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1 ¶ THESE are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the persons that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy persons; for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation. 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, and multiplied and grew exceedingly strong; and the land was filled with them.""
8 ¶ Now there rose up a new king over Egypt who knew not Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we; 10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, before they multiply, lest when we chance to be at war, they will be added also to our enemies, and fight against us, and so drive us out of the land. 11 Therefore they appointed over them cruel taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh cities with storehouses, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and became strong. And the Egyptians were grieved because of the children of Israel. 13 So the Egyptians oppressed the children of Israel severely; 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard labor, in mortar and in bricks and in all manner of work in the field; all their service wherein they made them serve was with rigor.""
15 ¶ And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Puah and the name of the other Shoprah; 16 And he said to them, When you do perform your duties as midwives to the Hebrew women, look out when they kneel to deliver; if it is a male, then you must kill him; but if it is a female, then let her live. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the boys live. 18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live? 19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they themselves are midwives, and are delivered before a midwife comes in to them. 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, because they spared the males; and the people multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, he blessed them with families. 22 And Pharaoh charged all the people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.""
2:1 ¶ AND there went a man from the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of the house of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a handsome boy, she hid him for three months 3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for herself an ark made of acacia wood, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child into it; and laid it among the reeds by the river’s bank. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.""
5 ¶ And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe in the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maidens to fetch it. 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child; and, behold, the babe was weeping. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children. 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call for you a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse this child for you? 8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and called the child’s mother. 9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages. So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses; for she said, I drew him out of the water.""
11 ¶ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out among his brethren, and saw their oppression; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren of the children of Israel. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man watching, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 And when he went out the second day, he looked, and behold, two Hebrew men were quarreling together; and he said to him that did the wrong, Why do you beat your fellow? 14 And he replied, Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday? And Moses was afraid, and said, Surely this thing is known. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh, and went to the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.""
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. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses rose up and rescued them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said to them, How is it that you have watered the flock so soon today? 19 And they said to him, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hands of the shepherds and also drew water for us and watered our flock. 20 And he said to his daughters, And where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Go, invite him, that he may eat bread. 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22 And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershon; for Moses said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. And she bore again, the second son to Moses, and he called his name Eleazar, saying, For the God of my fathers has helped me and has delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.""
23 ¶ And it came to pass after a long time that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of severe oppression, and they prayed, and their cry came up to God because of severe oppression. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God noticed their oppression.""
3:1 ¶ NOW Moses was feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the desert and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush was on fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Do not draw near; take your shoes from off your feet, for the place whereon you are standing is holy ground. 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 at God.""
7 ¶ And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come to me; and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.""
11 ¶ And Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And God said to him, I will be with you; and this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God upon this mountain. 13 And Moses said to God, Behold, when I go to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say to them? 14 And God said to Moses, I am AHIAH ASHAR HIGH (that is, THE LIVING GOD); and he said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: AHIAH has sent me to you. 15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shall you say to 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 to you; this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial to all generations.""
16 ¶ Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely remembered you and seen that which is done to you in Egypt; 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of the Egyptians to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And they shall hearken to your voice; and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has appeared to us; and now let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 19 And I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, except by force. 20 And I will stretch out my hand and smite the Egyptians with all kinds of wonders which I will do among them; and after that Pharaoh will let you go. 21 And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall come to pass that, when you go, you shall not go empty-handed; 22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor and of her that sojourns in her house, jewels of silver and jewels of gold and clothes; and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters; and you shall despoil the Egyptians.""
4:1 ¶ AND Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, The LORD has not appeared to you. 2 And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? He said, A staff. 3 And the LORD 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 And the LORD said to Moses, Put forth your hand and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand; 5 This is done 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 to you. 6 And the LORD said furthermore to him, again, Put now your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow. 7 Then the LORD said to him, Put your hand back into your bosom again. And he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was clean like his other flesh. 8 And if they will not believe you, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And if they will not believe also these two signs, neither listen to you voice, you shall take some of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which you take from the river shall become blood upon the dry land.""
