EXODUS
1:1: Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which
came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
1:2: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
1:3: Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
1:4: Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
1:5: And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob
were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
1:6: And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
1:7: And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased
abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and
the land was filled with them.
1:8: Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew
not Joseph.
1:9: And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the
children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
1:10: Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply,
and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war,
they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and
so get them up out of the land.
1:11: Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict
them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure
cities, Pithom and Raamses.
1:12: But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied
and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of
Israel.
1:13: And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve
with rigour:
1:14: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage,
in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the
field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was
with rigour.
1:15: And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives,
of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of
the other Puah:
1:16: And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the
Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son,
then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she
shall live.
1:17: But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king
of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
1:18: And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said
unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the
men children alive?
1:19: And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew
women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively,
and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
1:20: Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the
people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
1:21: And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God,
that he made them houses.
1:22: And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son
that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter
ye shall save alive.
2:1: And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to
wife a daughter of Levi.
2:2: And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she
saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
2:3: And when she could not longer hide him, she took for
him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with
pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags
by the river's brink.
2:4: And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done
to him.
2:5: And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself
at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's
side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her
maid to fetch it.
2:6: And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold,
the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This
is one of the Hebrews' children.
2:7: Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go
and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may
nurse the child for thee?
2:8: And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid
went and called the child's mother.
2:9: And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child
away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
2:10: And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's
daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses:
and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
2:11: And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown,
that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens:
and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
2:12: And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw
that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in
the sand.
2:13: And when he went out the second day, behold, two men
of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did
the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
2:14: And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over
us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian?
And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
2:15: Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay
Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt
in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
2:16: Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they
came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their
father's flock.
2:17: And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses
stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
2:18: And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How
is it that ye are come so soon to day?
2:19: And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand
of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered
the flock.
2:20: And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why
is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat
bread.
2:21: And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he
gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
2:22: And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom:
for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
2:23: And it came to pass in process of time, that the king
of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason
of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto
God by reason of the bondage.
2:24: And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his
covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
2:25: And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God
had respect unto them.
3:1: Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law,
the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside
of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
3:2: And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame
of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold,
the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3:3: And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great
sight, why the bush is not burnt.
3:4: And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God
called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses,
Moses. And he said, Here am I.
3:5: And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes
from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is
holy ground.
3:6: Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses
hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
3:7: And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction
of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry
by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
3:8: And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of
the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto
a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and
honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites,
and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and
the Jebusites.
3:9: Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel
is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith
the Egyptians oppress them.
3:10: Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh,
that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel
out of Egypt.
3:11: And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go
unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of
Israel out of Egypt?
3:12: And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this
shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou
hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve
God upon this mountain.
3:13: And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the
children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your
fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What
is his name? what shall I say unto them?
3:14: And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said,
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath
sent me unto you.
3:15: And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say
unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this
is my memorial unto all generations.
3:16: Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say
unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,
of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely
visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
3:17: And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction
of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites,
and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and
the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
3:18: And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt
come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt,
and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath
met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days'
journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the
LORD our God.
3:19: And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you
go, no, not by a mighty hand.
3:20: And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with
all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after
that he will let you go.
3:21: And I will give this people favour in the sight of the
Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye
shall not go empty:
3:22: But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of
her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels
of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons,
and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
4:1: And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not
believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say,
The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
4:2: And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand?
And he said, A rod.
4:3: And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on
the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before
it.
4:4: And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and
take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught
it, and it became a rod in his hand:
4:5: That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
hath appeared unto thee.
4:6: And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine
hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and
when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
4:7: And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And
he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of
his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
4:8: And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee,
neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they
will believe the voice of the latter sign.
4:9: And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also
these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou
shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the
dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river
shall become blood upon the dry land.
4:10: And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent,
neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant:
but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
4:11: And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth?
or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind?
have not I the LORD?
4:12: Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and
teach thee what thou shalt say.
4:13: And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand
of him whom thou wilt send.
4:14: And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses,
and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that
he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet
thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
4:15: And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his
mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and
will teach you what ye shall do.
4:16: And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he
shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and
thou shalt be to him instead of God.
4:17: And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith
thou shalt do signs.
4:18: And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in
law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return
unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they
be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
4:19: And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into
Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
4:20: And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon
an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took
the rod of God in his hand.
4:21: And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return
into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh,
which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart,
that he shall not let the people go.
4:22: And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD,
Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
4:23: And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve
me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay
thy son, even thy firstborn.
