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.
1:2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
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Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
1:5
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were
seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
1:6
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
1:7 And
the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied,
and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
1:8
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not
Joseph.
1:9 And
he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more
and mightier than we:
1:10
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply,
and it come to pass, that, when there falls out any war, they join also unto our
enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
1:11
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict
them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and
Raamses.
1:12 But
the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were
grieved because of the children of Israel.
1:13
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with
rigour:
1:14 And
they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in
all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them
serve, was with rigour.
1:15
And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which
the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
1:16
And he said, When all of you do the office of a midwife
to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then all of
you shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
1:17
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of
Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
1:18
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said
unto them, Why have all of you done this thing, and have saved the men children
alive?
1:19 And
the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian
women; for they are lively, and are delivered before the midwives come in unto
them.
1:20 Therefore
God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
1:21 And
it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
1:22 And
Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born all of you shall
cast into the river, and every daughter all of you shall keep alive.
2:1
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife
a daughter of Levi.
2:2
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw
him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him
an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with bitumen and with pitch, and put the child
therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
2:4
And his sister stood far off, to know what would be done
to him.
2:5 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.
2:6
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.
2:7 Then
said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to you a nurse of the
Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?
2:8
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went
and called the child's mother.
2:9
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away,
and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages. And the women took the child,
and nursed it.
2:10 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.
2:11 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.
2:12
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.
2:13
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
smite you your fellow?
2:14
And he said, Who made you a prince and a judge over us?
intend you to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said,
Surely this thing is known.
2:15
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.
2:16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came
and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
2:17 And
the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and
watered their flock.
2:18
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is
it that all of you are come so soon to day?
2:19
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.
2:20 And
he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that all of you have left
the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
2:21
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave
Moses Zipporah his daughter.
2:22
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom:
for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
2:23
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.
2:24
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant
with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
2:25
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had
respect unto them.
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.
3:2
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.
3:3
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great
sight, why the bush is not burnt.
3:4
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.
3:5 And
he said, Draw not nigh here: put off your shoes from off your feet, for the place
whereon you stand is holy ground.
3:6
Moreover he said, I am the God of your 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.
3:7
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;
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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.
3:9 Now
therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come unto me: and I have
also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
3:10
Come now therefore, and I will send you unto Pharaoh, that
you may bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
3:11
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?
3:12 And
he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a token unto you, that
I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, all of you
shall serve God upon this mountain.
3:13
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children
of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers has sent me unto you;
and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
3:14 And
God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shall you say unto the
children of Israel, I AM has sent me unto you.
3:15
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shall you 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, has sent me unto you: this is my name for
ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
3:16
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:
3:17 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.
3:18 And
they shall hearken to your voice: and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel,
unto the king of Egypt, and all of you shall say unto him, The LORD God of the
Hebrews has met with us: and now let us go, we plead to you, three days' journey
into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
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And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go,
no, not by a mighty hand.
3:20
And I will stretch out my hand, and strike Egypt with all
my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you
go.
3:21 And
I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come
to pass, that, when all of you go, all of you shall not go empty.
3:22
But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her
that sojourns in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
and all of you shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and all
of you shall spoil the Egyptians.
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 has not appeared
unto you.
4:2 And
the LORD said unto him, What is that in yours hand? And he said, A rod.
4:3 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.
4:4
And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth yours hand, and
take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a
rod in his hand:
4:5 That
they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared unto you.
4:6
And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now yours hand
into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out,
behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
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And he said, Put yours hand into your 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.
4:8
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you,
neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice
of the latter sign.
4:9
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also
these two signs, neither hearken unto your voice, that you shall take of the water
of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which you take out
of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
4:10
And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent,
neither in time past, nor since you have spoken unto your servant: but I am slow
of speech, and of a slow tongue.
4:11
And the LORD said unto him, Who has made man's mouth? or
who makes the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
4:12 Now
therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say.
4:13 And
he said, O my LORD, send, I pray you, by the hand of him whom you will send.
4:14 And
the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the
Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes
forth to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
4:15 And
you shall speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with your
mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what all of you shall do.
4:16 And
he shall be your spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be
to you instead of a mouth, and you shall be to him instead of God.
4:17
And you shall take this rod in yours hand, wherewith you
shall do signs.
