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of the shepherds, and moreover hel drew water for us, and watered the 20 flock. "And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that 21 he may 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 1a sojourner in a strange land.

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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 reason of the

24 bondage. "And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, 25 and with Jacob. And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them.

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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 mountain of God, Junto 2 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 con3) sumed. And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, 4 why the bush is not burnt. 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 thou stand6 est 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 7 look upon God. And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sor8 rows; and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a

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2 Or, I AM, BECAUSE I AM Or, I AM WHO AM Or, I

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 9 the 'Hivite', and the 'Jebusite'. And1 now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: 'moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress 10 them. Come now therefore, and I I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children 12 of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, 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 13 upon this mountain. °And 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? 14 °And God said unto Moses, 21 AM THAT I AM and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, 153 AM hath sent me unto you.

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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 16 all generations. Go, and gather the elders of Israel 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 17 Egypt and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite', and the Hittite, and the Amorite', and the 'Perizzite', and the 'Hivitel, and the 'Jebusite, unto a land flowing with 18 milk and honey. And 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, 'the' God

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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 19 LORD our God. And I know that

the king of Egypt will not 'give! you leave to go, no, not by a mighty 20 hand. And I will put forth my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof and after that he will let you 21 go. And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when 22 ye go, ye shall not go empty: but every woman 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 41 Egyptians. °And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice for they will say, The LORD 2 hath not appeared unto thee. And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a 1serpent; and Moses filed 4 from before it. And the LORD 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 5 became a rod in his hand :) that they may believe that the LORD, 'the' God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of 6 Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. And 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. 1 °And he said, 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.) 8 And 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 9 sign. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe leven' these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry

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land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood (10 upon the dry land. And Moses said unto the LORD, Oh Lord, I am not 2eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: for I am slow of speech, and of a (11 slow tongue. And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh la man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? 12 is it not I the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt 'speak'. (13 And he said, Oh Lord, send, I pray

thee, by the hand of him whom thou 14) 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 be glad in his 15 heart. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put 'the' words in his mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye (16 shall do. And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and 1it shall Icome 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.

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And 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 19 in peace. And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead 20 which sought thy life. And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took 21) 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. (22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh,

Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my (23 son, my firstborn: and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused 3 Heb. Fether.

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to let him go: behold, I will slay 24 thy son, thy firstborn. And it came to pass on the way at the lodging place, that the LORD met him, 25 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 'bride26) groom of blood' art thou to me. °So he let him alone. Then she said, 2A bridegroom of blood art thou, because of the circumcision.

27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the 'mountain of God, and kissed him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words

of the LORD wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith' he 29 had 'charged' him. And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30 and Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the 31 people. And the people believed:

and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had 'seen' their affliction, then they bowed their heads and wor51 shipped. 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 feast unto me in the wil2) derness. And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, and moreover 3 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 wilderness', and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pesti4 lence, or with the sword. And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose' the people from their works? get you 5) unto your burdens. And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and yet make them 6) rest from their burdens. And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their 1 officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick. as heretofore: let them go and gather |

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8 straw for themselves. And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; Iye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to 9 our God. Let 'heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard 'ly10 ing 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 lye can find it: for nought of your work shall be di12 minished. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble 'for straw. 13 And the taskmasters were urgent", saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14) And 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 both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore? 15 Then the officers of the children of

Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus 16 with thy servants? "There 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. (17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacri18 fice to the LORD. Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be shall ye deliver the And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not minish aught from 20 your bricks, your daily tasks. And

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they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth 21 from Pharaoh : and they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because lye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his serv ants, to put a sword in their hand to *(22 slay us. °And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

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*23 °For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath evil lentreated this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. 61 And the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for 'byꞌ a strong hand shall he let them go, and 'by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and 3) said unto him, I am 1JEHOVAH': °and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, las 1God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH I was not 4 known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their 'sojournings', wherein 5 they sojourned'. And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remem6 bered my covenant. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah', 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 7 judgements: and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of (8 the Egyptians. And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I lifted up my hand' to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am 'Jehovah'. And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, 11 saying, "Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who 13 am of uncircumcised lips? And 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.

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fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these larel 15 the families of Reuben. And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of 16 Simeon. And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and 17 seven years. The sons of Gershon; Libni and 'Shimei', according to their 18 families. And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and 19 three years. And the sons of Merari; Mahli' and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites! according 20 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 21 and seven years. And the sons

of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and 22 Zichri. "And the sons of Uzziel;

Mishael, and Elzaphan, and 'Sithri'. 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, 'thel daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon', to wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and 24 Ithamar. And the sons of Korah ;

Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korah25 ites. 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 according to 26 their families. These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their 27 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.

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and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto 71 me? And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh and Aaron thy brother shall be 2 thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel 'go1 3 out of his land. And I will harden

Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of 4 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 Egypt by 5 great judgements. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children 6 of Israel from among them. °And

Moses and Aaron did so'; as the LORD commanded them, so did they. 7 °And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

8 And the LORD spake unto Moses 9 and unto Aaron, 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 Pharaoh, 10 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 it became a 11) 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 12 Benchantments. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed 13) up their rods. And Pharaoh's heart

was hardened, land' he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had Ispoken'.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubbornꞌ, he re15 fuseth to let the people go. °Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink Ito meet him; and the rod which

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was turned to a serpent shalt thou 16 take in thine hand. And 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 17 hearkened. 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 the river, and 18 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 water 19) from the river. And the LORD Isaid 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 lover' their pools, and '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 of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were 21) turned to blood. And the fish that was in the river died; and the river Istank, and the Egyptians could not drink water 'from the river; and 'the' blood was throughout all the land of 22 Egypt. And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had 23) 'spoken'. And Pharaoh turned and

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