r ch. 6. 12. Cp. 1 Sam. 18. 18 & Isai. 6. s ch. 4. 12, 15. Deut. 31. 8, 23. Josh. 1. 5. u ch. 6. 3. John S. 58. Rev. 1. 4 & 4. 8. rver. 6. oppression wherewith the Egyp 7. Cp. Ps. tians oppress them. 107 Come now 105. 26 & Mic. 6. 4. therefore, and 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 of Jer. 1. 6. Israel out of Egypt? 12 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 1 See ch. 19. out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 13 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, 11 AM THAT IAM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, 2"I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And 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. 16 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 Gen 50.24. surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: 17 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaan ite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 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 of the Hebrews, hath met with us: 3, 4, 15, 16. and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilder ness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 19 And I know that the king of Egypt will not w Hos. 12.5. Cp. Ps.135. x ch. 4. 29. y ch. 4. 31. Cp. Luke 1. 68. 2 ver. 8. a ch. 4. 31. b ch. 5. 1. c Num. 23. d ch. 5. 2 & 7. 4. a 2 x ech.6.1 Deut. 6. & 13. 3. Neh. 9. 10. Jer. 32. 20. See ch. 7- ch. 12.31. ch.11. 2,3 & 12.35, 36. Cp. Gen. 15. 14. give you leave to go, no, not by a 20 And I will put mighty hand. 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 go. 21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: 22 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 Cp. Ezek. the Egyptians. 1 And Moses 4 answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, "A rod. mver. 17,20. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine band, 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 :) 5 that they may "believe that the LORD, the God of their o See ch. fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 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 Pleprous, as Num. 12. white as snow. 7 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 Cp. 2 Kin. 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 sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, 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 r ch. 7. 19. become blood upon the dry land. 2 Or. I WILL BE 1 Or, I AM, BECAUSE LAM Or, ¡AM WHO AM Oг, I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE Heb. Ehych. 3 Heb. Jehovah, from the same root as Ehych. 4 Heb. nahash. 10. 2 Kin. 5. 27. 5. 14. 12 & Jer. 1. 6. Cp. ch. 3. & Isa. 50.4 12 & Jer. 1. 9 & Ezek. 3. 22 Matt. 10. 19,20 11 & Mark 13. & Luke 12. hast refused to let him go: behold, i ch. 11.5 & 12. 29. Cp. Num. 22.22 21.16. Cp. Gen. 7 ch. 2. 21. m Josh. 5. 2,3. 10 And Moses said unto the LORD, Oh Lord, I am not 1eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast $ Cp. ch. 6. spoken unto thy servant: for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 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 teach thee what thou shalt speak. 13 And he said, Oh Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. 14 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 heart. 15 And 29 And Moses and Aaron # ch. 7. 1. 2. "thou shalt speak unto him, and went and gathered together all their ch. 3. 16. "put the words in his mouth: and elders of the children of Israel: I will be with thy mouth, and with 30 and Aaron spake all the words s ver. 16. his mouth, and will teach you what which the LORD had spoken unto ye shall do. 16* And he shall be Moses, and did the signs in the thy spokesman unto the people: sight of the people. 31 And the and it shall come to pass, that he people believed: and when they shall be to thee a mouth, and thou heard that the LORD had visited shalt be to him as God. 16. 17 And the children of Israel, and that he thou shalt take in thine hand this had seen their affliction, then they rod, wherewith thou shalt do the bowed their heads and worshipped. signs. 11, 12 sver. 27. 38 Num. 22. & 23. 5, 12, 16. Deut. 18. 18. 3, 19. Sam. 14. Isai. 31. 16. Cp.ch.7.1 z ver. 30. & 18. 19. z ver. 2. ch. 7. 15. 18. b ch. 2. 15. Cp. Matt. 2.2. < ch. 18.2-4. 18 And Moses went and returned a Cp. ch. 2 to 2a 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 in peace. 19 And the LORD 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 deh. 17.9. Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. 21 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 son, my firstborn: 23 and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou 1 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 x ch. 10. 9. me in the wilderness. 2 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 I will not let Israel go. 3 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 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 works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And 6 ch. 1. 11. Pharaoh said, Behold, the people cch. 1.7, 9. of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye 19. d 3 Heb. make strong. 4 Heb. made it touch. d ch. 3. 7. fch. 3. 7. g ch. 3. 7. 1. ch. 6. 9. shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 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 God. 9 Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard lying words. 10 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 you straw. 11 Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it for nought of your work shall be diminished. 12 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, 1and 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 with thy servants? 16 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 sacrifice to the LORD. 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 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 your bricks, your daily tasks. 20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: 21 and they said unto them, The LORD 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 their hand to slay us. 1 Heb. saying. 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. ich. 3. 19 & 13. 3. jch. 11.1 & 12. 33, 39. k Cp. Isai. 42.8 & Mal. 3. 6. Gen. 17. 1. & 15. 2 8.58 & Rev. 1. n Gen. 15. 18 & 17.4, 7. o Gen. 17. 8 & 28. 4. ch. 2. 24. Deut. 26.8. 9 ch. 7. 4. Ps. 136. 11, 12. 17. Cp. ch. 3. ch. 15. 13. Kin. 17. Deut. 7. 8. 1 Chr. 17. