The Aaron Papers  www.the-aaron-papers.net 

Exodus

1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob): ²Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, ³Issachar, Ze-bu-lun, and Benjamin, ⁴Dan and Naph-ta-li, Gad and Asher. ⁵And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already. ⁶And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. ⁷And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

⁸Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. ⁹And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: ¹⁰come, let us deal wisely with them, unless they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falls out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and they get them up out of the land. ¹¹Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pi-thom and Raamses. ¹²But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. ¹³And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: ¹⁴and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.

¹⁵And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiph-rah, and the name of the other Pu-ah: ¹⁶and he said, When you do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then you shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. ¹⁷But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. ¹⁸And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have you done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive? ¹⁹And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered before the midwife come unto them. ²⁰And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. ²¹And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households. ²²And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.

2 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. ²And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. ³And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. ⁴And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

⁵And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to bring it. ⁶And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children. ⁷Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call you a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you? ⁸And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child’s mother. ⁹And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. ¹⁰And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.

¹¹And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. ¹²And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he struck the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. ¹³And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Why do you strike your fellow? ¹⁴And he said, Who made you a prince and a judge over us? will you kill me, as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known. ¹⁵Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Mid-i-an: and he sat down by a well.

¹⁶Now the priest of Mid-i-an had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. ¹⁷And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. ¹⁸And when they came to Re-u-el their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soon today? ¹⁹And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock. ²⁰And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread. ²¹And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zip-op-rah his daughter. ²²And she bare a son, and he called his name Ger-shom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

²³And it came to pass in the course of those many days, 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. ²⁴And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. ²⁵And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them.

3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Mid-i-an: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Hor-eb. ²And the angel of Jehovah 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. ³And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. ⁴And when Jehovah 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. ⁵And he said, Draw not near: put off your shoes from off your feet, for the place whereon you stand is holy ground. ⁶Moreover he said, I am the God of your 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.

⁷And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; ⁸and 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 and large land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Pe-riz-zite, and the Hi-vite, and the Jeb-u-site. ⁹And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. ¹⁰Come now therefore, and I will send you unto Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

¹¹And 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? ¹²And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be the token unto you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain. ¹³And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers has sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them? ¹⁴And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, This shall you say unto the children of Israel, I AM has sent me unto you. ¹⁵And God said moreover unto Moses, This shall you say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me unto you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

¹⁶Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: ¹⁷and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Pe-riz-zite, and the Hi-vite, and the Jeb-u-site, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. ¹⁸And they shall listen to your voice: and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and you shall say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us: and now let us go, we pray you, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God. ¹⁹And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand. ²⁰And I will put forth my hand, and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. ²¹And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when you go, you shall not go empty. ²²But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that sojourns in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and you shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and you shall plunder the Egyptians.

4 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah has not appeared unto you. ²And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod. ³And he said, Cast in on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. ⁴And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail: (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand:) ⁵That they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared unto you. ⁶And Jehovah said furthermore unto him, Put now your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow. ⁷And he said, Put your hand into your bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.) ⁸And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. ⁹And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen unto your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which you take out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

¹⁰And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before, nor since you have spoken unto your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. ¹¹And Jehovah said unto him, Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah? ¹²Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak. ¹³And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray you, by the hand of him whom you will send. ¹⁴And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron your brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. ¹⁵And you shall speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. ¹⁶And he shall be your spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to you a mouth, and you shall be to him as God. ¹⁷And you shall take in your hand this rod, wherewith you shall do the signs.

¹⁸And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray you, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. ¹⁹And Jehovah said unto Moses in Mid-i-an, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought your life. ²⁰And 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. ²¹And Jehovah said unto Moses, When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go. ²²And you shall say unto Pharaoh, This says Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born: ²³and I have said unto you, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and you have refused to let him go: behold, I will slay your son, your first-born.

²⁴And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him. ²⁵Then Zip-op-rah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood are you to me. ²⁶So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood are you, because of the circumcision. ²⁷And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. ²⁸And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith he had charged him. ²⁹And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: ³⁰and Aaron spoke all the words which Jehovah had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. ³¹And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

5 And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, This says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. ²And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should listen unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

³And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, unless he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. ⁴And the king of Egypt said unto them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, free the people from their works? you go unto your burdens. ⁵And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens. ⁶And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, ⁷You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as before: let them go and gather straw for themselves. ⁸And the number of the bricks, which they did make before, you shall demand from them; you shall not diminish anything thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. ⁹Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.

