Jethro counselleth Moses.

CHRIST 1491.

BEFORE 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

15 And Moses said unto his father PLev.24.12. in law, Because P the people come unto me to enquire of God:

Num.15.34.

a ch. 23. 7. & 24. 14.

2 Sam. 15.3.

16 When they have a matter, Deut. 17. 8. they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

Job 31. 13, Acts 18. 15. 1 Cor. 6. 1. 2 Heb. a man and his fellow. Lev. 21.15. Num. 15.35. & 27. 6, &c.

& 36. 6, 7,

8, 9.

8 Heb.

Fading thou wilt fade.

• Num. 11. 14.17. Deut.1.0,12.

t ch. 3. 12.

a ch. 4. 16. & 20. 19. Deut. 5. 5. Num.27.5. Deut. 4. 1, 5. & 5.1. & 6. 1. 2. &7.11.

17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

8

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

20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must Deut.1.18. walk, and the work that they must

Ps. 143. 8.

b ver. 25. Deut. 1. 15, 16. & 16. 18. 2 Chr. 19. 5-10. Acts 6. 3.

e Gen. 42.18. 2 Sam. 23.3.

2 Chr. 19. 9. d Erek.18.8. • Deut. 16. 19.

f ver. 26.

e ver. 26.

do.

21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people bable men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

22 And let them judge the people fat all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier Deut. 1. 17. for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

Lev. 24. 11. Num.15.33.

& 27.2.

& 36. 1.

m

God's message by Moses.

26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the "hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

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m ver. 22.

D Job 29. 16.

27 T And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way Num. 10. into his own land.

CHAPTER XIX.

1 The people come to Sinai. 3 God's message by Moses unto the people out of the mount. 8 The people's answer returned again. 10 The people are prepared against the third day. 12 The mountain must not be touched. 16 The fearful presence of God upon the mount. Ν

IN the third month, when the chil

29, 30.

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dren of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day a came they into the wilderness of Num. 33. Sinai.

15.

4. Ye have seen what I did unto Deut. 5.2. the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then 'ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

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

7 ¶ And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.

8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, P that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.

10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

7.6. & 14. 3.9.

2, 21. & 26. 1 Kings 8. 53.

P. 135.4.

Cant. 8. 12. Is. 41. 8. & 43. 1.

10:16. Mini. 3. 17.

Tit. 2. 14. k ch. 9. 29.

Deut. 10.14. Ps. 24.1. Cor. 10.

Job 41. 11.

& 50. 12.

26, 28.

1 Deut. 33.2,

3.4. Rev. 1. 6. & 5.10. & 20.6.

1 Pet. 2. 5,9.

in Lev. 20. 24, 26.

Deut. 7.6. & 28. 9. Cor. 3. 17.

& 26. 19.

1

Is. 62. 12.

1 Thess. 5.

27.

n ch. 24. 3,7. Deut. 5. 27.

& 20. 17. over & 24.15, 16. Ps. 18.11,12.

ch. 20. 21.

Deut. 4. 11.

& 97. 2. Matt. 17. 5. P Deut. 4. 12, 36.

John 12. 29,

0.

q ch. 14. 31.

Lev. 11.44,

45. Heb. 10. 22.

ver. 14. Gen. 35.2. ver. 16,18.

Lev. 15. 5.

ch. 34. 5. Deut. 33. 2.

1491.

a Heb. 12. 20.

2 Or, cornet. I ver. 16, 19.

y ver. 10.

z ver. 11.

a 1 Sam. 21. 4, 5.

Zech. 7. 3. 1 Cor. 7. 5.

b Ps. 77. 18. Heb. 12. 18, 19.

heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: u whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the 2 x trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and y sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

a

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

16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a cthick cloud upon the mount, and the Rev. 4. 5. & voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

8.5.& 11. 19.

c ver. 9. ch. 40. 34.

2 Chr. 5. 14.

d Rev. 1. 10. & 4. 1.

e Heb.12.21.

17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with Deut.4.10. God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mlIeb.12.21. mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

n Neh. 9. 13. Ps. 81. 7.

3 Heb. contest.

• See ch.3.5. 1 Sam. 6. 19.

Lev. 10. 3. q 2 Sam. 6. 7,8.

r ver. 12. Josh. 3. 4.

3

21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, Psanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

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

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a Deut. 5. 22. b Lev. 28. 1, 13. Deut. 5. 6. Ps. 81. 10. Hos. 13. 4. c ch. 13. 3. 2 Heb. d 5.7. & 6. 14.

AND God spake all these words, servants.

2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of 2 bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods

before me.

6 And 'shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

8 m Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

n

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

2Kin. 17.35. 35. 15. Deut. 4. 16. P. 97.7.

