, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the ____ of ____ in his hand.
21And the ______said to Moses, “When you go back to ______, see that you do all those ______before ______which I have put in your hand. But I will _____ his ______, so that he will _____ let the ______go. 22Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: “______is My ____, My ______. 23So I say to you, let My _____ go that he may ______Me. But if you ______to let him go, indeed I will kill your _____, your ______.”’”
24And it came to pass on the way, at the ______, that the Lord met him and sought to ______him. 25Then ______took a sharp ______and cut off the ______of her son and cast it at Moses’[b] _____, and said, “Surely you are a husband of ______to me!” 26So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a ______of blood!”—because of the ______.
27And the Lord said to ______, “Go into the ______to meet ______.” So he went and met him on the ______of God, and ______him. 28So ______told Aaron all the words of ______who had sent him, and all the ______which He had ______him. 29Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the ______of the ______of ______. 30And ______spoke all the words which the______had spoken to ______. Then he did the _____ in the sight of the ______. 31So the people ______; and when they heard that the_____ had visited the ______of Israel and that He had looked on their ______, then they ______their heads and ______.
Footnotes:
- Exodus 4:9 That is, the Nile
- Exodus 4:25 Literally his