¹⁰And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, This says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. ¹¹Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it: for nothing of your work shall be diminished. ¹²So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. ¹³And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. ¹⁴And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have you not fulfilled your task both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?

¹⁵Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Why do you deal this way with your servants? ¹⁶There is no straw given unto your servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people. ¹⁷But he said, you are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah. ¹⁸Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet shall you deliver the number of bricks. ¹⁹And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in affliction, when it was said, you shall not diminish anything from your bricks, your daily tasks. ²⁰And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: ²¹and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge: because you have made our savor 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. ²²And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Lord, why have you dealt ill with this people? why is it that you have sent me? ²³For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has dealt ill with this people; neither have you delivered your people at all.

6 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Now shall you see what I will do to Pharaoh: for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. ²And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him, I am Jehovah: ³and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them. ⁴And I have also ** established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned. ⁵And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. ⁶why say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, 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 an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: ⁷and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ⁸And I will bring you in unto the land which I sware to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Jehovah. ⁹And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel: but they listened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

¹⁰And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying, ¹¹Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. ¹²And Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not listened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of ** uncircumcised lips? ¹³And Jehovah spoke 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.

¹⁴These are the heads of their fathers’ houses. The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Ha-noch, and Pal-lu, Hez-ron, and Car-mi; these are the families of Reuben. ¹⁵And the sons of Simeon: Je-mu-el, and Ja-min, and O-had, and Ja-chin, and Zo-har, and Saul the son of a Canaanitish woman; these are the families of Simeon. ¹⁶And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Ger-shon, and Ko-hath, and Me-rar-i; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years. ¹⁷The sons of Ger-shon: Lib-ni and Shim-e-i, according to their families. ¹⁸And the sons of Ko-hath: Amram, and Iz-har, and He-bron, and Uz-zi-el; and the years of the life of Ko-hath were a hundred thirty and three years. ¹⁹And the sons of Me-rar-i: Ma-ha-li and Mu-shi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. ²⁰And Amram took him Joch-e-bed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years. ²¹And the sons of Iz-har: Kor-ah, and Neph-eg, and Zich-ri. ²²And the sons of Uz-zi-el: Mi-sha-el, and El-za-phan, and Zith-ri. ²³And Aaron took him E-li-she-ba, the daughter of Am-min-a-dab, the sister of Na-ash-on, to wife; and she bare him Na-dab and A-bi-hu, El-e-a-zar and Ith-a-mar. ²⁴And the sons of Kor-ah: As-sir, and El-ka-nah, and A-bi-a-saph; these are the families of the Kor-a-hites. ²⁵And El-e-a-zar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Pu-ti-el to wife; and she bare him Phin-e-has. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families. ²⁶These are they that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts. ²⁷These are they that spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. ²⁸And it came to pass on the day when Jehovah spoke unto Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹that Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying, I am Jehovah: speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak unto you. ³⁰And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of ** uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen unto me?

7 And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. ²You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. ³And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. ⁴But Pharaoh will not listen unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. ⁵And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. ⁶And Moses and Aaron did so; as Jehovah commanded them, so they did. ⁷And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty and three years old, when they spoke unto Pharaoh.

⁸And Jehovah spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ⁹When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show us a wonder; then you shall say unto Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent. ¹⁰And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. ¹¹Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments. ¹²For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. ¹³And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he listened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken.

¹⁴And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn, he refuses to let the people go. ¹⁵Go unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goes out unto the water; and you shall stand by the river’s brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shall you take in your hand. ¹⁶And you shall say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the ** Hebrews, has sent me unto you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto you have not listened. ¹⁷This says Jehovah, In this you shall know that I am Jehovah: behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. ¹⁸And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river. ¹⁹And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone. ²⁰And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck 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. ²¹And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. ²²And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he listened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken. ²³And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. ²⁴And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. ²⁵And seven days were fulfilled, after that Jehovah had struck the river.

