18 And when they came to Reuel their Father, he faid, How is it that you are come so foon To-day?

19 And they faid, An Egyptian delivered us out of the Hand of the Shepherds, and alfo drew Water enough for us, and watered the Flock.

zo And he faid unto his Daughters, And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the Man? Call him, that he may eat Bread.

21 And Mofes was content to dwell with the Man: and he gave Mofes Zipporah his Daughter.

22 And the bare him a Son, and he called his Name Gerfhom: for he faid, I have been a STRANGER in a strange Land.

23 And it came to pafs in procefs of Time, that the King of Egypt died, and the Children of Ifrael SIGHED by reafon of the BONDAGE, and they cried; and their CRY came UP unto God, by reafon of the BONDAGE.

24 And GOD HEARD their Groaning, and GOD remembred his COVENANT with ABRAHAM, with Ifaac, and with Jacob.

25 And God looked upon the Children of Ifrael, and GOD had RESPECT unto them.

CHA P. III.

1 Mofes keepeth Jethro's Flock : 2 GOD appeareth to him in a burning Bush: 9 He is fent to Ifrael: 15 His Meffage.

Ver. 1 TOW MOSES kept the Flock of Jethro his Fa

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ther-in-law, the Priest of Midian: and he led

the Flock to the Back-fide of the Defart, and came to the Mountain of GOD, even to HOREB.

2 P And the ANGEL of the LORD appeared unto him in a FLAME of FIRE out of the midst of a Bufh: and he looked, and behold, the BUSH burned with FIRE, and the Bush was not confumed.

3 And Mofes faid, I will now turn afide, and fee this great Sight, why the BUSH is not burnt.

Als vii. 30 When forty Years were expired, there appeared to him in the Wilderness of Mount SINAI,

an ANGEL of the LORD in a FLAME

of FIRE in a BUSH.

31 When MOSES faw it, he wondred at the Sight: and as he drew near to

behold it, the VOICE of the LORD came unto him,

32 Saying, I AM the GoD of thy Fathers, the GOD of ABRAHAM, and the GOD of ISAAC, and the GoD of JACOB. Then MOSES TREMBLED, and

durft not BEHOLD.

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4 And when the LORD faw that he turned afide to fee, GOD called unto him out of the midst of the BUSH, and faid, MOSES, Mofes. And he faid, Here am I.

5 And he faid, Draw not nigh hither, put off thy Shoes from off thy Feet, for the PLACE whereon thou ftandeft, is HOLY GROUND.

33 Then faid the LORD to him, the Place where thou ftandeft is HOLY Put off thy SHOES from thy Feet: for GROUND.

Rev. xv. 3 And they fing the Song of MOSES the Servant of GOD, and the Song of the LAMB, faying, Great and MARVELLOUs are thy Works," LORD GOD ALMIGHTY; juft and true are thy Ways, thou KING of SAINTS.

4 Who fhall not FEAR thee, O LORD, and GLORIFY thy Name? for Thou only art HOLY.

6 Moreover he faid, I am the GoD of thy Father, the GOD of Abraham, and the GOD of Ifaac, and the God of Jacob. And MOSES hid his Face: for he was AFRAID to look upon GoD.

7 9 And the LORD faid, I have furely feen the AFFLICTION of my People which are in Egypt, and have HEARD their CRY, by reafon of their Tafk-mafters for I know their SORROWS.

9 Als vii. 34 I have feen, I have feen the AFFLICTION of my People which is in Egypt, and I have heard their Groaning, and am come down to DELIVER them. And now come, I will fend thee into Egypt.

35 This Moses, whom they REFUSED, faying, Who made thee a RULER and a JUDGE? the fame did God send to be a RULER and a DELIVERER by the Hands of the ANGEL which apPEARED to him in the BUSH.

36 He brought them out, after that he had fhewed Wonders and Signs in the Land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the Wilderness forty

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 flowing with Milk and Hony; unto the Place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebufites.

Years.

9 Now therefore behold, the CRY of the Children of Ifrael is come unto me: and I have alfo feen the OPPRESSION wherewith the Egyptians opprefs them.

10 Come now therefore, and I will fend thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayft bring forth my People, the Children of Ifrael out of Egypt.

11 And MOSES faid unto GoD, Who am I, that I fhould go unto Pharaoh, and that I fhould bring forth the Children of Ifrael out of Egypt?

12 And he faid, Certainly, I will be WITH THEE; and this fhall be a Token unto thee, that I have fent thee:

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when thou haft brought forth the People out of Egypt, ye fhall ferve GOD upon this Mountain.

13 And Mofes faid unto GoD, Behold, when I come unto the Children of Ifrael, and shall fay unto them, The GOD of your Fathers hath fent me unto you and they shall say to me, What is his Name? What fhall I fay unto them?

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And GOD faid unto Mofes, I AM THAT I AM: And he faid, Thus fhalt thou fay unto the Children of Ifrael, I AM hath fent me unto you.

15 And Gop faid moreover unto Mofes, Thus fhalt thou fay unto the Children of Ifrael, The LORD GOD of your Fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GOD of Ifaac, and the GOD of Jacob hath fent me unto you: this is my Name for ever, and this is my Memorial unto all Generations.

Rev. i. 4 John to the Seven Churches which are in Afia: Grace

be unto you, and Peace, from HIM which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the Seven SPIRITS which are before his THRONE.

