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14 And the Officers of the Children of Ifrael, which Pha'raoh's Tafk-mafters had fet over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your Task in making Brick, both Yesterday and To-day, as heretofore?

15 Then the Officers of the Children of Ifrael, came and cried unto Pharaoh, faying, Wherefore dealeft thou thus with thy Servants?

16 There is no STRAW given unto thy Servants, and they fay to us, Make Brick and behold thy Servants are BEATEN, but the Fault is in thy own People.

17 But he faid, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye fay, Let us go, and do Sacrifice to the LORD.

18 Go therefore now and work for there fhall no Straw be given, yet fhall ye deliver the Tale of Bricks.

19 And the Officers of the Children of Ifrael did fee that they were in evil Cafe, after it was faid, Ye fhall not minish ought from your Bricks of your daily TASK.

zo And they met MOSES and AARON, who stood in the Way, as they came forth from Pharaoh.

21 And they faid unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because you have made our Savour to be abhorred in the Eyes of Pharaoh, and in the Eyes of his Servants, to put a Sword into their Hands to flay us.

22 And Mofes returned unto the LORD, and faid, Lord, wherefore haft thou fo evil intreated this People? why is it that thou haft fent me?

23 For fince I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy NAME, he hath done EVIL to this People; neither haft thou delivered thy People at all.

CHAP. VI.

GOD reneweth his Promife by the Name of JEHOVA H. 14 The Genealogy of Reuben, 15 of Simeon, 16 and of Levi.

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Ver. 1THEN the LORD faid unto Mofes, Now fhalt thou fee what I will do to Pharaoh : for with a ftrong Hand shall he let them go, and with a strong Hand fhall he drive them out of this Land.

2 And GOD fpake unto Mofes, and faid unto him, I AM the LORD.

And I appeared unto ABRAHAM, unto Ifaac, and unto Jacob, by the Name of GOD ALMIGHTY, but by my Name* JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

Rev. xxii. 13 I am ALPHA, and

OMEGA, the BEGINNING and the END,

the FIRST and the LAST.

2 Cor. i. 20 All the Promises of

GoD in CHRIST JESUS are in him YEA, and in him AMEN, unto the GLORY of God.

4 And I have,alfo established my Covenant with them, to give them the Land of Canaan, the Land of their PILGRIMAGE, wherein they were Strangers.

5 And I have alfo heard the Groaning of the Children of Ifrael, whom the Egyptians keep in Bondage: and I have remembred my Covenant.

6 Wherefore fay unto the Children of Ifrael, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the Burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their BONDAGE: and I will redeem you with a stretched out Arm, and with great JUDGMENTS.

7 And I will take you to me for a PEOPLE, and I will be to you a GOD: and ye fhall know that I am the LORD your GOD, which bringeth you out from under the Burdens of the Egyptians.

8 And I will bring you in unto the Land concerning the which I did fwear to give it, to Abraham, to Ifaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an HERITAGE: I AM the LORD.

9 And Mofes fpake so unto the Children of Ifrael: but they HEARKNED not unto Mofes, for ANGUISH of Spirit, and for cruel BONDAGE.

10 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying,

11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh King of Egypt, that he let the Children of Ifrael go out of his Land.

12 And Mofes fpake before the LORD, faying, Behold, the Children of Ifrael have not HEARKNED unto me; how then shall Pharaoh HEAR me, who am of UNCIRCUMCISED Lips?

13 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, and unto Aaron, and gave them a CHARGE unto the Children of Ifrael, and unto Pharaoh King of Egypt; to bring the Children of Ifrael out of the Land of Egypt.

Note, The Jews never pronounced this glorious Name JEHOVAH but in their religious Worship: Which fignifies God's being in, and of Himself, and being faithful in all his Words and Promifes.

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Mofes is encouraged to go to Pharaoh : 8 His Rod is turned into a Serpent. 13 Pharaoh's Heart is hardened. River is turned into Blood.

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Ver. 1 ND the LORD faid unto Mofes, See, I have made thee God to Pharaoh and Aaron thy Brother

fhall be thy Prophet.

2 And thou fhalt fpeak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy Brother fhall fpeak unto Pharaoh, that he fend the Children of Ifrael out of his Land.

3 And I will harden Pharaoh's Heart, and multiply my SIGNS and my WONDERS in the Land of Egypt.

4 But Pharaoh fhall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my Hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine Armies, and my People the Children of Ifrael, out of the Land of Egypt, by great JUDGMENTS.