10 ¶ And Moses said to the LORD. I beseech thee, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore nor since thou has spoken to thy servant; for I am a stutterer and slow of speech. 11 The LORD said to him, Who has made man’s mouth? or who makes the dumb, or the deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Is it not I the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak. 13 And Moses said to him, O my LORD, send I beseech thee, by the hand of whomsoever thou wilt send. 14 And the anger of the LORD kindled against Moses, and he said to him, Behold, Aaron, your brother, the Levite. I know that he is a good speaker, and also, behold, he will come forth to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15 And you shall speak to him and put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. 16 And he shall be your spokesman to the people; and he shall be an interpreter for you, and you shall be to him instead of God. 17 And you shall take this staff in your hand, with which you shall do signs.""
18 ¶ And Moses returned, and went to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, Go, return to Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and started on his way back to Egypt; and he took the staff of God in his hand. 21 And the LORD said to Moses. When you return to Egypt, see that you perform all the wonders before Pharaoh which I have performed by your hand, but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. 22 And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my first-born son; 23 And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your first-born son.""
24 ¶ And it came to pass when Moses was on his way to the inn that the LORD met him and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off the foreskin of her son, and she fell down at the feet of the LORD and said, I have a bloody husband. 26 So the LORD let him go. Then she said, You are a bloody husband, because of the circumcision. 27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went and met him in the mountain of God, Horeb, and kissed him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD, who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him to perform. 29 Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel; 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had said to Moses, and performed the signs in the presence of the people. 31 And the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had remembered the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they knelt down and worshipped before the LORD.""
5:1 ¶ AND afterward Moses and Aaron went into the palace and told Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.""
3 ¶ And they said, The LORD God of the Hebrews has appeared to us; now let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with the sword or with pestilence. 4 And the king of Egypt said to them, Wherefore do you, Moses and Aaron, cause the people to stop from their work? Go back to your tasks. 5 And Pharaoh said to them, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you cause them to stop from their work. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their scribes, saying, 7 You shall no more give the people straw to make bricks, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 But the number of bricks which they did make heretofore, you shall lay upon them; you shall not reduce the number thereof; for they are idle; that is why they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let more work be assigned to the men, that they may be occupied, so that they may not think to engage in vain conversations.""
10 ¶ And the taskmasters of the people and their scribes went out and said to the people, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go, get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it; but your work shall not be reduced. 12 So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather the stubble. 13 And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, Complete your work as you have always done, as when straw was given to you. 14 And the scribes of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had appointed over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have you not completed your quota of bricks both yesterday and today, as heretofore?""
15 ¶ Then the scribes of the children of Israel came and complained to Pharaoh, saying, Why are your servants treated in this manner? 16 There is no straw given to your servants, and yet they say to us, Make bricks: and, behold, your servants are beaten; and you sin against your people. 17 But Pharaoh said to them, You are surely idle; therefore you say, Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD. 18 Go therefore now and work; and straw shall not be given you, yet you shall deliver the number of bricks. 19 And the scribes of the children of Israel saw that they were in a bad situation, for it was said to them, You must not reduce the number of your bricks, of your daily task. 20 And they met Moses and Aaron standing opposite them, as they came out from the presence of Pharaoh; 21 And they said to them, May the LORD look upon you and judge; because you have made us to be in disfavor in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hands to kill us. 22 And Moses returned to the LORD and said, O my LORD, Why hast thou caused this people to be ill-treated? And why didst thou send me here? 23 For since the hour I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he has ill-treated this people; and thou hast not delivered thy people at all.""
6:1 ¶ THEN the LORD said to Moses, Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a mighty arm shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am the LORD, 3 Who appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty; but my name the LORD I did not make known to them. 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they dwelt. 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 Therefore say to the children of Israel, I am the LORD your God, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will save you by a strong hand and by a mighty arm and with great judgments; 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you into the land concerning which I swore to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for an inheritance; I am the LORD. 9 And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel; but they did not listen to him, because of their misery and because of bondage.""
10 ¶ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 11 Go in, and speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 But Moses said to the LORD, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened to me; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am a stutterer? 13 And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a charge to the children of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.""
