people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save 1 See Gen. xli. 1. alive.

2 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and 2 took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took

for him an ark of 2bulrushes, and daubed it with 2 That is, papyrus. 3slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, |3 That is, bitumen. 4 and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And

4 Heb. Mosheh. 5 Heb. mashah, to

draw out.

his sister stood afar off, to know what would be 5 done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river side; and she saw the ark among 6 the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it. And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and 7 said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she 8 may nurse the child for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called 9 the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman 10 took the child, and nursed it. And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water. 11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyp12 tian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and 13 hid him in the sand. And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, 14 Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is 15 known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and 16 he sat down by a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's 17 flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and wa18 tered their flock. And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon 19 to-day? And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he 20 drew water for us, and watered the flock. And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may 21 eat bread. And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22 And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange 6 Heb. Ger. land.

23

And it came to pass in the course of those many days, 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 rea24 son of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abra25 ham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them. 3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the 2 mountain of God, unto Horeb. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not 3 consumed. And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here 5 am I. And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon 6 thou standest is holy ground. Moreover 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. 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction

And 15

of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; and I am come down to deliver them 8 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 Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And now, behold, the cry of the children 9 of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send thee 10 unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And 11 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? And he said, 12 Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the 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. And Moses 13 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? And God said unto Moses, 1I AM THAT I 14 AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD, the 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. Go, and gather the elders of Israel 16 together, and say unto them, The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: and I have said, I will bring you up out 17 of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. And they 18 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, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us: and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. And I know that the king of Egypt 19 will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand. And I will put forth my hand, and smite 20 Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. And I will give this people favour in the sight 21 of the Egyptians and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: but every wom- 22 an shall ask 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. And Moses answered and 4 said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. And the LORD 2 said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And he said, Cast it on the ground. 3 And he cast it on the ground, and it became a 'serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And the LORD 4 said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail: (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand:) that 5 they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. And 6 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 white as snow. And he said, 7 Put thine hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.) And it shall come to pass, if 8 they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. And it shall come to pass, 9 if they will not believe even 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. And Moses 10

-6. 19.

words.

EXODUS.

said unto the LORD, Oh Lord, I am not 'eloquent, Heb, a man of
neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto
thy servant: for I am slow of speech, and of a slow
11 tongue. And the LORD said unto him, Who hath
made man's mouth? or who maketh a man dumb,
or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the LORD?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth,
And he
13 and teach thee what thou shalt speak.
said, Oh Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of
14 him whom thou wilt send. And the anger of the
LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is
there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know
that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh
forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will
And thou shalt speak unto
15 be glad in his heart.
him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be
with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach
16 you what ye shall do. And he shall be thy spokes-
man unto the people: and it shall come to pass, that
he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to
17 him as God. And thou shalt take in thine hand
this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.

18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his fa- 2 Heb. Jether.
I pray
ther in law, and said unto him, Let me go,
thee, and return unto my brethren which are in
Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And
And the LORD
19 Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: 21 and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go. 3 Heb. make strong. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the 23 LORD, Israel is my son, my firstborn: and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I 24 will slay thy son, thy firstborn. And it came to pass on the way at the lodging place, that the LORD 25 met him, and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and 'cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a brideSo he let him 26 groom of blood art thou to me. alone. Then she said, 'A bridegroom of blood art thou, because of the circumcision.

27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilder-
And he went, and met him in
ness to meet Moses.
28 the mountain of God, and kissed him. And Mo-
ses told Aaron all the words of the LORD where-
with he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith
29 he had charged him. And Moses and Aaron went
and gathered together all the elders of the children
30 of Israel: and Aaron spake all the words which the
LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in
31 the sight of the people. And the people believed:
and when they heard that the LORD had visited the
children of Israel, and that he had seen their afflic-
tion, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
5 And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said
unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, the God of
Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a
2 feast unto me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh said,
Who is the LORD, that I should hearken unto his
voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, and
3 moreover I will not let Israel go. And they said,
The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us
go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wil-
derness, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest
he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore
do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their
5 works? get you unto your burdens. And Pharaoh
said, Behold, the people of the land are now many,
6 and ye make them rest from their burdens.

