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Swarms of flies.

EXODUS, IX. earth, and it became h lice in man| B. C. 1491. and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

h Ps. 105.31.

i Ge.41.8.
Is. 19.12.

k

18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not:i so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the k finger of God and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. 20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morn-6 ing, 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 :

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47.12. Dan.2.10.

18a.6.3,9.

Ps.8.3.

Mat. 12.28.
Lu.11.20.

or, a mix-
ture of
noisome

beasts, &c.

ch.9.4.&c.

10.23.

11.6.7.

12.13.

21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy a redemppeople, and into thy houses; and. the houses of the Egyptians shall

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be full of swarms of flies, and also 8 or, by tothe ground whereon they are.

m

morrow.

stroyed.

Murrain of beasts.

| ceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. 30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people there remained not one. 32 And Pharaohr hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. CHAPTER IX.

1 The murrain of beasts. 27 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 35 but yet is hardened.

Toto Pharaoh, and tell

THEN the LORD said unto Moses,

him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

3 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 oxen, and upon the sheep: 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 Ge.43.32.nothing die of all that is the chil46.34. dren's of Israel.

22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my 9 or, depeople 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. 23 And I will put 7a division between my people and thy people : 8 to-morrow shall this sign be.

Deut.7.25.

12.31.

1Ki.11.5-7. 2Ki.23.13.

24 And the LORD did so: and there came a grievous swarm of flies into n ch.3.18. the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all theo ch.34.11. land of Egypt: the land was 9 corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. 25 T And Pharaoh called for p ver.S. Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go

Lev. 10.1.
Mat.28.20.

ch.9 28.
IKI.13.6.

37. Jer.42.20.

ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
26 And Moses said, It is not meet
so to do; for we shall sacrifice the 9 Ps.78.34-
abomination m 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?

27 We will go n three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall o command us.

r ver.15.

ch.4.21.
Rom.2.5.

a Ps.78.50.

5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.

6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and a all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

8 T And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil b breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

10 And they took ashes of the fur(CHAP. 9.) nace, 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.

28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; b De.28.27. only ye shall not go very far away: p entreat for me.

Job 2.7.
Rev.16.2.

29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out
from thee, and I will entreat the c Is.47.12,14.
LORD that the swarms of flies may

depart from Pharaoh, from his ser-d Ps.81.11.
vants, and from his people, to mor-
row: but let not Pharaoh deal q de-

il And the magicians could not c stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened d not unto them; as the LORD

The plague of hail.

had spoken e unto Moses.

13 And 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 peo-| ple go, that they may serve me. 14 For I will at this time send all f 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.

15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and g thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 16 And in very deed for h this cause have I 1 raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

17 As yet exaltest thou thyselfi against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

18 Behold, to-morrow k 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.

EXODUS, X.

B. C. 1491.

e ch.4.21.
f Lev.26.18.
Deut. 2. 15.
29.20.

18am.4.8.
Jer. 19.8.
Rev. 18.8.
Pr.2.22.
Pr. 16.4.
Rom.9.7.
1Pet.2.8.
made thee
stand.

Job 9.4.

15.25,26.

k 1Ki. 19.2.
! Ps. 83.15.
m ver.25.

Pr 16.16.
2 set not his
heart unto,
o ch.7.23.
p Jos. 10.11.
1Sa. 12.17,

18.

Pharaoh sueth to Moses.

was there no hail.

27

And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, s and I and my people are wicked.

28 Entreat the LORD (for t it is enough) that there be no more 3 mighty thunderings and hail; and 1 will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands u 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. v 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet w fear the LORD God.

31 And the flax and the barley was smitten; r for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

32 But the wheat and the rye were Job 38.22. not smitten; for they were 4 not grown up.

Ps. 18. 13.
Is.30.30.
Eze.35.22.
Rev.8.7.

19 Send therefore now, and gather q Ps. 105.33. thy cattle, and all that thou hast inch.8.22,&c. the field; for upon every man and Is.32.18,19. beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be broughts home, the hail shall come m down upon them, and they shall die.

2Chr. 12.6.

Ps.9.16.

Lam.1.18.

Dan.9.14.

t Acts 8.24.
voices of
God.

3

u

Ki.8.38.

Ps.143.6.
Is. 1.15.