14 ¶ These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. 15 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohar, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish woman; these are the families of Simeon. 16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty-three years. 19 The sons of Merari: Mahali and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites according to their generations. 20 And Amram took his uncle’s daughter Jokhaber, and she bore him Aaron, Moses, and Miriam; and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years. 21 And the sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And the sons of Uzziel: Minshael, Elizphan, and Zithri. 23 And Aaron took to wife Elisabeth, the daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nehshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 And the sons of Korah: Assir, Hilkanah, and Akensap; these are the families of the Korhites. 25 And Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took him one of the daughters of Puntiel to wife; and she bore him Phinehas; these are the heads of the families of the Levites according to their tribes. 26 These are Moses and Aaron, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt with all of their armies. 27 It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt: Moses and Aaron. 28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 That the LORD spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am the LORD; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you. 30 And Moses said to the LORD, My tongue stutters; how shall Pharaoh hearken to me?""
7:1 ¶ AND the LORD said to Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh that he send the children of Israel out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh will not hearken to you, that I may smite Egypt, and bring forth my hosts and my people the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I lift up my hand against Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them. 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. 7 And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.""
8 ¶ And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 9 If Pharaoh should say to you, Show me a sign; then you shall say to Aaron, Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. 10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and they did as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and before his noblemen, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh called the wise men and the magicians; now the magicians of Egypt, they also did the same with their magic. 12 For they cast down every man his staff and they became serpents; but Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 However Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and would not let them go, as the LORD had said.""
14 ¶ Then the LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning; behold, he goes out to his daily duty; and you stand toward him by the river’s brink and wait; and take in your hand the staff which was turned into a serpent. 16 And you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go that they may serve me in the wilderness; and, behold, hitherto you have not listened. 17 Thus says the LORD, By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike upon the waters of the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. 19 And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your staff and lift up your hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their rivers, upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, and upon the streams, and they shall become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, in both vessels of wood and vessels of stone. 20 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD had commanded them; and Aaron lifted up the staff which was in his hand and smote the waters of 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 into blood. 21 And the fish that were in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 And the magicians of Egypt did the same by their enchantments; but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take to heart even this sign. 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. 25 And seven days passed after the LORD had smitten the river.""
8:1 ¶ THEN the LORD said to Moses. Go to Pharaoh and say to him. Thus says the LORD, Let my people go that they may serve me. 2 And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your borders with frogs; 3 And the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall come up and enter into your house and into your bedchamber and into your bed and into the houses of your servants and of your people and into your inner chambers and into your kneading troughs; 4 And the frogs shall come up both on you and on all your people. 5 And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron your brother, Lift up your hand with your staff over the rivers and over the streams and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 6 So Aaron lifted up his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. 7 And the magicians did the same with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. 8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said to them, Pray to 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 sacrifice to the LORD. 9 And Moses said to Pharaoh, Appoint a time; when shall I pray for you and for your servants and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your house? 10 And he said to him, Tomorrow. And Moses said, Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is none like the LORD our God. 11 And the frogs shall depart from you and from your house and from your servants and from your people; they shall remain in the river only. 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from the presence of Pharaoh; and Moses prayed before the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. 13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died that were in the houses and in the courtyards and in the fields. 14 And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank. 15 And when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said to Moses.""
16 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Lift up your staff and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 17 And he did so; and Aaron lifted up his hand with his staff and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice on men and on cattle; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 18 And the magicians did the same by means of their magic to bring forth lice, but they could not get rid of the lice; so there were lice on men and on cattle. 19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God; and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.""
20 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he goes out again to his daily duty; and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Let my people go that they may serve me. 21 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you and upon your people and upon your house; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, like a field when it is covered with them. 22 And I will set apart on that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, to the end that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. 23 And I will put a division between my people and your people; tomorrow shall this sign be. 24 And the LORD did so; and he brought great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants’ houses and into all the land of Egypt; and the land was ruined by reason of the swarms of flies. 25 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said to them, Go, sacrifice to your God within the land. 26 And Moses said, It is not proper to do so; for we shall sacrifice to the LORD our God some of the animals that are an abomination to the Egyptians. And if we should sacrifice animals that are idols before Egyptian eyes, they would stone us. 27 We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he has commanded us. 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away, and you must pray for me also. 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from your presence and I will pray before the LORD and he will cause the swarms of flies to depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more by refusing to allow the people to go to sacrifice to the LORD. 30 So Moses went out from the presence of Pharaoh and prayed before the LORD. 31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and from his servants and from his people; there remained not one. 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also and did not let the people go.""
