Moses encouraged to go to Pharaoh.

bch. 4. 16. ⚫ch. 4. 15.

4 ch. 4. 21.

ch. 11. 9. fch. 4. 7.

ch. 10. 1. & 11. 9.

h ch. 6. 6.

i ver. 17.

ch. 8. 22. & 14. 4, 18.

Ps. 9. 16.

* ch. 3. 20.

I ver. 2.

and Aaron thy brother shall be
prophet.

EXODUS.

2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

The river turned into blood.

thy shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I
will smite with the rod that is in mine
hand upon the waters which are in the
river, and they shall be turned to blood.
18 And the fish that is in the river shall
die, and the river shall stink; and the
Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the
water of the river.

3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my 'signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

€ ch. 4. 9.
d Rev. 16. 4.

6.

ever, 24.

19¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and 'stretch ch. 8. 5,6,16. out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may be5 And the Egyptians shall know that I come blood; and that there may be blood am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine throughout all the land of Egypt, both in hand upon Egypt, and bring out the chil-vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. dren of Israel from among them. 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the ch. 17. 5. rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. 21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians 'could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

m

6 And Moses and Aaron 'did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. 7 And Moses was fourscore years old, &31.2.& 3. and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

m Deut. 29. 5.

7.

Acts 7. 23, 30.

" Is. 7. 11. John 2. 18. & 6. 30.

• ch. 4. 2, 17.

P ver. 9.

1 ch. 4. 3. Gen. 41. 8.

⚫2 Tim. 3. 8. tver. 22.

th. 8. 7, 18.

" ch.4.21. ver. 4.

* ch. 8. 15. & 10. 1, 20, 27.

y ch. 4. 2, 8. ver. 10.

1 ch. 3. 18.

8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you,
saying, "Shew a miracle for you: then
thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod,
and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall
become a serpent.

10 ¶ 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 serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh also 'called the wise
men and the sorcerers: now the magi-
cians of Egypt, they also 'did in like man-
ner with their enchantments.

12 For they cast down every man his rod,
and they became serpents: but Aaron's
rod swallowed up their rods.

h

22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; 'as the LORD had said.

23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.

24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.

CHAPTER VIII.

13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, 1 Frogs are sent. 8 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 12 and

that he hearkened not unto them; "as the
LORD had said.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses,
* Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth
to let the people go.

Moses by prayer removeth them away. 16 The dust is
turned into lice, which the magicians could not do. 20
The swarms of flies. 25 Pharaoh inclineth to let the
people go, 32 but yet is hardened.

AND

that they may serve me.

ND the LORD spake unto Moses, Go
unto Pharaoh, and say unto him,
15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morn-Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go,
ing; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and
thou shalt stand by the river's brink
against he come; and the rod which was
turned to a serpent shalt thou take in
thine hand.

h Ps. 78. 44. & 105. 29.

' ver. 18.

* ver. 11.

ver. 3.

a ch. 3. 12, 18 b ch. 7. 14. & 9.2.

eRev. 16. 13

3 And the river shall bring forth frogs 16 And thou shalt say unto him, The abundantly, which shall go up and come LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me into thine house, and into thy bedcham-Ps. 105. 30. ch, 3, 12, 18. unto thee, saying, Let my people go, "that ber, and upon thy bed, and into the house they may serve me in the wilderness: and, of thy servants, and upon thy people, and behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-or, dough. 17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou troughs:

& 5. 1, 3.

'ch. 5. 2.

ver. 5.

The dust turned into lice.

⚫ ch. 7. 19.

EXODUS.

4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

The plague of flies.

could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

had said.

q

2 Tim. 3.

8,9.

1 Sam. 6. 3.9. Ps. 8. 3. Matt. 12. 28

Luke 11. 20.

ver. 15.

19 Then the magicians said unto Pha-Luke 10. 18. 5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, raoh, This is the finger of God: and Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine Pharaoh's 'heart was hardened, and he hand with thy rod over the streams, over hearkened not unto them; as the LORD the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand Ps. 78. 45. & over the waters of Egypt; and 'the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

105. 30.

< ch. 7. 11.

Ecc. 8. 11. m ch. 7. 14.

11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

k

12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

14 And they gathered them together upon heaps; and the land stank.

m

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

16¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the Ps. 105. 31. dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

ure of noisome beasts, &c.

21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies Or, a mirtupon 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.

a 6, 26. & 10. 23. & 11. 6, 7. & 12. 13.

