The hail threatned. Exodus. 10 And they took afhes of the furnace, and ftood before Pharaoh, and Mofes fprinkled it up toward heaven: and it became a boyl breaking forth with blains, upon man, and upon beaft. 11 And the magicians could not ftand before Mofes, becaufe of the boyl: for the boyl was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12 And the LORD hardned the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkned not unto them; as the LORD had fpoken unto Mofes 13 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Rife up early in the morning, and ftand before Pharaoh, and fay unto him, Thus faith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may ferve me.. 14 For I will at this time fend all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy fervants, and upon thy people: that thou mayft know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will ft etch out my hand, that I may fmite thee and thy people with peftilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 16 And in very deed for this caufe have I raised thee up, for to fhew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exalteft thou thy felf againft my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18 Behold, to morrow about this time, I will caufe it to rain a very grievous hail, fuch as hath not been in Egypt, fince the foundation thereof, even until now.. 19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou haft in the field: for upon every man and beaft which shall be found in the field, and fhall not be brought home, the hail fhall come down upon them, and they fhall die. 20 He that feared the word of the LORD amongst the fervants of Pharaoh, made his fervants, and his cattle flee into the houses. 21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD, left his fervants and his cattle in the field. The plague of hail. der and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, fuch as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt, fince it became a nation. 25 And the hail fmote throughout all the land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beaft: and the hail fmote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Gofhen, where the children of Ifrael were, was there no hai). 27 And Pharaoh fent, and called for Mofes and Aaron, and faid unto them, I have finned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thundrings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye fhall ftay no longer. 29 And Mofes faid unto him, Affoon as I am gone out of the city, I will fpread abroad my hands unto the LORD: and the thunder fhall cease, neither fhall there be any more hail; that thou mayft know how that the earth is the LORDS. 30 But as for thee and thy fervants I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. 31 And the flax, and the barley was fmitten for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. 32 But the wheat and the rie were not fmitten: for they were not grown up. 33 And Mofes went out of the city from Pharaoh, and fpread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceafed, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh faw, that the rain, and the hail,and the thunders were ceated, he finned yet more, and hardned his heart, he and his fervants. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardned, neither would he let the children of Ifrael gos as the LORD had fpoken by Mofes. CHA P. X. 1 The plague of locufts 21 Of darkness. Pharaohs heart hardned. 22 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, 27 that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt ; upon man, and upon beaft, and pon every herb of the field, throughout he land of Egypt. 23 And Mofes ftretched forth his rod oward heaven, and the LORD fent thun in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardned his heart, and the heart of his fervants; that I might fhew these my figns before him : ANd the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go 2 And that thou mayft tell in the ears and faid unto him, Thus faith O God of the Hebrews, How thou refuse to humble thy felf ?Let my people go, that they me. f thou refufe to let my people tomorrow will I bring the thy coaft. mey fhall cover the face of the one cannot be able to fee the they fhall eat the refidue of is efcaped, which remainedh om the hail, and fhall eat ehich groweth for you out of y fhall fill thy houfes,and the thy fervants, and the houses yptians which neither thy hy fathers fathers have seen, that they were upon the his day. And he turned himnt out from Pharaoh. haraohs fervants faid unto ng fhall this man be a fnare Let the men go, that they e LORD their God: Knoweft , that Egypt is destroyed. fes and Aaron were brought haraoh and he faid unto rve the LORD your God: they that fball go? fes faid, We will go with and with our old, with our th our daughters; with our with our herds will we go: old a feaft unto the LORD. e faid unto them, Let the vith you, as I will let you little ones: look to it, for 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, fo that the land was darkned, 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 Moses. and Aaron in hafte; 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 ftrong weft-wind, which took away the locufts, and caft them into the Red fea: there remained not one locuft in all the. coafts of Egypt. 