9:1 ¶ THEN the LORD said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh and say to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go that they may serve me. 2 For if you refuse to let them go (and until now you have withheld them), 3 Behold, the LORD will smite your cattle which are in the desert, the horses, the asses, the camels, the oxen, and the sheep; there shall be a very severe plague. 4 And the LORD will discriminate between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of the Egyptians, so that none of the cattle that belong to the children of Israel shall die, not even one. 5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. 6 And the LORD did that thing the next day, and all the cattle of the Egyptians died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel not one died. 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.""
8 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron, Take two handfuls of the ashes of the furnace and let Moses scatter it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it shall become fine dust in all the land of Egypt, and there shall be boils breaking forth with sores upon men, and upon cattle, throughout all the land of Egypt. 10 So they took ashes of the furnace and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses scattered it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh; and it became blistering boils, breaking out with sores upon men, and upon cattle. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils had spread among the magicians and throughout all the land of Egypt. 12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said to Moses.""
13 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, Arise early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him. Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go that they may serve me. 14 For this time I will send my plague on your heart and on your servants and on your people, that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out my hand that I may strike you and your people with pestilence; and you shall perish from the earth. 16 But for this cause have I raised you to the throne, to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet you are continuing to detain this people and refusing to let them go. 18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause a severe storm of hail, such as there has not been in Egypt from the day that it was founded even until now. 19 Send therefore now, and gather your cattle, and all that you have in the field; for upon every man and the cattle which be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 20 He who feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh brought his servants and his cattle into the house. 21 But he who regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.""
22 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, Lift up your hand toward heaven that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon men and upon cattle and upon all the grass in the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses lifted up his staff toward heaven; and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning ran along on the ground; and the LORD showered hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and flaming fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and cattle; and the hail destroyed all the herbs of the field and broke every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel dwelt, was there no hail. 27 Then Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time; the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 28 Pray before the LORD, for there is yet a chance for forgiveness in his presence that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer. 29 And Moses said to him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands to the LORD; and the thunder shall cease and there shall be no more hail, that you may know that the earth belongs to the LORD. 30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you have not yet feared the LORD God. 31 And the flax and the barley were lost; for the barley was in the ear and the flax was boiled. 32 But the wheat and the rye were not lost; for they were sown late. 33 And Moses went out of the city from the presence of Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to the LORD; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, he sinned yet more, and his heart was hardened, and the heart of his servants. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened and he did not let the children of Israel go, as the LORD had sent word to him by Moses.""
10:1 ¶ AND the LORD said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, that I may perform these signs among them, 2 That you may relate in the presence of your son and of your son’s son the things which I have done to the Egyptians and the signs which I have performed among them, that you may know that I am the LORD. 3 And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to fear me? Let my people go that they may serve me. 4 Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts upon all Four domain; 5 And they shall cover the face of the land so that men cannot see the ground; and they shall eat the residue of that which is left to you from the hail and shall eat all the trees which have budded for you in the field; 6 And they shall fill your houses and the houses of your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians such as neither your fathers nor your grand fathers have seen, from the day that they were upon the earth even to this day. And they turned, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. 7 And Pharaoh’s servants said to him, How long shall we suffer this disaster? Let the men go that they may serve the LORD their God; do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed? 8 So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh; and he said to them, Go, serve before the LORD your God; but who are they that are going? 9 And Moses said to him, 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 it is a festival of the LORD for all of us. 10 And Pharaoh said to them, Let the LORD be with you, but when I let you and your little ones go, look to it; perhaps you have evil intent. 11 Let it not be so; go now, the older men, and serve before the LORD; for it is the rest that you desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.""
