Exodus 1
1Now
these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man
and his household came with Jacob.
2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5And
all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for
Joseph was in Egypt already.
6And
Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
7And
the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied,
and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8Now
there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
9And
he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more
and mightier than we:
10Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply,
and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto
our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict
them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and
Raamses.
12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied
and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with
rigour:
14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in
morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their
service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of
which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the
Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill
him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of
Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said
unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
19And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew
women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere
the midwives come in unto them.
20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people
multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that
he made them houses.
22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that
is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Exodus 2
1And
there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2And
the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly
child, she hid him three months.
3And
when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and
daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it
in the flags by the river's brink.
4And
his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5And
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.
6And
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.
7Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and
call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for
thee?
8And
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's
mother.
9And
Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me,
and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the child, and nursed it.
10And 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.
11And 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.
12And 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.
13And 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
smitest thou thy fellow?
14And
he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me,
as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is
known.
15Now 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.
16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came
and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
17And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood
up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is
it that ye are come so soon to day?
19And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of
the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
20And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it
that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave
Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for
he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
23And 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.
24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his
covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had
respect unto them.
Exodus 3
1Now
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.
2And
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.
3And
Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is
not burnt.
4And
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.
5And
he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the
place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy 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.
7And
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;
8And
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.
9Now
therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I
have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that
thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11And 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?
12And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall
be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the
people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
13And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the
children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent
me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto
them?
14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus
shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou 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, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for
ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
16Go, 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:
17And 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.
18And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come,
thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto
him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we
beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to
the LORD our God.
19And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go,
no, not by a mighty hand.
20And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my
wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you
go.
21And I will give this people favour in the sight of the
Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.
22But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her
that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye
shall spoil the Egyptians.
Exodus 4
1And
Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken
unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
2And
the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
3And
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.
4And
the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he
put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
5That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto
thee.
6And
the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he
put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was
leprous as snow.
7And
he said, Put thine hand into thy 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.
8And
it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the
voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
9And
it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither
hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and
pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river
shall become blood upon the dry land.
10And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent,
neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow
of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who
maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach
thee what thou shalt say.
13And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of
him whom thou wilt send.
14And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he
said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And
also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be
glad in his heart.
15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth:
and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye
shall do.
16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall
be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him
instead of God.
17And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou
shalt do signs.
18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law,
and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which
are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go
in peace.
19And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into
Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
20And 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.
21And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return
into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put
in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people
go.
22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD,
Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
23And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me:
and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy
firstborn.
24And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD
met him, and sought to kill him.
25Then 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 art thou
to me.
26So
he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the
circumcision.
27And 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.
28And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent
him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
29And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the
elders of the children of Israel:
30And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken
unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
31And 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.
Exodus 5
1And
afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
2And
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.
3And
they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee,
three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest
he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
4And
the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the
people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
5And
Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them
rest from their burdens.
6And
Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their
officers, saying,
7Ye
shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go
and gather straw for themselves.
8And
the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them;
ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry,
saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
9Let
there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let
them not regard vain words.
10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their
officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not
give you straw.
11Go
ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be
diminished.
12So
the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather
stubble instead of straw.
13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works,
your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not
fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried
unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
16There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to
us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine
own people.
17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say,
Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
18Go
therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye
deliver the tale of bricks.
19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that
they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your
bricks of your daily task.
20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they
came forth from Pharaoh:
21And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge;
because ye 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.
22And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore
hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath
done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
Exodus 6
1Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou 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.
2And
God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
3And
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.
4And
I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,
the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
5And
I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians
keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
6Wherefore 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:
7And
I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall
know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens
of the Egyptians.
8And
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.
9And
Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses
for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
10And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
11Go
in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out
of his land.
12And Moses spake 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?
13And the LORD spake 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.
14These 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.
15And 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.
16And 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.
17The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their
families.
18And 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.
