Red sea. CHAP. XV. The Egyptians drowned. at we have let 26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may t, and took his come again upon the Egyptians, upon their cha

riots, and upon their horsemen. mosen chariots, 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the 1 captains over sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled art of Pharaoh against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egypcer the children tians in the midst of the sea. srael went out 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of er them (all the Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. and his horse- there remained not so much as one of them. them encamp- 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land 1, before Baal- in the midst of thesea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. nigh, the chil- 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of and behold, the the hand of the Egyptians: and Israel saw the and they were Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. Israel cried out 31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people ause there were feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and en us away to his servant Moses. hast thou dealt

at of Egypt?

did tell thee in THEN THEN sang Moses and the children of Israel we may serve this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, better for us to I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphe should die in ed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he

people, Fear ye 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is on of the LORD, become my salvation: he is my God, and I will : for the Egyp- prepare him a habitation; my father's God, and -y, ye shall see I will exalt him.

3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his

u, and ye shall name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast ses, Wherefore into the sea: his chosen captains also are drown to the children ed in the Red sea. 5 The depths have covered them: they sank

stretch out thy into the bottom as a stone. : and the chil- 6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious und through the in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed

In the hearts of 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou llow them: and hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: oh, and upon all thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed On his horsemen. them as stubble.

ow that I am the 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters nour upon Pha- were gathered together, the floods stood upright n his horsemen. as a heap, and the depths were congealed in the ich went before heart of the sea.

nd went behind 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overd went from be- take, I will divide the spoil: my lust shall be 1 them: satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, iny

mp of the Egyp-hand shall destroy them.

nd it was a cloud 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea coverwe light by nighted them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. ot near the other 11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the

is hand over the sea to go back by at, and made the ere divided.

gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders ?

12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people el went into the which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them ground: and the in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

their right hand, 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. led, and went in 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed: sea, even all Pha- the mighty men, of Moab, trembling shall take his horsemen. hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan in the morning- shall melt away.

the host of the 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the of fire and of the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a the Egyptians, stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the wheels, that they people pass over, which thou hast purchased. ne Egyptians said, 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in

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f thing inheritance in the place

Quails and man in; in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands near before the LORD: for he hath hea have established.

18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake u 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his whole congregation of the children of Isra chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and they looked toward the wilderness, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea the glory of the Lord appeared in the cle upon them: but the children of Israel went on 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, dry land in the midst of the sea. 12 I have heard the murmurings of the c. 201 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of of Israel; speak unto them, saying, At e Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the wo-shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye si men went out after her, with timbrels, and with filled with bread: and ye shall know tha dances.

21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

13 And it came to pass, that at even the came up, and covered the camp:xand morning the dew lay round about the hos 14 And when the dew that lay was gone u hold, upon the face of the wilderness there small round thing, as small as the hoar fr the ground:

23 And when they came to Marah, they could 15 And when the children of Israel saw it not drink of the waters of Marah; for they were said one to another, It is manna: for they bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah, not what it was. And Moses said unto them. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, is the bread which the LORD hath given you t saying, What shall we drink? 16 This is the thing which the LORD 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD commanded, Gather of it every man acco shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into to his eating: an omer for every man accor the waters, the waters were made sweet: there to the number of your persons, take ye c he made for them a statute and an ordinance, man for them which are in his tents.

17 And the children of Israel did so, and

26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to ered, some more, some less.

18 And when they did mete it with an o

the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to he that gathered much had nothing over, an

his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

27 1 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palmtrees: and they encamped there by the waters. CHAP. XVI.

that gathered little had no lack: they gath
every man according to his eating.
19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of i
the morning.

20 Notwithstanding, they hearkened not u Moses; but some of them left of it until morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and ses was wroth with them.

