Moses is born. Before CHRIST 1571. b Acts 7. 20. Heb. 11. 23. ch. 15. 20. EXODUS. and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 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. 4 And his sister stood afar off, Num. 26. 59. to wit what would be done to him. d Acts 7. 21. e Acts 7. 21. That is, Drawn out. 5 And the d 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. 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. 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? 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. 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. e 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. 11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was Heb. 11. 24, grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. f Acts 7. 23, 24. 25, 26. 8 ch. 1. 11. 1531. h Acts 7. 24. i Acts 7. 26. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he hslew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 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? He fleeth into Midian. Before CHRIST 1531. 14 And he said, Who made thee ta prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely Heb. this thing is known. 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 ma well. 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. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and Pwatered their flock. k Acts 7. 27, 28. Jethro his father in law, TOW Moses kept the flock of athe priest of Midian: and he ch. 2. 16. God appeareth to Moses, and Before CHRIST 1491. b ch. 18. 5. 1 Kings 19.8. © Deut. 33.16. 1s. 63. 9. Acts 7. 30. d Ps 111.2. Acts 7. 31. CHRIST 1491. led the flock to the back side of have sent thee: When thou Before the desert, and came to the hast brought forth the people mountain of God, even to Ho- out of Egypt, ye shall serve reb. God upon this mountain. 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 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God callDeut. 33. 16. ed eunto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: fput off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Matt. 22. 32. Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. feh. 19. 12. Josh. 5. 15. Acts 7. 33. 5 Gen. 28. 13. ver. 15. ch 4.5. Mark 12. 26. Luke 20. 37. Acts 7. 32. h So I Kngs 19. 13. Is. 6. 1, 5. ich. 2. 23, 24, 25. Neli. 9. 9. Ps. 106. 44. Acts 7. 34. k ch. 1. 11. 1.Gen. 18. 21. ch. 2. 25. m Gen. 11. 5, 7. & 18. 21. & 50. 24. nch. 6. 6, 8. & 12. 51. • Deut. 1. 25 & 8. 7, 8, 9. P ver. 17. cli. 13. 5. & 33. 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; 8 And mI am come down to n 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 Pflowing with milk and honey; unto the place of athe Num. 13. 27. Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Deut. 26. 9, 15. Jer. 11. 5. & 32.22. Ez. 20. 6. Gen. 15. 18. Tch. 2. 23. $ ch. 1. 11, 13, 14, 22. t Ps. 105. 26. Mic. 6. 4. u See ch. 6. 12. 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. 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. 11 And Moses said unto God, u Who am I, that I should go un1 Sain. 18. 18. to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 1s. 6. 5, 8. * Gen. 31. 3. 1. 5. Rom. 8. 31. 12 And he said, Certainly I Jos will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I 16 Go, and a gather the eldersch. 4. 29. 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 b Gen. 50. 24. visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: 17 And I have said, I will Gen. 15. 14, 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. 18 And they shall hearken to deh. 4. 31. 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. 19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt s will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with iall my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and kafter that he will let you go. a ver. 17, 20. b cli. 19. 9. c ch. 3. 15. 2 Kings 5. 27. CHAPTER IV. 1 Moses' rod is turned into a serpent. 6 His hand is leprous. 10 He is loth to be sent. 14 Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18 Moses departeth from Jethro. 21 God's message to Pharaoh. 24 Zipporah circumciseth her son. 27 Aaron is sent to meet Moses. 31 The people believeth them. ND Moses answered and A said, But, behold, they not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, a A rod. 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 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: 5 That they may bbelieve that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 T 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, d Num. 12. 10. his hand was leprous das snow. 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 Num. 12. 13, his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 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. 14. Deut. 32. 39. 2 Kings 5. 14. Matt. 8.3. fch. 7. 19. 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 Aaron appointed to assist him. the river t shall become blood Before upon the dry land. CHRIST 1491. be and shall be. Heb. a man 10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not telo-Heb. shall quent, neither theretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the LORD said unto him, h Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or have not I the LORD? deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? be of words. ↑ Heb. since yesterday. nor since the third day. ch. 6. 12. LPs. 94. 9. Jer. 1. 6. 12 Now therefore go, and I will with thy mouth, and teach i Is. 50. 4. thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand Jer. 1. 9. Matt. 10. 19. 12. & 21. 14, k See Jonalı 1. 3. shouldest. 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and Or, 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: ver. 27. and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. n 1 Sam. 10. 2, 3, 5. m ch. 7. 1, 2. 15 And mthou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his "Num. 22. 38. mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and 16. & 23. 5, 12, Deut. 18. 18. Is. 51. 16. Jer. 1. 9. will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokes- Deut. 5. 31. man unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and Pthou P ch. 7. 1. & shalt be to him instead of God. 17 And thou shalt take this ver. 2. rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 18. 19. Jether. 18 T And Moses went and returned to tJethro his father in Heb. 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. 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead ch. 2. 15, 23. which sought thy life. 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. God's message to Pharaoh. Before CHRIST 1491. EXODUS. Before 1491. The Israelites' task increased. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pha- | and sacrifice unto the LORD our raoh, Thus saith the LORD, *Is- God; lest he fall upon us with CHRIST rael is my son, y even my firstborn. pestilence, or with the sword. 23 And I say unto thee, Let my 4 And the king of Egypt said son go, that he may serve me: unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moand if thou refuse to let him go, ses and Aaron, let the people ch. 11. 5. & behold, I will slay thy son, even from their works? get you unto thy firstborn. your e burdens. * Hos. 11. 1. 12. 29. 24 ¶ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD a met him, and sought to kill him. ch. 1. 11. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp 6 And Pharaoh commanded the 26 So he let him go: then she 28 And Moses ftold Aaron all 30 And Aaron spake all the CHAPTER V. 1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their Aaron went in, and told ND afterward Moses and Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is Israel go. 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, 9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. 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. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not aught of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, + your daily tasks, as when there Was straw. 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 15 Then the officers of the 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. Heb. Let the work be heavy upon the men. † Heb. a matter of a day in his day. God reneweth his promise. Before CHRIST 1491. h ch. 6. 9. ↑ Heb. 1 Sam. 13. 4. & 27. 12. 1 Chr. 19. 6. EXODUS. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 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 aught from your bricks of your daily task. 20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: 21h 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. 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? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath † Heb. deliv done evil to this people; †neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. ering thou hast not delivered. a ch. 3. 19. beh. 11. 1. & 12. 31, 33, 39. 1 Or, JEHOVAH © Gen. 17. 1. CHAPTER VI. 1 God reneweth his promise by his name JEHOVAH 14 The genealogy of Reuben, 15 of Simeon, 16 of Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron." HEN the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for a with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand bshall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God &35. 11. & Almighty; but by my name d JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 48. 3. d ch. 3. 14. Ps. 68. 4. & 83. 18. John 8. 58. Rev. 1. 4. e Gen. 15. 18. & 17.4, 7. f Gen. 17. 8. & 28. 4. 8 ch. 2. 24. 4 e And I have also established my covenant with them, fto give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 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. The genealogy of Reuben. Before CHRIST 1491. ich. 3. 17. & 7.4. Deut. 26. 8. Ps. 81. 6. & 136. 11, 12. k ch. 15. 13. Deut. 7. 8. 1 Chr. 17. 21. Neh. 1. 10. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, hI am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyp-hver. 2, 8, 29, tians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and mI will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from mGen. 17.7.8. under the burdens of the Egyptians. 9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: Pbut they Pch. 5. 21. hearkened not unto Moses for tanguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 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? 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. |