4:18 And
Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me
go, I pray you, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether
they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
4:19
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into
Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought your life.
4:20
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.
4:21 And
the LORD said unto Moses, When you go to return into Egypt, see that you do all
those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in yours hand: but I will harden
his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
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And you shall say unto Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel
is my son, even my firstborn:
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And I say unto you, Let my son go, that he may serve me:
and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.
4:24 And
it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill
him.
4:25 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 are you to me.
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So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband you are,
because of the circumcision.
4:27
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.
4:28
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent
him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
4:29
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders
of the children of Israel:
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And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken
unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
4:31
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.
5:1
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh,
Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast
unto me in the wilderness.
5:2
And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his
voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
5:3 And they
said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, three days'
journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon
us with pestilence, or with the sword.
5:4
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do all of
you, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
5:5 And
Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and all of you make
them rest from their burdens.
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And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the
people, and their officers, saying,
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All of you shall no more give the people straw to make brick,
as in time past: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
5:8
And the tale of the bricks, which they did make in time
past, all of you shall lay upon them; all of you shall not diminish ought thereof:
for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
5:9 Let
there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them
not regard vain words.
5:10
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers,
and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
5:11 Go
all of you, get you straw where all of you can find it: yet not ought of your
work shall be diminished.
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So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land
of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
5:13
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfill your works,
your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
5:14
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have all of
you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as in time
past?
5:15 Then
the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore
deal you thus with your servants?
5:16
There is no straw given unto your servants, and they say
to us, Make brick: and, behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in
yours own people.
5:17
But he said, All of you are idle, all of you are idle: therefore
all of you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
5:18
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be
given you, yet shall all of you deliver the tale of bricks.
5:19
And the officers of the children of Israel did see that
they were in evil case, after it was said, All of you shall not diminish ought
from your bricks of your daily task.
5:20
And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they
came forth from Pharaoh:
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And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge;
because all of you have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh,
and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
5:22 And
Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore have you so evil pleaded
this people? why is it that you have sent me?
5:23
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has
done evil to this people; neither have you delivered your people at all.
6:1 Then
the LORD said unto Moses, Now shall you see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with
a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them
out of his land.
6:2 And
God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
6:3
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob,
by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
6:4 And I
have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,
the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
6:5
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel,
whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
6:6 Wherefore
say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and
I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
6:7 And I
will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and all of you shall
know that I am the LORD your God, which brings you out from under the burdens
of the Egyptians.
6:8 And
I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I
am the LORD.
6:9 And
Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses
for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
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Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the
children of Israel go out of his land.
6:12
And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children
of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of
uncircumcised lips?
6:13
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them
a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring
the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
6:14
These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of
Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be
the families of Reuben.
6:15
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and
Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families
of Simeon.
6:16 And
these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon,
and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty
and seven years.
6:17 The
sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
6:18
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
6:19 And
the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according
to their generations.
6:20
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife;
and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred
and thirty and seven years.
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And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
6:22 And
the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
6:23
And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister
of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
6:24 And
the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of
the Korhites.
6:25 And
Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare
him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their
families.
6:26 These
are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel
from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
6:27
These are they which spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to
bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
6:28 And
it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke unto Moses in the land of Egypt,
6:29 That
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak you unto Pharaoh king
of Egypt all that I say unto you.
6:30
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised
lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
7:1
And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made you a god
to Pharaoh: and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
7:2
You shall speak all that I command you: and Aaron your brother
shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
7:3 And
I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land
of Egypt.
7:4 But
Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring
forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt
by great judgments.
7:5
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I
stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from
among them.
7:6 And
Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.
7:7
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and
three years old, when they spoke unto Pharaoh.
7:8
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
7:9 When
Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle for you: then you shall say
unto Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
7:10 And
Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded:
and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became
a serpent.
7:11 Then
Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt,
they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
7:12
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents:
but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
7:13
And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto
them; as the LORD had said.
7:14
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened,
he refuses to let the people go.
7:15
Get you unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goes out unto
the water; and you shall stand by the river's brink meeting him; and the rod which
was turned to a serpent shall you take in yours hand.
7:16
And you shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews
has sent me unto you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the
wilderness: and, behold, until now you would not hear.
7:17
Thus says the LORD, In this you shall know that I am the
LORD: behold, I will strike with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters
which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
7:18
And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river
shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river.