21 And they gathered it every morning, ev

ND they took their journey from Elim, and man according to his eating: and when the s all the congregation of the children of Israel waxed hot it melted.

came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is be-22 1 And it came to pass, that on the sixth d tween Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the they gathered twice as much bread, two om second month after their departing out of the for one man and all the rulers of the cong land of Egypt.

2 And the whole congregation of the children of 23 And he said unto them, This is that whi Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in

the Lord hath said, To-morrow is the rest the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that whi ye will bake to-day, and seethe that ye w

3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the seethe; and that which remaineth over, lay u LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the for you to be kept until the morning. flesh-pots, and wnen we did eat bread to the full: 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Me for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, ses bade and it did not stink, neither was ther to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I 25 And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-da will rain bread from heaven for you; and the is a sabbath unto the LORD; to-day ye shall no

26 Six days ye shall gather it; buton the sevent day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none 27 1 And it came to pass, that there went ou some of the people on the seventh day for to

5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day
they shall prepare that which they bring in; and
it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. gather, and they found none.

6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, Ateven, then ye shall know that the

28 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long re fuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws ? LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day glory of the LORD: for that he heareth your the bread of two days: abide ye every man in murmurings against the LORD: And what are his place, let no man go out of his place on the we, that ye murmur against us?

8 And Moses said, This shall be when the LORD 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in 31 And the house of Israel called the name therethe morning bread to the full; for that the Lord of Manna: and it was like coriander-seed, white; heareth your murmurings which ye murmur and the taste of it was like wafers made with against him: And what are we? your murmur-honey.

ings are not against us, but against the LORD. 32 11 And Moses said, This is the thing which the 9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel Come your generations that they may see the bread

CHAP. XVII, XVIII. Jethro's advice to Mosca derness, when 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipof Egypt. porah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, ake a pot, and 3 And her two sons; of which the name of the and lay it up one was Gershom; (for he said, I have been an ir generations. alien in a strange land :)

ses, so Aaron 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; (for o be kept. the God of my father, said he, was my help, and at manna for- delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh :) nd inhabited: 5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with ame unto the his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilder

ness, where he encamped at the mount of God: t of an ephah. 6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father-in-law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

olied.

he children of 71 And Moses went out to meet his father-inderness of Sin, law, and did obeisance, and kissed him: and the command-they asked each other of their welfare: and In Rephidim: they came into the tent.

ople to drirk. 8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the e with Moses, Lord had done unto Pharaoh, and to the Egype may drink. tians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that chide ye with had come upon them by the way, and how the ORD?

or water; and 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness oses, and said, which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he brought us up had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. ildren and our 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyp saying, What tians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath e almost ready delivered the people from under the hand of the

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Go on before 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than the elders of all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt thou smotest proudly, he was above them. go. 12 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a nee there upon burnt-offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron halt smite the came, and all the elders of Israel to eat bread out of it, that with Moses' father-in-law before God.

es did so in the 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood

place Massah, by Moses from the morning unto the evening. ing of the chil- 14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that pted the LORD, he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou ght with Israel thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee

Choose us out ek: to-morrow with the rod of

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 one and another, and I do aid to him, and make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. es, Aaron, and 17 And Moses' father in-law said unto him,

The thing that thou doest is not good.

Oses held up his 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and when he let this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform ; and they took it thyself alone.

nd he sat there- 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee his hands, the counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for er on the other the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring - until the going the causes unto God:

20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and malek and his laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. ses, Write this 21 Moreover, thou shall provide out of all the ehearse it in the people, able men, such as fear God, men of y put out the re- truth, hating covetousness; and place such over der heaven. them to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of God's message to the people. EXODUS. The descent of God on th 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, 20 And the LORD came down upon mou and made them heads over the people, rulers of on the top of the mount: and the LOR thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, Moses up to the top of the mount; an 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.

21 And the LORD said unto Moses, G charge the people, lest they break throu the LORD to gaze, and many of them pe

the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest th break forth upon them.

