The plague of locusts. AND EXODUS. B. C. 1491. ach. 4. 21. ND the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants; & 7. 14. bthat I might shew these my signs before him: b ch. 7 4. B. C. 2 And that thou mayest tell in De. 4. 9. the ears of thy son, and of thy Ps.44.1& son's son, what things I have 71.18 &78 wrought in Egypt, and my signs 5, &c. Ps. 78. which I have done among them; Joel 1. 3. 46. that ye may know how that I am the LORD. 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to dhumble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.. coast: 34. & 105. "Joel2.2. over. 5. The piague of darkness every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD 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. 14 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. 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land d 1Ki.21, 29.2Ch. 7. 14&34.27 P Ps. 105. every herb of the land, and all was darkened; and they Pdid eat Job 42. 6. Je. 13 18. Re. 9. 3. fch. 9.32. 5 And they shall cover the tface of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they ver. 15. shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which re- Joell.4 maineth unto you from the hail, 2. 25. and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: 21. 6 And they shall fill thy hou-ch. 8. 3, ses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. 7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be ha snare unto us? Let hch. 23.33 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. Moses and Aaron in haste; and he 16 T Then Pharaoh † called for said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. 17 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. 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. 19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind which took away the locusts, and fcast them into the Red sea: there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. 20 But the LORD "hardened Pharaoh's heart,so that he would not let the children of Israel go. 21 T And the LORD said unto the men go, that they may serve Jos. 23.13 ch. 9.22. Moses, Stretch out thine hand the LORD their God: Knowest 1Sa. 18.21 thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? ↑ Heb. that one may feel darkness Y Ps. 105. and 28. 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh : and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: butt who † Heb. are they that shall go? who &c. 9 And Moses said, We will go who, with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go: for we ich. 5. 1. imust hold a feast unto the LORD. 10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. 11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 12 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand kch. 7.19. over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: "but all the chilch. 8. 22. dren of Israel had light in their dwellings. 24 T And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD: only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let b ver. 10. your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices, and burnt-offerings, that we may sa crifice unto the LORD our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. God's message to the Israelites. CHAPTER XI, XII. 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more: for in that day thou seest my face, thou shalt die. B. C. ver. 20. 29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, dI will see thy faced He. 11 again no more. CHAPTER XI. God's message to the Israelites to borrow jewels of their neighbours, 1. 4 Moses threateneth Pharaoh with the death of the first-born. A ND the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: "when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people,and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, bjewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. 27. B.C. 1491. ch. 13.4. De. 16. 1. The passover is instituted. CHAPTER XIL The beginning of the year is changed, 1. 3 The passover is instituted. 11 The rite of the passover. 15 Unleavened bread. 29 The first-born are slain. 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land. 37 They come to Succoth. 43 The ordinance of the passover. AND the LORD spake unto Mo ses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb according to the house ch12.31, Or, vid. of their fathers, a lamb for an 33, 39. house: 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls: every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. bch. 3.22. 4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD,About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: Ď And fall the first-born in the 5. 17. land of Egypt shall die, from the fch.12.12. first-born of Pharaoh, that sit-29.Am. 4 teth upon his throne, even unto 10. the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of beasts. 1. 19. ch.12 12, 23,29. Am sch.12.30 year. 6 And there shall be a great 16. 12. Co. 5. 8. De.16.7. fch.23.18. & 34. 25. bow down themselves unto me, great anger. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and dunleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and 10 And ye shall let nothing of with the purtenance thereof. it remain until the morning: and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11 T And thus shall ye eat it; withyour loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand: and ye shall eat it in haste; it is the LORD's pass 9 And the LORD said unto Mo-Ki. 20. 