20 He that feared the word n of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 21 And he that 2 regarded o 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 to-w Is.26.10. ward heaven, that there may be xAm.4.9. 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; and the LORD sent thunder and p hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground: and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

21 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it be

came a nation.

25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail q smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

26 Only in the land of Goshen, r where the children of Israel were,

v Ps.24.1.
ICor. 10.26.

Hab.3.17.
hidden, or,
dark.

y 2Ch.33.23.
36.13
Rom.2.4,5.
by the hand

of Moses.
(CHAP. 10.)
a ch.7.13,14.
b Deut.4.9.

Ps.44.1.
71.18.78.5.
Joel 1.3.
c Ps.58.11.
d I Ki.21.29.
2Chr.7.14.
Job 42.6.
Jer. 13. 18.
Jam.4.10.
e Pr.30.27.
Rev.9.3.

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Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have a hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:

2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, b and of thy sons' son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how c that I am the LORD.

3 And 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 humbled thyself before me? let my people go, that they may

serve me.

4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts e into thy coast: 5 And they shall cover the 1 face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they

The plague of locusts.

EXODUS, XI. shall eat the ƒ residue of that which B. C. 1491. is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

6 And they shall fill thy houses, g 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.

7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be h a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

f ch.9.32.
Joel 1.4.

2.25.

g ver. 14. 15.

ch.8.3.

h ch.23.33.

Jos.23.13.
1Sa. 18.21.

Pr.29.6.
Ec.7.26.

2 who, and
who, &c.
ch.7.19.

k Ps.78.26.
107.25.
Mat.8.27.

1 Ps.78.46.
105.34.

8 And Moses and Aaron were
brought again unto Pharaoh: and
he said unto them, Go, serve the
LORD your God: but 2 who are they
that shall go?
9 And Moses said, We will go with m Joel 2.2.
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.

3 hastened

to call.

n ch.9.27.

10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look o 1Ki. 13.6. to it; for evil is before you.

Is. 26. 16.

4 fastened.

11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven p Joel 2. 20. out from Pharaoh's presence.

105.28. Pr.4.19. Ec.2.14;6.

12 And the LORD said unto Mo-q Ps.35.6. ses, Stretch i 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.

13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, thek east wind brought the locusts.

Is.8.22.

4.

5 that one
may feel
darkness.

r

t

Is.42.16.

Col.1.13.
1Pet.2.9.

hands.

Zec. 14.20.

ver.1,20. ch.14.4,8. u Chr.16.10.

14 And the locusts went up over 6 into our all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there s Ho.5.6. were no such locusts m as they, neither after them shall be such." 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land! was darkened; and they did eat 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 (CHAP. 11.) the land of Egypt.

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Pharaoh yet hardened. LORD your God, and against you.

17 Now, therefore, forgive, 1 pray thee, my sin only o this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and 4 cast them p into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. 20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

21 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness q over the land of Egypt, 5 even darkness which may be felt.

22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had r light in their dwellings. 24 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 go with you.

25 And Moses said, Thou must give 6 us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.

26 Our cattle s 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. 27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.

28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more: u for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, v I will see thy face again no more.

CHAPTER XI. 1 God's message to the Israelites, to borrow jewels of their neighbours. 4 The death of the firstborn threatened.

ND the LORD said unto Moses,

A 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 a altogether.

2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow

The Passover

EXODUS, XII. of his neighbour, and every woman B. C. 1491. of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.

b ch. 12.36. Ps. 106.46.

3 And the LORD gave the people b favour in the sight of the Egyptians. c 2Sa.7.9. Moreover, the man Moses was very great c in the land of Egypt, in the

Est.9.4.

Rev.3.9.

Sight of Pharaoh's servants, and ind Job 34.20. sight of the people.

4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight d will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

Mic.2.10.

Zec. 14.3.

e Am.4.10.

5 And all the firstborn in the land fch.12.30. of Egypt shall die, e from the first

Am.5.17. born of Pharaoh that sitteth upong Jos. 10.21. his throne, even unto the firstborn h ch.12.31,33. of the maidservant that is behind i. e. at thy the mill; and all the firstborn of

beasts.

6 And there shall be a great cry f throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

feet. Iki.20.10.

