The Ifraelites murmare: Chap. xvj. 24 And the people murmured against Mofes, laying, What thall we drink? 25 And he cried unto the LORD, and the LORD fhewed him a tree, which when he had caft into the waters, the waters were made fweet: there he made for them a ftatute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And faid, If thou wilt diligently heark en 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 difeafes upon thee, which Ihave brought up on the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. 27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water and threefcore and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there. by the waters. CHAP. XVI. Quails and manna are fent. 119 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 fhall know that I am the LORD your God." 13 And it came to pafs, 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 wildernels, there lay a finall round thing, as finall as the hoar froft on the ground. 15 And when the children of Ifrael faw it, they faid one to another, It is manna: for they wilt not what it was. And Mofes faid unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. 16 9 This is the thing which the LORD 2 The Ifraelites murmure for want of bread. hath commanded, Gather of it every man 11 Quails are fent, 14 and manna. according to his eating an omer for every And they took their journey from Elim, man according to the number of your perfons and all the congregation of the children of Ifrael came unto the wilderness of Sin, which between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the fecond month, after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 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 fiefh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full: for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole affembly with hunger. 4 9 Then faid the LORD unto Mofes, 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 fhall 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 fhall 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 murmure against us? 8 And Mofes faid, This fhall be when the LORD fhall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmure against him: And what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. 99 And Mofes ipake 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 fpake unto the whole congregation of the children of Ifrael, that they locked toward the wildernefs, and behold, the glory of the LORD ap. peared in the cloud. 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, he that gathered much, had nothing over, and he that gathered little, had no lack they gathered every man according to his eating. 19 And More faid, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding they hearkned 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. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the fun waxed hot, it melted. 229 And it came to pals 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 Moles. 23 And he faid unto them, This that which the LORD hath faid, Tomorrow 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 to day 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 fabbath, in it there fhall be none. 279 And it came to pass 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 refufe 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. C 4 30 So The people murmure for water. EXODUS. 30 So the people rested on the feventh day. 31 And the houfe of Ifrael called the name thereof Manna and it was like corianderfeed,white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with hony. 329 And Mofes faid, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fil 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 Moles 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. 35 And the children of Ifrael did eat man na forty years, until they came to a land inhabited: they did eat mánna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan, 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ●phah. CHAP. XVII. And all the congregation of the children of Ifrael journeyed from the wildernels of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 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 chil dren, and our cattel with thirft? 4 And Moles cried unto the LORD, faying, What fhall I do unto this people? they be almoft ready to ftone me. And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go on before the people and take with thee of the elders of Ifrael: and thy rod wherewith thou fmoteft the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6.Behold, I will ftand before thee there apon the rock in Horeb, and thou fhalt fmite the rock, and there fhall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Mofes did fo in the fight of the elders of Ifrael. And he called the name of the place Maf fah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Ifrael, and because they tempted the LORD, faying, Is the LORD among us, or not? 8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Ifrael in Rephidim. 9 And Mofes faid unto Joshua, Choofe us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will ftand on the top of the hill, with the rod of Ged in mine hand. 10 So Johua did as Mofes had faid to him, and fought with Amalek: and Mofes, Aaron, and Hur, went up to the top of the hill. Mofes entertaineth Jethro 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 ftone and put it under him, and he fat thereon: and Aaron and Hur tayed up his hands, the one on the one fide, and the other on the other fide; and his hands were fteady until the going down of the fun. 13 And Joshua difcomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the fword. 14 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearfe it in the ears of Jofhua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Mofes built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH-nifli. 16 For he faid, Because the LORD hath fworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. CHAP. XVIII. 1 Jethro bringeth to Mofes his wife and two fons: 7 Mofes entertaineth him, 13 and accepteth bis counfel Wtes in law, heard of all that God hath done for Mofes, and for Ifrael his people, and that the LORD had brought Ifrael out of Egypt: Hen Jethro, the priest of Midian, Mo Then Jethro, Mofes father in law, took Zipporah Mofes wife, after he had fent her back, 3 And her two fons, of which the name of the one was Gerihom (for he faid, I have been an alien in a strange land) 4 And the name of the other wu Eliezer (for the God of my father, Jaid be, was mine help, and delivered me from the fword of Pharaoh) 5 And Jethro, Mofes father in law, came with his fons, and his wife unto Mofes into the wildernels, where he encamped at the mount of God. 6 And he laid unto Mofes, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two fons with her. 7qAnd Mofes went out to meet his father in law, and did obeifance, and kiffed him, and they asked each other of their welfare: and they came into the tent. 8 And Mofes told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Ifraels fake, and all the travel that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoyced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Ifrael: whom he had delivered out of the hand of the E gyptians. 