c ch. 14. 19, 19 And 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. b 20 ¶ And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 21 And the LORD went before 24. & 40. 33. them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: Num. 9. 15. Ps. 78. 14. 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of Iscr.io. 1. fire by night, from before the people. b Num. 33. 7. CHAPTER XIV. 1 God instructeth the Israelites in their jour❘ 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them en- Josh. 24. G. camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 10 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 LORD. m ch. 15. 9. "Josh. 24.7. Neh. 9. 9. 11 And they said unto Moses, & 107.6 Because there were no graves in E-Ps.100.7,8. gypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 PIs not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the p ch. 5. 21. & 6. 9. 17. 2 Chr. 20. 15:41: 10, 13, 14. 21Or, for AND the LORD spake unto Moses, Egyptians when ye have seem to merece le saying, с 2 Speak unto the children of Isch. 13. 18. rael, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. • Jer. 41. 1. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, a They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. 5 And it was told the king of Ps. 105.25. Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 19 And the angel of God, which 2 ch. 13. 21. went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and is. 63. 9. the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of 8 And the LORD hardened the Israel; and it was a cloud and heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and darkness to them, but it gave light by he pursued after the children of Is-night to these: so that the one came rael: and the children of Israel not near the other all the night. Num. 33. 3. went out with an high hand. 1 ch. 6. 1. & 13. 9. 14. 2 Sec Is. 8. 21 And Moses stretched out his b ver. 16. The passage of the Red sea. BEFORE CHRIST 1491. Ps. 66. 6. 4 ch. 15. S. Josh. 3. 16. & 4.23. Neh. 9. 11. Ps. 74. 13. & 100. 9. & 114.3. Is. 63. 12. ⚫ ver. 29. ch. 15. 19. Num. 83. 8. Ps. 66. 6. & 78. 13. La. 63. 13. 1 Cor. 10. 1. Heb. 11. 29. Hab.3. 10. See Ps. 77. 17, &c. 2 Or, and h ver. 14. i ver. 16. EXODUS, XV. hand over the sea; and the LORD 22 And the children of Israel 23 ¶ And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot wheels, 2 that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 26 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth his Josh. 4. 18. hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD 13 overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 1 ch. 15.1, 7. 3 Heb. shook off. Deut. 11. 4. Neh. 9. 11. Pa. 78. 53. Heb. 11. 29. m Hab. 3.8, 13. Pa. 106. 11. o ver. 22. Ps. 77. 20. &78. 52, 53. P Ps. 100. 8, 10. 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the LORD P saved Israel that day out of the hand of the a Ps. 58. 10. Egyptians; and Israel a saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. & 59. 10. 4 Heb. hand. rch. 4. 31. Judg. 5. 1. 2 Sam. 22.1. Ps. 103. 12. 31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. CHAPTER XV. 1 Moses' song. 22 The people want water, 23 The waters at Marah are bitter. 25 tree sweeteneth them. 27 At Elim are twelve The song of Moses. & 140. 7. Is. 12. 2. Hab. 3. 18, 19. 21, 22. & 118. 23. Is. 25. 1. Pg. 83. 18. k ch. 14. 7. m Neh. 9.11. n Ps. 118. 15, 16. o Deut. 33. 26 thouas. 5. 24. 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: sentest forth thy wrath, which P consumed them as stubble. 8 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will "divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 2 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 3 11 z Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, a glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? b C 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. k P Ps. 59. 13. & 47. 14. r ch. 14. 21. 2 Sam. 22, 16. Job 4.9. P. 78. 13. 2 Thess. 2.8. Hab. 3. 10. Gen. 43.27. Is. 53. 12. Luke 11. 22. 2 Or, repossess. Ps. 147. 18. ch. 14. 23. 22. 15 Then i the dukes of Edom Num.22.3. shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 16m Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the sang Moses and the chil-people pass over, which thou hast dren of Israel this song unto purchased. HEN Josh. 2. 9. n 1 Sam. 25. 37. ch. 19. 5. Deut. 32. 9. 2 Sam.7.23. Ps. 74. 2. 51. 10. Tit. 2. 14. Is. 43. 1, 3. Jer. 31. 11. 1 Pet. 2. 9. 2 Pet. 2. 1. The people want water. BEFORE CHRIST 1491. P Ps. 44. 2. & 80. 8. EXODUS, XVI. They murmur for want of bread. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and P plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to a Ps. 78. 54. dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. 18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 ¶ And Miriam "the prophetess, *the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into Gen. 16.7. the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. b ver. 1. & 25. 18. d Num. 33. 8. 2 That is, Bitterness, Ruth 1. 20. e ch. 16. 2. & 17. 3. fch. 14. 10. & 17. 4. Ps. 50. 15. h See 2 Kings 2. 21. & 4. 41. I See Josh. 24. 25. k ch. 16. 4. Deut. 8. 2, 16. Judg. 2. 22. & 3. 1, 4. Ps. 66. 10. & 81. 7. 1 Deut. 7. 