The ordinance of the passover, Before Gen. 15. 13. Acts 7. 6. Gal. 3. 17. + Heb. a night of objervations, Chap. xiii. 40 ¶ Now the fojourning of the children of Ifrael, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass, at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the felf-fame day it came to pafs, that all the hofts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD, for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be obferved of all the children of Ifrael in their generations. 43 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the paffover: there fhall no ftranger eat thereof. 44 But every man's fervant that is bought for money, when thou haft circumcifed him, then fhall he eat thereof. 45 A foreigner, and an hired fervant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the fleth abroad out of 1 Numb. 9. the houfe: neither fhall ye break a bone thereof. 12. John 19. 36. it. † Heb.do it. a Chap. 22. 29. & 34. 19. Lev. 27. 26. Numb. 3. 13. & 8 16. 47 All the congregation of Ifrael shall + keep 48 And when a stranger shall fojourn with thee, and will keep the paffover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he fhall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcifed perfon fhall eat thereof. 49 One law fhall be to him that is home-born, and unto the ftranger that fojourneth among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Ifrael; as the LORD commanded Mofes and Aaron fo did they. 5 And it came to pass the felf-fame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Ifrael out of the land of Egypt by their armies. CHAP. XIII. The firft-born are fanctified to God. 3. The memo- AND 3¶And Mofes faid unto the people, RememLuke 2. 23. ber this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, + Heb. out of the house of + bondage; for by ftrength fervants. of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there fhall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day came ye out, in the month Abib. 5¶And it fhall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and, the Jebufites, which he fware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey; that thou shalt keep this fervice in this month. and the memorial of it. 6 Seven days fhalt thou eat unleavened bread, and in the feventh day shall be a feaft to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread fhall be eaten feven days: and there fhall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven feen with thee in all thy quarters. 8 And thou shalt fhew thy fon in that day, faying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me, when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it fhall be for a fign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes; that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. 10 Thou thalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. And it fhall be, when the LORD fhall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he fware unto thee and to thy fathers, and fhall give it thee, b Before Chrift 1491. & every 29. 34. 12 That thou shalt + fet apart unto the Chap. 22. LORD all that openeth the matrix; and firftling that cometh of a beaft which thou haft, the males fhall be the LORD's. 19. Ezek. 44. 30. + Heb. 13 And every firftling of an afs thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not re- cause to pass deem it, then thou shalt break his neck and all over. the first-born of man amongst thy children fhalt Or, kid. thou redeem. 14¶ And it fhall be, when thy fon asketh thee + in time to come, faying, What is this? that † Heb. 10thou shalt fay unto him, By ftrength of hand the morrow. LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the houfe of bondage. 15 And it came to pafs when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD flew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the firft-born of beaft: therefore I facrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firft-born of my children I redeem. 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by ftrength of hand the LORD brought us forthout of Egypt. 17 ¶ And it came to pafs, 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 faid, Left peradventure || Or, by the people repent when they fee war, and they five in a return to Egypt. rank. 18 But God led the people about, through the Gen. 50. way of the wilderness of the Red fea and the 25. children of Ifrael went up || harneffed out of Jofh. 24. the land of Egypt. 32. ǎ Numb. 19 And Mofes took the bones of Jofeph with 33.6. him: for he had ftraitly fworn the children of Numb. Ifrael, faying, God will furely vifit you; and ye 14. 14. fhall carry up my bones away hence with you. Deut. 1. 20 And they took their journey from Suc- 33 coth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of Neh. 9. 19. d the wilderness. Pfal. 78. 21 And the LORD went before them by day Cor. 10. c 14. 1 e Chap. 6. 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. CHAP. XIV. 1 God inftructeth the Ifraelites in their journey. 5 Pharaoh purfueth after them. 10 The Ifraelites murmur. 13 Mofes comforteth them. 15 God infructeth Mofes. 19 The cloud removeth behind the camp. 21 The Ifraelites pass through the Red fea, 23 which drowneth the Egyptians. AN ND the LORD fpake unto Moles, faying, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the fea, over against Baal zephon: before it fhall ye encamp by the fea. 3 For Pharaoh will fay of the children of Ifrael, They are intangled in the land, the wildernefs hath thut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he fhall follow after them, and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his hoft; that the Egyptians may know, that I am the LORD. And they did fo. 5¶And it was told the king of Egypt, that the people fled and the heart of Pharaoh and of his fervants was turned against the people, and they faid, Why have we done this, that we have let Ifrael go from ferving us? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him. 7 And he took fix hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he purfued after the children of Ifrael: and the children of Ifrael went out with an high hand. 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them (all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horfemen, and his army) and overtook them encamping by the fea, befide Pi-hahiroth before Baal-zephon. To And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Ifrael lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them, and they were fore afraid: and the children of Ifrael <cried out unto the LORD. 11 And they said unto Mofes, Because there were no graves in Egypt, haft thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore haft thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? c 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, faying, Let us alone, that we may ferve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to ferve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 ¶ And Mofes faid unto the people, Fear ye not, ftand ftill, and fee the falvation of the Or, for LORD, which he will fhew to you to-day: || for whereas you bavefeen the the Egyptians whom ye have feen to-day, ye Egyptians fhall fee them again no more for ever. to-day, &c. is drowned in the Red Sea, 14 The LORD fhall fight for you, and ye Before fhall hold your peace. Chrift 1491. 15 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Wherefore crieft thou unto me? Speak unto the children of Ifrael, that they go forward. 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the fea, and divide it: and the children of Ifrael fhall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they fhall follow them : and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his hoft, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians fhall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horfe men. 19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Ifrael, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and flood behind them. 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Ifrael, and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to thefe: fo that the one came not near the other all the night. 21 And Moles ftretched out his hand over the fea, and the LORD caufed the fea to go back by a ftrong eaft wind all that night, and made the fea dry land, and the waters were divid- & Josh. 4. ed. Pfal. 114. 3. d 23. 22 And the children of Ifrael went into the midst of the fea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right 13. hand, and on their left. Pfal. 78. 1 Cor. 10.. 23 And the Egyptians purfued, and went 1. in after them, to the midft of the fea, even all Hebr. it. Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horfe- 29. men. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morningwatch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians, through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the hoft of the Egyptians, Or, and 25 And took off their chariot-wheels, that made them they drave them heavily: fo that the Egyptians to go beafaid, Let us flee from the face of Ifrael; for the vily. LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 26¶ And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again unto the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horfemen. 27 And Mofes ftretched forth his hand over the fea, and the fea returned to his ftrength when the morning appeared: and the Egyptians fled against it: and the LORD + overthrew the E-Heb. gyptians in the midst of the fea. 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the hoft of Pharaoh, that came into the fea after them: there remained not fo much as one of them. fbook off. Chap. xv, xvi. 30 Thus the LORD faved Ifrael that day out of the hand of the Egyptians: and Ifrael faw the Egyptians dead upon the fea-fhore. 31 And Ifrael faw that great + work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his fervant Mofes. CHA P. XV. 1 Mofes' fong. 22 The people want water. 23 The waters at Marah are bitter: 25 A tree Sweeteneth them. 27 At Elim are twelve wells, and feventy palm-trees. a Wifil. 10. THEN fang Mofes and the children of IfTHENfang rael this fong unto the LORD, and spake, faying, I will fing unto the LORD, for he hath tríumphed glorioufly; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the fea. Or, reHoefs. 2 The LORD is my ftrength and song, and he is become my falvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my fathers God, and I will exalt him. 3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his hoft hath he caft into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red fea. 5 The depths have covered them: they fank into the bottom as a stone. 6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, QLORD, hath dafhed in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatnefs of thine excellency thou haft overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou fenteft forth thy wrath, which confumed them as ftubble. 8 And with the blast of thy noftrils the waters were gathered together: the floods ftood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the fea. The enemy faid, I will purfue, I will overtake, I will divide the fpoil: my luft shall be fatisfied upon them; I will draw my fword, my hand fhall destroy them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the fea covered them: they fank as lead in the mighty They murmur for water. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them Before in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the Chrift place, O LORD, which thou haft made for thee 1491. to dwell in; in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established. 18 The LORD fhall reign for ever and ever. 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots, and with his horsemen into the fea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the fea upon them; but the children of Ifrael went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the fifter of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. 21 And Miriam anfwered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the fea. 22 So Mofes brought Ifrael 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. 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah; for they were bitter therefore the name of it was called Marah. || That is, 24 And the people murmured against Mofes, bitterness. faying, What hall we drink? d 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD fhewed him a tree, which when he had Ecclus 38. caft into the waters, the waters were made sweet: 5. there he made for them a ftatute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And faid, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his fight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his ftatutes; I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. e 27¶ And they came to Elim, where were Numb. 33, twelve wells of water, and threefcore and ten 9, palm-trees and they encamped there by the waters. CHAP. XVI.. 1 The Ifraelites come to Sin. 2 They murmur for want of bread. 4 God promifeth them bread from heaven. 11 Quails are fent, 14 and manna. 16 The ordering of manna: 25 It was not to be found on the fabbath: 32 An omer of it is preferved. ND they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Ifrael came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the fecond month after their departing out of the.. land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Ifrael murmured against Mofes and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 And the children of Ifrael faid unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we fat by. the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full: for ye have brought us forth into this wil derness, 149 Before derness, to kill this whole aflembly with hunChrift ger. 1491. + Heb. the portion of a day in his day. 4¶Then faid the LORD unto Moles, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people fhall go out and gather + a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. 5 And it fhall come to pafs, that on the fixth day, they shall prepare that which they bring in ; and it thall be twice as much as they gather daily. 6 And Mofes and Aaron faid unto all the children of Ifrael, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt. 7 And in the morning, then ye fhall fee the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: And what are we, that ye murmur against us? 8 And Mofes faid, This fhall be when the LORD fhall give you in the evening fleth to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: And what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. 9¶ And Mofes fpake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Ifrael, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. 10 And it came to pafs as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Ifrael, that they looked toward the wilderness, and bea Chap. 13. hold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 21. Numb, 11. 31. Numb. 11. Pfal. 78.24. Wild. 16. 20. 11 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying, 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Ifrael; fpeak unto them, faying, At even ye fhall eat flesh, and in the morning ye fhall be filled with bread: and ye thall know that I am the LORD your God. 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 hoft. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay fmall round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground: a 15 And when the children of Ifrael faw it, Or, What they faid one to another, It is manna: for they is this? or, wift not what it was. And Mofes faid unto It is a por- them, This is the bread which the LORD hath John 6. given you to eat. tion. 31. 1 Cor. 1o. 3. + Heb. by the poll, or, bead. + Heb. fouls. 16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating an omer + for every man, according to the number of your + perfons, take ye every man for them which are in his tents. 17 And the children of Ifrael did fo, and gathered, fome more, fome lefs. 18 And when they did mete it with an omer, 2 Cor. 8. he that gathered much, had nothing over, and he that gathered little, had no lack they gathered every man according to his eating. 35. : An omer of it is preserved. 19 And Mofes faid, Let no man leave of it Before till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto Mofes; but fome of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms and stank: and Mofes was wroth with them. 1 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the fun waxed hot, it melted. 22 ¶ And it came to pass that on the fixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Mofes. 