The bitter waters made fweet. EXODUS. The people murmur for bread. the fea covered them: they fank as lead hearken to the voice of the LORD thy in the mighty waters. God, and wilt do that which is right in II Who is like unto thee, O LORD, his fight, and wilt give ear to his comamong the gods? who is like thee, glo- mandments, and keep all his statutes, 1 rious in holiness, fearful in praifes, doing will put none of thefe diseases upon thee, wonders? 12 Thou ftretchedft out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. 27 And they came to Elim, where avere twelve wells of water, and threecamped there by the waters. 13 Thou in thy mercy haft led forth the people auhich thou hast redeemed: fcore and ten palm trees and they enthou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: forrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling thall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pafs over, O LORD, till the people pass over, avhich thou haft purchased. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou haft made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. 18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. 19 For the horfe of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horfemen into the fea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the fea upon them; but the children of Ifrael went on dry land in the midst of the fea. 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the fifter of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam anfwered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed glorioufly; the horfe and his rider hath he thrown into the fea. 22 So Mofes brought Ifrael from the Red fea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went threedays in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they avere bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Mofes, faying, What shall we drink? 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had caft into the waters, the waters were made fweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and shere he proved them, 26 And faid, If thou wilt diligently A CHAP. XVI. 2 The Ifraelites murmur for want of bread. II Quails are fent, 14 and manna. ND they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Ifrael came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the fecond month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Ifrael murmured againft Mofes and Aaron in the wildernefs: 3 And the children of Ifrael faid unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we fat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wildernefs, to kill this whole affembly with hunger. 4 Then faid the LORD unto Mofes, 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 pafs, that on the fixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. 6 And Mofes and Aaron faid unto all the children of Ifrael, 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 fee the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the / LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? 8 And Mofes faid, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening fleth 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 Mofes spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Ifrael, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake Quails and manna fent. Chap. xvii. The fabbath appointed for rest. unto the whole congregation of the chil-for to day is a fabbath unto the LORD: dren of Ifrael, that they looked toward to day ye shall not find it in the field. the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the LORD appeared in the cloud... 11 And the LORD spake unto Mofes, faying, 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Ifrael: fpeak unto them, faying, 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 hoft. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar froft on the ground. 15 And when the children of Ifrael faw it, they faid one to another, It 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. 16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an 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 Ifrael did fo, 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 Mofes faid, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Mofes; but fome of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Mofes was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the fun waxed hot, it melted. 22 And it came to pass, that on the fixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Mofes. 23 And he faid unto them, This is that which the LORD hath faid. To morrow is the rest of the holy fabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake 10 day, and feethe that ye wil feethe; 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 Mofes bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; the seventh day, which is the fabbath, in it there thall be none. 27 And it came to pafs, that there went out fome of the people on the feventh day for to gather, and they found none 28 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, How long refufe ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the fabbath, therefore he giveth you on the fixth 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. 31 And the house of Ifrael called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander feed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 And Mofes faid, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fili an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may fee the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderneis, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Mofes faid unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the LORD commanded Mofes, fo Aaron laid it up before the teftimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Ifrael 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. CHAP. XVII. 1 The people murmur for water at Rephidim. 5 Mofes fent to the rock in Horeb. 13. Amalek is overcome. AND all the congregation of the chil dren of Ifrael journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Mofes, and faid, Give us water that we may drink. And Mofes faid unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured againft Mofes, and faid, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, The people murmur for swater. EXODUS. Jethro bringeth Mofes his wife. o kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Mofes cried unto the LORD, faying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to ftone me. 5 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Ifrael; and thy rod, wherewith thou fmoteft the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt fmite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Mofes did fo in the light of the elders of Ifrael. 7 And he called the name of the place Maffah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Ifrael, and because they tempted the LORD, faying, Is the LORD among us, or not? 8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Ifrael in Rephidim. 9 And Mofes faid unto Joshua, 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. 