13 And Joshua difcomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the fword.

14 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek

*Or, Because the from under heaven.

hand of Amalek

is against the

throne of the LORD, therefore, &c.

† Heb. the hand upon the throne of the LORD.

15 And Mofes built an altar, and called the name of it ‡ JEHOVAH-nifli. 16 For he faid, *Because the LORD hath fworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. CHAP. XVIII.

1 Jethro bringeth to Mofes his wife and two fons. 7 Mofes entertaineth him. 13 Jethro's counsel is accepted. 27 Jethro departeth.

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Hen Jethro, the priest of Midian, Mofes father in law, heard of all that God had done for Mofes, and for Ifrael his people, and that the LORD had brought Ifrael out of Egypt:

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2 Then Jethro, Mofes father in law, took Zipporah Mofes wife, after he had sent her back,

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3 And her two fons, of which the name of the one was* Gerthom ( for he faid, I have been an alien in a strange land)

4 And the name of the other was † Eliezer (for the God of my father, faid he, was mine help, and delivered me from the fword of Pharaoh)

5 And Jethro, Mofes father in law, came with his fons and his wife unto Mofes into the wilderness, where he encamped at a the mount of God.

6 And he faid unto Mofes, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two fons with her.

7 ¶ And Mofes went out to meet his father in law, and did obeifance, and kiffed him, and they asked each other of their welfare and they came into the tent.

8 And Mofes told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Ifraels fake, and all the travel that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

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9 And Jethro rejoyced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Ifrael: whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

10 And Jethro faid, Bleffed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

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II Now I know that the LORD is greater Chap. 1. 10 than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly, he was above them.

16, 22. & S. 7. & 14. 18.

12 And Jethro, Mofes father in law, took a burnt-offering and facrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Ifrael, to eat bread with Mofes father in law before God.

13 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Mofes fat to judge the people: and the

and giveth him counsel.

people stood by Mofes from the morning Before unto the evening.

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And when Mofes father in law faw all that he did to the people, he faid, What is 1491. this thing that thou doft to the people? Why fittest thou thy felf alone, and all the people ftand by thee from morning unto even?

15 And Mofes faid unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to en- Lev, 24. 12 quire of God.

Numb. 15.34

16 When they have a matter, they come unto me, and I judge between † one and an- †Heb, a man other, and I do make them know the ftatutes and his fellow of God and his laws.

17 And Mofes father in law faid unto him, The thing that thou doft is not good.

18+ Thou wilt furely wear away, both Heb. Fading thou, and this people that is with thee: for thou wilt fade, this thing is too heavy for thee; & thou art Numb, 11, 1 not able to perform it thy felf alone.

19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God fhall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayft bring the causes unto God:

20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and fhalt fhew them the way wherein they muft walk, and the work that they must do.

Deut. 1. 9.

1

2 Chron. 19:

21 Moreover, thou fhalt provide out of all the people, hable men, fuch as fear God, Deut. 1. 16 men of truth, hating covetoufnefs; and place & 16, 18, fuch over them, to be rulers of thoufands, 9. and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it fhall be, that every great Deut. 1.17 matter they fhall bring unto thee, but every 17.8 fmall matter they fhall judge: So fhall it be easier for thy felf, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee fo, then thou fhalt be able to endure, and all this people fhall also go to their place in peace.

24 So Mofes hearkned to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

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25 And Mofes chose able men out of all Deur, 1, I Ifrael, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

26 And they judged the people at all feafons: the hard caufes they brought unto Mofes, but every small matter they judged themselves.

27 ¶ And Mofes let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own Numb. 10. land.

CHA P. XIX. I The people come to Sinai. 3 Gods meage by Mofes unto the people out of the mount. 8 The peoples anfwer returned again. 10 The people are prepared against the third day. 12 The mountain must not be touched. 16 The fearful prefence of God upon the

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3 And Mofes went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, faying, Thus fhalt thou fay to the houfe of Jacob, and tell the children of Ifrael; 4

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Ye have feen what I did unto the Der Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles wings, and brought you unto my felf. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then Test.4, 20, & 8 ye shall be a peculiar treafure unto me above 2. all people: for all the earth is mine.

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135.4.

8. 12.

4.1.

10. 16.

3. 17.

214. Pet 10. 14.

Pa 24 1. &

12.