19And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the
families of Levi according to their generations.
20And 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.
21And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
22And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister
of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph:
these are the families of the Korhites.
25And 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.
26These 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.
27These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to
bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
28And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto
Moses in the land of Egypt,
29That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD:
speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
30And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of
uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
Exodus 7
1And
the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy
brother shall be thy prophet.
2Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy
brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of
his land.
3And
I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land
of Egypt.
4But
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.
5And
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.
6And
Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.
7And
Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when
they spake unto Pharaoh.
8And
the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
9When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle
for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before
Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
10And 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.
11Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers:
now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their
enchantments.
12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became
serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
13And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto
them; as the LORD had said.
14And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened,
he refuseth to let the people go.
15Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto
the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the
rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
16And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews
hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the
wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
17Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the
LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters
which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
18And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river
shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
19And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy
rod, and stretch out thine 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.
20And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he
lifted up the rod, and smote 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.
21And 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.
22And 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.
23And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he
set his heart to this also.
24And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for
water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
25And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had
smitten the river.
Exodus 8
1And
the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the
LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2And
if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
3And
the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into
thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of
thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy
kneadingtroughs:
4And
the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy
servants.
5And
the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod
over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come
up upon the land of Egypt.
6And
Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up,
and covered the land of Egypt.
7And
the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the
land of Egypt.
8Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat
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.
9And
Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for
thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy
houses, that they may remain in the river only?
10And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy
word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
11And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses,
and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river
only.
12And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried
unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
13And 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.
14And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land
stank.
15But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened
his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
16And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out
thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all
the land of Egypt.
17And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his
rod, and smote 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.
18And
the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they
could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
19Then 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.
20And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him,
Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
21Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will
send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and
into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of
flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
22And 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 thou mayest
know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
23And I will put a division between my people and thy people:
to morrow shall this sign be.
24And 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.
25And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go
ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
26And 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?
27We
will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our
God, as he shall command us.
28And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice
to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away:
intreat for me.
29And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will
intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully
any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
30And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
31And 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.
32And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither
would he let the people go.
Exodus 9
1Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell
him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may
serve me.
2For
if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
3Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy 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.
4And
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.
5And
the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing
in the land.
6And
the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of
the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
7And
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.
8And
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.
9And
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.
10And 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.
11And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of
the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
12And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he
hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
13And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the
Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
14For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine
heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that
there is none like me in all the earth.
15For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee
and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
16And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for
to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the
earth.
17As
yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
18Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a
very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof
even until now.
19Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that
thou hast 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.
20He
that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his
servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
21And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his
servants and his cattle in the field.
22And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine 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.
23And 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.
24So
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.
25And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all
that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the
field, and brake every tree of the field.
26Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel
were, was there no hail.
27And 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.
28Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more
mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no
longer.
29And 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 thou mayest know how that the earth
is the LORD's.
30But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not
yet fear the LORD God.
31And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was
in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
32But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were
not grown up.
33And 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.
34And 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.
35And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let
the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
Exodus 10
1And
the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart,
and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
2And
that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things
I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may
know how that I am the LORD.
3And
Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD
God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let
my people go, that they may serve me.
4Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow
will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
5And
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 remaineth
unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of
the field:
6And
they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses
of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy 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.
7And
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: knowest thou not yet
that Egypt is destroyed?
8And
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?
9And
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.
10And 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.
11Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for
that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
12And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine 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 hath left.
13And 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.
14And 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.
15For 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.
16Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he
said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
17Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once,
and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
18And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
19And 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.
20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not
let the children of Israel go.
21And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward
heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which
may be felt.
22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there
was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
23They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place
for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the
LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also
go with you.
25And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt
offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
26Our 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.
27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let
them go.
28And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to
thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt
die.
29And Moses said,
Exodus 11
1And
the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and
upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall
surely thrust you out hence altogether.
2Speak 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.
3And
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.
4And
Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of
Egypt:
5And
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of
Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the
maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
6And
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.