7:19 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out yours
hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon
their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and
that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood,
and in vessels of stone.
7:20
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he
lifted up the rod, and stroke the waters that were in the river, in the sight
of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in
the river were turned to blood.
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And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank,
and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood
throughout all the land of Egypt.
7:22
And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments:
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD
had said.
7:23 And
Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
7:24 And
all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could
not drink of the water of the river.
7:25
And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten
the river.
8:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus says the LORD,
Let my people go, that they may serve me.
8:2
And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will strike
all your borders with frogs:
8:3
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which
shall go up and come into yours house, and into your bedchamber, and upon your
bed, and into the house of your servants, and upon your people, and into yours
ovens, and into your kneading troughs:
8:4
And the frogs shall come up both on you, and upon your people,
and upon all your servants.
8:5
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth
yours hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds,
and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
8:6
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt;
and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
8:7
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought
up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
8:8
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Implore
the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will
let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
8:9
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I
implore for you, and for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs
from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only?
8:10
And he said, Tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to your
word: that you may know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
8:11 And
the frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants,
and from your people; they shall remain in the river only.
8:12
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried
unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
8:13 And
the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses,
out of the villages, and out of the fields.
8:14
And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land
stank.
8:15 But
when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened
not unto them; as the LORD had said.
8:16
And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out
your rod, and strike the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout
all the land of Egypt.
8:17
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his
rod, and stroke the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast;
all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
8:18 And
the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could
not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
8:19
Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger
of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the
LORD had said.
8:20 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh;
lo, he comes forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus says the LORD, Let my
people go, that they may serve me.
8:21
Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send
swarms of flies upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and into
your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies,
and also the ground whereon they are.
8:22
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which
my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know
that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
8:23
And I will put a division between my people and your people:
tomorrow shall this sign be.
8:24
And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of
flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the
land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
8:25 And
Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go all of you, sacrifice to
your God in the land.
8:26
And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice
the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
8:27 We will
go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God,
as he shall command us.
8:28
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that all of you may
sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only all of you shall not go
very far away: implore for me.
8:29
And Moses said, Behold, I go out from you, and I will implore
the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants,
and from his people, tomorrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in
not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
8:30
And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and implored the LORD.
8:31 And
the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies
from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
8:32 And
Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people
go.
9:1 Then
the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus says the LORD
God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
9:2
For if you refuse to let them go, and will hold them still,
9:3 Behold,
the hand of the LORD is upon your cattle which is in the field, upon the horses,
upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall
be a very grievous murrain.
9:4
And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and
the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's
of Israel.
9:5 And
the LORD appointed a set time, saying, Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in
the land.
9:6 And
the LORD did that thing on the next day, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but
of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
9:7
And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the
cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did
not let the people go.
9:8
And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you
handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven
in the sight of Pharaoh.
9:9
And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt,
and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout
all the land of Egypt.
9:10
And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh;
and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with
blains upon man, and upon beast.
9:11
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of
the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
9:12 And
the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the
LORD had spoken unto Moses.
9:13
And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews,
Let my people go, that they may serve me.
9:14
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon yours heart,
and upon your servants, and upon your people; that you may know that there is
none like me in all the earth.
9:15
For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may strike you
and your people with pestilence; and you shall be cut off from the earth.
9:16 And
in very deed for this cause have I raised you up, in order to show in you my power;
and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
9:17
As yet exalt you yourself against my people, that you will
not let them go?
9:18 Behold,
tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as
has not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
9:19
Send therefore now, and gather your cattle, and all that
you have in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the
field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and
they shall die.
9:20 He
that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants
and his cattle flee into the houses:
9:21
And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants
and his cattle in the field.
9:22
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth yours hand toward
heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast,
and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
9:23
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the
LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD
rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
9:24
So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very
grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became
a nation.
9:25 And
the hail stroke throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both
man and beast; and the hail stroke every herb of the field, and brake every tree
of the field.
9:26 Only
in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
9:27 And
Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned
this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
9:28
Implore the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more
mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and all of you shall stay
no longer.
9:29 And
Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad
my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any
more hail; that you may know how that the earth is the LORD's.
9:30
But as for you and your servants, I know that all of you
will not yet fear the LORD God.
9:31
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley
was in the ear, and the flax was in bud.