12 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, Lift up your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt and eat the herbs of the land, even all that the hail has left. 13 And Moses lifted up his staff 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. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested in all the domain of the Egyptians; it was a great swarm; before them there were no such swarms of locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth so that the land was darkened; and they did eat all the herbs of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left; and there remained no leaf on the trees neither grass in the field, through al the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said to them, I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. 17 Now therefore, forgive me my fault this time also, and pray before the LORD your God that he may re move from me this death. 18 And Moses went out from the presence of Pharaoh and prayed be fore the LORD. 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 domain of Egypt. 20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the children of Israel go.""
21 ¶ Then the LORD said to Moses, Lift up your hand toward the heaven that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even thick darkness. 22 And Moses lifted up his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; 23 They did not see one another, nor rose any from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. 24 And Pharaoh called to Moses and said to him, Go, serve before the LORD your God; only let your flocks and herds remain here; let your little ones also go with you. 25 Then Moses said to Pharaoh. You must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve before the LORD our God; and we do not know what else we must offer to the LORD until we come there. 27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh said to Moses. Get away from here, take heed to yourself, do not try to see my face again, 29 And Moses said, You have spoken well, I will not try to see your face any more.""
11:1 ¶ AND the LORD said to Moses, Yet ill I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon the Egyptians: then I will let you go from here; when he shall let you go, then you must get out altogether. 2 Speak now in the presence of the people that they ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver and jewels of gold. 3 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was well honored in the land of Egypt in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.""
4 ¶ And Moses said, Thus says the LORD, About midnight I will go forth into the midst of Egypt; 5 And all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits on his throne even to the first-born of the maidservant who sits behind the mill; and all the first-born of the animals. 6 And there shall be a great wailing throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall there be any like it any more. 7 But of the children of Israel no one shall be harmed, not even a dog shall bark against man or animals; that you may know that the LORD distinguishes between the Egyptians and Israel. 8 And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down themselves to me, saying, Get out, both you and all the people that are with you; and after that I will go out. And Moses departed from the presence of Pharaoh in a great anger. 9 And the LORD said to Moses. Pharaoh shall not listen to you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.""
12:1 ¶ THEN the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be to you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, On the tenth day of this month they shall take to themselves every man a lamb for his own household, and a lamb for his father’s household; 4 And if the household is too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; every man according to the portion of his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 The lamb shall be without blemish. a male of the first year; you shall take it from the lambs or from the kids: 6 And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at sunset 7 And they shall take some of the blood thereof and sprinkle it on the two door posts and on the lintel and on the houses wherein they shall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the meat in that night, roasted with fire, with unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 You shall not eat any of it raw, nor cooked with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs, and the entrails thereof. 10 And you shall leave none of it remaining until morning; and that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire. 11 And thus you shall eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste; for it is the LORD’S passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and all the first-born of the land of Egypt shall die, both man and beast; and against all the idols of Egypt I will execute judgment; I am the LORD. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a sign upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will make you glad, and the plague shall not be among you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be to you for a memorial; and you shall keep it a feast to the LORD, a festival throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; and from the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses; for whosoever eats leavened bread from your houses from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall perish from Israel. 16 On the first day there shall be a holy convocation and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them; except that which every man must eat, that only may be prepared by you. 17 And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for on this very day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever. 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. 19 Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats that which is leavened, that person shall perish from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. 20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.""
21 ¶ Then Moses called all the eiders of the children of Israel and said to them, Hasten, take lambs for yourselves according to your families and kill the passover lamb. 22 And you shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood of the lamb and sprinkle the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts, the LORD will bring joy to the doors and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to smite you. 24 And you shall observe this rite and this ordinance for yourselves and your sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, as he has promised, you shall observe this service. 26 And it shall come to pass when your children shall say to you, What is the meaning of this service? 27 You shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover, who brought joy to the house of the children of Israel in Egypt when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses. Then the people bowed their heads and worshipped the LORD. 28 And the children of Israel went away and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron; so did they.""