5 And the Egyptians fhall know, that I am the LORD, when I ftretch forth mine Hand upon Egypt, and bring out the Children of Ifrael from among them.

6 And Mofes and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, fo did they.

7 And Mofes was FOURSCORE Years old, and Aaron fourfcore and three Years old, when they fpake unto Pharaoh.

8 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes and Aaron, faying,

9 When Pharaoh fhall fpeak unto you, faying, Shew a MIRACLE for you: then thou fhalt fay unto Aaron, Take, thy ROD and caft it before Pharaoh, and it shall become à Serpent.

io And Mofes and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did fo as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron caft down his Rod before Pharaoh, and before his Servants, and it became a SERPENT.

II Then Pharaoh alfo called the Wife-men, and the Sorcerers now the Magicians of Egypt, they alfo did in like Manner with their Inchantments.

12 For they caft down every Man his Rod, and they became Serpents: but Aaron's ROD fwallowed up their Rods.

13 And he hardened Pharaoh's Heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had faid.

14 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Pharaoh's Heart is hardened, he refufeth to let the People go.

15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the Morning, lo, he goeth out unto the Water, and thou fhalt ftand by the River's Brink against he come and the Rod which was turned to a Serpent fhalt thou take in thine Hand.

16 And thou fhalt say unto him, The LORD GOD of the Hebrews hath fent me unto thee, faying, Let my People go, that they may serve me in the Wilderness: and behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

17 Thus faith the LORD, In this thou fhalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will fmite with the ROD that is in mine Hand, upon the Waters which are in the River, and they fhall be turned to Blood.

18 And the Fifh that is in the River fhall die, and the River fhall ftink; and the Egyptians will loath to drink of the Water of the River.

19 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, Say untó Aaron, Take thy ROD, and ftretch out thine Hand upon the Waters of Egypt, upon their Streams, upon their Rivers, and upon their Ponds, and upon all their Pools of Water, that they may become BLOOD; and that there may be BLOOD throughout all the Land of Egypt, both in Veffels of Wood, and in Veffels of Stone.

20 And Mofes and Aaron did fo, as the LORD commanded and he lift up the Rod, and fmote the Waters that were in the River, in the Sight of Pharaoh, and in the Sight of his Servants and all the Waters that were in the River, were turned to BLOOD.

21 And the Fish that was in the River, died and the River ftank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the Water of the River and there was Blood throughout all the Land of Egypt.

22 And the Magicians of

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28 He fent DARKNESS, and made

it dark: and they rebelled not against his Word.

29 He turned their WATERS into BLOOD, and flew their FISH.

30 Their Land brought forth FROGS in abundance, in the Chambers of their Kings.

31 He fpake, and there came divers forts of Flies, and Lick in all their Crafts.

and flaming FIRE in their Land.
32 He gave them HAIL for Rain:

33 He fmote their VINES alio and their Fig-trees: and brake the Trees of their Coafts.

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Egypt did fo with their Inchantments and Pharaoh's Heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.

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ther did he SET his HEART to this also.

24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the River for Water to drink for they could not drink of the Water of the River.

25 And feven Days were fulfilled after that the LORD had fmitten the River.

CHAP. VIII.

Frogs are fent. 16 The Duft turned into Lice.
Swarms of Flies. 32 Pharaoh is hardened.

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ND the LORD fpake unto Mofes, Go unto Pharaoh, and fay unto him, Thus faith the LORD, Let my People go, that they may ferve me.

z And if thou refufe to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy Borders with FROGS.

3 And the River fhall bring forth FROGS abundantly, which fhall go up and come into thine House, and into thy Bed-chamber, and upon thy Bed, and into the House of thy Servants, and upon thy People, and into thine Ovens, and into thy Kneading-troughs.

4 And the FROGS fhall come up both on thee, and upon thy People, and upon all thy Servants.

5 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine Hand with thy Ron over the Streams, over the Rivers, and over the Ponds, and cause FROGS to come up upon the Land of Egypt,

6 And Aaron ftretched out his Hand over the Waters of Egypt; and the FROGS came up, and covered the Land of Egypt.

7 And the Magicians did fo with their Inchantments, and brought up Frogs upon the Land of Egypt.

8 Then Pharaoh called for Mofes and Aaron, and faid, Intreat 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.

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