7But
against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against
man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between
the Egyptians and Israel.
8And
all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto
me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I
will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
9And
the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders
may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
10And 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.
Exodus 12
1And
the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
2This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it
shall be the first month of the year to you.
3Speak ye 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:
4And
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.
5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first
year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6And
ye 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.
7And
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.
8And
they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread;
and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9Eat
not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with
his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning;
and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your
shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste:
it is the LORD's passover.
12For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and
will smite 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.
13And
the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye 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 smite the land of Egypt.
14And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall
keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a
feast by an ordinance for ever.
15Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first
day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened
bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from
Israel.
16And 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.
17And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in
this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt:
therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for
ever.
18In
the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat
unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
19Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses:
for whosoever eateth 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.
20Ye
shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened
bread.
21Then 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.
22And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the
blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with
the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his
house until the morning.
23For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and
when he seeth 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 smite you.
24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee
and to thy sons for ever.
25And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land
which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep
this service.
26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say
unto you, What mean ye by this service?
27That
ye 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 smote the Egyptians, and
delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
28And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD
had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
29And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote 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.
30And 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.
31And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise
up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel;
and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
32Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and
be gone; and bless me also.
33And 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.
34And the people took their dough before it was leavened,
their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
35And 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:
36And 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.
37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to
Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks,
and herds, even very much cattle.
39And 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.
40Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in
Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
41And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and
thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the
LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
42It
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.
43And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the
ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou
hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
45A
foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
46In
one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh
abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
47All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
48And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, 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.
49One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the
stranger that sojourneth among you.
50Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they.
51And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did
bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
Exodus 13
1And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the
womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
3And
Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye 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.
4This day came ye out in the month Abib.
5And
it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and
the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he
sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that
thou shalt keep this service in this month.
6Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the
seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
7Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall
no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with
thee in all thy quarters.
8And
thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which
the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
9And
it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between
thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand
hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
10Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from
year to year.
11And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the
land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall
give it thee,
12That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth
the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the
males shall be the LORD's.
13And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a
lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all
the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
14And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come,
saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the
LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
15And 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
openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
16And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for
frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth
out of Egypt.
17And 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 peradventure the people repent when they see
war, and they return to Egypt:
18But 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.
19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had
straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and
ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
20And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in
Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
21And 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:
22He
took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night,
from before the people.
Exodus 14
1And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp
before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before
it shall ye encamp by the sea.
3For
Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the
wilderness hath shut them in.
4And
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.
5And
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?
6And
he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
7And
he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and
captains over every one of them.
8And
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.
9But
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.
10And 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.
11And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in
Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou
dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
12Is
not this the word that we did tell thee 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.
13And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still,
and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the
Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto
me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
16But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over
the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground
through the midst of the sea.
17And 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.
18And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I
have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19And 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:
20And 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.
21And 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.
22And 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.
23And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the
midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24And 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,
25And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them
heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for
the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over
the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their
chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27And 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.
28And 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.
29But 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.
30Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the
Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
31And 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.
Exodus 15
1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto
the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed
gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
2The
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.
3The
LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
4Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea:
his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
5The
depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
6Thy
right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath
dashed in pieces the enemy.
7And
in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up
against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
8And
with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods
stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the
sea.
9The
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.
10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they
sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like
thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed
them.
13Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast
redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
14The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take
hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
15Then 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.
16Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of
thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD,
till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
17Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of
thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell
in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established.
18The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
19For 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.
20And 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.
21And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath
triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
22So
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.
23And 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.
24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall
we drink?
25And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed 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,
26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of
the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give
ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these
diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD
that healeth thee.
27And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water,
and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Exodus 16
1And
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.
2And
the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
Aaron in the wilderness:
3And
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 ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to
kill this whole assembly with hunger.
4Then 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.
5And
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.
6And
Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall
know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
7And
in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth
your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
8And
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 heareth your
murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are
not against us, but against the LORD.