10. iNu. 33.4. B. C. 1491. B. C. The first-born are slam. 27 That ye shall say, flt is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, Ich. 13. 9. f ver. 11. who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And Sch. 4.31. the people bowed the head and worshipped. 21 ver. 24. 43.&ch13 Hell.28 10. 3,8.1Co.5 7. P Ge. 17. 13. Le.23.7, & 11.5. 14 And this day shall be unto you fer a memorial; and ye shall keep it a "feast to the LORD throughout your generations: mLe.23.4 ye shall keep it a feast "by an 5. 2K1.23. ordinance for ever. 15 "Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread, from the first day until the seventh day, Pthat soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you: no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every fman must eat, that only may be done of you. 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for 'in this self-same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye ob- ch. 13.3. Pr. 21 13. serve this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 18 TIn the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 'Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, "even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 8. Nu 28. Le. 23.5. tEx.23.15 21 T Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel,and said unto x ver. 3. them, Draw out, and take you Nu. 9. 4. alamb, according to your fam-Jos. 5. 10. ilies, and kill the passover. + Heb. Am. 5.17. 28 And the children of Israel went away,and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 29 TiAnd it came to pass, that at midnight k the LORD smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of unto the first-born of the captive Pharaoh that sat on his throne, that was in the tdungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. 30 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. 31 ¶ And "he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, "both ye and the children of Israel: and go, serve the LORD, as ye have Pch.10.26 said. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of Ezra 6.20 & 11.2. 2K1.23.21 tch. 3. 22. hyssop, and dip it in the blood Mat26.18 that is in the basin, and strike 19.Ma.14 ch. 3.21. & 11. 3. the lintel and the two side-posts 12-16. with the blood that is in the ba-Lu. 22. 7, sin: and none of you shall go out at the door of his house un-Or, kid. til the morning. &c. x Ge. 15. 14. ch. 3. He. 11. 37. Nu. 33.3 32 P Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone and bless me also. 33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, "We be all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses: and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. 36 "And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required; and they spoiled the Egyptians. 37 T And the children of Israel journeyed from "Rameses to Ge 47.11 Succoth, about six hundred Ge. 12.2. thousand on foot that were men, &46.3.ch beside children. Rev. 7.3. & 9. 4. 23 For the LORD will pass 28. through to smite the Egyptians; ver. 7. and when he seeth the blood a ver. 12, upon the lintel, and on the two 13. side-posts, the LORD will pass b Ez. 9. 6. over the door, and bwill not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 28. 5. 38.26.Nu. 38 And a mixed multitude 1.46.&11. went up also with them; and C2 Sa. 24. 21. flocks, and herds, even very 16.1Co.10 10.He.11. Heb. a much cattle. great 39 And they baked unleavened mixture. cakes of the dough which they Nu. II. 4. brought forth out of Egypt, for which the LORD will give you, a ch. 3. 8. bch.6.1&bthey were thrust out of Egypt it was not leavened: because daccording as he hath promised, 17. that ye shall keep this service. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land 11.1&ver and could not tarry, neither had ech. 13.8, 33. 26 And it shall come to pass, 14.De.32. they prepared for themselves when your children shall say un-7.Jos.4.6 any victual. to you, What mean ye by this Ps. 78. 6. service? 40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel who dwelt in The ordinance of the passover. Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. CHAPTER XIII. B. C. 1481. 41 And it came to pass, at the Ge. 15. end of the four hundred and 13. Ac. thirty years, even the self-same 6. Ga. 3 day it came to pass, that all the 17. hosts of the LORD went out dch. 7.4 from the land of Egypt. 42 It is tea night to be much observed unto the LORD, for bring ing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their geBerations. & ver.51. B. C. deh. 12. 8. ch.23.15. 34. 18. & De. 16. 1. fch. 3. 8. tHeb. a sch. 6. 8. 16. 6. 43 1 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the fNu. 9.14 ordinance of the passover: there shall no stranger eat thereof: 41 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shal! Ge. 17.) he eat thereof. 12, 13. hLe. 22. 10. 45 A foreigner, and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house: ineither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47All the congregation of Is-33, 36. rael shall fkeep it. iNu.9. 12. John 19. it. 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep INu.9.14. it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among ch. 12. 