9:32
But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten: for they were
not grown up.
9:33 And
Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the
LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
9:34 And
when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned
yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
9:35
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he
let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
10:1
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I
have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these
my signs before him:
10:2
And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your
son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done
among them; that all of you may know how that I am the LORD.
10:3
And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto
him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble
yourself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
10:4
Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow
will I bring the locusts into your coast:
10:5
And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot
be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped,
which remains unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for
you out of the field:
10:6
And they shall fill your houses, and the houses of all your
servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither your fathers, nor
your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto
this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
10:7
And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this
man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God:
know you not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
10:8
And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and
he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?
10:9 And
Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with
our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold
a feast unto the LORD.
10:10
And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I
will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
10:11 Not
so: go now all of you that are men, and serve the LORD; for that all of you did
desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
10:12
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out yours hand over
the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt,
and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.
10:13
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt,
and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night;
and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
10:14
And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested
in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no
such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
10:15
For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the
land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit
of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in
the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
10:16 Then
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against
the LORD your God, and against you.
10:17
Now therefore forgive, I pray you, my sin only this once,
and implore the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
10:18 And
he went out from Pharaoh, and implored the LORD.
10:19
And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took
away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust
in all the coasts of Egypt.
10:20
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would
not let the children of Israel go.
10:21
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out yours hand toward
heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which
may be felt.
10:22 And
Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in
all the land of Egypt three days:
10:23
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place
for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
10:24 And
Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go all of you, serve the LORD; only let your
flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
10:25 And
Moses said, You must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may
sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
10:26
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof
be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know
not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
10:27
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not
let them go.
10:28 And
Pharaoh said unto him, Get you from me, take heed to yourself, see my face no
more; for in that day you see my face you shall die.
10:29
And Moses said, You have spoken well, I will see your face
again no more.
11:1 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon
Egypt; afterwards he will let you go behind: when he shall let you go, he shall
surely thrust you out behind altogether.
11:2
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow
of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and jewels
of gold.
11:3 And
the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man
Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants,
and in the sight of the people.
11:4
And Moses said, Thus says the LORD, About midnight will
I go out into the midst of Egypt:
11:5
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from
the first born of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of
the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
11:6 And
there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was
none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
11:7
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog
move his tongue, against man or beast: that all of you may know how that the LORD
does put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
11:8
And all these your servants shall come down unto me, and
bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get you out, and all the people that follow
you: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
11:9 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders
may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
11:10
And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh:
and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of
Israel go out of his land.
12:1
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt
saying,
12:2 This
month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of
the year to you.
12:3 Speak
all of you unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this
month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their
fathers, a lamb for an house:
12:4
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him
and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls;
every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
12:5 Your
lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: all of you shall take
it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
12:6
And all of you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day
of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall
kill it in the evening.
12:7
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two
side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
12:8 And
they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread;
and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
12:9
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast
with fire; his head with his legs, and with the inwards thereof.
12:10
And all of you shall let nothing of it remain until the
morning; and that which remains of it until the morning all of you shall burn
with fire.
12:11 And
thus shall all of you eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet,
and your staff in your hand; and all of you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's
passover.
12:12 For
I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will strike all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I
will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
12:13
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses
where all of you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the
plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
12:14 And
this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and all of you shall keep it a feast
to the LORD throughout your generations; all of you shall keep it a feast by an
ordinance for ever.
12:15
Seven days shall all of you eat unleavened bread; even the
first day all of you shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eats
leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut
off from Israel.
12:16
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation,
and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of
work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may
be done of you.
12:17 And
all of you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this very same
day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall all of
you observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
12:18
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at
even, all of you shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of
the month at even.
12:19
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses:
for whosoever eats that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from
the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
12:20 All
of you shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall all of you eat
unleavened bread.
12:21
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said
unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the
passover.
12:22 And
all of you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the
basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in
the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
12:23 For
the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood
upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door,
and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to strike you.
12:24 And
all of you shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons for
ever.
12:25 And
it shall come to pass, when all of you be come to the land which the LORD will
give you, according as he has promised, that all of you shall keep this service.
12:26 And
it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean all of
you by this service?
12:27
That all of you shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's
passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when
he stroke the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head
and worshipped.
12:28 And
the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and
Aaron, so did they.
