Exod. viil, 5-15. And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? And he said, To-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. And they gathered them together upon heaps; and the land stank. But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. (MAGICIANS, see under LICE. Exod. viii, 17. And they did so: for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. FLIES. Exod. viii, 23, 24, 30-32. And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to-morrow shall this sign be. And the LORD did so: and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of J Pharaoh made his servants and MURRAIN OF BEASTS. Exod. ix, 3-7. Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel. And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. BOILS AND BLAINS. Exod. ix. 8, 9. And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh; And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. (See under DISEASE.) HAIL. Exod. ix, 16, 18-29, 33-35. And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. Behold, to-morrow about this time, I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now, Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. ie that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinne this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. Entreat the LORD, (for it enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. And Moses sild unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Log and the thunder shall cease, nelther shall there be any more bak that thou mayest know how that Moses went out of the city from the earth is the LORD'S. And Pharaoh, and spread abroad his thunders and hail ceased, and the hands unto the LORD; and the rain was not poured upon the earth. And when Pharaoh sa that the rain, and the hail, and the thunders, were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the childrea of Israel go; as the LORD Lad spoken by Moses. LOCUSTS. Exod. x, 1, 12 -- 20. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in u Pharaohi: for I have hardened tis heart, and the heart of his setvants, that I might shew these m signs before him: And the Lo said unto Moses, Stretch out thin hand over the land of Egypt ke the locusts, that they may com up upon the land of Egypt, s37 eat every herb of the Lind, eres all that the hail hath left. A-1 Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Los brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 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. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red Lea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. DARKNESS. Erod. x, 21-23. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. AND FIRST-BORN DESTROYED. Exod. xi, 4-6. And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: And all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of beasts. And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. of the captive that was in the dungeon, and all the first-born of cattle. 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. Neh. ix, 10. And showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knew est that they dealt proudly against them: so didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. first-born of Egypt, both of man P3. CXXXV, 8. Who smote the and beast. Jer. xxxii, 20, 21. Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs; and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched-out arm, and with great terror. RED SEA DIVIDED. Exod. xiv, 27, 28. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. THE SHECHINAH. Exod. xiii, 21, 22. And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night. He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. Exod. xiv, 19, 20. And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one cime not near the other all the night. Exod. xii, 28-30. And the children of Israel went away, and did Exod. x1, 34-38. Then a cloud as the LORD had commanded covered the tent of the congregaMoses and Aaron, so did they. tion, and the glory of the LORD And it came to pass, that at mid-filled the tabernacle. And Moses night the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne, unto the first-born nacle. And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: But if the cloud were not taken up. then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. Num. ix, 15-23. And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearSo it was alway: the cloud covered ance of fire, until the morning. it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents. and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. At the commandment of the LORD they rested in their tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. Num. xiv, 10. But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. Num. xvi, 42, 43. And it came to pass, when the congregation was was not able to enter into the tent gathered against Moses and of the congregation, because the against Aaron, that they looked cloud abode thereon, and the toward the tabernacle of the conglory of the LORD filled the taber-gregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. Ps. lxxviii, 14. In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. Ps. xcix, 7. He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. P3. cv, 39. He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night. Neh. ix, 12, 19. Moreover, thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. Yet thou, in thy manifold mercies, forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. TRANSFIGURATION OF MOSES. Exod. xxxiv, 29-35. And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone: and they were afraid to come nigh him. And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. And afterward all the children of Is rael came nigh; and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. But when Moses went in before the LORD, to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. And the children of Israel saw the face of Mo ses, that the skin of Moses' face shone; and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with Him. 2 Cor. iii, 13. And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished. WATER SWEETENED. Exod. xv, 24, 25. And the people WATER FROM THE ROCK. Exod. xvii, 5, 7. And the Loan said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river. he called the name of the place take in thine hand, and go. And Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Is rael, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the Los among us, or not? Exod. xvi, 15, 19, 21, 31, 35. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, AARON'S ROD BUDDING. This is the bread which the LORD Num. xviii, 1-9. And the LORD hath given you to eat. And Moses spake unto Moses, saying, Speak said, Let no man leave of it till unto the children of Israel, and the morning. And they gathered take of every one of them a rod it every morning, every man acaccording to the house of their cording to his eating; and when fathers, of all their princes, accordthe sun waxed hot, it melted. And ing to the house of their fathers, the house of Israel called the name twelve rods: write thou every thereof Manna: and it was like man's name upon his rod. And coriander seed, white; and the thou shalt write Aaron's name taste of it was like wafers made upon the rod of Levi: for one rod with honey. And the children of shall be for the head of the house Israel did eat manna forty years, of their fathers. And thou shalt until they came to a land inhabit-lay them up in the tabernacle of ed: they did eat manna until they the congregation, before the testicame unto the borders of the land mony, where I will meet with of Canaan. you. And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod whom I shall choose shall blossom: and I wil make to cease from me the mumurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, accordtwelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. And Moses ing to their fathers' houses, eren laid up the rods before the LotD in the tabernacle of witness, And it came to pass, that on the mor row Moses went into the taber Joshua v, 12. And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. Deut. viii, 3, 16. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make by bread only, but by every thee know that man doth not live that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. Who word fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, to do thee good at thy latter and that he might prove thee, end. Neh. ix, 20. Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. John vi, 49. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. QUAILS. Exod. xvi, 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 host. Psalm cv, 40. The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. nacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron, for the house f Levi, was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms and yielded almonds. And Moses fore the LORD unto all the childr brought out all the rods from be of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. THE LEPROSY OF MIRIAM Num. xii, 10. And the cloud de parted from off the tabernacle: and, behold, Miriam became p rous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behol she was leprous. DESTRUCTION OF KOBAR. Num. xvi, 31-33. And it came pass as he had made an end. speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: And the eart opened her mouth, and swallows) them up, and their houses, and a the men that appertained un'e Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. DEATH OF NADAB AND ABIHU. Lev. x, 1, 2. And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense theron, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them, not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them; and they died be fore the Lord. Deut. xi, 6,7. And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened her month, and swallowed them up and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel. But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did. Ps. cvi, 17. The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. WATER FROM THE ROCK IN Num. xx, 8--10. Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? HEALING. Num. xxi, 8. And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a flery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. PLAGUE. Num. xvi, 46-50. And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer,and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense,and goquickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. And, will bring again from Bashan; I FIRE. Lev. ix, 24. And there came a Num. xi, 1, 2. And when the Num. xvi, 35. And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. Ps. cvi, 18. And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burnt up the wicked. REFLECTIONS ON THE MIRACLES OF MOSES, AND REFERENCES. Exod. xv, 5, 8, 10, 12. The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Deut. xl, 4. And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day. Joshua xxiv, 7. And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. Ps. lxvi, 6. He turned the sea Ps. Ixviii, 22. The LORD said, I Ps. lxxviii, 13, 15, 16, 44, 47, 51, 53. He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. He clave the rocks in the wildernesss, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. And had turned their rivers into blood, and their floods, that they could not drink. He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost. And smote all the first-born in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: And he led them on safely, so that they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. Ps. cv, 27-29, 32, 33, 35, 36. They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, and brake the And did trees of their coasts. eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. He smote also all the first-born in their land, the chief of all their strength. Ps. cvi, 9, 11. He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. And the waters covered their enemies; there was not one of them left. Ps. cxiv, 8. Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. But overthrew Ps. cxxxvi, 13-16. To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. Isa. xi, 15. And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. Isa. xliii, 16. Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters. Isa. xlviii, 21. And they thirsted not when he led them through, the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. Isa. li, 10. Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? Isa. Ixiii, 12. That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them to make himself an everlasting name? Rev. xvi, 12. And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. IN CONNECTION WITH JOSHUA. JORDAN DIVIDED. Joshua iii, 14-17. And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (tor Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) That the waters, which came down from above, stood, and rose up upon an heap, very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people passed over right against Jericho. And the priests, that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. Joshua iv, 16-18. Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before. Ps. cxiv, 1-6. When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judahwas his sanctuary and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled; Jordan was driven back. I avenged of you, and after that i The mountains skipped like rams, will cease. And he found a res and the little hills like lambs. jaw-bone of an ass, and put forth What ailed thee, O thou sea, that his hand and took it, and slew a thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thousand men therewith. thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams: and ye little hills, like lambs? CAPTURE OF JERICHO. Joshua vi, 20. So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the people went up into the that the wall fell down flat, so city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. SUN AND MOON STAYED. Josh. x, 13. 14. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. And there was no day like that before it, or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel. STORM. Josh. x. 11. And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH IN CONNECTION WITH SAMSON. A LION KILLED. Judges xiv, 6. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. SLAUGHTER OF THE PHILISTINES. of the LORD came upon him, and Judges xiv, 19. And the Spirit he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle: and his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. son said unto them, Though ye Judges xv, 7, 15. And Samhave done this, yet will I be 488 PERSONAL STRENGTH. Judges xv, 11-14. Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest fboo over us? what is this that tho not that the Philistines are rulers hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, they said unto him, We are come so have I done unto them. And down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me your selves. And they spake unte him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand; but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound bis with two new cords, and brough him up from the rock. And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightly upon him; and the cords that wer upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. Judges xvi, 6-14. And Delilah sald to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou might est be bound to afflict thee. And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green wil that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as anothe man. istines brought up to her seven Then the lords of the Phi green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with in wait, abiding with her in the them. (Now there were men lying chamber.) And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the will as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire: so Es Delilah said unto Samson, Behold strength was not known. And thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray the bound. And he said unto her, If wherewith thou mightest be they bind me fast with new ropes. that never were occupied, tha ropes, and bound him therewith man. Delilah therefore took ne shall I be weak, and be as another and said unto him. The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And the were liers in wait, abiding in th chamber. from off his arms like a threa And he brake the And Delilah said unto Samson Hitherto thou hast mocked me with thou mightest be bound and told me lies: tell me where And he said unto her, If thee |