25, 26. ich.12.15, 16. The days of unleavened bread. dthere shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day came ye out, in the 5 And it shall be when the month Abib. LORD shall bring thee into the Hittites, and the Amorites, and land of the Canaanites, and the the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey; hthat thou shalt keep this service in this month. 6 iSeven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days: and there shall kch. 12. knoleavened bread be seen with thee,neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters 19. Iver. 14 ch.12.26. See ver 16. ch. 12. 14.Nu.15. 39. De. 6. & 11.18. Pr.1.9.Is. kver. 6. Nu. 9. 13. tHeb. do 49. 16.Je. 22. 24. Mat.23.5. ch. 12. 14, 24. Nu. 9. 14. & 15. 15,16. Ga. 3. 28. ver.2.ch 22. 29. & 34.19. Le. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep: this ordinance in his season from year to year.. 11 T And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee; 12 That thou shalt tset apart 8.17.&18. unto the LORD all that openeth 15. De.15. the matrix; and every firstling 19.Ez. 44. that cometh of a beast which thou hast, the males shall be the LORD'S. 27.26.Nu. 30. †Heb. cause to 51 "And it came to pass the "ver. 41. self-same day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt "by ch. 6. 26. pass their armies. over. Pch. 34. 20.Nu.18. 15, 16. Or, kid. Nu.3.46. 47. & 18 15, 16. ch.12.26. De. 6. 20. Jos. 4. 6. Heb. to Le.27. 26. Nu. 3. 13. & 34. 19. morrow. 2 Sanctify unto me all the first-horn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children &8.16,17. ver. 3. of Israel, both of man and of & 18. 15. tch.12.29. beast: it is mine. De.15.19. 3 T And Moses said unto the Lu. 2. 23. people, bRemember this day, in bch.12.42. which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of tbondage; for by strength of hand the LORD servants. "ver. 9. brought you out from this place. De. 16. 3. ch. 6. 1. 13 And Pevery firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the first-born of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. 14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee fin time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, "By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that 'the LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix,being males; but all the first-born of my children I redeem. 16 And it shall be for "a token lupon thine hand, and for front God instructeth the Israelites. lets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up Tharnessed out of the land of Egypt. EXODUS. B. C. 1491. B. C. kver. 4. Ich.6.1.& Pharaoh pursueth after thers, chosen chariots, and all the cha riots of Egypt,and captains over every one of them. 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the chil dren of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. 13. 9. Nu. 33 3. ch.34.31 9 But the Egyptians pursued mch.15.9. 12.Nu.14. Jos. 24.6. after them (all the horses and 1.-4. chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army) and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, be fore Baal-zephon De. 7. 16. Or, by 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely age. 50.7. Ne.9.9. Jos. 24. visit you; and ye shall carry up 25. JOS. Ps.34, 17. my bones away hence with you. 24.32. Ac. & 107.6. 20 T And they took their jour-7. 16. ney from Succoth, and encamp bNa.33.6. OPs. 106. ed in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 21 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. 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. CHAPTER XIV. God instructeth the Israelites in their journey, 1. 5 Pharaoh pursueth after them. 10 The Israelites murmur. 13 Moses comforteth them. 15 God instructeth Moses. 19 The cloud removeth behind the camp. 21 The Israelites pass through the Red sea, 23 which drowneth the Egyptians. ses, saying, ch.14.19 24. & 40. 38. Nu. 9. 15. & 10. 34. & 14. 14. De. 1. 33. Ne. 9. 12,19. Ps. 78. 14. & 99. 7. & 105.39.Is. 4.5.1 Co. 10. 1. 7,8. ch.5.21. & 6. 9. 92 Ch.20. 14. 10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh,the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and unto the LORD. the children of Israel "cried out II "And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 And Moses said unto the people, "Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom Or, for ye have seen to-day, ye shall see whereas them again no more for ever. ye have 14 "The LORD shall fight for seen the you, and ye shall hold your Egyp peace. AND the LORD spake unto Mo- 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. 10. 14, 42. 16 But lift thou up thy rod, & 23. 3. 2 and stretch out thine hand over Ch.20.29. the sea, and divide it: and the 71. Ne. 4. 20. children of Israel shall go on Is. 31. 4. dry ground through the midst of $Is.30. 15. the sea. tver, 21. 26. ch. 7. 19. ch. 4. 21. "ver. 8. xver. 4. Yver. 4. Zch. 13. 21. & 23. 17 And I, behold, I will "harden the hearts of the Egyptians and they shall follow them: and I will get ne honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD,when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 And the angel of God which went before the campof Israel, removed, and went be 34.Nu.20. hind them; and the pillar of the 16. Is. 63. cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: 20. & 32. |