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6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Ifrael.

7 And Mofes came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their 1234 faces all these words which the LORD COMe 2.5, 9. 6.&.manded him.

& 20, 6. Chap. 24.3,7.

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8 And all the people answered together, 5.27. & and faid, All that the LORD hath spoken, we will do. And Mofes returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

Ε. 16.

D. 20.21.

24 15,16.

9 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, m that the people may hear when I fpeak with 12. thee, and believe thee for ever. And 1431. Mofes told the words of the people unto the LORD.

4,12,36.

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10 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go unto the people, and fanctifie them to

22 And let the priests alfo which come near to the LORD, fanctifie themselves, left the LORD break forth upon them.

23 And Mofes faid unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai : for thou chargedst us, faying, Set bounds about the mount, and fanctifie it.

24 And the LORD faid unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou fhalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through, to come up unto the LORD, left he break forth upon them.

25 So Mofes went down unto the people, and fpake unto them.

CHAP. XX. The ten commandments. 18 The people are afraid. 20 Mofes comforteth them. 22 Idolatry is forbidden. 24 Of what fort the altar fhould be.

11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD P will come down in the fight of all the people, upon mount Sinai.

12 And thou shalt fet bounds unto the people round about, faying, Take heed to your felves, that ye go not up ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: ¶ whofoever toucheth the mount, fhall be furely put to death.

13 There fhall not an hand touch it, but he fhall furely be stoned or fhot through; whether it be beaft or man, it shall not live: when the* trumpet foundeth long, they fhall come up to the mount.

14 And Mofes went down from the mount unto the people, and fanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.

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15 And he said unto the people, Be ready 45. against the third day: come not at your

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16 And it came to pass on the third day 12.18 in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; fo that all the people that was in the camp, trembled.

17 And Mofes brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

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18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a fmoke, because the LORD defcended upon it in fire: y and the smoke thereof afcended

2

Hebr, 12.21.

2 Hebr. 12. 26:

b Neh. 9. 13. Pfal. 81. 7.

Heb, contest. 6. 19.

See 1 Sam

2 I am the LORD thy God, which Lev. 26. t. have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

b

*

Deut. 5. 6. Pfal. 10: Hol. 13. 4. b Chap. 13.3.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before *Heb. Servants,

9 Acts 20. 33. Rom. 7. 7.

* Job 31, 9.

Hebr. 12, 18.. Rev. 1. 12.

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14° Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal.

16 P Thou shalt not bear falfe witness against thy neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours houfe, thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife, nor his man-fervant, nor his maid-fervant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbours.

18 And all the people faw the thundrings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain fmoking: and when the people faw it, they removed, and ftood afar off.

19 And they faid unto Mofes," Speak thou u Deut. 5. 24.8 18. 16. Gal. 3. With us, and we will hear: but let not God fpeak with us, left we die.

19, 20, Hebr. 12. 19.

20 And Mofes faid unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye fin not.

21 And the people ftood afar off, and Mofes drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

22 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Thus thou fhalt fay unto the children of Ifrael, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

23 Ye fhall not make with me gods of 45. 2 Kings filver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

17. 33. Ezek.

20. 39.

43.

8. Zeph, 1 1,

5. 2 Cor. 6 149

IS, 16."

b Lev. 1.2.

• Deut. 27. 5.

24 ¶ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and fhalt facrifice thereon thy burntofferings, and thy peace-offerings, thy fheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name, I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

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25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of Joh, 8. 31. ftone, thou fhalt not + build it of hewn ftone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

I Mac, 4. 47.

† Heb.build them with bew. ing.

* Chap. 24.3,4.

Deut. 4. 14.

b Lev. 25. 39. Deut. 15. 12.

26 Neither fhalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not difcovered thereon.

2 If thou buy an Hebrew fervant, fix years he fhall ferve: and in the feventh he

Jer. 34. 14. fhall go out free for nothing.

Heb, with his body.

3 If he came in* by himfelf, he fhall go out by himself if he were married, then his wife fhall go out with him.

4 If his mafter have given him a wife, and fhe have born him fons or daughters; the wife and her children fhall be her mafters, and he fhall go out by himself.

8 If the please not her mafter, who hath Heb.be evil betrothed her to himself, then fhall he let her be redeemed: To fell her unto a trange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

9 And if he have betrothed her unto his fon, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall *1 COL. 7. he not diminish.