27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart: and 22 And let the priests also which come

23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The IN the third month, when the children of Israel cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the edst us, saying, Set bounds about the mou same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. sanctify it.

2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and 24 And the Lord said unto him, Away, were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped with thee: but let not the priests and the before the mount. break through, to come up unto the LoF

3 And Moses went up unto God, and the he break forth upon them. LORD called unto him out of the mountain, say- 25 So Moses went down unto the peop ing, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, spake unto them.

The ten commandments given.

ND God spake all these words, sayin 21 am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any g image, or any likeness of any thing that heaven above, or that is in the earth benea that is in the water under the earth:

7! And Moses came and called for the elders of 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to ther

the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.

8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a je God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upe children unto the third and fourth generat them that hate me;

6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of that love me, and keep my commandments

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. for ever. And Moses told the words of the peo-8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it ho ple unto the LORD. 9 Six daysshalt thou labour, and do all thy w 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the I the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-mor- thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, t row, and let them wash their clothes, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-serv 11 And be ready against the third day for the nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor third day the LORD will come down in the sight of stranger that is within thy gates:

all the people upon mount Sinai. 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven 121 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people earth, the sea and all that in them is, and re round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, the seventh day: wherefore the LORD ble that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the bor- the sabbath-day, and hallowed it.

der of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall 12 Honour thy father and thy mother; that

days may be long upon the land which the L thy God giveth thee.

13 Thou shalt not kill.

14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.

16 Thou shalt not bear false witness agai thy neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's hou

15 And he said unto the people, Be ready thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, against the third day: come not at your wives. his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his 161 And it came to pass on the third day in nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighboun the morning, that there were thunders and light- 18 And all the people saw the thunderin nings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the and the lightnings, and the noise of the trump voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all and the mountain smoking: and when the pe the people that was in the camp trembled. ple saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou wi the camp to meet with God; and they stood at us, and we will hear: but let not God spea the nether part of the mount.

18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: f because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and God is come to prove you, and that his fear ma the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a be before your faces, that ye sin not.

furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 21 And the people stood afar off, and Mose 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded drew near unto the thick darkness where God wa long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake,

22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus tho

From heaven. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt ods of silver, give life for life,

s of gold. 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, make unto foot for foot,

burnt-offer- 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, ep, and thine stripe for stripe.

26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall

Itar of stone, let him go free for his eye's sake. e, for if thou 27 And if he smite out his man-servant's tooth. or his maid-servant's tooth; he shall let hira go

unto mine al- free for his tooth's sake. ered thereon. 28 1 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox

which thou shall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his six years he horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his shall go out owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be ll go out by stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. is wife shall 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatso

vife, and she ever is laid upon him. the wife and 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored and he shall a daughter, according to this judgment shall it

y say, I love 32 If the ox shall push a man-servant, or maiddren; I will servant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. to the judges: 33 1 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man into the door- shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ear through ass fall therein;

n for ever. 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, De a maid-ser- and give money unto the owner of them; and -servants do. the dead beast shall be his.

ath betrothed 35 And if one man's ox hurt another's that he De redeemed: die, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the shall have no money of it, and the dead ox also they shall divide. ally with her. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to to his son, he push in time past, and his owner hath not kept of daughters. him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the mer food, her dead shall be his own. shall he not

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Laws against sundry offences.

I TF a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten t God deliver that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. point thee a 3 If the sun be risen upon him there shall be blood shed for him: for he should make full usly upon his restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be e; thou shalt sold for his theft.

may die. 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand or his mother, alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he

1, and selleth 5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to me shall surely be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field: of the best of his father or his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make restitution. and one smite 6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that Fist, and he die the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field be consumed therewith; he that kindled the

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oad upon his fire shall surely make restitution. be quit: only 7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour me, and shall money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him

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at, or his maid, pay double. mand; he shall 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to Leaday or two, see whether he have put his hand unto his neighEs his money. man with child, and yet no mis

9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any