Jer. 25. 6. &

e Lev. 26. 1.

&5.8.&27.15.

fch. 23. 24. Josh. 23. 7.

2 Kings 17. Is. 44.15, 19.

35.

8 ch. 34. 14. Deut. 4. 24.

8154

Josh. 24. 19. Nah. 1. 2. 1 ch. 34. 7.

Lev. 20. 5. 26. 29, 40.

Num. 14. 18,

1 Kings 21.

29.

Job 5. 4. &

21. 19. P. 79. 8. &

109. 14. Is. 14. 20, 21. & 65. 6, 7.

Jer. 2. 9. & ch. 34. 7.

32. 18.

Deut. 7. 9.
Ps. 89. 34.
Rom. 11. 28.
k ch. 23. 1.

Lev. 19. 12.
Ps. 15. 4.

Deut. 5. 11.

Matt. 5. 33.

1 Mic. 6. 11. m ch. 31. 13, 14.

Lev. 19.3,30. & 26. 2.

Deut. 5. 12.

nch. 23.12.& 31.15.&34.21.

Ezek. 20.12.

Lev. 23. 3. Luke 13. 14. ch. 16. 26. & Neh.13.16,

o Gen. 2. 2,3.

31. 15.

17, 18, 19. q Gen. 2. 2.

ch. 23. 26.

Lev. 19. 3. Deut. 5. 16.

19.

Jer.35.7,18, Matt. 15. 4. Mark 7.10. Luke 18. 20.

& 19. 19.

& 10. 19.

Ephes. 6. 2. • Deut. 5. 17.

Matt. 5. 21. Deut. 5.18. "Lev. 19.11.

Rom. 13.9.

Matt. 5. 27.

Deut. 5. 19. Matt. 19. 18. Rom. 13. 9.

1 Thess. 4.6. w ch. 23. 1. Deut. 5. 20. & 19. 16.

Thou shalt not bear false wit- Matt. 19. 18.

ness against thy neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

x Deut. 5. 21, Mic. 2. 2. Hab. 2. 9.

Luke 12.15. Rom. 7.7. 13:9:

Acts 20. 33.

Eph. 5. 3, 5. Heb. 13. 5.

y Job 31.9.

Prov. 6. 29.

Jer. 5. 8. Matt. 5. 28.

Idolatry is forbidden.

22 ¶ And the LORD said unto 1 Kings8.12. Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the Deut.4.36. children of Israel, Ye have seen that ch.32.1,2,4. I have talked with you from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

1 Sam.5.4.5. 2 Kings 17. 33.

Ezek. 20,39.

& 43. 8. Dan. 5.4,23. Zeph. 1.5. 2 Cor. 6. 14, 15, 10.

1 Lev. 1. 2. m Deut.12.5, 11, 21. & 14. 23. & 16. 6, 11. & 26. 2. 1 Kings 8. 43. & 9.3. 2 Chr. 6. 6. & 7. 16. & 12. 13.

Ezra 6. 12.
Neh. 1. 9.
Ps. 74. 7.
Jer.7.10, 12.

1

k

24 ¶ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all in places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will "bless thee.

25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not 2build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up Gen. 12. 2. thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Deut. 7. 13. o Deut. 27.5. Josh. 8. 31.

2 Heb. build them with hewing.

Divers laws and ordinances.

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1491.

unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he & 22. 8, 28. shall serve him for ever.

7¶ And if a man fsell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

8 If she 2 please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

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

d ch. 12. 12.

e Ps. 40. 6. f Neh. 5. 5.

8 ver. 2, 3. 2 Heb. be

evil in the eyes of, &c.

10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of 1 Cor.7.5. marriage, shall he not diminish.

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

Lev. 24. 17. Num.35.30,

31.

12 T'Hethat smiteth a man, so that Gen. 9. 6. he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then m I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

Matt. 26. 52. Num. 35. Deut. 19.4,5.

22.

11 Sam. 24. 4, 10, 18.

14 But if a man come " presump-m tuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he die. may

15 T And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

n Num. 15. 30. & 35. 20.

12.

Deut. 19.11, Heb. 10. 26.

o 1 Kings 2. 28-34.

2 Kings 11. 15.

16 And Phe that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found pDeut. 24.7. in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

12 Sam.3.29.

5 Heb. his

ceasing.

6 Feb. avenged. Gen.4.15,21. Rom. 13. 4.

a Lev. 25.45, 46.

Divers laws

F a man shall steal an ox, or a

as the judges determine.

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

24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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

26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done

unto him.

32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the cox shall be stoned.

33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

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

35 ¶ And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.