8 And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, This says Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me. ²And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will strike all your borders with frogs: ³and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and upon your bed, and into the house of your servants, and upon your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading-troughs: ⁴and the frogs shall come up both upon you, and upon your people, and upon all your servants. ⁵And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. ⁶And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. ⁷And the magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. ⁸Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Jehovah, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto Jehovah. ⁹And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have you this glory over me: against what time shall I entreat for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only? ¹⁰And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to your word; that you may know that there is none like unto Jehovah our God. ¹¹And the frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people; they shall remain in the river only. ¹²And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto Jehovah concerning the frogs which he had brought upon Pharaoh. ¹³And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields. ¹⁴And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank. ¹⁵But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart, and listened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken.

¹⁶And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. ¹⁷And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. ¹⁸And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast. ¹⁹Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he listened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken.

²⁰And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he comes forth to the water; and say unto him, This says Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me. ²¹Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you, and upon they servants, and upon your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. ²²And I will set apart in that day the land of Go-shen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth. ²³And I will put a division between my people and your people: by to-morrow shall this sign be. ²⁴And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies. ²⁵And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go, sacrifice to your God in the land. ²⁶And Moses said, It is not meet to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Jehovah our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? ²⁷We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us. ²⁸And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away: entreat for me. ²⁹And Moses said, Behold, I go out from you, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah. ³⁰And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah. ³¹And Jehovah 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. ³²And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.

9 Then Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, This says Jehovah, the God of the ** Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. ²For if you refuse to let them go, and will hold them still, ³behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon your cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: there shall be a very grievous pestilence. ⁴And Jehovah shall make a distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongs to the children of Israel. ⁵And Jehovah appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow Jehovah shall do this thing in the land. ⁶And Jehovah did that thing on the next day; and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel not one died. ⁷And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go.

⁸And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. ⁹And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with inflammation upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. ¹⁰And 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 inflammation upon man and upon beast. ¹¹And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. ¹²And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he listened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken unto Moses.

¹³And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, This says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. ¹⁴For I will this time send all my plagues upon your heart, and upon your servants, and upon your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. ¹⁵For now I had put forth my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you had been cut off from the earth: ¹⁶but in deed for this cause have I made you to stand, to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. ¹⁷As yet exalt yourself against my people, that you will not let them go? ¹⁸Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. ¹⁹Now therefore send, bring in your cattle and all that you have in the field; for every man and beast that shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. ²⁰He that feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses. ²¹And he that regarded not the word of Jehovah left his servants and his cattle in the field.

²²And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch forth your 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. ²³And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt. ²⁴So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. ²⁵And the hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. ²⁶Only in the land of Go-shen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. ²⁷And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. ²⁸Entreat Jehovah; for there has been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer. ²⁹And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto Jehovah; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Jehovah’s. ³⁰But as for you and your servants, I know that you will not yet fear Jehovah God. ³¹And the flax and the barley were struck: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. ³²But the wheat and the spelt were not struck: for they were not grown up. ³³And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread his hands unto Jehovah: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. ³⁴And 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. ³⁵And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go, as Jehovah had spoken by Moses.

10 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them, ²and that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have worked upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Jehovah. ³And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, This says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. ⁴Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into your border: ⁵and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remains unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field: ⁶and your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh. ⁷And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: know you not that Egypt is destroyed? ⁸And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve Jehovah your God; but who are they that shall go? ⁹And 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 Jehovah. ¹⁰And he said unto them, So be Jehovah with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. ¹¹Not so: go now you that are men, and serve Jehovah; for that is what you desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

¹²And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out your 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 has left. ¹³And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Jehovah brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. ¹⁴And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall there be such. ¹⁵For 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, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. ¹⁶Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron to hurry; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you. ¹⁷Now therefore forgive, I pray you, my sin only this once, and entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only. ¹⁸And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah. ¹⁹And Jehovah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt. ²⁰But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

²¹And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. ²²And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; ²³they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. ²⁴And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, You go, serve Jehovah; only let your flocks and your herds be left behind: let your little ones also go with you. ²⁵And Moses said, you must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice unto Jehovah our God. ²⁶Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind: for thereof must we take to serve Jehovah our God; and we know not with what we must serve Jehovah, until we come there. ²⁷But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. ²⁸And Pharaoh said unto him, Get away from me, take heed to yourself, that see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die. ²⁹And Moses said, you have spoken well. I will see your face again no more.

