The plague of darkness. Chap. xi, xii. Death of the firstborn threatened. it was morning, the east wind brought 29 And Mofes faid, Thou hast spoken EXODUS. How the passover is to be kept. the locusts. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coafts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locufts as they, neither after them shall be fuch. 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the 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 called for Mofes and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have finned against the LORD your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my fin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. 19 And the Lord turned a mighty strong weft wind, which took away the locufts, and cast them into the Red fea; there remained not one locust in all the coafts of Egypt. 20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Ifrael go. 21 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. -22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Ifrael had light in their dwellings. 24 And Pharaoh called unto Mofes, and faid, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed : let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may facrifice unto the LORD our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. 27 But the Lod hardened Phara oh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh faid unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, fee my face no more; for in that day thou feeft my face thou shalt die. well, I will fee thy face no more. CHAP. XI. I God's message to the Ifraelites to borrow jewels of their neighbours. 4 The death of the firstborn threatened. A ND the LORD faid unto Mofes, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall furely thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of filver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the fight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Mofes was very great in the land of Egypt, in the fight of Pharaoh's fervants, and in the light of the people. 4 And Mofes faid, Thus faith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midft of Egypt: 5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that fitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firftborn of beafts. 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, fuch as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. 7 But against any of the children of Ifrael shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beaft: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Ifrael. 8 And all these thy fervants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. 9 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 10 And Mofes and Aaron did all thefe wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, fo that he would not let the children of Ifrael go out of his land. saying, 2 This born The passover instituted. 2 This month shall be unto you the 16 And in the first day there shall be ar beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Ifrael, faying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the houfe of their fathers, a lamb for an houfe: holy convocation, and in the feventh day there fhall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, fave that which every man muft eat, that only may be done of you. 17 And ye fhall obferve the feast of unleavened bread; for in this feifsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye obferve this day in your generations by an ordi 4 And if the houshold be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the fouls; every man áccord-nance for ever. ing to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats : 6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the fame month: and the whole affembly of the congregation of Ifrael fhall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and Itrike it on the two fide pofts and on the upper door poft of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor fodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. to And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye thall burn with fire. II And thus shall ye eat it with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in hafte: it is the LORD's paffover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will fmite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houfes where ye are: and when I fee the blood, I will pafs over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I fmite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feaft to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 18 In the first month, on the fourteenthi day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaveri found in your houses: for whofoever eateth that which is leavened, even that foul fhall be cut off from the congregatioti of Ifrael, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 21 Then Mofes called for all the elders of Ifrael, and faid unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the paflover. 22 And ye fhall take a bunch of hyffop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bafon, and strike the lintel and the two fide pofts with the blood that is in the bafon; and none of you shall go out at the door of his houfe until the morning. 23 For the LORD will pass through to fmite the Egyptians; and when he feeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two fide pofts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not fuffer the deftroyer to come in unto your houses to fmite you. 24 And ye fhall obferve this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy fons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this fervice. 26 And it thall come to pafs, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this fervice ? 27 That ye shall fay, It is the facrifice of the LORD'S pafiover, who pafled over the houses of the children of Ifrael in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 28 And the children of Ifrael went a way, and did as the LORD had command30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put a- ed Mofes and Aaron, so did they. way leaven out of your houses: for who- 29 And it came to pass, that at foever eateth leavened bread from the midnight the LORD smote all the firstfirst day until the feventh day, that foul born in the land of Egypt, from the firstshall be cut off from Ifrael. The firstborn flain. The ordinance Chap. xiii. and memorial of the passover. born of Pharaoh that fat on his throne, bought for money, when thou hast cirunto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 31 And he called for Mofes and Aaron by night, and said, Rife up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Ifrael; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have faid. 32 Alfo take your flocks and your herds, as ye have faid, and be gone; and bless me alfo. 33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might fend them out of the land in haste; for they Laid, We be all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. cumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 45 A foreigner and an hired fervant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Ifrael shall keep it. 48 And when a stranger shall fojourn with thee, and will keep the pafssover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcif ed, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcifed perfon shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that fojourneth among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Ifrael; as the Lord commanded Mofes and Aaron, fo did they. 51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the chil 35. And the children of Ifrael did ac-dren of Ifrael out of the land of Egypt cording to the word of Mofes; and they by their armies. borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of filver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: 36 And the Lord gave the people favour in the fight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them fuch things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. 