10 And Jethro faid, Bleffed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharach, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. greater 11 Now I know that the LORD 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. And it came to pafs when Mofes held¶ And it came to pass on the morrow that Fethro's counsel to Moses. Chap. xx. 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 doeft to the people? Why fitteft thou thy felf alone, and all the people ftand by thee from morning unto even? T5 And Mofes faid unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God. 16. When they have a matter, they come unto me, and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the ftatutes of God and his laws. 17 And Mofes father in law faid unto him, The thing that thou doeft is not good, 18 Thou wilt furely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thy felf alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God fhall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayeft bring the caufes unto God: 20 And thou fhalt teach them ordinances and laws, and halt fhew them the way where in they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people, ablé men, fuch as fear God, men of truth, hating covetoufnefs; and place fuch over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rufers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 And let them judge the people at all feafons and it fhall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every fmall matter they fhall judge: So fhall it be eafter for thy felf, and they shall bear the bur den-with thee. 23 If thou fhalt do this thing, and God command thee fo, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people fhall also go to their place in peace. 24 So Mofes hearkned to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had faid. 25 And Mofes chose able men out of all I rael, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all feafons: the hard caules they brought unto Mofes, but every small matter they judged themfelves. 279 And Mofes let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land. CHAP. XIX. The people come to Sinai. 3 Gods meffage to the people out of the mount: 8 Their answer returned. N the third month; when the children of Ifrael were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the fame day came they into the wit derness of Sinai. 2 For they were departed from Rephidin, and were come to the defert of Sinai and had. pitched in the wilderness, and there Ifrael camped before the mount. 3 And Mofes went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, faxing, Thes-shalt thou fay to the house Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treafure unto me above all peo ple for all the earth is mine. 6 And ye fhall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou fhalt fpeak unto the chil dren of Ifrael. 79 And Mofes came and called for the el ders of the people, and laid before their fa ces all these words which the LORD com manded him. 8 And all the people antwered together, and faid, All that the LORD hath spoken, we will do. And Moles returned the words of the people unto the LORD. 9. And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moles told the words of the people unto the LORD. 10 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go unto the people, and fanctifie them to day and to morrow, and let them wash theirs cloaths. 11 And be ready against the third day for the third day the LORD will come down in the fight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt fet bounds unto the people round about, faying, Take heed to your felves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whofoever toucheth * the mount, fhall be furely put to death 13 There fhall not an hand touch it, but s he thall furely be ftoned or fhot through; whether it be beaft or man, it fhall not live: when the trumpet foundeth long, they fhal come up to the mount. 14 And Mofes went down from the mount unto the people, and fanctified the people) and they wathed their cloaths. 15 And he faid unto the people, Be rea dy against the third day: come not at your wives. 16 And it canre to pafs on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loudi; fo that all the people that was in the camp, trembled. 17 And Mofes brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they ftood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a fimoak, because the LORD defcended upon it in fire: and the fmoak thereof afcended as the fmoak of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet founded long, and waxed louder and fouder, Mofes fpake, and God answered him by a voice. 20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount and the LORD called Mofes up to the top of the mount, and Mofes went up. 21 And the LORD faid unto Moles, Go down, charge the people, left they breakCS through The ten commandments. EXODUS. through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests alfo which come near to the LORD, fanctifie themselves, left the LORD break forth upon them. 23 And Moles faid unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou charged ft us, faying, Set bounds about the mount, and fanctifie it. 24 And the LORD faid unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priefts and the people break through, to come up unto the LORD, left he break forth upon them. 25 So Mofes went down unto the people, and spake unto them. CHAP. XX. The ten commandments. 22 Idolatry forbid den. 24 of what fort the altar fhould be. And God fpake all these words faving 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not bow down thy felf to them, nor ferve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, vifiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me : 6 And fhewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 8 Remember the fabbath-day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days fhalt thou Tabour, and do all thy work. to But the feventh day is the fabbath of the LORD thy God in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter, thy man-fervant, nor thy maid-fervant, nor thy cattel, nor thy ftranger that with in thy gates. 11 For in fix days the LORD made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and refted the feventh day: wherefore the LORD bleffed the fabbath-day, and halTowed it. 129 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.. 16 Thou halt not bear falfe witnefs againft shy neighbour, 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours houfe, thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife, nor his man-fervant; nor his maid-. fervant, nor his ox, nor his als, nor any thing that is thy neighbours. 18 q And all the people faw the thundrings, and the lightnings, and the noile of Laws for men-fervants, the trumpet, and the mountain (moaking: and when the people faw it, they removed, and ftood afar off. 19 And they faid unto Mofes, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God fpeak with us, left we die. 20 And Mofes faid unto the people, Fear not for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye fin not. 21 And the people flood afar off, and Mo fes drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. 