11 And Jehovah said unto Moses, yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go from there: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out from there altogether. ²Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. ³And Jehovah gave the people favor 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.

⁴And Moses said, This says Jehovah, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: ⁵and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of cattle. ⁶And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall be any more. ⁷But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that you may know how that Jehovah does make a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel. ⁸And all these your servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get out, and all the people that follow you: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. ⁹And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not listen unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. ¹⁰And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and Jehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

12 And Jehovah spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, ²This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. ³Speak 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 their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household: ⁴and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next to his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man’s eating you shall make your count for the lamb. ⁵Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: you shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: ⁶and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening. ⁷And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. ⁸And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it. ⁹Eat it not raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof. ¹⁰And you shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire. ¹¹And this shall you eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly: it is Jehovah’s Passover. ¹²For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah. ¹³And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will ** pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. ¹⁴And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. ¹⁵Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. ¹⁶And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. ¹⁷And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall you observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever. ¹⁸In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at evening. ¹⁹Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land. ²⁰You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall you eat unleavened bread.

²¹Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover. ²²And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. ²³For Jehovah will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to strike you. ²⁴And you shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons for ever. ²⁵And it shall come to pass, when you are come to the land which Jehovah will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service. ²⁶And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What do you mean by this service? ²⁷then you shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah’s Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. ²⁸And the children of Israel went and did so; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

²⁹And it came to pass at midnight, that Jehovah struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. ³⁰And 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. ³¹And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, go forth from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Jehovah, as you have said. ³²Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also. ³³And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in hurry; for they said, We are all dead men. ³⁴And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. ³⁵And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. ³⁶And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they spoiled the Egyptians.

³⁷And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Suc-coth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children. ³⁸And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. ³⁹And 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 goods. ⁴⁰Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. ⁴¹And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt. ⁴²It is a night to be greatly observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Jehovah, to be greatly observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.

⁴³And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, ** This is the ordinance of the Passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof; ⁴⁴but every man’s servant that is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. ⁴⁵A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. ⁴⁶In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone thereof. ⁴⁷All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. ⁴⁸And when a stranger shall sojourn with you, and will keep the Passover to Jehovah, 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: but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. ⁴⁹One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourns among you. ⁵⁰This did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. ⁵¹And it came to pass the selfsame day, that Jehovah did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

13 And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying, ²Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. ³And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. ⁴This day you go forth in the month Abib. ⁵And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hi-vite, and the Jeb-u-site, which he sware unto your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month. ⁶Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah. ⁷Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with you, neither shall there be leaven seen with you, in all your borders. ⁸And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt. ⁹And it shall be for a sign unto you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand has Jehovah brought you out of Egypt. ¹⁰You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

¹¹And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, as he sware unto you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you, ¹²that you shall set apart unto Jehovah all that opens the womb, and every firstling which you have that comes of a beast; the males shall be Jehovah’s. ¹³And every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck: and all the first-born of man among your sons shall you redeem. ¹⁴And it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say unto him, By the strength of his hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: ¹⁵and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Jehovah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that opens the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem. ¹⁶And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and for frontlets between your eyes: for by the strength of his hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt.

¹⁷And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, unless perhaps the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: ¹⁸but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁹And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and you shall carry up my bones away with you. ²⁰And they took their journey from Suc-coth, and camped in E-tham, in the edge of the wilderness. ²¹And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to showed them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night: ²²the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.

14 And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and camp before Pi-ha-hi-roth, between Mig-dol and the sea, before Ba-al-ze-phon: over against it shall you camp by the sea. ³And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in. ⁴And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he shall follow after them; and I will get me some honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host: and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so. ⁵And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us? ⁶And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: ⁷and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. ⁸And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel went out with a high hand. ⁹And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them as they camped by the sea, beside Pi-ha-hi-roth, before Ba-al-ze-phon.

¹⁰And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were greatly afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah. ¹¹And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? why have you dealt with us this, to bring us forth out of Egypt? ¹²Is not this the word that we spoke unto you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. ¹³And Moses said unto the people, Fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall see them again no more for ever. ¹⁴Jehovah will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.