10 So Joshua did as Mofes had faid to him, and fought with Amalek: and Mofes, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Mofes held up his hand, that Ifrael prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Mofes' hands were heavy; and they took a ftone, and put it under him, and he fat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one fide, and the other on the other fide; and his hands were steady until the going down of the fun. 13 And Joshua difcomfited Amalek 2 Then Jethro, Mofes' father in law, took Zipporah, Mofes' wife, after he had fent her back, 3 And her two fons; of which the name of the one awas Gerfrom; 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, awas 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 wildernefs, where he encamped at 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. 71 And Mofes went out to meet his father in law, and did obeifance, and kiffed him; and they afked 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 Ifrael's fake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodnefs 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. II Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly be quas above them. 12 And Jethro, Mofes' father in law, took a burnt offering and facrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the el and his people with the edge of the fword. ders of Ifrael, to eat bread with Mofes' 14 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, father in law before God. Write this for a memorial in a book, and 13 And it came to pass on the mor rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Mofes built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH-niffi: 16 For he faid, Because the LORD hath fworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. row, that Mofes fat to judge the people: and the people stood by Mofes from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Mofes' father in law faw all that he did to the people, he faid, What is this thing that thou doeft to the people? why fittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto evening? 15 And Mofes faid unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God and his laws. And Jethro's counsel to Mofes. Chap. xix. God's message out of mount Sinai. 17 And Mofes' father in law faid unto him, Thẻ thing that thou doeft is not good. 18 Thou wilt furely 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 thyfelf alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God fhall be with thee: Be thou for the people to Godward, that thou mayeft bring the caufes unto God: 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt thew them the way wherein they muft walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, fuch as fear God, men of truth, hating covetoufness; and place fuch over them, to be rulers of thoufands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 22 And let them judge the people at all feafons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: fo thall it be eafier for thyself, and they Thall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall alfo go to their place in peace. 4 Ye have feen what I did unto the Egyptians, and bozu I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myfelf. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treafure unto me above all people for all the earth is mine: 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 faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. 8 And all the people anfwered together, and faid, All that the LORD hath ipoken we will do. And Mofes returned the words of the people unto the LORD. 9 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Mofes told the words of the people unto the LORD. 10 And the LORD said unto Mofes, Go unto the people, and fanctify 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 fight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt fet bounds unto the people round about, faying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whdfoever toucheth the mount shall be furely put to death: 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall furely be stoned, or fhot through; whether it be beaft or man, it fhall not live: when the trumpet foundeth long, they shall 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. 15 And he faid unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. 16 And it came to pafs on the third day 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 2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the defert of Sinai, all the people that quas in the camp and had pitched in the wildernefs; and trembled. there Ifrael camped before the mount. 17 And Mofes brought forth the peo3 And Mofes went up unto God, ple out of the camp to meet with God; and the Lord called unto him out of and they stood at the nether part of the the mountain, faying, Thus fhalt thou mount. Yay to the house of facob, and tell the children of Ifrael; 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on E3 a fmoke, The ten commandments. EXODUS. Idolatry forbidden. a fmoke, because the LORD descended TO But the seventh day is the fabbath upon it in fire: and the fmoke thereof of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt afcended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet founded long, and waxed louder and louder, Mofes spake, and God anfwered him by a voice. 20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Mofes up to the top of the mount; and Mofes went up. 21 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go down, charge the people, left 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, fan&ify themselves, left the Lorn break forth upon them. 23 And Mofes faid unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargest us, faying. Set bounds about the mount, and fanctify it. 24 And the LORD faid 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, left he break forth upon them. 25 So Mofes went down unto the people, and spake unto them. CHAP. XX. The ten commandmenis. 22 Idolatry forbidden. 24 Of what fort the altar should be. ND God spake all these words, faying, A 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor ferve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, vifiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate 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 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do eil thy work not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter, thy manfervant, nor thy maidfervant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: II For in fix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the fabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 16 Thou shalt not bear false, witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's houfe, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 18 And all the people faw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people faw it, they reinoved, and stood afar off. 19 And they faid unto Mofes, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, left we die." 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 stood afar off, and Mofes drew near unto the thick darknefs where God was. 22 And the LORD said unto Mofes, Thus thou shalt fay unto the children of Ifrael, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of filver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt facrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all 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 build it of hewn stone; for if thou lift up 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. CHAP. ΧΧΙ. I Laws for fervants, 12 for manslaughter, 16 menstealers, 17 curfers of parents, and feveral others. NOW C |