12:29
And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD stroke all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on
his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all
the firstborn of cattle.
12:30
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants,
and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a
house where there was not one dead.
12:31
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise
up, and get you forth from among my people, both all of you and the children of
Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as all of you have said.
12:32
Also take your flocks and your herds, as all of you have
said, and be gone; and bless me also.
12:33
And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they
might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
12:34 And
the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being
bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
12:35
And the children of Israel did according to the word of
Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment:
12:36 And
the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent
unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
12:37 And
the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand
on foot that were men, beside children.
12:38
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks,
and herds, even very much cattle.
12:39
And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they
brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust
out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any
victual.
12:40 Now
the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred
and thirty years.
12:41
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty
years, even the very same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD
went out from the land of Egypt.
12:42
It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing
them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed
of all the children of Israel in their generations.
12:43
And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance
of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
12:44
But every man's servant that is bought for money, when you
have circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
12:45
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
12:46 In
one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad
out of the house; neither shall all of you break a bone thereof.
12:47
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
12:48
And when a stranger shall sojourn with you, and will keep
the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come
near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised
person shall eat thereof.
12:49
One law shall be to him that is native, and unto the stranger
that sojourns among you.
12:50
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they.
12:51
And it came to pass the very same day, that the LORD did
bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
13:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
13:2
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever opens the
womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
13:3 And
Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which all of you came out from
Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you
out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
13:4
This day came all of you out in the month Abib.
13:5 And
it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, and
the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore
unto your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall
keep this service in this month.
13:6
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh
day shall be a feast to the LORD.
13:7
Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall
no leavened bread be seen with you, neither shall there be leaven seen with you
in all your quarters.
13:8
And you shall show your son in that day, saying, This is
done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
13:9 And
it shall be for a sign unto you upon yours hand, and for a memorial between yours
eyes, that the LORD's law may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand has the
LORD brought you out of Egypt.
13:10
You shall therefore keep this ordinance in his season from
year to year.
13:11 And
it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, as
he swore unto you and to your fathers, and shall give it you,
13:12
That you shall set apart unto the LORD all that opens the
womb, and every first born that comes of a beast which you have; the males shall
be the LORD's.
13:13 And
every first born of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem
it, then you shall break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among your children
shall you redeem.
13:14
And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come,
saying, What is this? that you shall say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD
brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
13:15
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go,
that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn
of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that
opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
13:16 And
it shall be for a token upon yours hand, and for frontlets between yours eyes:
for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
13:17
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go,
that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although
that was near; for God said, Lest possibly the people repent when they see war,
and they return to Egypt:
13:18
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness
of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of
Egypt.
13:19 And
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had strictly sworn the children
of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and all of you shall carry up my
bones away behind with you.
13:20
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in
Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
13:21
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud,
to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to
go by day and night:
13:22
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the
pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
14:1
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
14:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and camp
before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite to Baalzephon: before
it shall all of you camp by the sea.
14:3
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are
entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.
14:4
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow
after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the
Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
14:5
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled:
and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and
they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
14:6 And
he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
14:7
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots
of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
14:8
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out
with an high hand.
14:9
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and
chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping
by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
14:10
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted
up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore
afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
14:11
And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in
Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore have you dealt
thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
14:12
Is not this the word that we did tell you in Egypt, saying,
Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to
serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
14:13
And Moses said unto the people, Fear all of you not, stand
still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you to day: for
the Egyptians whom all of you have seen to day, all of you shall see them again
no more for ever.
14:14
The LORD shall fight for you, and all of you shall hold
your peace.
14:15 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore cry you unto me? speak unto the children of
Israel, that they go forward:
14:16
But lift you up your rod, and stretch out yours hand over
the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through
the midst of the sea.
14:17
And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all
his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
14:18
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I
have got me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
14:19 And
the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind
them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind
them:
14:20 And
it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a
cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one
came not near the other all the night.
14:21
And 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 made the sea
dry land, and the waters were divided.
14:22
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea
upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand,
and on their left.
14:23
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the
midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
14:24 And
it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the
Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of
the Egyptians,
14:25 And
took off their chariot wheels, that they drove them heavily: so that the Egyptians
said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fights for them against
the Egyptians.