4:24: And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the
LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
4:25: Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin
of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody
husband art thou to me.
4:26: So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou
art, because of the circumcision.
4:27: And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to
meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God,
and kissed him.
4:28: And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had
sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
4:29: And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the
elders of the children of Israel:
4:30: And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken
unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
4:31: And the people believed: and when they heard that the
LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked
upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
5:1: And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh,
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that
they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
5:2: And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey
his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will
I let Israel go.
5:3: And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us:
let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert,
and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us
with pestilence, or with the sword.
5:4: And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye,
Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you
unto your burdens.
5:5: And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now
are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
5:6: And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of
the people, and their officers, saying,
5:7: Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick,
as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
5:8: And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore,
ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof:
for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and
sacrifice to our God.
5:9: Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may
labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
5:10: And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their
officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith
Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
5:11: Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought
of your work shall be diminished.
5:12: So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the
land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
5:13: And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your
works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
5:14: And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded,
Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick
both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
5:15: Then the officers of the children of Israel came and
cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with
thy servants?
5:16: There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they
say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten;
but the fault is in thine own people.
5:17: But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye
say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
5:18: Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw
be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
5:19: And the officers of the children of Israel did see that
they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish
ought from your bricks of your daily task.
5:20: And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way,
as they came forth from Pharaoh:
5:21: And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and
judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the
eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a
sword in their hand to slay us.
5:22: And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore
hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou
hast sent me?
5:23: For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he
hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered
thy people at all.
6:1: Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what
I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let
them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of
his land.
6:2: And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the
LORD:
6:3: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob,
by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I
not known to them.
6:4: And I have also established my covenant with them, to
give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage,
wherein they were strangers.
6:5: And I have also heard the groaning of the children of
Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered
my covenant.
6:6: Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, 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:
6:7: And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be
to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God,
which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
6:8: And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the
which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
6:9: And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they
hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel
bondage.
6:10: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6:11: Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let
the children of Israel go out of his land.
6:12: And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the
children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall
Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
6:13: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave
them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh
king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the
land of Egypt.
6:14: These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons
of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron,
and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
6:15: And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad,
and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish
woman: these are the families of Simeon.
6:16: And these are the names of the sons of Levi according
to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and
the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven
years.
6:17: The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to
their families.
6:18: And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron,
and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred
thirty and three years.
6:19: And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are
the families of Levi according to their generations.
6:20: And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife;
and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life
of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
6:21: And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
6:22: And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
6:23: And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab,
sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu,
Eleazar, and Ithamar.
6:24: And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph:
these are the families of the Korhites.
6:25: And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters
of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the
heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
6:26: These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said,
Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according
to their armies.
6:27: These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt,
to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are
that Moses and Aaron.
6:28: And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto
Moses in the land of Egypt,
6:29: That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD:
speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto
thee.
6:30: And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised
lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
7:1: And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a
god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
7:2: Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy
brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children
of Israel out of his land.
7:3: And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs
and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
7:4: But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay
my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people
the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great
judgments.
7:5: And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when
I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children
of Israel from among them.
7:6: And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so
did they.
7:7: And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore
and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
7:8: And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
7:9: When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle
for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and
cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
7:10: And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did
so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod
before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
7:11: Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers:
now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with
their enchantments.
7:12: For they cast down every man his rod, and they became
serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
7:13: And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not
unto them; as the LORD had said.
7:14: And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened,
he refuseth to let the people go.
7:15: Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out
unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink
against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent
shalt thou take in thine hand.
7:16: And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews
hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they
may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou
wouldest not hear.
7:17: Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I
am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in
mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they
shall be turned to blood.
7:18: And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the
river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink
of the water of the river.
7:19: And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take
thy rod, and stretch 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 vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
7:20: And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and
he lifted up the rod, and smote 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.
7:21: And the fish that was in the river died; and the river
stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the
river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
7:22: And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments:
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto
them; as the LORD had said.
7:23: And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither
did he set his heart to this also.
7:24: And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for
water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the
river.
7:25: And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had
smitten the river.
8:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say
unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they
may serve me.
8:2: And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite
all thy borders with frogs:
8:3: And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which
shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber,
and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and
upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
8:4: And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy
people, and upon all thy servants.
8:5: And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch
forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers,
and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land
of Egypt.
8:6: And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt;
and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
8:7: And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and
brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
8:8: Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, 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.
8:9: And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall
I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people,
to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may
remain in the river only?
8:10: And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according
to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like
unto the LORD our God.
