THE BOOK OF
EXODUS
CHAPTERS 11-20
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.
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.
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.
4 ¶ And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight
will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
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.
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.
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.
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.
9 And the LORD
said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be
multiplied in the land of Egypt.
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.
1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land
of Egypt, saying,
2 This month
shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto
all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they
shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a
lamb for an house:
4 And if the
household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls;
every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
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:
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.
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.
8 And they shall
eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with
bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire;
his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
19 Seven days
shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which
is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel,
whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
20 Ye shall eat
nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
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.
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.
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.
24 And ye shall
observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
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.
26 And it shall
come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this
service?
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.
28 And the
children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and
Aaron, so did they.
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.
30 And Pharaoh
rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and
there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not
one dead.
31
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get
you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go,
serve the LORD, as ye have said.
32 Also take your
flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
33
And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them
out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
34 And the people
took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up
in their clothes upon their shoulders.
35 And the
children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of
gold, and raiment:
36 And the LORD gave
the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them
such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
37 ¶ And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to
Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
38
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds,
even very much cattle.
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.
40
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was
four hundred and thirty years.
41 And it came to
pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it
came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
42
It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out
from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all
the children of Israel in their generations.
43 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the
ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44
But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast
circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
45 A foreigner
and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
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.
47
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
48 And when a
stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let
all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he
shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat
thereof.
49
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that
sojourneth among you.
50 Thus did all
the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
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.
1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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.
4 This day came
ye out in the month Abib.
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.
6 Seven days thou
shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the
LORD.
7
Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened
bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all
thy quarters.
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.
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.
10 Thou shalt
therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
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,
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 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.
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:
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.
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.
17 ¶ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people
go, that God led them not through the way of the land of
the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the
people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
18 But God led
the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the
children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
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.
20 And they took
their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the
wilderness.
21 And the LORD
went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to
go by day and night:
22 He took not
away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from
before the people.
1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before
Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it
shall ye encamp by the sea.
3 For Pharaoh
will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the
wilderness hath shut them in.
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.
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?
6 And he made
ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
7 And he took six
hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every
one of them.
8 And the LORD
hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after
the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
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
Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
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.
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?
12
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us
alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve
the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
13 And Moses said
unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD,
which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14 The LORD shall
fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou
unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
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.
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.
18 And the
Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour
upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19 And the angel
of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and
the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
3 The LORD is a
man of war: the LORD is his name.
4 Pharaoh's
chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are
drowned in the Red sea.
5 The depths have
covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
6
Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O
LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
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.
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.
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.
10 Thou didst
blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty
waters.
11
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee,
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou
stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
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.
14
The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the
inhabitants of Palestina.
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.
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.
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.
18
The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
24 And the people
murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
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,
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.
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.
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.
2 And the whole
congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the
wilderness:
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.
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.
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.
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:
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?
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.
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.
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.
11
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
17 And the
children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
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 Moses
said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
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.
21 And they gathered
it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed
hot, it melted.
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.
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.
24 And they laid
it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
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.
26 Six days ye
shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there
shall be none.
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.
28 And the LORD
said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
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.
30 So the people
rested on the seventh day.
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.
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.
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.
34
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony,
to be kept.
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.
36
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
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.
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?
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?
4 And Moses cried
unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready
to stone me.
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.
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.
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?
8 ¶ Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
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.
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.
11 And it came to
pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down
his hand, Amalek prevailed.
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.
13 And Joshua
discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
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.
15 And Moses
built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
16 For he said,
Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from
generation to generation.
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;
2 Then Jethro,
Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
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:
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
11 Now I know
that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
12 And Jethro,
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.
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.
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?
15 And Moses said
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 statutes of God, and his laws.
17 And Moses'
father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
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.
19 Hearken now
unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou
for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
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.
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:
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.
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.
24 So Moses
hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
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.
26 And they
judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but
every small matter they judged themselves.
27 And Moses let
his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
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.
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.
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;
4 Ye have seen
what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought
you unto myself.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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:
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.
14
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the
people; and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said
unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
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.
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.
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 And when the
voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake,
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 Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
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.
22 And let the
priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD
break forth upon them.
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.
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.
25
So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
1 ¶ And God spake all these words, saying,
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 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;
6 And shewing
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
sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt
thou labour, and do all thy work:
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:
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.
12 ¶ 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.
15 Thou shalt not
steal.
16 Thou shalt not
bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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.
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.
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 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.
21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick
darkness where God was.
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.
23 Ye shall not
make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
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.
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.
26 Neither shalt
thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered
thereon.