29 ¶ And it came to pass that at midnight the LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the prison; and all the first-born of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians; and there was a great wailing in the land of Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron that night, and said to them, Rise up and get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also. 33 And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might get them out of the land of Egypt in haste; for they said, We shall all die. 34 And the people took their kneading dough before it was leavened and their cold kneading dough wrapped up in their mantles upon their shoulders. 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 clothing; 36 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent to them whatever they asked. And thus they stripped the Egyptians.""
37 ¶ Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides the little ones. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and their flocks, and herds, and many cattle. 39 And they baked on a griddle unleavened bread of the dough which they had brought forth out of the land of Egypt, for it was not leavened: because the Egyptians drove them out. and they could not make it into flat loaves, neither had they prepared for themselves any provisions for the journey. 40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years. on this very day that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It was a night to be observed to the LORD for bringing them out of the land of Egypt; therefore, this very night is to be observed to the LORD by all the children of Israel throughout their generations.""
43 ¶ Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover; no foreigner shall eat of it; 44 But every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it. 45 An alien and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not take any of the meat outside of the house; neither shall you break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep the feast. 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with you who would keep the passover to the LORD, when he has circumcised every male in his household, then he may draw near to take part in it; and he shall be considered as a native of the land; for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 49 There shall be one law for the natives and for the strangers who sojourn among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 51 And it came to pass on that very day that the LORD brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt with all their hosts.""
13:1 ¶ AND the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Sanctify to me every first-born that opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of men and of animals; for they are mine. 3 And Moses said to the people, Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by a strong hand the LORD brought you out from this place; there shall no leavened bread be eaten on this day. 4 In this day you are going forth in the month of Abib. 5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, the Jebusites, and the Perizzites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, therefore you shall keep this service in this month. 6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festival to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall you eat for seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with you throughout all your territory. 8 And you shall tell your son on that day, This is done because of what my God did for me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it shall be to you for a sign. a token of remembrance upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand has the LORD brought you out of Egypt. 10 You must therefore keep this ordinance and this law at its appointed time from year to year.""
11 ¶ And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you, 12 You shall set apart to the LORD every first-born that opens the womb and every firstling that comes of the animals that you have; the males shall be the LORD’S. 13 And every firstling male of the cattle you shall redeem with a lamb; but if you do not wish to redeem it, then you must kill it: and every first-born of men among your sons you shall redeem. 14 And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? You shall say to him, By a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt from the house of bondage; 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn, and would not let us go, the LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man to the first-born of animals; that is why I sacrifice to the LORD all that open the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem. 16 And it shall be as a token on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes; for by a strong hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.""
17 ¶ land it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest the people be afraid when they see war, and return to Egypt: 18 But God led the people by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had solemnly made the children of Israel to swear, saying, God will surely remember you; and you must carry up my bones from here with you. 20 And they journeyed from Succoth and encamped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness. 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; so that they might travel by day and by night; 22 The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night never failed to go before the people.""
14:1 ¶ THEN the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel that they turn back and encamp by the inlet of Kheritha, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; opposite it shall you encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are strangers in the land, the wilderness has shut them in. 4 And the LORD said to Moses, I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them; and I will triumph over Pharaoh, and over all his army; and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD. And they did so. 5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had gone away; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants changed against the people, and they said, What have we done that we have let Israel go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his chariots and took his people with him: 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots and all chariots of the Egyptians and warriors over every one of them. 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt and he pursued the children of Israel; but the children of Israel had gone out victoriously. 9 And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamping by the inlet of Kheritha, before Baal-zephon.""
10 ¶ And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes and saw the Egyptians marching after them; and they were terribly afraid; and the children of Israel prayed before the LORD. 11 And they said to Moses, Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt thus with us, and brought us out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness. 13 And Moses said to the people. Fear not, wait, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will perform for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall see them again no more for ever. 14 The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.""
15 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses. Why do you pray before me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward; 16 And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the sea. 17 And, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, so that they shall follow them; and I will triumph over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have been triumphant over Pharaoh, over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen. 19 And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of he cloud moved from before them and stood behind them: 20 And it came between the army of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was cloudy and dark all the night, but it gave light all the night to the children of Israel, so that they could not draw near one to another all the night.""