23 And he faid unto them, This is that which the LORD hath faid, To-morrow is the rest of the holy fabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake, to-day, and feethe that ye will feethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Mofes bade: and it did not ftink, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Mofes faid, Eat that to-day; for today is a fabbath unto the LORD: to-day ye fhall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye fhall gather it; but on the feventh day, which is the labbath, in it there shall be none. 27 And it came to pafs, that there went out fome of the people on the feventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the fabbath, therefore he giveth you on the fixth day the bread of two days: abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the feventh day. 30 So the people refted on the seventh day. 31 And the house of Ifrael called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander-feed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 ¶ And Mofes faid, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may fee the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Mofes faid unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the LORD commanded Mofes, fo Aaron laid it up before the teftimony, to be kept. Chrift 1491. 35 And the children of Ifrael did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited: f Joh. 5.12. they did eat manna, until they came unto the Neh. 9. 15. borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. CHA P. XVII. 1 The people murmur for water at Rephidim. 5 God fendeth them for water to the rock in Horeb. Water out of the rock. Before Chrift 1491. • Numb. 20.4 Chap. xvii, xviii. Mofes 8 Amalek is overcome by the holding up of Mofes' A Ifrael journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journies, according to the command- 2 a Wherefore the people did chide with Mofes, and faid, Give us water that we may drink. And Mofes faid unto them, Why chide you with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 3 And the people thirfted there for water; and the people murmured against Mofes, and faid, Wherefore is this, that thou haft brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children, and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Mofes cried unto the LORD, faying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. 5 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders Chap. 7. of Ifrael: and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 20. Numb. 20.9. Pfal. 78. 41. 15. & 105. Wifd. 11.4. 1 Cor. 10. 6 Behold, I will ftand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb: and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Mofes did fo in the fight of the elders of Ifrael. 7 And he called the name of the place || Maffah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of That is, the children of Ifrael, and because they tempted Tentation. the LORD, faying, Is the LORD among us, or not? That is, Chiding, or, Strife. 8 ¶ Then came Amalek, and fought with Deut. 25. Ifrael in Rephidim. 17. Wild. 11. 3. • 3* Called Jefus, Acts 7.45 f Numb. 24. 20. 1 Sam. 15. 3. That is, the LORD my banner. Or, Be caufe the band of 9 And Mofes faid unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will ftand on the top of the hill, with the rod of God in mine hand. 10 So Jofhua did as Mofes had faid to him, and fought with Amalek: and Mofes, Aaron, and Hur, went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pafs when Mofes held up his hand, that Ifrael prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Mofes' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he fat thereon: and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one fide, and the other on the other fide; and his hands were steady until the going down of the fun. 13 And Joshua difcomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. Amalek is against the 15 And Mofes built an altar, and called the throne of the name of it JEHOVAH-niffi. LORD, 16 For he faid, Becaufe + the LORD hath therefore, fworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek + Heb. the from generation to generation. CHA P. XVIII. &c. Jethro cometh to Mofes. 7 Mofes entertaineth him. 13 Jethro's counfel Wfather-in-law, of done for Mofes, and for Ifrael his people, and 4 And the name of the other was | Eliezer (for the God of my father, faid he, was mine || That is, help, and delivered me from the fword of Pha- my God is raoh.) an help. 5 Ánd Jethro, Mofes' father-in-law, came with his fons and his wife unto Mofes into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God. 6 And he faid unto Mofes, I thy father-in-law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two fons with her. 7 ¶ And Mofes went out to meet his father-inlaw, and did obeifance, and kiffed him: and they afked each other of their + welfare; and they † Heb. came into the tent. peace. 8 And Mofes told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Ifrael's fake, and all the travel that had † come upon them by the way, and how the † Heb. LORD delivered them. found them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Ifrael; whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro faid, Bieffed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. II Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly, he was above them. 12 And Jethro, Mofes' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering, and facrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Ifrael to eat bread with Mofes' father-in-law before God. 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Mofes fat to judge the people: and the people stood by Mofes, from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Mofes' father-in-law faw all that he did to the people, he faid, What is this thing that thou doelt to the people? Why fitteft thou thyfelf alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Mofes faid unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God. |