12, 15. b 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And said, 'If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth Ps. 41. 3, 4. thee.. m Deut. 28. 27, 60. n ch. 23. 25. & 103. 3. & 147. 3. • Num. 33. 9. 27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. CHAPTER XVI. 1 The Israelites come to Sin. 2 They murmur for want of bread. 4 God promiseth them bread from heaven. 11 Quails are sent, 14 and manna. 16 The ordering of manna. 25 It was not to be found on the sabbath. 32 An omer of it is preserved. AND they stook their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fif-b teenth day of the second month after. their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wil-1 derness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. 4 T Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and hit shall be twice as much as they gather daily. i 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and 'what are we, that ye murmur against us? And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. 9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, "Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto 10, 11. Moses, saying, 12 PI have heard the murmurings P ver. 8. Quails and manna are sent. CHRIST a ver. 6. r ver. 7. EXODUS, XVII. No manna found on the sabbath. BEFORE of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, "At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. • Num. 11. 81. P8.78.27,28. & 105. 40. tNum.11.9. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face Num.11.7. of the wilderness there lay "a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. Deut. 8. 3. Neh. 9. 15. Ps. 78. 24. & 105. 40. 2 Or, What is this? or, It is a portion. x John 6. 31, 49, 58. 1 Cor. 10. 3. y ver. 36. 3 Heb. by the poll, or, head. 4 Heb. souls. 2 Cor. 8. 15. a Gen. 2. 3. ch. 20. 8. b ver. 20. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, 2It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. Σ 16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, yan omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. 19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, Tomorrow is a the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; ch. 20. 9, but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long "refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 42 Kings 17.14. 22.& 106.13. 7,8. 31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it Num. 11. was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 T And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of Heb. 9. 4. manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. 3, 4. 2 Wherefore the people did chide Num. 20. with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said Amalek is overcome. CHRIST 1491. c Deut.6.16. 18.78.18,41. EXODUS, XVIII. d Moses entertaineth Jethro. CHRIST 1491. BEFORE unto them, Why chide ye with me? | LORD hath sworn that the LORD will BEFORE wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? have war with Amalek from genera3 And the people thirsted there for tion to generation. Water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children Is. 7. 12. 1 Cor. 10. 9. d ch. 16. 2. e ch. 14. 15. f 1 Sam. 30. 6. John 8. 59. & 10. 31. g Ezek. 2.6. h ch. 7. 20. i Num. 20. 20. & 105.41. & 114. 8. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two Jethro, of en and our cattle with thirst? the W Midian, tires, the print of LORD, saying, What shall I do unto 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest Num. 20.8. the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 'Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the Num. 20. place k2 Massah, and 3 Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? 13. Ps. 81.7. & 95. 8. Heb. 3. 8. 2 That is, Tentation. 3 That is, Chiding, or, Strife. 1 Gen.36.12. Num. 24.20. Deut. 25. 17. 8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said unto m Joshua, 1 Sam. 15.2. Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with "the rod of God in mine hand. m Called n ch. 4. 20. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Jam. 5.16. Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. p ch.31. 27. q Num. 24. 20. Deut. 25.19. 1 Sam. 15.3, 7. & 30.1,17. 2 Sam.8.12. Ezra 9. 14. 4 That is, 12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited AmaThe LORD lek and his people with the edge of my banner: the sword. See Judges 6. 24. 3 And her two sons; of which Acts 7.29. the name of the one was 2 Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: e ch. 2. 22. 2 That is, A stranger there. 4 And the name of the other was 3Eliezer; for the God of my father, That is, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh : My God is an help. 5 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount ch.3.1,12. of God: 6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 7 ¶ And Moses & went out to meet 8 And Moses told his father in 10 And Jethro said, Blessed 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 12 Ch.2.5. hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the LORD is 14 And the LORD said unto Mo-greater than all gods: m for in the ses, PWrite this for a memorial in a thing wherein they dealt "proudly book, and rehearse it in the ears of he was above them. Joshua: for I will utterly put out the LORD, the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. |