21 ¶ And Moses lifted up 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. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued and went into the sea after them, all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass that in the morning watch the LORD appeared to the Egyptians army in a pillar of fire and of cloud, and threw the Egyptian army into confusion, 25 Thus clogging their chariot wheels that they drew heavily, so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from before the house of Israel; for the LORD fights for them against Egypt. 26 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses lifted up his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its place when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 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 a single one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked through the sea as if they were walking on the dry land; and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead upon the seashore. 31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did against the Egyptians; and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD and his servant Moses.""
15:1 ¶ THEN Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 2 He is mighty and glorious, The LORD JEHOVAH has become our Saviour; he is our God, and we will praise him; our father’s God, and we will exalt him. 3 The LORD is a mighty warrior: the LORD is his name. 4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea; his valiant men also are drowned in the Red Sea. 5 The depths have covered them; they sank to the bottom like stones. 6 Thy right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power; thy right hand, O LORD, has defeated thy enemies. 7 And in the greatness of thy might thou hast overthrown them that hate thee; thou sentest thy wrath, and it consumed them like stubble. 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood up as if it were in sheepskins; the waves gathered in heaps in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul will devour them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD? Who is like unto thee, glorious in his holiness, revered and praised, doing wonders? 12 Thou didst lift up thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth this people whom thou hast saved; thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation. 14 The people heard and they trembled; fear took hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then the princes of Edom were afraid; the mighty men of Moab, trembling seized them; all the inhabitants of Canaan were heartbroken. 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall sink as stones, till thy people, O LORD, pass over; till this people whom thou hast saved pass over. 17 Thou shalt bring them in and plant them on the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in; even thy sanctuary, O LORD; establish it by thy hands. 18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. 19 For the horses of Pharaoh, with his chariots and his horsemen, went through the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on the dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with timbrels. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.""
22 ¶ So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shud; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 And when they came to Morath, they could not drink the waters of Morath, for they were bitter; therefore the name of the place was called Morath. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 25 And Moses prayed before the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, and when he cast it into the water, the water became sweet; there the LORD taught him laws and ordinances, and there he tested him, 26 And said to him, 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 obey his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will bring none of these plagues upon you which I have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD your Healer. 27 And they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the water.""
16:1 ¶ AND they journeyed from Elim, and the whole congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Seen, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness; 3 And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, and when we did eat bread to the full; for you have brought us forth into this wilderness to destroy the whole assembly of Israel with hunger. 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather sufficient food, day by day, for I will prove them, whether they will keep my laws or not. 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. 6 And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, At evening, then you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt; 7 And in the morning, then you shall see the glory of the LORD; for your murmuring has been heard before the LORD; but as for us, what are we that you should murmur against us? 8 And Moses said, When the LORD shall give you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, then the LORD has heard your murmuring which you murmured against him; but as for us, what are we? Your murmurings are not against us but against the LORD. 9 And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD; for he has heard your murmurings. 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, they turned their faces toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 11 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying. 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel; say to them, At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God.""
13 ¶ And it came to pass that at evening the quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a thin round crust, like the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, Manna-ho? (What is it?) For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat. 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; each man shall take it for those in his tent. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And when they measured 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. 19 And Moses said to them, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding they listened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms and stank; and Moses was angry with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating; and when the sun grew hot, it melted.""
22 ¶ And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one person; and all the elders of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 Moses said to them, This is what the LORD has said, Tomorrow is a day of holy rest, a sabbath to the LORD; bake that which you will bake today, and cook what you will cook; and that which is left over, keep it cold for yourselves until the morning. 24 So they left over some of it till the morning, as Moses had commanded them; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm in it. 25 And Moses said to them, Eat it today; for today is a sabbath to the LORD; today you shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 And it came to pass that there went out some of the people on the seventh day to gather, and they found none. 28 And the LORD said to Moses, How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for the LORD has given you the sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day bread for two days; abide every man in his place; let no man go out of his house on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 And the children of Israel called the name thereof manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like honeycomb.""