36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

CHAPTER XXII. 1 of theft. 5 Of damage. 7 Of trespasses. 14

18 Of

Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. witchcraft. 19 Of bestiality. 20 Of idolatry. 21 Of strangers, widows, and fatherless. 25 Of usury. 26 Of pledges. 28 of reverence to magistrates. 29 Of the firstfruits.

shall restore five oxen for an ox, and a four sheep for a sheep.

2 ¶ If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

if

3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; he have nothing, then he shall be d sold for his theft.

4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall frestore double.

5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

6 ¶ If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

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

b ch. 21. 6.

& ver. 28.

¡ Deut. 25.1. 2 Chr. 19.10.

11 Then shall an oath of the LORD Heb. 6. 16. be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

12 And if it be stolen from him, 'Gen.31.39. he shall make restitution 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

19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he Deut. 10.19. shall be utterly destroyed.

& 25. 35.

Jer. 7.6.
Zech. 7. 10.
Mal. 3. 5.

• Deut. 10.
18. & 24. 17.
& 27. 10.
Ps. 04. 6.
Is. 1. 17, 23.
& 10. 2.
Ezek. 22.7.
Zech. 7. 10.

James 1.27. Deut. 15.9.

& 24.15. Job 35. 9. Luke 18. 7. u ver. 27. Job 34. 28. Ps. 18. 6. & 145. 19. Jam. 5. 4. *Job 31. 23. Ps. 69. 24.

r

21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

8

t

23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely "hear their cry;

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

25 If thou lend money to any Ps. 109. 9. of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him

Lam. 5. 3.

& Lev. 25. 35, 36, 37. Deut. 23.19, 20. Neh. 5. 7. Ps. 15. 5.

usury.

26 a If thou at all take thy neighEzek. 18. 8, bour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt Deut. 24.6, deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

17.

10, 13, 17. Job 22. 6. & 24. 3, 9.

Prov. 20.16. & 22. 27.

27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: whereEzek. 18.7, in shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

e ch. 34. 6. 2 Chr. 30.9.

Pa. 86. 15.

d Eccles. 10.

20.

Acts 23. 5.

Jude 8.

ver.

3

с

29 ¶ Thou shalt not delay to offer 30 judges, the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

Ps. 82.6.

4 Heb. thy fulness.

ech. 23. 16, 19.

Prov.13. 9.

5 Heb. tear.

5

f

30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep seven days it shall be with his 10dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

f ch. 13. 2.

19.

b Lev. 22.27.

1 ch. 19. 6.

Lev. 19. 2. Deut. 14. 21.

31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: * neither shall ye eat any k Lev. 22.8. flesh that is torn of beasts in the Ezek. 4. 14. field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

& 44. 31.

8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth 5 the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

BEFORE CHRIST 1491.

ver. 7. Lev. 19. 16. & 101. 5.

Ps. 15. 3.

Prov. 10.18. See

25am.19.27.

with 16. 3. 20r,receive.

Deut. 19.16,

17, 18. See 1 Kings 21. 10, 13. P. 35.11. 928. & 24.

Prov. 19. 5,

&

Rom.12.20.

15.

25. 21. Matt. 5, 44. Thess. 5. Deut. 22.4. those himor,

4 Or, wilt

to help

and wouldest cease to

leave thy him; tho

business for

shalt surely leave it to

him.

join with ver. 2. 1.13.21. Eccles. 6. 8. Jer. 5. 23. Amos 5. 12.

Job31.13,21.

Is. 10. 1, 2.

& 7.6.

Mal. 3. 5. l ver. 1.

Luke 3. 14.

Lev. 19. 11. Eph. 4. 25. 25.

i Deut. 27. Ps. 04. 21.

12 15,26.

Jer. 7.6. Matt. 27. 4. k ch. 34. 7.

Rom. 1. 18. Deut. 16. 1 Sam.8. 3.

19.

& 12. 3.

Ps. 26. 10. Prov. 15. 27.

Chr. 19. 7.

&

17.8, 23.

& 29. 4.

Is. 1. 23. & 5.

23. & 33. 15.

Ezek. 22.12.

Amos 5. 12.

27.19. Pa. 94.6. Ezek. 227. Mal.3.5. Heb. soul. 7 Or, olive trees. och. 20.8,9. Deut. 5.13. Luke 13.14. p Deut. 4.9. Josh.22.5. Ps. 39.1. Eph. 5.15. 1 Tim. 4.16. q Num. 32. 38. Deut.12.

3. Josh. 23.7. Ps.16.4. Hos.2.17. Zech.13. 2. rch, 34. 23. Lev. 23.4. Deut. 16. 16. s ch. 12. 15. & 13. 6. & 34. 18. Lev. 23. 6. Deut. 16. 8.