14:26 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out yours hand over the sea, that the waters
may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
14:27 And
Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength
when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew
the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
14:28
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the
horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there
remained not so much as one of them.
14:29
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst
of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their
left.
14:30 Thus
the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw
the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
14:31
And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the
Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant
Moses.
15:1 Then
sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying,
I will sing unto the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously: the horse and his
rider has he thrown into the sea.
15:2
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation:
he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will
exalt him.
15:3 The
LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
15:4
Pharaoh's chariots and his host has he cast into the sea:
his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
15:5
The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom
as a stone.
15:6 Your
right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: your right hand, O LORD, has
dashed in pieces the enemy.
15:7
And in the greatness of yours excellency you have overthrown
them that rose up against you: you sent forth your wrath, which consumed them
as stubble.
15:8 And
with the blast of your nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods
stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
15:9 The
enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall
be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
15:10 You
did blow with your wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty
waters.
15:11 Who
is like unto you, O LORD, among the gods? who is like you, glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises, doing wonders?
15:12
You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.
15:13 You
in your mercy have led forth the people which you have redeemed: you have guided
them in your strength unto your holy habitation.
15:14
The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take
hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
15:15
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of
Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall
melt away.
15:16 Fear
and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of yours arm they shall be as
still as a stone; till your people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over,
which you have purchased.
15:17
You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain
of yours inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which you have made for you to dwell
in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which your hands have established.
15:18
The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
15:19
For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with
his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon
them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
15:20 And
Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all
the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
15:21
And Miriam answered them, Sing all of you to the LORD, for
he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea.
15:22 So
Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of
Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
15:23 And
when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they
were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
15:24
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall
we drink?
15:25 And
he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast
into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute
and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
15:26
And said, If you will diligently hearken to the voice of
the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in his sight, and will give
ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases
upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that heals
you.
15:27 And
they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm
trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
16:1
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation
of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim
and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out
of the land of Egypt.
16:2
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured
against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
16:3
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God
we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh
pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for all of you have brought us forth
into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
16:4
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread
from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every
day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
16:5
And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall
prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather
daily.
16:6 And
Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then all of you
shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt:
16:7
And in the morning, then all of you shall see the glory
of the LORD; for that he hears your murmurings against the LORD: and what are
we, that all of you murmur against us?
16:8
And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give
you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that
the LORD hears your murmurings which all of you murmur against him: and what are
we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
16:9
And Moses spoke unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation
of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he has heard your murmurings.
16:10 And
it came to pass, as Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation of the children of
Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the
LORD appeared in the cloud.
16:11
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
16:12
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak
unto them, saying, At even all of you shall eat flesh, and in the morning all
of you shall be filled with bread; and all of you shall know that I am the LORD
your God.
16:13 And
it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in
the morning the dew lay round about the host.
16:14
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the
face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost
on the ground.
16:15 And
when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for
they know not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the
LORD has given you to eat.
16:16
This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, Gather of
it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the
number of your persons; take all of you every man for them which are in his tents.
16:17 And
the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
16:18
And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered
much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered
every man according to his eating.
16:19
And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
16:20 Notwithstanding
they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning,
and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was angry with them.
16:21
And they gathered it every morning, every man according
to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
16:22
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered
twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation
came and told Moses.
16:23
And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD has said,
Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which all of
you will bake to day, and seethe that all of you will seethe; and that which remains
over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
16:24
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and
it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
16:25
And Moses said, Eat that to day; in order to day is a sabbath
unto the LORD: to day all of you shall not find it in the field.
16:26
Six days all of you shall gather it; but on the seventh
day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
16:27
And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people
on the seventh day in order to gather, and they found none.
16:28
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse all of you
to keep my commandments and my laws?
16:29
See, for that the LORD has given you the sabbath, therefore
he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide all of you every man
in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
16:30
So the people rested on the seventh day.
16:31
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and
it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with
honey.
16:32 And
Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commands, Fill an omer of it to be
kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you
in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
16:33
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full
of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
16:34 As
the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
16:35 And
the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited;
they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
16:36 Now
an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
17:1
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment
of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to
drink.
17:2 Wherefore
the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And
Moses said unto them, Why chide all of you with me? wherefore do all of you tempt
the LORD?
17:3 And
the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and
said, Wherefore is this that you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and
our children and our cattle with thirst?
