Moses found. EXODUS, DJ.

6 And when she had opened it, B. C. 1533. she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion c 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 tor 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, d and I will give tkee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, aud he became her sou. And she called his name ' Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out , Gp.31.54. of the water.

11 T And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: e and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

12 And he looked this way and that way, and, when he saw that thtrt wad no man, he slew 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 turn that did the wrong. Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow '

It And he said. Who made thee a prince and a judge over us ! intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian T And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Muses flea from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt io the land of Mi<.h:tn. and he sat down by a 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 np and helped them, and watered their flock.

18 And when they came to * Reuet their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day ?

19 And they raid. An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

20 And he said unto his daughters.

God appears to Moses, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he mayo eat bread.

21 And Moses was content h to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses i Zipporah his daughter.

22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name fi Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

23 ITAnd it came to pass, in process of time, that the lung of Egypt died; and the children of Israel fc sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God, I by reason of the bondage.

24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant m with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had B respect unto them.

CHAPTER m. I Moses keepeth Jethro'sfiock: 2 God appeareth unto him in a burning bush: 9 he sendeth him to deliver Israel.

NOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he leu the flock to the back side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, a even to Horeb.

2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of Are, out of the midst of a bush: b 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 called unto him out of the midst of the bush,andsaid,cMoses,Moses! And he said. Here am I.

5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes d from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

6 Moreover he said, e I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid Ids face; for he was afraid/to look upon God.

7 If And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my peo

Ele 9 which are in Egypt, and have eard their h cry by reason of their task-masters; for I know t their

God's message to Israel. milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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 n thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

11 IT And Moses said unto God, Who am I,o that I should po unto Pharaoh, and that 1 should bring forth the children of Israel out oif Egypt?

12 And he said, Certainly I will be with p thee: and this shaU be a token unto thee, that I liave sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

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 liath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name ? what shall I say unto them ?

14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM : g and he said. Thus shalt thou say unto the cluloren of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your lathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the Sod of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial r unto all generations.

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 s you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

17 And 1 have said, I will bring 1! 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 ana honey.

18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egvpt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath u met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Loud our God.

19 T And I am sure that the king

Moses* hand is leprous. of Egypt will not let you v go, 1 no not by a mighty hand.

20 And I will stretch out my hand?, and smite Egvpt with all my w wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that x be will let you go.

21 And I will give this people y favourin the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty;

22 But every woman shall borrow * of her neighbour, and of her that sojoumeth 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 a spod *the Egyptians.

CHAPTER IV. 1 Moses* rod is turned into a serpent : 6 his hand is leprous. 21 Gods message to Pharaoh.

AND Moses answered and said. But, behold, they wiU 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 1 And he said, 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, F\rt forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth bis hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

5 That they may a 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.

6 IT 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 teat leprous b as snow.

7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again, and

6lucked it out of his bosom; and, ehold, it was c 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.

!) And it shall uirae to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken untothy voice, thai thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon tho dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river »shall be

God's message to Pharaoh. come d blood upon the dry land.

10 TTAnd Moses said unto the Lord,

0 my Lord, I am not a eloquent, neither 3 heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but

1 am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth ? e or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind! have not I the Lord T

12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what/thou shalt say.

13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou * wilt send.

14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses; and he said, is not Aaron the Lenta thy brother f I know that he can speak well. And also, Behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, y he will be glad in his heart.

15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words h in liis mouth: and 1 will be with thy month, and with Ids mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people : and be shall be, ever he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead i of God.

17 And thou shalt take this rod k in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt tlo signs.

18 IT And Moses went, and returned to * Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him. Let ine go, 1 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 Midiau, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men I are dead winch bought thy life. I" ?r- *"*£•

20 And Moses took his wife and!* Jos^-2:f* liis sons, and set them upon an ass, j TowcA nnd he returned to the land of ucb3 j Egypt: and Moses took the rod m of j v Ver. ic" God in his hand, \w ch'sjs.

21 And the Lord said unto Moses, I ver.S.9. When thou goest to return into x Ge. 17,3. Egypt, see that thou do all those n 24.26, wonders In-fore Pharaoh, which 11 eh. 12.27. have put in thine hand : but I will harden o his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

22 And thou shalt say unto Pha-. . .. „ raoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel,J«*i was is my son, p even my firstborn: job'21'15'

23 And I say unto thee, Let my son I p,_ u^ ' Ku, that he may serve me: and if ' e ch,3, is, thou refuse to let him go, behold, d De.28.2i. I will slay q thy son, even thy first-1 Exe.6.11. born. I' 3;

Aaron sent to meet Moses.