9And
Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of
Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
10And it came to pass, as Aaron spake 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.
11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12I
have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying,
At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread;
and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
13And 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.
14And 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.
15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to
another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them,
This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
16This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of
it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the
number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more,
some less.
18And 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.
19And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
20Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of
them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was
wroth with them.
21And they gathered it every morning, every man according to
his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
22And 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.
23And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath
said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which
ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth
over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
24And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it
did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
25And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath
unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
26Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which
is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people
on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my
commandments and my laws?
29See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath,
therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every
man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30So
the people rested on the seventh day.
31And 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.
32And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD
commandeth, 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.
33And 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.
34As
the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
35And 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.
36Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
Exodus 17
1And
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.
2Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us
water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me?
wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
3And
the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and
said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us
and our children and our cattle with thirst?
4And
Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost
ready to stone me.
5And
the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the
elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine
hand, and go.
6Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in
Horeb; and thou shalt smite 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.
7And
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?
8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9And
Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to
morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
10So
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.
11And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that
Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12But 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.
13And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge
of the sword.
14And 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.
15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it
Jehovahnissi:
16For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will
have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Exodus 18
1When 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;
2Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses'
wife, after he had sent her back,
3And
her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have
been an alien in a strange land:
4And
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:
5And
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:
6And
he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife,
and her two sons with her.
7And
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 came into the tent.
8And
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.
9And
Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he
had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered
you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath
delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in
the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
12And 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.
13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge
the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
14And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the
people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest
thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
15And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people
come unto me to enquire of God:
16When 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.
17And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou
doest is not good.
18Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that
is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to
perform it thyself alone.
19Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and
God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest
bring the causes unto God:
20And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt
shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
21Moreover thou shalt 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:
22And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall
be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter
they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the
burden with thee.
23If
thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to
endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
24So
Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had
said.
25And 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.
26And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes
they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
27And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way
into his own land.
Exodus 19
1In
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.
2For
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.
3And
Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain,
saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of
Israel;
4Ye
have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings,
and brought you unto myself.
5Now
therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall
be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6And
ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the
words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
7And
Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces
all these words which the LORD commanded him.
8And
all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we
will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
9And
the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the
people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told
the words of the people unto the LORD.
10And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and
sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
11And 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.
12And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about,
saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the
border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
13There 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 soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and
sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third
day: come not at your wives.
16And 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.
17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet
with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
18And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, 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.
19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed
louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
20And 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.
21And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people,
lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
22And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD,
sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
23And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount
Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify
it.
24And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou
shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the
people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
25So
Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
Exodus 20
1And
God spake all these words, saying,
2I
am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of bondage.
3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4Thou shalt not make unto thee 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.
5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for
I the LORD thy 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;
6And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain;
for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9Six
days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in
it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within
thy gates:
11For 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, and hallowed it.
12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long
upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13Thou shalt not kill.
14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15Thou shalt not steal.
16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not
covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his
ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings,
and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw
it, they removed, and stood afar off.
19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will
hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come
to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the
thick darkness where God was.
22And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the
children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
23Ye
shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of
gold.
24An
altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt
offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places
where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
25And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not
build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast
polluted it.
26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy
nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Exodus 21
1Now
these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
2If
thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he
shall go out free for nothing.
3If
he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his
wife shall go out with him.
4If
his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the
wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
5And
if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I
will not go out free:
6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall
also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore
his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
7And
if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the
menservants do.
8If
she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let
her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power,
seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
9And
if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner
of daughters.
10If
he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage,
shall he not diminish.
11And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out
free without money.
12He
that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
13And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his
hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
14But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to
slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be
surely put to death.
16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be
found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely
be put to death.
18And if men strive together, and one smite another with a
stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
19If
he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be
quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be
thoroughly healed.
20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod,
and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not
be punished: for he is his money.