17:4
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto
this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
17:5
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and
take with you of the elders of Israel; and your rod, wherewith you smote the river,
take in yours hand, and go.
17:6
Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb;
and you shall strike the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the
people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
17:7 And
he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of
the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD
among us, or not?
17:8
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
17:9 And
Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow
I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
17:10 So
Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron,
and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
17:11
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel
prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
17:12
But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put
it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one
on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until
the going down of the sun.
17:13
And Joshua humiliated Amalek and his people with the edge
of the sword.
17:14 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it
in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from
under heaven.
17:15 And
Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
17:16
For he said, Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will
have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
18:1
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law,
heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that
the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
18:2
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses'
wife, after he had sent her back,
18:3
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom;
for he said, I have been an foreigner in a strange land:
18:4
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my
father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
18:5 And
Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into
the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
18:6
And he said unto Moses, I your father in law Jethro am come
unto you, and your wife, and her two sons with her.
18:7
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did reverence,
and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into
the tent.
18:8 And
Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the
Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the
way, and how the LORD delivered them.
18:9
And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD
had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
18:10 And
Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under
the hand of the Egyptians.
18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in
the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
18:12
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering
and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread
with Moses' father in law before God.
18:13
And it came to pass on the next day, that Moses sat to judge
the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
18:14 And
when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is
this thing that you do to the people? why sit you yourself alone, and all the
people stand by you from morning unto even?
18:15
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people
come unto me to enquire of God:
18:16
When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge
between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his
laws.
18:17 And
Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that you do is not good.
18:18 You
will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you: for this thing
is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it yourself alone.
18:19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give you counsel, and
God shall be with you: Be you for the people toward God, that you may bring the
causes unto God:
18:20
And you shall teach them ordinances and laws, and shall
show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
18:21 Moreover
you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth,
hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
18:22
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall
be, that every great matter they shall bring unto you, but every small matter
they shall judge: so shall it be easier for yourself, and they shall bear the
burden with you.
18:23
If you shall do this thing, and God command you so, then
you shall be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place
in peace.
18:24 So
Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
18:25 And
Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers
of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
18:26 And
they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses,
but every small matter they judged themselves.
18:27
And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his
way into his own land.
19:1
In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone
forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai.
19:2 For
they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had
pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
19:3
And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him
out of the mountain, saying, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and tell
the children of Israel;
19:4
All of you have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and
how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
19:5
Now therefore, if all of you will obey my voice indeed,
and keep my covenant, then all of you shall be an exclusive treasure unto me above
all people: for all the earth is mine:
19:6
And all of you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and
an holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of
Israel.
19:7 And
Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces
all these words which the LORD commanded him.
19:8
And all the people answered together, and said, All that
the LORD has spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto
the LORD.
19:9 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto you in a thick cloud, that the people
may hear when I speak with you, and believe you for ever. And Moses told the words
of the people unto the LORD.
19:10
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify
them to day and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes,
19:11
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the
LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
19:12
And you shall set bounds unto the people round about, saying,
Take heed to yourselves, that all of you go not up into the mount, or touch the
border of it: whosoever touches the mount shall be surely put to death:
19:13 There
shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether
it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet sounds long, they shall
come up to the mount.
19:14
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and
sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
19:15
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third
day: come not at your wives.
19:16
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that
there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the
voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp
trembled.
19:17 And
Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood
at the nether part of the mount.
19:18
And mount Sinai was altogether smoking, because the LORD
descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace,
and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19:19
And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed
louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
19:20
And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the
mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
19:21 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through
unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
19:22
And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify
themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
19:23
And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up
to mount Sinai: for you charged us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify
it.
19:24 And
the LORD said unto him, Away, get you down, and you shall come up, you, and Aaron
with you: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto
the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
19:25
So Moses went down unto the people, and spoke unto them.
20:1 And
God spoke all these words, saying,
20:2
I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the
land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
20:3
You shall have no other gods before me.
20:4
You shall not make unto you any graven image, or any likeness
of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that
is in the water under the earth.
20:5
You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them:
for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
20:6 And
showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
20:7 You
shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold
him guiltless that takes his name in vain.
20:8
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
20:9
Six days shall you labour, and do all your work:
20:10 But
the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any
work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant,
nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates:
20:11
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea,
and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed
the sabbath day, a