II And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

12 ¶ He that fmiteth a man, fo that he Gen. 9. 6. die, fhall be furely put to death.

21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for 1 he is 1Lev, 25. his money.

22 If men ftrive, and hurt a woman with child, fo that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he fhall be furely punished, according as the womans husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

23 And if any mischief follow, then thou fhalt give life for life,

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24 m Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand Lev. 24. for hand, foot for foot,

25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, ftripe for stripe.

26 And if a man fmite the eye of his ¶ fervant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he fhall let him go free for his eyes fake.

27 And if he fmite out his man-fervants tooth, or his maid-fervants tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooths fake.

30 If there be laid on him a fum of moNum. 35. 31. ney, then he fhall give for the ranfom of his life, whatsoever is laid upon him.

31 Whether he have gored a fon, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment Thall it be done unto him.

32 If the ox fhall push a man-fervant, or maid-servant; he fhall give unto their master Mat. 26, P thirty fhekels of filver, and the ox fhall be ftoned.

33 ¶ And if a man fhall open a pit, or if a man fhall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an afs fall therein;

34 The owner of the pit fhall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beaft fhall be his.

35 ¶ And if one mans ox hurt anothers that he die, then they fhall fell the live ox, and divide the money of it, and the dead ox alfo they shall divide.

36 Or if it be known that the ox hath ufed to push in time paft, and his owner hath not kept him in, he fhall furely pay ox for ox, and the dead fhall be his own.

a man fhall steal an ox or a* fheep, and kill it, or fell it; he fhall restore five oxen am, 12.6. for an ox, and four fleep for a fheep. 2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be fmitten that he die, there shall no blood be Shed for him.

e 19. 8.

Prov. 6.31.

3 If the fun be rifen upon him, there shall be blood fhed for him: for he should make full reftitution; if he have nothing, then he fhall be fold for his theft.

4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or afs, or sheep; he fhall restore double.

5¶ If a man fhall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and fhall put in his beaft, and fhall feed in another mans field: of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard fhall he make reftitution.

6 ¶ If fire break out, and catch in thorns, fo that the stacks of corn, or the standingcorn, or the field be confumed therewith; he that kindled the fire, fhall furely make reftitution.

Divers laws

to see whether he have put his hand unto Before his neighbours goods.

9 For all manner of trefpafs, whether it be for ox, for afs, for fheep, for raiment, or for any manner of loft thing, which another challengeth to be his the cause of both parties fhall come before the judges; and whom the judges fhall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

7 ¶ If a man fhall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the mans houfe; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an afs, or an ox, or a fheep, or any beast to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

8 If the thief be not found, then the mafter of the house shall be brought unto the judges,

II Then fhall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbours goods and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

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12 And if it be ftolen from him, he fhall Gen. 31.39) make reftitution unto the owner thereof.

13 If it be torn in pieces; then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

14¶ And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it; he shall surely make it good.

15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he fhall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

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16 ¶ And if a man entice a maid that ⚫ Deut. 22. 28. is not betrothed, and lie with her; he shall furely endow her to be his wife.

17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he fhall † pay money according to † Heb. weigh. the dowry of virgins.

18 Thou shalt not fuffer a witch to

live.

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19 ¶ Whofoever lieth with a beast, shall furely be put to death.

20 He that facrificeth unto any god, fave unto the LORD only, he fhall be utterly deftroyed.

21 & Thou shalt neither vex a ftranger, nor opprefs him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22 h Ye fhall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Lev. 19. 26,

31. & 20. 27. Deut. 18. 10,

- 1 Mac. 2. 24.

Exod. 21.9. 25. 35.

Lev. 19. 33. &

23 If thou afflict them in any wife, and they cry at all unto me: I will furely hear their cry; 24 And my my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the fword; and your wives shall i Pfal. 109, 9; be widows, and your children fatherless.

k

Deut. 23. 19.

25 ¶ If thou lend money to any of my & Lev. 25. 35, people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not 36, 37. be to him as an usurer, neither fhalt thou lay him ufury. upon

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26 If thou at all take thy neighbours raiment to pledge, thou fhalt deliver it unto him by that the fun goeth down :

27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein fhall he fleep? And it shall come to pafs, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear: for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curfe the ruler of thy people.