8:11: And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses,
and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain
in the river only.
8:12: And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses
cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought
against Pharaoh.
8:13: And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and
the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and
out of the fields.
8:14: And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the
land stank.
8:15: But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened
his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
8:16: And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch
out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become
lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
8:17: And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with
his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice
in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice
throughout all the land of Egypt.
8:18: And the magicians did so with their enchantments to
bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon
man, and upon beast.
8:19: Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger
of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened
not unto them; as the LORD had said.
8:20: And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water;
and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that
they may serve me.
8:21: Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will
send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and
upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the
Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground
whereon they are.
8:22: And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in
which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there;
to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst
of the earth.
8:23: And I will put a division between my people and thy
people: to morrow shall this sign be.
8:24: And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm
of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants'
houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted
by reason of the swarm of flies.
8:25: And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said,
Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
8:26: And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our
God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians
before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
8:27: We will go three days' journey into the wilderness,
and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
8:28: And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice
to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not
go very far away: intreat for me.
8:29: And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will
intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from
Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow:
but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting
the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
8:30: And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
8:31: And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and
he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants,
and from his people; there remained not one.
8:32: And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither
would he let the people go.
9:1: Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and
tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people
go, that they may serve me.
9:2: For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them
still,
9:3: Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which
is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the
camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be
a very grievous murrain.
9:4: And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel
and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all
that is the children's of Israel.
9:5: And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow
the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
9:6: And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the
cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of
Israel died not one.
9:7: And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the
cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was
hardened, and he did not let the people go.
9:8: And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to
you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle
it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
9:9: And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt,
and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and
upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
9:10: And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before
Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became
a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
9:11: And the magicians could not stand before Moses because
of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon
all the Egyptians.
9:12: And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened
not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
9:13: And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the
LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve
me.
9:14: For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine
heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou
mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
9:15: For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite
thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut
off from the earth.
9:16: And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up,
for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared
throughout all the earth.
9:17: As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that
thou wilt not let them go?
9:18: Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to
rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt
since the foundation thereof even until now.
9:19: Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that
thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which
shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home,
the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
9:20: He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants
of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the
houses:
9:21: And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his
servants and his cattle in the field.
9:22: And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand
toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt,
upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field,
throughout the land of Egypt.
9:23: And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and
the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon
the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
9:24: So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very
grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of
Egypt since it became a nation.
9:25: And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt
all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail
smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the
field.
9:26: Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel
were, was there no hail.
9:27: And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and
said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous,
and I and my people are wicked.
9:28: Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no
more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and
ye shall stay no longer.
9:29: And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of
the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and
the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail;
that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's.
9:30: But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will
not yet fear the LORD God.
9:31: And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley
was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
9:32: But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they
were not grown up.
9:33: And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread
abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail
ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
9:34: And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and
the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened
his heart, he and his servants.
9:35: And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would
he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by
Moses.
10:1: And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for
I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants,
that I might shew these my signs before him:
10:2: And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and
of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and
my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how
that I am the LORD.
10:3: 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 humble thyself before me? let my people go,
that they may serve me.
10:4: Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to
morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
10:5: And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one
cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue
of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the
hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of
the field:
10:6: And they shall fill thy houses, 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.
10:7: And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall
this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may
serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt
is destroyed?
10:8: And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh:
and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who
are they that shall go?
10:9: And Moses said, We will go 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 must hold a feast unto
the LORD.
10:10: 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.
10:11: 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.
10:12: And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand
over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come
up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land,
even all that the hail hath left.
10:13: 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.
10:14: 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.
10:15: For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that
the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the
land, and all 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.
10:16: Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and
he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against
you.
10:17: Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this
once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away
from me this death only.
10:18: And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
10:19: And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which
took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there
remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
10:20: But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would
not let the children of Israel go.
10:21: And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand
toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of
Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
10:22: And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and
there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three
days:
10:23: They saw not one another, neither rose any from his
place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light
in their dwellings.
10:24: And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve
the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let
your little ones also go with you.
10:25: And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and
burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
10:26: 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.
10:27: But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would
not let them go.
10:28: 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.
10:29: And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy
face again no more.
11:1: And 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.
11:2: Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man
borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour,
jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
11:3: 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.
11:4: And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight
will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
11:5: And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die,
from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne,
even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind
the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
11:6: And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land
of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like
it any more.
11:7: But against any of the children of Israel shall not
a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know
how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians
and Israel.