37 And the children of Ifrael journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about fix hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up alfo with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 40 Now the fojourning of the children of Ifrael, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Ifrael in their generations. 43 And the LORD said unto Mofes and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the paffover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: 44 But every man's fervant that is CHAP. XIII. I The firstborn fanctified to God. 3 The memorial of the passover is commanded. 21 God guideth them by a pillar of a cloud and of fire. ND the LORD spake unto Mofes, A faying, 2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Ifrael, both of man and of beast it is mine. 3 And Mofes faid unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day came ye out in the month Abib. 5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebufites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. 6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feaft to the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten fe ven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. 8 And thou shalt shew thy fon in that day, The Ifraelites guided by a pillar of fire. EXODUS. day, faying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it shall be for a fign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his feafon from year to year. 11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he fware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 12 That thou shalt fet apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beaft which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD'S. 13 And every firstling of an afs thou shalt redeem with a lamb and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children fhalt thou redeem. 14 And it shall be when thy fon asketh thee in time to come, faying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By ftrength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, and from the house of bondage: 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD flew all the firftborn in the land of Egypt, both the firftborn of man, and the firftborn of beaft: therefore I facrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by ftrength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. 17 And it came to pafs, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philiftines, although that was near; for God faid, Left peradventure the people repent when they fee war, and they return to Egypt: 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red fea: and the children of Ifrael went up harnefled out of the land of Egypt. 19 And Mofes took the bones of Joseph with him for he had ftraitly fworn the children of Ifrael, faying, God will furely vifit you, and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead Pharaoh pursueth them. them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. CHAP. XIV. 5 Pharach pursueth. 10 The Ifraelites mur- AND fpake unto Mofes, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the fea, over againft Baal-zephon: before it fhall ye encamp by the fea. 3 For Pharaoh will fay of the children of Ifrael, They are entangled in the land, the wildernefs 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 fo. 5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled and the heart of Pharaoh and of his fervants was turned against the people, and they faid, Why have we done this, that we have let Ifrael go from ferving us? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: 7 And he took fix hundred chofen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he purfued after the children of Ifrael: and the children of Ifrael went out with an high hand. 9 But the Egyptians purfued after them, all the horfes and chariots of Pharaoli, and his horfemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the fea, befide Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Ifrael lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them, and they were fore afraid: and the children of Ifrael cried out unto the LORD. And they faid unto Mofes, Because there were no graves in Egypt, haft thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore haft thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, faying, Let us alone, that we may ferve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to ferve the Egyptians, than that we thould die in the wildernefs. 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the fea, and divide it; and the children of Ifrael fhall go on dry ground through the midft of the fea. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his hoft, upon his chariots, and upon his horfemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horfemen. 19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Ifrael, removed and went behind them, and 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 Ifrael; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these so that the one came not near the other all the night. 21 And Mofes stretched out his hand over the fea; and the LORD caufed the fea to go back by a strong eaft wind all that night, and made the fea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Ifrael went into the midft of the fea upon the dry ground: and the waters quere a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. The fong of Moses. 27 And Mofes stretched forth his hand over the fea, and the fea returned to his ftrength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the fea. 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horfemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the fea after them; there remained not fo much as one of them. 29 But the children of Ifrael walked upon dry land in the midst of the fea; and the waters quere a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the LORD faved Ifrael that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Ifrael faw the Egyptians dead upon the fea shore. 31 And Ifrael faw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his fervant Mofes. CHAP. XV. I Mofes fong. 22 The people want water. of Ifrael this fong unto the LORD, and spake, faying, I will fing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed glorioufly: the horfe and his rider hath he thrown into the fea. 2 The LORD is my ftrength and fong, and he is become my falvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. . 3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he caft into the fea: his chofen captains alfo are drowned in the Red fea. 5 The depths have covered them: 23 And the Egyptians purfued, and they fank into the bottom as a ftone. went in after them to the midst of the 6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is befea, even all Pharaoh's horfes, his cha-come glorious in power: thy right hand, riots, and his horfemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the hoft of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the hoft of the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: fo that the Egyptians faid, Let us flee from the face of Ifrael; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 26 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Stretch out thine hand over the fea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horfenen. O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rofe up against thee: thou fenteft forth thy wrath, which confumed them as stubble. 8 And with the blaft of thy noftrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the fea. |