22If
men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and
yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's
husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for
life,
24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of
his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
27And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his
maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
28If
an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned,
and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
29But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past,
and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that
he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also
shall be put to death.
30If
there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his
life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter,
according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
32If
the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master
thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit,
and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money
unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
35And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they
shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they
shall divide.
36Or
if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath
not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
Exodus 22
1If
a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore
five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
2If
a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood
be shed for him.
3If
the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should
make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
4If
the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or
sheep; he shall restore double.
5If
a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast,
and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the
best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
6If
fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the
standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire
shall surely make restitution.
7If
a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen
out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
8If
the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the
judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
9For
all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment,
or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause
of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall
condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
10If
a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to
keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
11Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that
he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall
accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
12And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution
unto the owner thereof.
13If
it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make
good that which was torn.
14And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt,
or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
15But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it
good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
16And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie
with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
17If
her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to
the dowry of virgins.
18Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
19Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
20He
that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly
destroyed.
21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye
were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22Ye
shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23If
thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear
their cry;
24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the
sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25If
thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to
him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
26If
thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto
him by that the sun goeth down:
27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his
skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto
me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
28Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy
people.
29Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits,
and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
30Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep:
seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
31And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any
flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
Exodus 23
1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with
the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt
thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
4If
thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it
back to him again.
5If
thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest
forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and
righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8And
thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the
words of the righteous.
9Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the
heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
10And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in
the fruits thereof:
11But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still;
that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the
field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy
oliveyard.
12Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day
thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy
handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
13And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect:
and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of
thy mouth.
14Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
15Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt
eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of
the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear
before me empty:)
16And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours,
which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in
the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
17Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before
the LORD God.
18Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with
leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
19The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring
into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's
milk.
20Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the
way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
21Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he
will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
22But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I
speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine
adversaries.
23For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto
the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
24Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor
do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break
down their images.
25And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless
thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
26There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy
land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
27I
will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou
shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
28And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out
the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
29I
will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become
desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
30By
little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be
increased, and inherit the land.
31And
I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines,
and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the
land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
32Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
33They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin
against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
Exodus 24
1And
he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu,
and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
2And
Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither
shall the people go up with him.
3And
Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the
judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words
which the LORD hath said will we do.
4And
Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and
builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve
tribes of Israel.
5And
he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and
sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
6And
Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he
sprinkled on the altar.
7And
he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and
they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
8And
Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the
blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these
words.
9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy
of the elders of Israel:
10And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his
feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of
heaven in his clearness.
11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not
his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
12And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount,
and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments
which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went
up into the mount of God.
14And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we
come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have
any matters to do, let him come unto them.
15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the
mount.
16And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the
cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the
midst of the cloud.
17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring
fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up
into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exodus 25
1And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an
offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my
offering.
3And
this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
4And
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
5And
rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
6Oil
for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
7Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the
breastplate.
8And
let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
9According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the
tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye
make it.
10And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and
a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof,
and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
11And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and
without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round
about.
12And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them
in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and
two rings in the other side of it.
13And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay
them with gold.
14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides
of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
15The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not
be taken from it.
16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall
give thee.
17And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits
and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth
thereof.
18And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work
shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
19And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on
the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two
ends thereof.
20And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high,
covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to
another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
21And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and
in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with
thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon
the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment
unto the children of Israel.
23Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits
shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a
half the height thereof.
24And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto
a crown of gold round about.
25And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth
round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round
about.
26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the
rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
27Over against the border shall the rings be for places of
the staves to bear the table.
28And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay
them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
29And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof,
and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou
make them.
30And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me
alway.
31And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten
work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his
knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
32And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three
branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick
out of the other side:
33Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a
flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch,
with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
34And
in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their
knops and their flowers.
35And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same,
and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the
same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
36Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it
shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall
light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
38And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall
be of pure gold.
39Of
a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
40And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was
shewed thee in the mount.
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