11:8: And all these thy servants shall come down unto me,
and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and
all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go
out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
11:9: And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken
unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of
Egypt.
11:10: And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh:
and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not
let the children of Israel go out of his land.
12:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land
of Egypt, saying,
12:2: This month shall be unto you the beginning of months:
it shall be the first month of the year to you.
12:3: 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 of their fathers, a lamb
for an house:
12:4: 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.
12:5: Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first
year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
12:6: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of
the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation
of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
12:7: And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein
they shall eat it.
12:8: And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with
fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall
eat it.
12:9: Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but
roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance
thereof.
12:10: And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning;
and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall
burn with fire.
12:11: And thus shall ye eat it; with your 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 passover.
12:12: For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night,
and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both
man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute
judgment: I am the LORD.
12:13: And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the
houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass
over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy
you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
12:14: And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and
ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations;
ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
12:15: 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, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
12:16: 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 man must eat, that only may be done of you.
12:17: And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread;
for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of
the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in
your generations by an ordinance for ever.
12:18: In 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.
12:19: 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.
12:20: Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations
shall ye eat unleavened bread.
12:21: Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and
said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to
your families, and kill the passover.
12:22: And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in
the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and
the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and
none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the
morning.
12:23: For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians;
and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two
side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not
suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite
you.
12:24: And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to
thee and to thy sons for ever.
12:25: And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land
which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised,
that ye shall keep this service.
12:26: And it shall come to pass, when your children shall
say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
12:27: That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's
passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel
in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.
And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
12:28: And the children of Israel went away, and did as the
LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
12:29: And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn
of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the
captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of
cattle.
12:30: 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.
12:31: 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
said.
12:32: Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said,
and be gone; and bless me also.
12:33: 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.
12:34: And the people took their dough before it was leavened,
their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon
their shoulders.
12:35: 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:
12:36: 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.
12:37: And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to
Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men,
beside children.
12:38: And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks,
and herds, even very much cattle.
12:39: And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which
they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened;
because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry,
neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
12:40: Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt
in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
12:41: And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred
and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that
all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
12:42: 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 observed of all the children of Israel in
their generations.
12:43: And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the
ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
12:44: But every man's servant that is bought for money, when
thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
12:45: A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
12:46: In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry
forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither
shall ye break a bone thereof.
12:47: All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
12:48: 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 it; and he shall be as
one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person
shall eat thereof.
12:49: One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto
the stranger that sojourneth among you.
12:50: Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they.
12:51: And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD
did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt
by their armies.
13:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
13:2: Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth
the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of
beast: it is mine.
13:3: And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in
which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this
place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
13:4: This day came ye out in the month Abib.
13:5: And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into
the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy
fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey,
that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
13:6: Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the
seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
13:7: Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there
shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there
be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
13:8: And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This
is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I
came forth out of Egypt.
13:9: And it shall be for a sign 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.
13:10: Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season
from year to year.
13:11: 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,
13:12: That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth
the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which
thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's.
13:13: And every 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 firstborn of man among thy children
shalt thou redeem.
13:14: And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in 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:
13:15: And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let
us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of
Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast:
therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix,
being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
13:16: And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for
frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the
LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
13:17: 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:
13:18: But God led the people about, through the way of the
wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went
up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
13:19: And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he
had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will
surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence
with you.
13:20: And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped
in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
13:21: 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:
13:22: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor
the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
14:1: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
14:2: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and
encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over
against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
14:3: For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They
are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
14:4: 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.
14:5: And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled:
and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against
the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we
have let Israel go from serving us?
14:6: And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with
him:
14:7: And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the
chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
14:8: And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children
of Israel went out with an high hand.
14:9: But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses
and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and
overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before
Baal-zephon.
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 the children of Israel
cried out unto the LORD.
14:11: 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?
14:12: 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.
14:13: 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 ye have seen to day,
ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14:14: The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your
peace.
14:15: And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou
unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
14:16: But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand
over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall
go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
14:17: And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon
Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon
his horsemen.
14:18: 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.
14:19: And the angel of God, which went before the camp of
Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the
cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
14:20: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the
camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but
it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not
near the other all the night.
14:21: And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and
the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all
that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were
divided.
14:22: And the children of Israel went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them
on their right hand, and on their left.
14:23: And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to
the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots,
and his horsemen.
14:24: And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the
LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar
of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
14:25: And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave
them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from
the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against
the Egyptians.
14:26: And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand
over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians,
upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
14:27: And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and
the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared;
and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew
the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
14:28: And the waters returned, and covered the chariots,
and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into
the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
14:29: But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in
the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them
on their right hand, and on their left.
