: and put an omerful of 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 the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. (36) Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. 2 17 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by 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 strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? (3) And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? stank and Moses was wroth with them. (21) And they gathered it morning by 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 each one: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. (23) And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath spoken, To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will seethe; and all that 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. (25) And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto the LORD: today ye shall not find it in the field. (26) Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. (27) And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people for to gather, and they found none. (28) And the LORD said (4) And Moses cried unto the LORD, sayanto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep ing, What shall I do unto this people? my commandments and my laws? (29) they be almost ready to stone me. (5) See, for that the LORD hath given you the And the LORD said unto Moses, Pass on sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the before the people, and take with thee of sixth day the bread of two days; abide the elders of Israel; and thy rod, whereye every man in his place, let no man go with thou smotest the river, take in thine out of his place on the seventh day. (30) hand, and go. (6) Behold, I will stand So the people rested on the seventh day. before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; (31) And the house of Israel called the and thou shalt smite the rock, and there name thereof Manna: and it was like shall come water out of it, that the people coriander seed, white; and the taste of it may drink. And Moses did so in the sight was like wafers made with honey. (32) of the elders of Israel. (7) And he called And Moses said, This is the thing which the name of the place Massah, and Merithe LORD hath commanded, Let an omer-bah, because of the striving of the children ful of it be kept for your generations; of Israel, and because they tempted the that they may see the bread wherewith I LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or fed you in the wilderness, when I brought not? you forth from the land of Egypt. (33) (8) Then came Amalek, and fought with And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, Israel in Rephidim. (9) And Moses said Or, stages. That is, Tempting, or, Proving. That is, Chiding, or, Strife. 1 Heb. Man. unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go was encamped, at the mount of God: out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will (6) and he said unto Moses, I thy father stand on the top of the hill with the rod in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy of God in mine hand. (10) So Joshua wife, and her two sons with her. (7) did as Moses had said to him, and fought And Moses went out to meet his father in with Amalek and Moses, Aaron, and law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; Hur went up to the top of the hill. (11) and they asked each other of their welAnd it came to pass, when Moses held up fare; and they came into the tent. (8) his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when And Moses told his father in law all that he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to (12) But Moses' hands were heavy; and the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the 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 1 discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. (14) And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: 2 that I will utterly blot out the remem- the hand of the Egyptians. (11) Now I brance of Amalek from under heaven. (15) And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi: (16) and he said, 'The LORD hath sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. (9) And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. (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 know that the LORD is greater than all gods: yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them. (12) And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. 18 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, (13) And it came to pass on the morrow, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God that Moses sat to judge the people: and had done for Moses, and for Israel his the people stood about Moses from the people, how that the LORD had brought morning unto the evening. (14) And when Israel out of Egypt. (2) And Jethro, Moses' father in law saw all that he did Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Mo-to the people, he said, What is this thing ses' wife, after he had sent her away, (3) and her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a strange land: (4) and the name of the other was Eliezer; for he said, The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh (5) and Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he 5 : 1 Heb. prostrated. the throne of the LORD. El, God, and ezer, help. 6 that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even? (15) And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God: (16) when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. (17) And Moses' father in law 2 Or, for. 3 That is, The LORD is my banner. 4 Or, Because there is a hand against 5 Heb. Ger. See ch. ii. 22. Heb. said unto him, The thing that thou doest wilderness; and there Israel camped before is not good. (18) Thou wilt surely wear the mount. (3) And Moses went up unto away, both thou, and this people that is God, and the LORD called unto him out of with thee for the thing is too heavy for the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say thee; thou art not able to perform it thy- to the house of Jacob, and tell the children self alone. (19) Hearken now unto my of Israel; (4) Ye have seen what I did voice, I will give thee counsel, and God unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you be with thee: be thou for the people to on eagles' wings, and brought you unto God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto myself. (5) Now therefore, if ye will God: (20) and thou shalt teach them the obey my voice indeed, and keep my covestatutes and the laws, and shalt shew them nant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure the way wherein they must walk, and the unto me 1from among all peoples: for all work that they must do. (21) Moreover the earth is mine: (6) and ye shall be unto thou shalt provide out of all the people me a kingdom of priests, and an holy able men, such as fear God, men of truth, nation. These are the words which thou hating unjust gain; and place such over shalt speak unto the children of Israel. them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers (7) And Moses came and called for the of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of elders of the people, and set before them tens (22) and let them judge the people all these words which the LORD commanded at all seasons: and it shall be, that every him. (8) And all the people answered togreat matter they shall bring unto thee, gether, and said, All that the LORD hath but every small matter they shall judge spoken we will do. And Moses reported themselves: so shall it be easier for thy- the words of the people unto the LORD. self, and they shall bear the burden with (9) And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I thee. (23) If thou shalt do this thing, come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the and God command thee so, then thou shalt people may hear when I speak with thee, be able to endure, and all this people also and may also believe thee for ever. And. shall go to their place in peace. (24) So Moses told the words of the people unto Moses hearkened to the voice. of his father in law, and did all that he had said. (25) And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. (26) And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. (27) And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land. 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 garments, (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. (12) And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: (13) no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. (14) And Moses went down from the mount Or, ram's horns. (3) Thou shalt have none other gods before me. (4) Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor the likeness of any form 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 unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me; (6) and shewing mercy unto thousands, of them that love me and keep my commandments. 5 (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. unto the people, and sanctified the people; brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out and they washed their garments. (15) of the house of bondage. And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman. (16) And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. (17) And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. (18) And mount Sinai was altogether on smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole 1 mount quaked greatly. (19) And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. (20) And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. (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, sanctify 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 didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. (24) And the LORD said unto him, Go, 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. (25) So Moses went down unto the people, and told them. 20 And God spake all these words, saying, (8) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. (9) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: (10) but the seventh day is a sabbath unto 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. (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 do no murder. (14) Thou shalt not commit adultery. (15) Thou shalt not steal. (16) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (17) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy (2) I am the LORD thy God, which neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor 1 Some ancient authorities have, people. Heb. bondmen. Or, beside me. • Or, a thousand generations. See Deut. vii. 9. Or, for vanity or falsehood. his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. dren shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. (5) But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: (6) then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. 4 (18) And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking and when the people saw it, they 1trembled, and stood afar off. (19) And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. (20) And Moses (7) And if a man sell his daughter to said unto the people, Fear not: for God be a maidservant, she shall not go out is come to prove you, and that his fear as the menservants do. (8) If she please may be before you, that ye sin not. (21) not her master, who hath espoused her And the people stood afar off, and Moses to himself, then shall he let her be redrew near unto the thick darkness where God was. (22) And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. (23) Ye shall not make other gods with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you. (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 every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. (25) And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: 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. : deemed to sell her unto a strange people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. (9) And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. (10) If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. (11) And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money. 7 (12) He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death. (13) And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hands; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. (14) And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. (15) And he that smiteth his father, or 21 Now these are the judgements which his mother, shall be surely put to death. thou shalt set before them. 8 (16) And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found 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. (2) If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. (3) If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him. (4) If his master give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her chil- he rise again, and walk abroad upon his (18) And if men contend, and one smiteth the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed: (19) if 1 Or, were moved. * Or, cause my name to be remembered. tondicoman. • Another reading is, so that he hath not espoused her. Or, bondman. Or, the judges. 5 Or, |