And

the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters 7 of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore let them go and gather straw for them8 selves. And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our 9 God. Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard 10 lying words. And the taskmasters of the people

went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give 11 you straw. Go yourselves, get you straw where ye

4 Heb. made it touch.

5 Or, a bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision

can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished. So the people were scattered abroad 12 throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble And the taskmasters were urgent, say- 13 for straw. ing, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when And the officers of the children 14 there was straw. of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, 'and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and today, in making brick as heretofore? Then the offi- 15 cers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? There is no straw given unto thy 16 servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. But he said, Ye are idle, ye are 17 idle therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD. Go therefore now, and work; for there 18 shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. And the officers of the children of 19 when Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not minish aught from your bricks, your daily tasks. And they met Moses and 20 Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: and they said unto them, The LORD 21 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 And Moses returned unto 22 their hand to slay us. the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy 23 name, he hath evil entreated this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. And the 6 LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.

10 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. And Moses 12 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? And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto 13 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.

These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the 14 sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben. And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and 15 Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are And these are the names 16 the families of Simeon.

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. The sons of Gershon; Libni and Shimei, ac- 17 cording to their families. And the sons of Kohath; 18 Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. And the sons of Merari; Mahli 19

* For "evil entreated" read "dealt ill with" So in Deut. xxvi. 6.-Am. Com.

and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites 20 according to their generations. And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven 21 years. And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Ne22 pheg, and Zichri. And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, 23 and Elzaphan, and Sithri. And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab and 24 Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these 25 are the families of the Korahites. And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites 26 according to their families. These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt accord27 ing to their hosts. These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.

28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD 29 spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, that the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I 30 speak unto thee. And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall 7 Pharaoh hearken unto me? And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that 3 he let the children of Israel go out of his land. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my 4 signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of 5 Egypt by great judgements. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the 6 children of Israel from among them. And Moses and Aaron did so; as the LORD commanded them, 7 so did they. And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

1 Heb. tannin, any large reptile; and

so in vv. 10, 12.

8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, 9 saying, When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a wonder for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pha10 raoh, that it become a 'serpent. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and 11 it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their 2 See Gen. xli. 8. 12 enchantments. For they cast down every man his 3 Or, secret arts rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod

13 swallowed up their rods. And Pharaoh's heart was 4 Heb. was strong. hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.

14

And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart

15 is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go. Get 5 Heb. heavy. thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned

16 to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. And 6 See ch. iv. 3. thou shalt say unto him, The LORD, the 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 hast not hearkened. 17 Thus 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 18 the river, and they shall be turned to blood. And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink 19 water from the river. And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and 7 Or, canals over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in ves20 sels of stone. And 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

2 Heb. set his heart even to this.

of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. And the fish that was in the river died; 21 and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. And the magi- 22 cians of Egypt did in like manner with their en

1 Heb. was strong.chantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken. And Pharaoh turned and went into his 23 house, neither did he lay even this to heart. And 24 all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. And seven days were fulfilled, af- 25 ter that the LORD had smitten the river.

[Ch. vii. 26 in Heb.]

3 Or, canals

And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go in unto 8 Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. And if 2 thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: and the river shall swarm 3 with frogs, 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: and the frogs shall come up both upon thee, 4 and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. [Ch. viii. 1 in Heb.] And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, 5 Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. And 6 Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. And the magicians did in like 7 manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh 8 called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto the LORD. And Moses said 9 unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me: against what time shall I intreat for thee, and for thy serv ants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only? And he said, Against to-morrow. And he 10 said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. And the frogs shall depart from thee, and 11 from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and 12 Moses cried unto the LORD concerning the frogs 4 Or, as he had ap- 4which he had brought upon Pharaoh. And the 13

pointed unto PhaTaoh

LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields. And they gathered them together 14 in heaps: and the land stank. But when Pharaoh 15 5 Heb. made heavy. Saw that there was respite, he "hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.