14:30: Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand
of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the
sea shore.
14:31: And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon
the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed
the LORD, and his servant Moses.
15:1: Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song
unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD,
for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider
hath he thrown into the sea.
15:2: The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my
salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation;
my father's God, and I will exalt him.
15:3: The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
15:4: Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the
sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
15:5: The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom
as a stone.
15:6: Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power:
thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
15:7: And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown
them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath,
which consumed them as stubble.
15:8: And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered
together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths
were congealed in the heart of the sea.
15:9: The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will
divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I
will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
15:10: Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them:
they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
15:11: Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who
is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing
wonders?
15:12: Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed
them.
15:13: Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou
hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto
thy holy habitation.
15:14: The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall
take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
15:15: Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty
men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the
inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
15:16: Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness
of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people
pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast
purchased.
15:17: Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain
of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast
made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which
thy hands have established.
15:18: The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
15:19: For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots
and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again
the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel
went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
15:20: And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took
a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her
with timbrels and with dances.
15:21: 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.
15:22: 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.
15:23: 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.
15:24: And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What
shall we drink?
15:25: And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him
a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters
were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance,
and there he proved them,
15:26: And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice
of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his
sight, and wilt give ear to 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.
15:27: And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water,
and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there
by the waters.
16:1: And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation
of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin,
which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the
second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
16:2: And the whole congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
16:3: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to
God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt,
when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to
the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness,
to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
16:4: Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread
from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather
a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they
will walk in my law, or no.
16:5: 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.
16:6: And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel,
At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you
out from the land of Egypt:
16:7: And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the
LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD:
and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
16:8: And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall 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 murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are
not against us, but against the LORD.
16:9: And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation
of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for
he hath heard your murmurings.
16:10: And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole
congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward
the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared
in the cloud.
16:11: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
16:12: I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel:
speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in
the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know
that I am the LORD your God.
16:13: 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 host.
16:14: And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon
the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing,
as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
16:15: And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one
to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And
Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.
16:16: 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 persons; take ye every
man for them which are in his tents.
16:17: And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some
more, some less.
16:18: 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.
16:19: And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
16:20: Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but
some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms,
and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
16:21: And they gathered it every morning, every man according
to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
16:22: And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered
twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers
of the congregation came and told Moses.
16:23: And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD
hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto
the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe
that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up
for you to be kept until the morning.
16:24: And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade:
and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
16:25: And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath
unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
16:26: Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day,
which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
16:27: And it came to pass, that there went out some of the
people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
16:28: And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to
keep my commandments and my laws?
16:29: See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath,
therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two
days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of
his place on the seventh day.
16:30: So the people rested on the seventh day.
16:31: And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna:
and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it
was like wafers made with honey.
16:32: And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth,
Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they
may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness,
when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
16:33: And Moses said 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.
16:34: As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before
the Testimony, to be kept.
16:35: And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years,
until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until
they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
16:36: Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
17:1: And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness 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.
17:2: Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said,
Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them,
Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
17:3: And the people thirsted there for water; and the people
murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou
hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children
and our cattle with thirst?
17:4: And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I
do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
17:5: And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people,
and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith
thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
17:6: Behold, I will stand 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 Moses did
so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
17:7: And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah,
because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because
they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
17:8: Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
17:9: And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go
out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top
of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
17:10: So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought
with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top
of the hill.
17:11: And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that
Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
17:12: But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone,
and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur
stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other
on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going
down of the sun.
17:13: And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the
edge of the sword.
17:14: And the LORD said unto Moses, 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.
17:15: And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it
Jehovah-nissi:
17:16: For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD
will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
18:1: When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in
law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel
his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
18:2: Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses'
wife, after he had sent her back,
18:3: And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom;
for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
18:4: And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of
my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the
sword of Pharaoh:
18:5: And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons
and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped
at the mount of God:
18:6: And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am
come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
18:7: And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did
obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their
welfare; and they came into the tent.
18:8: And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had
done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake,
and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and
how the LORD delivered them.
18:9: And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD
had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand
of the Egyptians.
18:10: And Jethro said, Blessed 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.
18:11: Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods:
for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
18:12: And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering
and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders
of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
18:13: And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to
judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning
unto the evening.
18:14: And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to
the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to
the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people
stand by thee from morning unto even?
18:15: And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the
people come unto me to enquire of God:
18:16: When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge
between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes
of God, and his laws.