2 heat of

anger. i ch.7.3.

is instituted.

blemish, a male 2 of the first year; ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

6 And ye shall keep it up until the c fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it 3 in the evening.

7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side-posts and on the upper door-post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and d unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at

10 And ye shall let nothing of it e remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the

7 But against any of the children kch. 10.20,27. morning ye shall burn with fire.

of Israel shall not a dog move his g tongue, against man or beast; that,

1Sam.6.6. Rom.2.5.

11 T And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on

ye may know how that the LORD (CHAP. 12.) your feet, and your staff in your

doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

S And all these thy servants h shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people 1 that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in 2 a great anger.

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may i be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

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10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh : and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's c Lev.23.5. heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land. CHAPTER XII.

3 The passover instituted. 29 The firstborn slain. 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land.

ND the LORD spake unto Moses A and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

saying,

2 This a month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3T Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a 1 lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house :

4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls: every man, according to his eating, shall make your count for the lamb.

5 Your lamb shall be b without

Num.9.3. 28.16. De.16.1,6.

3 between

d

the two
evenings.

ch.34.25.
Deut. 16.3.
1Co.5.8.

e ch.23.18.

4 or, princes. f Nu.33.4.

Ps.82.1.

5 for a destruction.

g Lev.23.4,5. 2Ki.23.21. 1Co.5.8.

h

ch.13.6,&c.
Nu.28.17.

i Nu.9. 13.
k Nu. 29.12.
6 soul.

hand; and ye shall eat it in haste; it is the LORD's passover.

12 For 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 4 gods of Egypt ƒ I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

13 And 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 5 to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast g to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

15 Seven days h 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, i that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

16 And in the first day there shall be an holy k 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 6 man must eat, that only may be done of you.

17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this self-same 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.

18 In the first month, on the four

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EXODUS, XII.
B. C. 1491.

7 ch.23.15

34.18.

til the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no Deut. 16.3. leaven found in your houses: foror, kid. 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.

20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat

unleavened bread.

m Jos.5.10.

Egyptians slain.

| 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.

32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and v bless me also.

2Ki.23.21. Ezr.6.20. 33 And the Egyptians were urMat.26.18. gent w upon the people, that they Mar. 14.12. might send them out of the land in Lu. 22.7,&c haste; for they said, We be all n Lev.14.6,7. dead men.

Ps.51.7. Heb.9.19.

11.28.

21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, I Draw out and take you a 7 lambo Heb. 12.24. according to your families, and kill p 2Sa.24. 16. the passover. m Eze.9.4,6. Rev.7.3.

9.4.

q ch.13.8,14. Deut.32.7. Jos.4.6. Ps.78.6.

r ch.4.31.

22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike n 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. 23 For the LORD will pass throughs Nu.3.13. to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood o upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and p will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

25 And it shall come to pass, whent ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

8.17. 33.4. Ps.78.51. 105.36. 135.8. 136.10. He.11.28.

8 house of the pit. ch.11.6.

Pr.21.13. Am.5.17. Mat.25.6. Ja.2.13.

u ch.11.1.

v Ge.27.34.

26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, q What mean ye by this service? 27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who w Ps. 105.38. passed over the houses of the chil-9 or, dough. dren of Israel in Egypt, when he x Ge.39.21. smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed 11.3. the head, and r worshipped. y Nu.33.3,5. 28 And the children of Israel wentz Nu. 1.46. away, and did as the LORD had 11.21. commanded Moses and Aaron, so 10 a great did they.

29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD Smote s all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat

ch.3.21.

mixture.

a Nu. 11.4. b Ge. 15. 13. Acts 7.6. Ga.3.17.

observations.

31 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their 9 kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment :

36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the Egyptians.

37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses y to Succoth, about 2 six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

38 And 10 a mixed multitude a went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

40 T Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was b four hundred and thirty years.

41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the self-same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

42 It is 11 a night to be much c 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. 43 And the LORD said unto Moses

of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

on his throne, unto the firstborn 11 a night of and Aaron, This is the ordinance d of the captive that was in the 8 dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry t in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

31 And he called u for Moses and

c De. 16. 1,6. d Nu.9.14. e Ge. 17.12. f Lev.22.10. Ep.2.12.

44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast e circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

45 Af foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

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