¹⁵And Jehovah said unto Moses, Why do you cry unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. ¹⁶And lift you up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. ¹⁷And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get me some honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. ¹⁸And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have gotten honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. ¹⁹And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them: ²⁰and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.

²¹And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. ²²And 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. ²³And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. ²⁴And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the host of the Egyptians. ²⁵And he took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah fights for them against the Egyptians. ²⁶And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. ²⁷And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. ²⁸And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them. ²⁹But 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. ³⁰this Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. ³¹And Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah: and they believed in Jehovah, and in his servant Moses.

15 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea. ²Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father’s God, and I will exalt him. ³Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name. ⁴Pharaoh’s chariots and his host has he cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. ⁵The deeps covers them: They went down into the depths like a stone. ⁶Your right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, your right hand, O Jehovah, dashes in pieces the enemy. ⁷And in the greatness of your excellency you overthrow them that rise up against you: you send forth your wrath, it consume them as stubble. ⁸And with the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. ⁹The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. ¹⁰You did blow with your wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters. ¹¹Who is like unto you, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? ¹²You stretched out your right hand, The earth swallowed them. ¹³You in your lovingkindness have led the people that you have redeemed: you have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation. ¹⁴The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. ¹⁵Then were the chiefs of E-dom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling takes hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. ¹⁶Terror and dread falls upon them; By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone; Till your people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that you have purchased. ¹⁷You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, The place, O Jehovah, which you have made for you to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. ¹⁸Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever. ¹⁹For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea. ²⁰And 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. ²¹And Miriam answered them, Sing to Jehovah, for he has triumphed gloriously; The horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea.

²²And Moses led Israel onward 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. ²³And when they came to Mar-ah, they could not drink of the waters of Mar-ah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Mar-ah. ²⁴And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? ²⁵An he cried unto Jehovah; And Jehovah showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them; ²⁶and he said, If you will diligently listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that heals you. ²⁷And they came to E-lim, where were twelve springs of water, and sixty and ten palm-trees: and they camped there by the waters.

16 And they took their journey from E-lim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between E-lim and Si-nai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. ²And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness: ³and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for you have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. ⁴Then Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not. ⁵And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. ⁶And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then you shall know that Jehovah has brought you out from the land of Egypt; ⁷and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Jehovah; for that he hears your murmurings against Jehovah: and what are we, that you murmur against us? ⁸And Moses said, This shall be, when Jehovah shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that Jehovah hears your murmurings which you murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah. ⁹And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before Jehovah; for he has heard your murmurings. ¹⁰And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud. ¹¹And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying, ¹²I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am Jehovah your God.

¹³And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp. ¹⁴And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground. ¹⁵And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? For they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, It is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat. ¹⁶This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded, Gather you of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall you take it, every man for them that are in his tent. ¹⁷And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. ¹⁸And when they measured 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. ¹⁹And Moses said unto them, Let no man leave of it till the morning. ²⁰Notwithstanding they listened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was angry with them. ²¹And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

²²And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. ²³And he said unto them, This is that which Jehovah has spoken, Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath unto Jehovah: bake that which you will bake, and boil that which you will boil; and all that remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. ²⁴And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses said: and it did not become foul, neither was there any worm therein. ²⁵And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a Sabbath unto Jehovah: today you shall not find it in the field. ²⁶Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. ²⁷And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none. ²⁸And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? ²⁹See, for that Jehovah has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. ³⁰So the people rested on the seventh day. ³¹And 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.

³²And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded, Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. ³³And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before Jehovah, to be kept throughout your generations. ³⁴As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. ³⁵And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. ³⁶Now an omer is the tenth part of an E-phah.

17 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of Jehovah, and camped in Reph-dim: and there was no water for the people to drink. ²why the people argued with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why do you strive with me? Why do you tempt Jehovah? ³And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? ⁴And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? They are almost ready to stone me. ⁵And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with you of the elders of Israel; and the rod, wherewith you struck the river, take it in your hand, and go. ⁶Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Hor-eb; and you shall strike 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. ⁷And he called the name of the place Mas-sah, and Mer-i-bah, because of the striving of