18:17: And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that
thou doest is not good.
18:18: Thou wilt surely 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 thyself alone.
18:19: Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel,
and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to Godward,
that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
18:20: And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and
shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work
that they must do.
18:21: Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able
men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness;
and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers
of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
18:22: And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it
shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee,
but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier
for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
18:23: If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so,
then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall
also go to their place in peace.
18:24: So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law,
and did all that he had said.
18:25: And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made
them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of
hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
18:26: And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard
causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they
judged themselves.
18:27: And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went
his way into his own land.
19:1: In the third month, when the children of Israel were
gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they
into the wilderness of Sinai.
19:2: For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come
to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness;
and there Israel camped before the mount.
19:3: And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto
him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the
house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
19:4: Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how
I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
19:5: Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and
keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto
me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
19:6: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an
holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto
the children of Israel.
19:7: And Moses came and called for the elders of the people,
and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD
commanded him.
19:8: 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.
19:9: And the LORD said unto Moses, 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 Moses told the words
of the people unto the LORD.
19:10: And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and
sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their
clothes,
19:11: And be ready against the third day: for the third day
the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon
mount Sinai.
19:12: And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about,
saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the
mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount
shall be surely put to death:
19:13: There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely
be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it
shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall
come up to the mount.
19:14: And Moses went down from the mount unto the people,
and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
19:15: And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third
day: come not at your wives.
19:16: And it came to pass 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 loud;
so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
19:17: And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp
to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the
mount.
19:18: And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because
the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof
ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked
greatly.
19:19: And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and
waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him
by a voice.
19:20: And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top
of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the
mount; and Moses went up.
19:21: And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people,
lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of
them perish.
19:22: And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD,
sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
19:23: And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come
up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds
about the mount, and sanctify it.
19:24: And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and
thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not
the priests and the people break through to come up unto the
LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
19:25: So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto
them.
20:1: And God spake all these words, saying,
20:2: I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of
the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
20:4: 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:
20:5: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:
for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me;
20:6: And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me,
and keep my commandments.
20:7: 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.
20:8: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
20:9: Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
20:10: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy
God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son,
nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor
thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
20:11: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the
sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day:
wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
20:12: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may
be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
20:13: Thou shalt not kill.
20:14: Thou shalt not commit adultery.
20:15: Thou shalt not steal.
20:16: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
20:17: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt
not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is
thy neighbour's.
20:18: And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings,
and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and
when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
20:19: And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we
will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20:20: And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is
come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces,
that ye sin not.
20:21: And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near
unto the thick darkness where God was.
20:22: And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto
the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with
you from heaven.
20:23: Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall
ye make unto you gods of gold.
20:24: An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt
sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings,
thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my
name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
20:25: And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt
not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon
it, thou hast polluted it.
20:26: Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar,
that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
21:1: Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before
them.
21:2: If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve:
and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
21:3: If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself:
if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
21:4: If his master have given him a wife, and she have born
him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be
her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
21:5: And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master,
my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
21:6: Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he
shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and
his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he
shall serve him for ever.
21:7: And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant,
she shall not go out as the menservants do.
21:8: If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her
to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her
unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath
dealt deceitfully with her.
21:9: And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall
deal with her after the manner of daughters.
21:10: If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment,
and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
21:11: And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she
go out free without money.
21:12: He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely
put to death.
21:13: And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into
his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall
flee.
21:14: But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour,
to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar,
that he may die.
21:15: And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall
be surely put to death.
21:16: And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if
he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
21:17: And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall
surely be put to death.
21:18: And if men strive together, and one smite another with
a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his
bed:
21:19: If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then
shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the
loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
21:20: And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a
rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21:21: Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall
not be punished: for he is his money.
21:22: If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that
her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he
shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband
will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
21:23: And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life
for life,
21:24: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for
foot,
21:25: Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
21:26: And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye
of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for
his eye's sake.
21:27: And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his
maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's
sake.
21:28: 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 shall be quit.
21:29: But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time
past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath
not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman;
the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to
death.
21:30: If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall
give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
21:31: Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter,
according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
21:32: If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant;
he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver,
and the ox shall be stoned.
21:33: And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig
a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
21:34: The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money
unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
21:35: And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then
they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and
the dead ox also they shall divide.
21:36: Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in
time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely
pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
22:1: If 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.
22:2: If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that
he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
22:3: If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed
for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing,
then he shall be sold for his theft.
22:4: If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether
it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
22:5: If a man shall cause a fiel