S And from JESUS CHRIST, who is the faithful WITNESS, and the FIRSTBEGOTTEN of the DEAD, and the PRINCE of the KINGS of the Earth; unto him that LOVED US, and WASHED us from our SINS in his own BLOOD.

6 And hath made us KINGS and PRIESTS unto GoD and his Father; to whom be GLORY and DOMINION for ever and ever.

and every Eye fhall fee him, and they alfo which PIERCED him.

7 Behold, he COMETH with Clouds;

8 I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, the BEGINNING and the ENDING, faith the LORD, which is, and which was, and which is to COME, the ALMIGHTY.

John viii. 58 JESUS faid unto them, Verily verily 1 lay unto you, Before

ABRAHAM was, I AM.

16 Go and gather the Elders of Ifrael together, and fay unto them, The LORD GOD of your Fathers, the God of Abraham, of Ifaac, and of Jacob, APPEARED unto me, faying, I have furely vifited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.

17 And I have faid, 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 Jebufites, unto a Land flowing with Milk and Hony.

18 And they fhall hearken to thy Voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the Elders of Ifrael, unto the King of Egypt, and you fhall fay unto him, The LORD GOD of the HEBREWS hath met with us; and now let us go (we befeech thee) three Days Journey into the Wilderness, that we may facrifice to the LORD our GOD.

19 And I am fure that the King of Egypt will not let you go, no not by a mighty Hand.

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20 And I will ftretch out my Hand, and fmite Egypt with all my WONDERS which I will do in the Midft thereof: and after that, he will let you go.

21 And I will give this People Favour in the Sight of the Egyptians and it fhall come to pafs, that when ye go, ye fhall not go empty :

22 But every Woman fhall borrow of her Neighbour, and of her that fojourneth in her Houfe, Jewels of Silver, and Jewels of Gold, and Raiment and ye fhall put them upon your Sons, and upon your Daughters; and ye fhall fpoil the Egyptians.

CHA P. IV.

1 Mofes's Rod is turned into a Serpent: 6 His Hand is leprous: 10 He is loath to be fent: 14 Aaron is appointed to affift 21 GOD's Meffage to Pharaoh.

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Ver. A will not believe me, nor hearken unto my Voice:

ND Mofes answered and faid, But behold, they

for they will fay, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

2 And the LORD faid unto him, What is that in thy Hand? And he faid, A ROD.

3 And he faid, Caft it on the Ground; and he caft it on the Ground, and it became a SERPENT and Mofes fied from before it.

4 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, 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.

5 That they may BELIEVE that the LORD GOD of their Fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GoD of Ifaac, and the GOD of Jacob, hath APPEARED unto thee.

6 And the LORD faid furthermore unto him, Put now thine Hand into thy Bofom; and he put his Hand into his Bofom; and when he took it out, behold, his Hand was leprous as Snow.

7 And he faid, Put thy Hand into thy Bofom again : and he put his Hand into his Bofom again, and plucked it out of his Bofom, and behold, it was turned again as his other Flesh.

8 And it fhall come pafs, if they will not BELIEVE thee, neither hearken to the Voice of the firft Sign, that they will believe the Voice of the latter Sign.

9 And it shall come to pafs, if they will not BELIEVE alfo 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, fhall become Blood upon the dry Land.

10 And Mofes faid unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not ELOQUENT, neither heretofore, nor fince thou haft fpoken unto thy Servant: but I AM SLOW of Speech, and of a flow Tongue.

II And the LORD faid 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 fay.

13 And he faid, O my Lord, fend I pray thee, by the Hand of him whom thou wilt fend.

14 And the Anger of the LORD was kindled againft Mofes, and he faid, Is not AARON the Levite thy Brother? I know that he can fpeak well. And alfo, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee and when he feeth thee, he will be glad in his Heart.

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15 And thou fhalt fpeak unto him, and put Words into his Mouth and I will be with thy Mouth, and with his Mouth, and will teach ye what ye fhall do.

Ifa. 1. 4 The LORD GOD hath githat I fhould know how to speak a ven me the Tongue of the Learned, WORD in Seafon to him that is weary: he wakeneth Morning by Morning: he wakeneth mine Ear to hear as

the Learned.

Matth. x. 19 When they deliver you up, take no Thought how, or what you in that fame Hour, what ye shall ye fhall SPEAK, for it fhall be GIVEN SPEAK.

20 For it is not ye that SPEAK, but SPEAKETH in you. the SPIRIT of your FATHER, which

Luke xii. 11 When they bring you unto the Synagogues, and unto Magiftrates, and Powers, take ye_no Thought how, or what Thing ye fhall ANSWER, or what ye fhall say:

12 For the HOLY GHOST fhall teach you in the fame Hour, what ye ought

to SAY.

1 Cor. i. 26 Ye fee your Calling, Brethren, how that not many WISE Men after the FLESH, not many MIGH

Ty, not many NOBLE are called.

27 But God hath chosen the FOOLfound the wISE; and GOD hath choISH Things of the World, to confen the WEAK THINGS of the World, to confound the THINGS which are

MIGHTY.

28 And base Things of the World, and Things which are despised, hath GoD chofen, yea, and Things which ARE NOT, hath GoD chosen, to bring to nought Things THAT ARE.

29 That no FLESH fhould GLORY in his Prefence.

16 And he shall be thy Spokefman unto the People: and he fhall be, even he fhall be to thee instead of a MOUTH, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.