22 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Thus thou fhalt fay unto the children of Israel, Ye have feen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 Ye fhall not make with me gods of filver, neither fhall ye make unto you gods of gold. 24 4 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and halt Tacrifice thereon thy burntofferings, and thy peace-offerings, thy fheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name, I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of ftone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy took upon it, thou haft polluted it. 26 Neither fhalt thou go up by steps un mine altar, that thy nakedneis be not difcovered thereon. CHAP. XXI. Laws for men-fervants, 7 for women-servants, 12 for man-flaughter, 17 and for curfers of N 2 If thou buy an Hebrew fervant, fix years he shall ferve and in the feventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife fhall go out with him. 4 If his mafter have given him a wife, and the have born him fons or daughters; the wife and her children fhall be her masters, and he fhall go cut by himself. 5 And if the fervant fhall plainly fay, I love my mafter, my wife, and my children, I will not go out free: 6 Then his mafter fhall bring him unto the judges; he fhall alto bring him to the door, or unto the door-poft: and his mafter shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he fhall ferve him for ever. 79 And if a man fell his daughter to be a maid-fervant, the fhall not go out as the menfervants do. 8 If the please not her mafter, who hath betrothed her to himself, then thall he let her be redeemed: To tell her unto a strange nation he hall have no power, feeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his fon, he fhall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage fhall he not diminish. II And if he do not.thefe three unto her, then fhall the go out free without money. man-flaughter, murder, theft, damages, trefpasses, &C. good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beaft fhall be his. Chap. xxij. 12 9 He that fmitech a man, fo that he die, fhall be furely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whether he fhall flee. 14 But if a man come prefumptuously upon his neighbour, to flay him with guile; thou fhalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that fmiteth his father, or his mother, fhall be furely put to death. 169 And he that ftealeth a man, and fell eth him, or if he be found in his hand, he fhall furely be put to death. 17 And he that curfeth his father or his mother, fhall furely be put to death. 18 9 And if men ftrive together, and one fmite another with a ftone, or with his fift, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: 19 If he rife again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then thall he that Imote him be quit only he thall pay for the lofs of his time, and hall caufe him to be throughly healed. zo 4 And if a man fmite his fervant, or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand; he fhall be furely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. 22 If men ftrive, and hurt a woman with child, fo that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mifchief follow: he shall be furely punithed, according as the womans husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou Thalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, Stripe for stripe. 26 9 And if a man fmite the eye of his fervant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he fhall let him go free for his eyes Take. 27 And if he fmite out his man-fervants tooth, or his maid-iervants tooth; he fhall let him go free for his tooths fake. 28 9 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox fhall be furely ftoned, and his flefh fhall not be eaten; but the own er of the ox fhall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time paft, and it hath been teftified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox fhall be ftoned, and his owner alfo fhall be put to death. 30 If there be laid on him a fum of money, then he shall give for the ranfom of his life, whatfoever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he have gored a fon, or have gored a daughter,according to this judgment hall it be done unto him. 32 If the ox fhall push a man-fervant, or maid-fervant; he fhall give unto their mafter thirty thekels of filver, and the ox fhall be ftoned. a 339 And if a man shall open a pit, or if man fhall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an afs fall therein; 34 The owner of the pit fhall make it 35 And if one mans ox hurt anothers that he die, then they fhall fell the live ox, and divide the money of it, and the dead or allo they fhall divide. 36. Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time paft, and his owner hath not kept him in; he fhall furely pay ox for ox, and the dead fhall be his own. CHAP. XXII. of theft, of damage, 7 Of trefpasses, 14 of borrowing. 16 of fornication, 18 of witch craft. F a man fhall steal an ox or a fheep, and kill it, or fell it; he fhall reftore five oxen for an ox, and four fheep for a fheep. 24 If a thief be found breaking up, and be fmitten that he die, there fhall no blood be shed for him. 3 If the fun be rifen upon him, there hall be blood fhed for him: for he thould make full reftitution; if he have nothing, then he fhall be fold for his theft. 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or als, or fheep; he fhall reftcre double. 5. If a man fhall caule a field or vineyard to be eaten, and fhall put in his beaft, and fhall feed in another mans field of the best of his own field, and of the beft of his own vineyard fhall he make reftitution. 64 If fire break out, and catch in thorns,' fo that the ftacks of corn, or the ftanding corn, or the field be confumed therewith; he that kindled the fire, fhall furely make reftitution. 7 If a man fhall deliver unto his neighbour money or ftuff to keep, and it be ftolen out of the mans houfe; if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the mafter of the houfe fhall be brought unto the bidges, to fee whether he have put his hand unto his neighbours goods. 9 For all manner of trefpafs, whether it be for ox, for afs, for fheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lott thing, which another challengeth to be his: the caufe of both parties fhall come before the judges; and whom the judges fhall condemn, he fhall pay double unto his neighbour. 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an afs, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beaft to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man feeing it: II Then fhall an oath of the LORD be between them both that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbours goods and the owner of it fhall accept thereof, and he fhall not make it good. 12 And if it be ftolen from him, he fhall make reftitution unto the owner thereof. 13 If it be torn in pieces; then let him bring it for witnefs, and he thall not make good that which was torn. 149 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it; he shall surely make it good. 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he fhall not make it good: if it be an hired thing it came for his hire C6 169 And |