THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED EXODUS. B. C. 1706. a Gen. 46. 8. ch. 6. 14. ↑ Heb. thigh. b Gen. 46. 26, 27. ver. 20. Deut. 10. 22. 1635. * Gen. 50. 26. Acts 7. 15. d Gen. 46, 3, e Acts 7. 18. f Ps. 105. 24. 8 Ps. 10. 2. & 83. 3, 4. h Job 5. 13. Ps. 105, 25. Prov. 16. 25. & 21, 30. Acts 7. 19. i Gen. 15. 13. k ch. 2. 11. & 1 Gen. 47. 11. † Heb. And as they afflicted them, so they m ch. 2. 23. & 6.9. Num. 20. 15. 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, "in mortar, Acts 7. 18, 34. and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, n Ps. 81. 6. 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared God, about 1635. and did not Pas the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. o Prov. 16. 6. p Dan. 3. 16, 18. & 6. 13. Acts 5. 29. 4, & c. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? 19 And the midwives said unto 9 See Josh. 2. Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew wo2 Sam. 17. 19, men are not as the Egyptian women; 20. for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 20 Therefore God dealt well with r Prov. 11. 18. the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. • Acta 7. 21. That is, Drawn out. H-h. 11. 24, 2,2 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side: and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. God appeareth to him. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. B. C. 1531. q Num. 10. 29. called also Jethro, or, Jether, ch. 3. 1. & 4. 18. & 18. 1, &c. r Gen. 31. 54. & 43. 25. $ ch. 4. 25. & 18.2. 6 And when she had opened it, she 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. 22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been "a stranger in a strange land. u Acts 7. 29. Heb. 11. 13, 14. That is, A stranger here. x ch. 7. 7. Acts 7. 30. Deut. 26. 7. 23 And it came to pass in pro- Num. 20, 16. cess of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel y sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. с z Gen. 18. 20. a ch. 6. 5. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant b ch. 6. 5. with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. Ps. 105. 8, 42. & 106. 45. c Gen. 15. 14. & 46. 4. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God †e had respect † Heb. knew. unto them. CHAPTER III. 11 And it came to pass in those Moses keepeth Jethro's flock. 2 God appeareth to him Acts 7.25, 24. days, 'when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 14 And he said, Who made thee Heba man,ta prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by "a well. d ch. 4. 31. e ch. 3. 7. 1491. a ch. 2. 16. b ch. 18. 5. c Deut. 33. 16. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why Ps. 111. 2. the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses: and he said, Here am I. Acts 7. 31. e Deut. 33. 16. f ch. 19. 12. Josh. 5. 15. Acts 7. 33. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet; Gen. 28. 13. for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. ver. 15. 19. 13. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, So 1 Kings the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. 7¶ And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which Is. 6. 1, 5. Neh. 9. 9. Moses sent to Pharaoh. B. C. 1491. k ch. 1. 11. m Gen. 11.5,7. & 18. 21. & a ch. 6. 6, 8. & 12. 51. o Deut. 1. 25. & 8. 7, 8, 9. p ver. 17. ch. 13. 5. & 33. 3. Num. 13. 27. Deut. 26.9,15. Jer. 11. 5. & 32. 22. Ez. 20. 6. q Gen. 15, 18. r ch. 2. 23. s ch. 1. 11, 13, 14, 22. t Ps. 105. 26. Mic. 6. 4. u See ch. 6. 12. 1 Sam. 18. 18. Is. 6. 5, 8. Jer. 1. 6. * Gen. 31. 3. Deut. 31. 23, Josh. 1. 5. Rom. 8. 31. y ch. 6. 3. John 8, 58. 2 Cor. 1. 20. Heb. 13. 8. Rev. 1. 4. z Ps. 135, 13. Hos. 12. 5. a ch. 4. 29. b Gen. 50, 24. 31. Luke 1. 68. EXODUS. are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for 'I know their sorrows; 8 And I am come down to "deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land Pflowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. r 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 11 ¶ And Moses said unto God, "Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 13 And Moses said unto God, Be hold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of ch. 2. 25. & 4. Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. God giveth him signs. Moses' rod is turned into a serpent. 6 His hand becometh leprous. 10 He is loath to be sent. 14 Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18 Moses departeth from Jethro. 21 God's message to Pharaoh. 24 Zipporah circumciseth her son. 2 Aaron is sent to meet Moses. 31 The people believeth them. AND Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, "A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: B. C. 1491. f Num. 23. 3, 4, 15, 16. g ch. 5. 2. & 7. 4. h Or, but by strong hand. ch. 6. 6. & 7. 5. & 9. 15. i ch. 7. 3. & 11. 9. Deut. 6. 22. Neh. 9. 10. Ps. 105. 27. & 135. 9. Jer. 32. 20. Acts 7. 36. See ch. 7. to ch. 13. k ch. 12. 31. Ps. 106. 46. m Gen. 15. 14. || Or, Egypt. n Job 27. 17. Prov. 13. 22. Ez. 39. 10. a ver. 17, 20. c ch. 3. 15. 5 That they may believe that the b ch. 19. 9. LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. d 7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. d Num. 12. 10. 2 Kings 5.27. e Num. 12. 13, 14. Deut. 32, 39. 2 Kings 5. 14. Matt. 8. 3. Moses is loath to be sent. B. C. 1491. fch. 7. 19. Heb all be and shall be +Reb a man of words + Heb, viace yesterday, NOP since the third day. ch. 6. 12 Jer. 1.6. Pt. 969 150. 4. Jer. 1. 9. Mart 19 19. Mark 11.11. Luke 12 11, 12 & 21. 14, 15. EXODUS. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they | will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. 10 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither theretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, Ŏ my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom Or, told thou wilt send. 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, 'he cometh forth to meet 192, thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, Seven he shall be to thee instead of 18. a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God. 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 18 And Moses went and returned Heb. Jether. tot Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. Matt. 2. 20. ch. 17.9. 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in Nam 2), 8, 9. his hand. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, God's message to Pharaoh. 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and Jer. 31.9. if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. 24 ¶ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp "stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had com- g ver. 8, 9. manded him. 29 T And Moses and Aaron wenth ch 3. 16. and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then " they bowed their heads and worshipped. m CHAPTER V. Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their message; 5 and increaseth the Israelites' task. 15 He derideth their complaints. 20 They cry out upon Moses and Aaron. 22 Moses complaineth to God. AND afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast a ch. 10. 9. unto me in the wilderness. Israel's task increased. EXODUS. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard God reneweth his promise. evil case, after it was said, Ye shall B. C. 1491. not minish aught from your bricks of your daily task. 20 T And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh : 21 And they said unto them, The h ch. 6. 9. LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour † to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. ↑ Heb. to stink, Gen. 34. 30. 1 Sam. 13. 4. & 27. 12. 2 Sam. 10. 6. 1 Chr. 19. 6. 22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast Heb. deliverthou delivered thy people at all. CHAPTER VI. God reneweth his promise by his name JEHOVAH. 10 He sendeth Moses to Pharaoh. 14 The genealo gy of Reuben, 15 of Simeon, 16 of Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron. THEN LORD ain word the taskmasters of the Tow that thD said unto Mosesi 15 T Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in ing thou hast not delivered. a ch. 3. 19. b ch. 11. 1. & 12. 31, 33, 39. || Or, JEHOVAH. © Gen. 17. 1. & 35. 11. & 48.3. d ch. 3. 14. Ps. 68. 4. & 83. 18. John 8. 58. Rev. 1. 4. 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, 'to give them the land of Canaan, the land of Gen. 15. 18. their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. & 17. 4, 7. f Gen. 17. 8. & 28. 4. |