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Neh. 3.7.

Pfal. 15. 5. Ezek, 18.8, 17.

Deut. 24. 6, job 24. 3. 9. Amos 2, 8.

10, 13.

Prov, 20. 16. & 22. 27.

29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the firft* Heb. by ful of thy ripe fruits, and of thy † liquors: the Heb, tear, first-born of thy fons fhalt thou give unto me. & 34. 19. 30 Likewife Deut, 15. 19.

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Ch. 13, 2, 13

If thou fee the afs of him that hateth

Det to thee, lying under his burden, ‡ and wouldft cafe to help him? forbear to help him; thou shalt furely help cafe to leave thy With him.

or, and wouldft

bufinefs for him; 6 Thou shalt not wreft the judgment of Leave it to joyn thy poor in his cause.

thou shalt Surely

with him.

f Ch. 34. 7:

Prov. 17, 8, 23. Ecclus 20, 29.

7 Keep thee far from a falfe matter: and the innocent and righteous flay thou not: for f I will not juftify the wicked.

Deut. 16. 19. 8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth * the wife, and perverteth the *Heb. the feeing. words of the righteous.

h Chap. 22.21. Deut. 10, 19.

9 Alfo thoufhalt not oppress a stranger: & 24 14 17 for ye know the heart of a ftranger, feeing t ye were firangers in the land of Egypt.

27. 19.

↑ Heb. Soul.

Lev. 25. 3.

10 And fix years thou fhalt fow thy land, and fhalt gather in the fruits thereof:

II But the feventh year thou fhalt let it reft, and lie ftill; that the poor of thy people may eat and what they leave, the beafts of the field fhall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal Or, olive-trees. With thy vineyard, and with thy ‡ olive-yard. 12 Six days thou fhalt do thy work, and on the feventh day thou shalt reft: that thine ox and thine afs may reft, and the fon of thy handmaid, and the ftranger may be refreshed.

k Chap. 20. 8. Deut. 5. 13.

Luke 13. 14.

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13 And in all things that I have faid unto Num. 32. 33. you, be circumfpect: and 'make no mention of the names of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

Deut. 12. 3. Joth. 23. 7.

Plal, 16. 4.

Hol. 2, 17.

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14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast Chap. 34.23. unto me in the year.

Zech. 13. 2.

Lev. 23. S.

Deut. 16. 16.

& 13. 3. & 34.

18.

Thou fhalt keep the feaft of unleaChap. 2. 15. vened bread: thou fhalt eat unleavened bread feven days, as I commanded thee in the time appointed of the month Abib: for in it thou Chap. 34. 20. cameft out from Egypt: ° and none shall apEcclus 35.4 pear before me empty:

Deut. 16, 16.

P Deut. 16, 13.

Chap. 34.23.

16 P And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which thou haft fown in the field and the feast of in-gathering which is in the end of the year, when thou haft gathered in thy labours out of the field.

17 Three times in the year all thy males Deut, 16. 16. fhall appear before the LORD God."

26 There shall nothing caft their young, nor be barren in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

27 I will fend my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

28 And I will fend hornets before thee, which fhall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before thee.

29 8 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; left the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased,. and inherit the land.

33.2.

2

Lev. 18. 3.
Chap. 34,13

Deut. 12. 31.

b

Num. 33. 52: Deur, 7. S, 25

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8.

d

12, 3. Deut. 28, 5, Chap. 15. 20

Deut. 7. 15.

Deut. 7. 14.

Heb. neck

Deut. 7. 20 Josh. 24. 12. wild. 12.8.

Deut. 7. 22,

Num. 34. 3.

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31 And I will fet thy bounds from the Gen. 15. 1 Red fea even unto the fea of the Philistines, Deut. 11, 24and from the defert unto the river: for I Joh. 1. 4. will deliver the inhabitants of the land into 24your hand; and thou fhalt drive them out Pfal. 72. 8. before thee.

I K'ngs 4. 2°

Deut. 7. 2.

Thou fhalt make no covenant with Chap. 34. 1 them, nor with their gods.

33 They fhall not dwell in thy land, left they make thee fin against me: for if thou ferve their gods, it will furely be a fnare unto thee.

k Chap. 34.

16.

Deut. 7. Joh. 23. 13sam. 18. 2

Judg. 2. 3.

Pfal. 106. 36