32 ¶ And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, Fill an omer to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread with which I have fed you in the wilderness when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up as a testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel did eat manna for forty years until they came to an inhabited land; they did eat manna until they reached the border of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth of an ephah.""
17:1 ¶ AND the whole congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Seen, after their journeys, according to the command of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said to him. Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you tempt the LORD? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and they murmured against Moses, and said to him, Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Moses prayed to the LORD, saying. What shall I do with this people? They were almost ready to stone me. 5 And the LORD said to Moses. Go on before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and your staff with which you smote the river, take it in your hand and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the flinty rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the flinty rock, and there shall gush water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place Nassah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the children of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, Let us see if the LORD is among us or not?""
8 ¶ Then came Amalek to fight with Israel at Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose for yourself men, and go out, fight with Amalek tomorrow; and I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and he went to fight with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hand, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands became tired; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, the one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua defeated Amalek with the edge of the sword. 14 Then the LORD said to Moses. Write this for a memorial in a book and place it before Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nasi: 16 For he said, Behold, as the LORD has sworn, the LORD will fight with Amalek from generation to generation.""
18:1 ¶ AND 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 the children of Israel out of Egypt; 2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took his daughter Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershon; for he said, I have been an alien in a foreign land; 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; For the God of my fathers, said he, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh; 5 And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he encamped at the mountain of God; 6 And Moses was told, Behold, your father-in-law Jethro has come to you with your wife and your two sons accompanying him,""
7 ¶ And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance and kissed him, and they asked each other of their welfare; and they went into the tent. 8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that they had suffered on the journey, and how the LORD had delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, because he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh. 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, for he has delivered his people from under the rule of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; for despite the counsel which the Egyptians had devised against them, he triumphed over them. 12 And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, offered burnt offerings and sacrifices to the LORD; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.""
13 ¶ And it came to pass the next day that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood by Moses from morning to evening. 14 And when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said to him, What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit in judgment all alone, and all the people stand by you from morning to evening? 15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God; 16 And when they have a controversy, they come to me; and I judge between one and another, and I make them know the statutes of God and his laws. 17 And Moses’ father-in-law said to him, The thing that you are doing is not good. 18 You will surely wear yourself out, both you, and all this people that is with you; for this thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to do it alone. 19 Listen now to my voice, I will give you counsel, and God shall be with you; you must become a teacher from God to the people, to bring their disputes before God; 20 And you shall warn them to keep the ordinances and laws that you may show them how to conduct themselves and the works that they must do. 21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men who fear God, truthful men who hate bribes and deceit; and appoint such over them to be officers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. 22 Let them judge the people at all times; and when they have an important matter, let them come to you; but every small matter they shall judge for themselves; so it shall be easier for you, and they shall bear the burden with you. 23 If you shall do this thing, and God commands you so, then you shall be able to endure, and all this people shall also go each one to his own house in peace. 24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had told him. 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and appointed them officers over the people, officers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 27 Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went to his own land.""
19:1 ¶ IN the third month after the departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on the same day they came to the wilderness of Seen. 2 Then they journeyed from Rephidim and came to the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mountain. 3 And Moses went up to God, and God called to him out of the mountain and said to him, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel, 4 You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you as though you were on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then you shall be my beloved ones above all peoples, for all the earth is mine; 6 And you shall be to me a kingdom and priests and an holy people. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel. 7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and said in their presence all these words which the LORD commanded him. 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 to the LORD.""
9 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, Lo, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you and also believe you for ever. And Moses told the words of the people before the LORD. 10 And the LORD said to Moses, Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready by the third day; for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And you shall publish a warning among the people, saying, Take heed to yourselves, neither go up into the mountain, nor draw near to the border of it; whoever draws near to the mountain shall be put to death: 13 No hand shall touch it, but he shall surely be stoned and hurled down; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live; when the trumpet is silent, then you are permitted to ascend the mountain. 14 And Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said to the people, Be ready on the third day; do not touch your wives.""
16 ¶ And it came to pass on the third day in the morning that there were thunders and lightning