22 And "I will sever in that day the land ch. 9.4.6 of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

demption. Or, by tomorrow.

23 And I will put ta division between + Heb. a remy people and thy people: "to morrow shall this sign be.

24 And the LORD did so; and there P. 78. 45. came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the or swarm of flies.

25 ¶ And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.

destroyed.

& 46. 34. Deut. 7, 25, 26. & 12. 31.

26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomina-Gen. 43, 32. tion 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?

a

a ch. 3. 12.

27 We will go three days' journey intoch. 3. 18. the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. 28 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 very far away: entreat for me.

29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.

The plague of boils and blains.

ver. 15. ch. 4. 21.

ch. 8. 1.

D ch. 8. 2.

c ch. 7. 4.

4 ch. 8. 22.

Ps. 78. 50.

'ch. 7. 14. & 8.32.

Rev. 16. 2.

word of Moses; and he removed the before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus
swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let
servants, and from his people; there re-my people go, that they may serve me.
mained not one.

e

32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.

CHAPTER IX.

1 The murrain of beasts. 8 The plague of boils and

14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; "that thou ch. 8. 10. mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

n

15 For now I will "stretch out my hand, ch. 3. 20. blains. 13 His message about the hail. 22 The plague that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

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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 nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.

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 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 hard-
ened, 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 to-
ward 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
breaking forth with blains upon man, and
upon beast, throughout all the land of
Egypt.

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it Deut. 28. 27. became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

16 And in very deed for this cause have Rom. 9. 17.
I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my
power; and that my name may be de-
clared throughout all the earth.

17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my
people, that thou wilt not let them go?
18 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
foundation thereof even until now.

19 Send therefore now, and gather thy
cattle, and all that thou hast in the field;
for upon every man and beast which shall
be found in the field, and shall not be
brought home, the hail shall come down
upon them, and they shall die.

25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail 'smote Ps. 106. 33. every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the ch. 8. 22. & children of Israel were, was there no hail. 27 ¶ And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, ch. 10. 16. I have sinned this time: "the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

u2 Chr. 12. 6. Ps. 129. 4. & 145. 17. Lam. 1. 18. Dan. 9. 14

Locusts are threatened.

28 Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) tree which groweth for you out of the
that there be no more mighty thunder- field:
ings and hail; and I 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 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.

30 But as for thee and thy servants, "I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.

a

+ Heb. hidden, or, dark.

ver. 29. ch. 8. 12.

4 ch. 4. 21.

+ Heb. by
the hand of
Moses,
ch. 13.

ach. 4. 21. & 7. 14.

b ch. 7. 4.

• Deut. 4. 9. Ps. 44. 1. & 71. 18. & 78. 5. &c. Joel 1. 3.

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32 But the wheat and the rye were not
smitten for they were not grown up.
33 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 harden-
ed his heart, he and his servants.

d

35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

CHAPTER X.

6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the ch. 8. 3, 21. 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 a snare untoch. 23. 33. 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: but who are they that shall go?

Josh. 23. 13
1 Sam. 18.
21.
Ecc. 7. 26.
1 Cor. 7. 35.

+ Heb. who,
and who,
&c.

9 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 wech. 5. 1. must hold a feast unto the LORD.

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

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

12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of ch. 7. 19. Egypt for the locusts, that they may come

1 God threateneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh, moved by
his servants, inclineth to let the Israelites go. 12 The
plague of the locusts. 16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 21
The plague of darkness. 24 Pharaoh sueth unto Mo-up upon the land of Egypt, and 'eat every
ses, 27 but yet is hardened.
herb of the land, even all that the hail
hath left.

2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD. 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long 1 Kings 21. Wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before 14 me? let my people go, that they may

29.

& 34.27.

Job 42. 6. Jer. 13. 18. James 4. 10. 1 Pet. 5. 6.

serve me.

4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the Prov. 30.27. locusts into thy coast:

Rev. 9. 3.

+ Heb. eye, ver. 15.

fch. 9. 32.

Joel 1. 4. & 2.25.

5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every

14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; "be-Joel 2. 2. fore them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 15 For they covered the face of the ver. 5. whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the PPs. 106. 35. land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh tcalled for Moses+Heb. hastand Aaron in haste; and he said, I have ch. 9. 27. sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.

q

17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee,

ened to call

EXODUS.

5 And fall the firstborn in the land of ch. 12. 12, 29. Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even 20 But the LORD "hardened Pharaoh's unto the firstborn of the maidservant

that is behind the mill; and all the first-
born of beasts.

3 And the LORD gave the people favour