24 T And it came to pass, by the way in the inn. that the Lord r met him, and sought to kill s him.

25 Then Zipporah took a sharp 6 stone, and t cut off the foreskin of her son, and ? cast it at liis feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

26 So he let him go: then she said. A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

271" And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount u of God, and kissed him.

28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

29 % And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

30 And Aaron spake v all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the sigus in the sight of the people.

31 And the people believed: 10 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 x and worshipped.

CHAPTER V.

1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron: 5 he increaseth the Israelites' task.

AND afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and lold Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast a unto me in the wilderness.

2 And Pharaoh said, b Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go T I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

3 And they said, The God of the c Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, tliree days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, d or with the sword.

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 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. , ,

6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying,

7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for

i'aTnd thciale of the bricks, which llhaySfSSw heretofore, ye shall Moses complains to God. EXODUS, VT,

lay c upon them; ye shall not dimin- B. C. 1491. ishotwW thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying. Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

9 i Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein: and let them not regard vain/words.

10 IT And the task-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, 1 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 task-masters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, *your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

14 And the officers of the chddren 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 *

15 if Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants T

16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; Out the fault is in thine own people.

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 g case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish aught from your bricks of your daily task.

20 if And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh;

21 And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge ; because ye have made our savour s to be abhorred h 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 i this people I why is it that thou hast sent me 1

23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done

God rencweih his promise. evil to this people; 4 neither haat thou delivered thy people at all.

CHAPTER VI. 1 God reneweth fas promise by his

name JEHOVAH.

THEN the Lord said unto Moses. Now shall thou see what a I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand b shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall be drive theme out or his land.

2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am 1 the Lord:

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of Godd Almighty; but by my name* JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

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.

5 And I have also heard the a groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have h remembered my covenant.

6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out i from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will h redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments:

7 And I will take you to me I for a people, and I wdl be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which hringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians,

8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did 3 swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.

9 *; And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but thev hearkened notm unto Moses for * anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

10 And tho 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 n not hearkened unto me: how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of o uncircumciscd lips!

13 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a p charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of

Lev. 10.4.

Moses receives authority. Israel out of the land of Egypt.

14 T These be the heads of their fathers' houses: q the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; Ha noch, and Pallu,Hezron,and Carmi these be the families of Reuben.

15 And r the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohau, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

16 TT And these arethe names of the sons of 5 Levi, according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohalh, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

17 The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shirni, according to their families.

18 And the sons of Kohath; t Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and UzzieL And the years of the life of iiohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali, and Mushi: these are the families of Levi, according; to their generations.

20 And Amrain took him Jochebed, liis 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.

21 IT And the sons of Izhar; u Koran, and Nepheg, and Zjchri.

22 And the sons of Uzziel; r. Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter ofw Amminadab, sister of Naashoa, to wile; and she bare nun x Nadab, and Ab*u, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

24 And the sons of Korah; Assir and Eikanah, and Abiasaph: these are the farm|jes of the Korhites.

25 And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wiie; and she bare him Phinehas : y these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites, according; to their families.

26 These are that Aaron and Moses,

to whom the Lord said, bring out d ch M . 1R

the children of Israel from the land S" J jj'

T5p** ^wording to their armies.

27 These are they which spake to z Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel a from Egypt: these ore that Moses and Aaron.

28 T And it came to pass, on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt,

29 That the Lord spake unto Moses, saymg. I am the Loud: ■peak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all b that I say onto thee.

30 And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcisede lips, and how shall Pharaoh

A—. *^ <iki tm m tin lieu iu utOOU. ^*D the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god a to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

2 Thou shalt speak all b that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

3 And 1 wUlc harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt

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.

5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord/z when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

6 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.

7 And Moses was fourscore years old, aad Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

8 TTAnd the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle e for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

10 IT And Moses and Aaron went m 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.

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.

12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord? had said.

14 TT And the Loud said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, A he refuseth i to let the people go.

15 Get thee unto Pharaoh m 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