20 But the LORD hardned Pharaohs heart, fo that he would not let the chil dren of Ifrael go. 21 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Stretch out thine hand toward heavens that there may be darknefs over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Mofes ftretched forth his hand toward heaven: and there was a chick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23 They faw not one another, neither rofe any from his place for three days: but all the children of Ifrael had light in their dwellings. 24 And Pharaoh called unto Mo faid, Go ye, ferve the LORD; your flocks and your herds be let your little ones also go with fes, and only let ftaid you. 25 And Mofes faid, Thou must give us alfo facrifices, and burnt-offerings, that we may facrifice unto the LORD our God. 26 Our cattle alfo fhall go with us there fhall not an hoof be left behind: for thereof muft we take to ferve the LORD our God ; and we know not with The laft plague threatned. raohs heart, and he would not let them go. Exodus. hardned Pharaohs heart, fo that he would not let the children of Ifrael go out of his land. The paffover inftituted. 28 And Pharaoh faid unto him, Ger thee from me, take heed to thy felf, fee my face no more: for in that day thou feeft my face, shou shalt die. 29 And Mofes faid, Thou haft fpoken well, I will fee thy face again no more. CHAP. XI. 1 Gods meffage to the Ifraelites so borrow jewels of their neighbours. 4 The death of the first-born threatned. 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 thruft you out hence all together. 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. More over, the man Mofes was very great in the land of Egypt, in the fight of Pharaohs fervants, and in the fight 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 firft-born in the land of Egypt fhall die, from the firft-born of Pharaoh, that fitteth upon his throne, even unto the firft-born of the maid-fervant that is behind the mill; and all the firft-born of beafts. 6 And there fhall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, fuch as there was none like it, nor fhall be like it any more. But against any of the children of Ifrael fhall not a dog move his tongue, againft 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 fhall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, faying, 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 fhall not hearken into you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 10 And Mofes and Aaron did all thefe wonders before Pharaob: and the LORD CHA P. XII. 3 The paffover i inftituted. 29 The firftborn are flain. 31 The Ifraelites are driven out of the land. Nd the LORD fpake unto Mofes A and Aaron in the land of Egypt, faying, 2 This month fhall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Ifracl, faying, In the tenth day of this month they fhall take to them every man a lamb, according to the houfe of their fathers, a lamb for an houfe. 4 And if the houthold be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his houfe, take it according to the number of the fouls; every man accord ing to his eating, fhall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb fhak be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye fhall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats. 6 And ye fhall 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. 1 7 And they fhall take of the blood, and ftrike it on the two fide-pofts, and on the upper door-poft of the houses, wherein they fhall eat it. 8 And they fhall eat the flesh in that night; roft with fire, and unleavened bread, and with bitter herbs they fhall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor fodden at all with water, but roft with fire: his bead with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 10 And ye hall let nothing of it remain until the morning: and that which remaineth of it until the morning, ye fhall burn with fire. 11 And thus fhall ye eat it; with your loyns girded, your fhoes on your feet, and your ftaff in your hand and ye fhall eat it in hafte; it is the LORDS paffover. 12 For I will pafs through the land of Egypt this night, and will fmite all the firft-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beaft: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment; I am the LORD. 13 And the blood fhall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are and LORD, throughout your generaou fhall keep it a feaft by an orfor ever. ven days fhall ye eat unleavened en the firft day ye fhall put aen out of your houfes: for whoteth leavened bread, from the until the feventh day, that foul ut off from Ifrael. in the first day there fhall be Onvocation, and in the feventh fhall be an holy convocation o manner of work fhall be hem, fave that which every cat, that only may be done of ye fhall obferve the feaft of d bread; for in this felf-fame I brought your armies out of of Egypt: therefore fhall ye is day in your generations, by nce for ever. the first month, on the fourof the month at even, ye unleavened bread, until the wentieth day of the month at days fhall there be no leain your houfes: for whofoever which is leavened, even that be cut off from the congregael, whether he be a ftranger he land. all cat nothing leavened: in abitations fhall ye eat unlead. en Mofes called for all the frael, and faid unto them, nd take you a lamb, accordfamilies, and kill the paffo ye fhall take a bunch of hyfpit in the blood that is in and ftrike the lintel and -pofts, with the blood that afon : and none of you fhall e door of his houfe until the e LORD will pass through Egyptians, and when he Dod upon the lintel, and on -pofts, the LORD will pafs or and will not fuffer the mifed, that ye fhall keep this fervice. 