6 Or, sand flies Or, fleas

And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, 16 Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And they did so; and Aaron stretched out 17 his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with 18 their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast. Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the 19 7 Heb. was strong. finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart 'was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in 20 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. Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, 21 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. And I will sever in that day the land of Go- 22 shen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that 8 Or, set a sign of I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. And I 23 will put a division between my people and thy people: by to-morrow shall this sign be. And the 24 LORD did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land

deliverance Heb. set redemption.

was 'corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies. 1 Or, destroyed 25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and 26 said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will 27 they not stone us? We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our 28 God, as he shall command us. And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go 29 very far away: intreat for me. And 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: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to 30 the LORD. And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and 31 intreated the LORD. And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from 32 his people; there remained not one. And Pharaoh

1 Or, flashing continually amida

and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire 1min- 24 gled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. And the hail smote throughout all the land 25 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. Only in the land 26 of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. And Pharaoh sent, and called for 27 Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. Intreat the LORD; for there hath 28 thunderings) of been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out 29 of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is the LORD'S. But as for thee and thy serv-30 ants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the 31

2 Heb. voices (or God.

9 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pha

2

raoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, behold, 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 herds, and upon the flocks: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel. 5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To-mor6 row the LORD shall do this thing in the land. the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children 7 of Israel died not one. And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was 3stubborn, and he did not let the people go.

8

And

3 Heb. heavy.

And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and 4 Or, ot let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight 9 of Pharaoh. And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, through10 out all the land of Egypt. And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the ma12 gicians, and upon all the Egyptians. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened 5 Heb. made strong. not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, 14 Let my people go, that they may serve me. For I

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will 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 15 the earth. For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou 16 hadst been cut off from the earth: but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, for to shew thee my power, and that my name may be declared 17 throughout all the earth. As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them 18 go? Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until 19 now. Now therefore send, hasten in thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; for every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon 20 them, and they shall die. He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made 21 his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: and he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.

22 And 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. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven:

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the wheat and the spelt were not smitten: for they were not grown up. And Moses went out of the 33 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. And when 34 Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thun

4 Heb. made heavy.ders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. And the heart of 35 5 Heb. was strong. Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pha-10 raoh: for I have 'hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs in the midst of them: and that thou mayest tell in the 2 mocked the Egyp-ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am the LORD. And Moses and Aaron went in unto 3 Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou refuse to let my 4 people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border: and they shall cover the face of the earth, 5 that one shall not 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: and thy 6 houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh. And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long 7 I 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? And Moses 8 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? And Moses said, 9 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. And he said unto them, So be the 10

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7 Or, what ye pur- LORD with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is 'before you. Not so: go 11 now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what ye desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine 12 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. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the 13 land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of 14 Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so 15 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, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and 16

Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against 17 the LORD your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away 18 from me this death only. And he went out from 19 Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. And the LORD turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of

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hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness 2 Or, so that men over the land of Egypt, 'even darkness which may 22 be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the 23 land of Egypt three days; they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their 24 dwellings. And 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 25 go with you. And Moses said, Thou must also give

into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we 26 may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must 27 serve the LORD, until we come thither. But the LORD 'hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not 28 let them go. And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die. 29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no more.

11 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring 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 al2 together. Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jew3 els of gold. And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

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And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About mid5 night will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of cat6 tle. And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath been none 7 like it, nor shall be like it any more. But against

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any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move 4 Heb. whet. his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between 8 the Egyptians and Israel. And 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 hot anger. 9

And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you: that my wonders may be multi10 plied in the land of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD 1hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the 2 land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month 3 of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, 5 Or, kid according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for an 4 household: and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make 5 your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take 6 it from the sheep, or from the goats: and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation 7 of Israel shall kill it "at even. And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall 8 eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night,

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roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sod- 9 den at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof. And 10 ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; with 11 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. For I will go through the 12 land of Egypt in that 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 judgements: I am the LORD. And the blood shall 13 be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and 1 Or, for a destroyer there shall no plague be upon you 'to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. And this day shall 14 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. Sev-15 en 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. And in the first day there shall 16 be to you an holy convocation, and in the seventh day an holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. And ye shall 17 observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of 18 the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at

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Seven days shall there be no leaven found in 19 your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leav-20 ened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and 21 said unto them, 'Draw out, and take you 3lambs according to your families, and kill the passover. And 22 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 of the door of his house until the morning. For the LORD will pass 23 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. And ye shall observe this thing for an 24 ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. And 25 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. And it 26 shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, 27

4 Or, for that he who passed over the houses of the children of Ispassed rael in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. And the children of Israel 28 went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

And it came to pass at midnight, that the LORD 29 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. And Pharaoh rose 30 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. And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and 31 said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. Take both your flocks and 32 your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. And the Egyptians were urgent upon the 33 people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. And the people 34 took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. And the children of Israel did ac- 35 cording to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,