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am JEHOVAH: 3 and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as 31 God Almighty, but 4 by my name " JEHOVAH I was not known to them. 4" And I have also estab- Cp. John lished my covenant with them, "to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned. 5 And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Where fore 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 judgements: 7 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 the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it touch. 5. 4, 5. Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: *I am Jehovah. 9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 11 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 into me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircum 21. Neh. 1. 10. Deut. 4. 20 &7.6 & 14. 2 26. 18. 2 Sam. 7. 46. ch. 29. 45, Gen. 17. 8. Lev. 22. 33. Deut. 29. cised lips? 13 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. 14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben the first born of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi : these are the families of Reuben. 15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Chr. 4.24 Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and #Gea. 46. Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. 16 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 seven years. 3 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni and Chr&17 Shimei, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Chr. 62. Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and eam three years. 19 And the sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. 20 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 years. 21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And *the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Sam Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of 419,Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bare him MaNadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24 And 'the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. 25 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 their families. 26 These are that Aaron and Moses, "to whom the LORD said, Bring out the chil dren of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts. 3L 27 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. p See ver.2 ver. 11. Cp.ch.7.2. 6.5. Sce ver. 12. 9.9. 15 & 6. 29. 28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 that the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, "I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak unto thee. 30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, "I am of Cp. Isai. uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? 1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pha- sch. 4. 16. raoh and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou Gen. 20. 7. shalt speak all that I command thee: Cp. 1 Sam. and Aaron thy brother shall speak Cp. ch. 4. unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my 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 Egypt by great judge. ments. 5 And the Egyptians shall ver. 17. know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. 6 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. 2 8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 9 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, that it become a 1serpent. 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 for the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the "magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments. 12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. 13" And Pharaoh's 1 Heb. tannin, any large reptile; and so in vv. 10, 12. 2 Or, secret arts heart was hardened, and he hearkSee ch. 4. ened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken. 21. c ch. 8. 20 & 9. 13. & 17. 5. e ch. 4. 3. fch. 3. 18 & 5. 3 & 9. 1, 13. g ch. 3. 12, 18 & 5. 1, 3. 4 ver. 5. í ch. 4. 9. ch. 8. 5, 6, 16, 17 & 9. 22 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is 2stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go. 15° Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's dch. 4. 2, 17 brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. 16 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 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 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; jver. 21, 24. and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river. 19 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 3 streams, and over 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 vessels of stone. 20 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 turned to blood. 21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egypver. 18, 24. tians "could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their en17.7& mg. chantments: and Pharaoh's heart 1 was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. 24 And all the Egyptians digged round & 10. 12, 21 & 14. 16, 21, 26. I ch. 17. 9. m Ps. 78. 44 & 105. 29. o ver. 11. Cp. Wisdom p ver. 13. 9 ver. 3, 4. about the river for water to drink; I And the LORD spake unto [Ch. 7.26 Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and in Heb.) r ver. 20. say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, "that they may serve me. 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: 3 and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into "thy bed- u Ps. 105. 30. chamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: 4 and the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, "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. 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7 And the magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. 8 Then Pharaoh 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. 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me: against what time shall I "intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only? 10 And he said, Against tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: "that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. 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. 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh : and Moses cried unto the LORD concerning the frogs 5 which he had brought upon Pharaoh. 13 And the 1 Heb. was strong. 2 Heb. heavy. 3 Or, canals 4 Heb. set his heart even to this. 3 Or, as he had |