26 And it fhall come to pafs, when your children fhall fay unto you, What mean you by this fervice? 27 That ye shall fay, It is the facrifice of the LORDS paffover, who paffed over the houses of the children of Ifrael in Egypt, when he fmote the Egyptians, and delivered our houfes. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 28 And the children of Ifrael went away,and did as the LORD had commanded Mofes and Aaron, fo did they. 29 And it came to pafs,that at midnight the LORD fmote all the firft-born in the land of Egypt, from the firftborn of Pharaoh, that fat on his throne, unto the firft-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firft-born of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rofe up in the night, he and all his fervants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt: for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 And he called for Mofes and Aaron by night, and faid, Rife up, and get you forth from amongft my people, both you and the children of Ifrael: and go, ferve 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 hafte: for they faid, We be all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their fhoulders. 35 And the children of Ifrael did according to the word of Mofes: and they 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, fo that they lent unto them fuch things as they required: and they (poiled the Egyptians. 37 And the children of Ifrael journeyed from Ramefes to Succoch, about fix hundred thousand on foot that were The ordinance of the pallover. Exoduse 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 thruft out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any vidual. 40 Now the fojourning of the children of Ifrael, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pafs at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the felf-fame day it came to pass, that all the hofts ofthe LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is a night to be much obferved unto the LORD, for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be obferved of all the children of Ifrael, in their generations. 43 And the LORD faid unto Mofes and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the paffover: there fhall no ftranger eat thereof. The memorial thereof. 2 San&ific unto me all the first-bors, whatfoever openeth the womb among the children of Ifracl, both of man and of beaft: it is mine. 3 And Mofes faid unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the houfe of bondage; for by ftrength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there fhall no leavened bread be eaten. 4. This day came ye out, in the mouth Abib.' 5 And it fhall be when the LORD fhall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebufites, which he fware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and hony, that thou shalt keep this fervice in this month. 6 Seven days fhalt thou eat unleaven ed bread, and in the feventh day ball be a feaft to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread fhall be eaten feven days: and there fhall no leavened bread be feen with thee, neither fhall there be leaven feen with thee in all thy 44 But every mans feryant that is bought for money, when thou haft cir-quarters. cumcifed him, then fhall he eat thereof. 45 A foreigner, and an hired servant fhall not eat thereof. 46 In one houfe fhall it be eaten, thou fhalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the houfe: neither fhall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Ifrael fhall keep it. 8 And thou shalt fhew thy fon in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me, when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it fhall be for a fign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes; that the LORDS law may be in thy mouth: for with a ftrong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. 48 And when a ftranger fhall fojourn with thee, and will keep the paffover 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordito the LORD, let all his males be cir-nance in his feafon from year to year. cumcifed, and then let him come near II And it fhall be when the LORD and keep it; and he fhall be as one that fhall bring thee into the land of the Cais born in the land: for no uncircumci-naanites, as he fware unto thee, and to fed perfon fhall eat thereof. thy fathers, and fhall give it thee, 49 One law fhall be to him that is home-born, and unto the ftranger 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 felf-fame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Ifrael out of the land of Egypt, by their armies. CHAP. XIII. The firft-born fanctified to God. 3 The memorial of the paffover is commanded. 21 God guideth them by a pillar of a cloud, and of fire. Nd the LORD frake unto Mofes, A fayings 12 That thou fhalt fet apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix and every firftling that cometh of a beaft, which thou haft, the males fhall be the LORDS. 13 And every firftling of an afs thou fhalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck and all the firft-born of man amongst thy children fhalt thou redeem. 14 And it fhall be when thy fon asketh thee in time to come, saying, What's this? that thou fhalt fay unto him, by ftrength, of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage. And |