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And 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 26 brake every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, 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, and I and my 28 people are wicked. Intreat the LORD; for there hath been' enough of these 'mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no (29 longer. And Moses said unto him,

As soon as I am gone out 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 30 is the LORD'S. "But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not 31 yet fear the LORD God. And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax 32 2was bolled. But the wheat and the

'spelt' were not smitten: for they were 33 not grown up. And 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. 34 And 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 ser35 vants. And the heart of Pharaoh

was hardened, 'and' he 'did not let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

101 And 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 lin (2 the midst of them': and that thou mayest tell in the 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. 3 And Moses and Aaron went in unto 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.

(4 °Else, if thou refuse to let my people

go, behold, to-morrow will I bring 5 locusts into thy 'border: and they shall cover the face of the earth, 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 (6) of the field: and thy 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 7 went out from Pharaoh. °And 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? 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: 9 but who are they that shall go? And 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. (10) And he said unto them, So be the LORD with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil 11 is before you. Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what yel desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

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And 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 13 all that the hail hath left. 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 the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the 14 locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither 15 after them shall be such. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and

6 Or, what ye purposel Heb. before your face.

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 16 Egypt. "Then Pharaoh called for

Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD 17 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 from 18 me this death only. And he went

out from Pharaoh, and intreated the 19 LORD. And the LORD turned lan 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 Egypt. 20 But the LORD 1hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

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And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which 22 may 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 25) also go with you. And Moses said, Thou must also give into our hand' sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. 27 But the LORD 1hardened 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; for in the day thou 29 seest my face thou shalt die. And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no more.

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he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust 2 you out hence altogether. 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 jewels of 3 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.

4 And Moses said, Thus saith the

LORD, About midnight will I go out in5 to 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 6 cattle. And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath been' none like it, 7 nor shall be like it any more. °But

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 8 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 multiplied in 10 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.

121 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, say2 ing, °This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 °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, according to their 'fathers' houses, a lamb for lan house4) hold': 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 lye shall make your count for (5 the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it from the sheep, or 6 from the goats: and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill 7 it at even1. 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 eat it. (8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall 9 eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; lits' head with its' legs and with the 10 inwards thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with 11 fire. And 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

12 LORD'S passover. For I will go through the 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!: 13) I am the LORD. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where lyel are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and 'there' shall 'no' plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the 14 land of Egypt. And this day shall

be unto you for a memorial, and 'yel shall keep it a feast to the LORD: throughout your generations 'yel shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for 15 ever. "Seven 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 16) off from Israel. And in the first day there shall be to you 'an' holy convocation, and in the seventh day lan holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be 17 done of you. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in

1 Heb. between the two evenings. 2 Or, 1 for a destroyer\

this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day Ithroughout your generations by an 18 ordinance for ever. In 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. (19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a Isojourner', or one that is born in 20 the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, 3Draw out, and take you lambs according to your families, and kill the pass22 over. And 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 23 until the morning. For 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 24 you. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to 25 thy sons for ever. And 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 26 keep this service. And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean 'ye! by this ser27 vice? that ye shall say, It is the sac

rifice 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 (28 the head and worshipped. And the children of Israel went and did 'so'; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

29) And it came to pass at midnight, that 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 * Or, I for that he\ passed

was in the dungeon; and all the first30 born of cattle. And 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 (31 was not one dead. And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get you forth from lamong my people, both 'ye1 and the children of Israel; and go, serve the 32 LORD, as ye have said. Take 'both

your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless 33 me also. And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their 35 clothes upon their shoulders.

And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they lasked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and rai36 ment: and the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what' they asked. And they spoiled the Egyptians.

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all the children of Israel 'throughout! their generations.

43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no 'alien' 44 eat thereof: but every man's servant

that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he 45 eat thereof. A sojourner' and 'an'

hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall 48 keep it. And 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: but no uncircumcised person 49 shall eat thereof. One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Israel;

as the LORD commanded Moses and 51 Aaron, so did they. And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their 'hosts'.

131 And the LORD spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

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And 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. 4) This day ye go forth in the month 5 Abib. And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite', and the 'Hittite', and the Amorite', and the 'Hivite', and the Jebusite', which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this 6 month. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen

3 Heb. do it. Heb. bondmen.

with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee, in all thy 'borders'. 8 °And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, 'It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I 9 came forth out of Egypt. And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of the LORD' may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought 10 thee out of Egypt. Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in 'its' season from year to year.

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And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the ICanaanite', as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it 12) thee, that thou shalt 'set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb', and every firstling which thou hast that cometh of a beast; the males 13 shall be the LORD'S. And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break lits neck and all the firstborn of man lamong thy sons' shalt thou redeem. 14 And 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 15 house of bondage and 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 womb', being males; but all the firstborn of 16 my sons I redeem. And it shall be for a 'sign upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.

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And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by 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 18 they return to Egypt: but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea and the children of Israel went up larmed' 19 out of the land of Egypt.

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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. 20 And they took their journey from

Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in (21 the edge of the wilderness. And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by (22) day and by night: the pillar of cloud by day, land' the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.

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141 And the LORD spake unto Moses, 2) saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baalzephon over against it shall ye 3 encamp by the sea. And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the 4 wilderness hath shut them in. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, 'and' he shall follow after them; and I will Iget me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; 'and' the Egyptians Ishall know that I am the LORD. 5) And they did so. And it was told the king of Egypt that the people Iwere fled and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 6 °And he made ready his 'chariot, and 7 took his people with him: and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains 8 over all of them. And the LORD shardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel went out with 'an' high hand. 9 And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before 10 Baal-zephon. And 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