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 Chapter 1
1:1 These are the names of the sons of
Israel that came into Egypt together with Jacob their father; they came in each
with their whole family. 2 Ruben,
Simeon, Levi, Judas, 3 Issachar,
Zabulon, Benjamin, 4 Dan and
Nephthalim, Gad and Aser. 5 But
Joseph was in Egypt. And all the souls born of Jacob were seventy-five.
6 And Joseph died, and all his
brethren, and all that generation. 7
And the children of Israel increased and multiplied, and became
numerous and grew exceedingly strong, and the land multiplied them.
8 And there arose up another king over
Egypt, who knew not Joseph. 9 And he
said to his nation, Behold, the race of the children of Israel is a great
multitude, and is stronger than we: 10
come then, let us deal craftily with them, lest at any time they
be increased, and whensoever war shall happen to us, these also shall be added
to our enemies, and having prevailed against us in war, they will depart out of
the land. 11 And he set over them
task-masters, who should afflict them in their works; and they built strong
cities for Pharao, both Pitho, and Ramesses, and On, which is Heliopolis.
12 But as they humbled them, by so much
they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong; and the Egyptians greatly abhorred
the children of Israel. 13 And the
Egyptians tyrannised over the children of Israel by force.
14 And they embittered their life by hard
labours, in the clay and in brick-making, and all the works in the plains,
according to all the works, wherein they caused them to serve with violence.
15 And the king of the Egyptians spoke
to the midwives of the Hebrews; the name of the one was, Sepphora; and the name
of the second, Phua. 16 And he said,
When ye do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be
delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not
as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.
18 And the king of Egypt called the
midwives, and said to them, Why is it that ye have done this thing, and saved
the male children alive? 19 And the
midwives said to Pharao, The Hebrew women are not as the women of Egypt, for
they are delivered before the midwives go in to them. So they bore children.
20 And God did well to the midwives,
and the people multiplied, and grew very strong. 21
And as the midwives feared God, they established for themselves
families. 22 And Pharao charged all
his people, saying, Whatever male child shall be born to the Hebrews,
cast into the river; and every female, save it alive.
Chapter 2
2:1 And there was a certain man of the
tribe of Levi, who took to wife one of the daughters of Levi.
2 And she conceived, and bore a male child;
and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months.
3 And when they could no longer hide him,
his mother took for him an ark, and besmeared it with bitumen, and cast the
child into it, and put it in the ooze by the river. 4
And his sister was watching from a distance, to learn what
would happen to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharao came down
to the river to bathe; and her maids walked by the river’s side, and having seen
the ark in the ooze, she sent her maid, and took it up. 6
And having opened it, she sees the babe weeping in the
ark: and the daughter of Pharao had compassion on it, and said, This is one
of the Hebrew’s children. 7 And his
sister said to the daughter of Pharao, Wilt thou that I call to thee a nurse of
the Hebrews, and shall she suckle the child for thee? 8
And the daughter of Pharao said, Go: and the young woman
went, and called the mother of the child. 9
And the daughter of Pharao said to her, Take care of this child,
and suckled it for me, and I will give thee the wages; and the woman took the
child, and suckled it. 10 And when
the boy was grown, she brought him to the daughter of Pharao, and he became her
son; and she called his name, Moses, saying, I took him out of the water.
11 And it came to pass in that length
of time, that Moses having grown, went out to his brethren the sons of Israel:
and having noticed their distress, he sees an Egyptian smiting a certain Hebrew
of his brethren the children of Israel. 12
And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one;
and he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 13
And having gone out the second day he sees two Hebrew men
fighting; and he says to the injurer, Wherefore smitest thou thy neighbour?
14 And he said, Who made thee a
ruler and a judge over us? wilt thou slay me as thou yesterday slewest the
Egyptian? Then Moses was alarmed, and said, If it be thus, this matter
has become known. 15 And Pharao
heard this matter, and sought to slay Moses; and Moses departed from the
presence of Pharao, and dwelt in the land of Madiam; and having come into the
land of Madiam, he sat on the well.
16 And the priest of Madiam had seven
daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jothor; and they came and drew
water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father
Jothor. 17 And the shepherds came,
and were driving them away; and Moses rose up and rescued them, and drew water
for them, and watered their sheep. 18
And they came to Raguel their father; and he said to them, Why
have ye come so quickly to-day? 19
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds, and drew water for
us and watered our sheep. 20 And he
said to his daughters, And where is he? and why have ye left the man? call him
therefore, that he may eat bread. 21
And Moses was established with the man, and he gave Sepphora his
daughter to Moses to wife. 22 And
the woman conceived and bore a son, and Moses called his name Gersam, saying, I
am a sojourner in a strange land.
23 And in those days after a length of
time, the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of
their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God.
24 And God heard their groanings,
and God remembered his covenant made with Abraam and Isaac and Jacob.
25 And God looked upon the children of
Israel, and was made known to them.
Chapter 3
3:1 And Moses was feeding the flock of
Jothor his father-in-law, the priest of Madiam; and he brought the sheep nigh to
the wilderness, and came to the mount of Choreb. 2
And an angel of the Lord appeared to him in flaming fire out of
the bush, and he sees that the bush burns with fire, —but the bush was not
consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will
go near and see this great sight, why the bush is not consumed.
4 And when the Lord saw that he drew nigh
to see, the Lord called him out of the bush, saying, Moses, Moses; and he said,
What is it? 5 And he said, Draw not
nigh hither: loose thy sandals from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou
standest is holy ground. 6 And he
said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraam, and the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob; and Moses turned away his face, for he was afraid to gaze at
God. 7 And the Lord said to Moses, I have
surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and I have heard their
cry caused by their task-masters; for I know their affliction.
8 And I have come down to deliver them out
of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring
them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into
the place of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites,
and Gergesites, and Evites, and Jebusites. 9
And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come to me,
and I have seen the affliction with which the Egyptians afflict them.
10 And now come, I will send thee to Pharao
king of Egypt, and thou shalt bring out my people the children of Israel from
the land of Egypt.
11 And Moses said to God, Who am I,
that I should go to Pharao king of Egypt, and that I should bring out the
children of Israel from the land of Egypt? 12
And God spoke to Moses, saying, I will be with thee, and this
shall be the sign to thee that I shall send thee forth, —when thou bringest out
my people out of Egypt, then ye shall serve God in this mountain.
13 And Moses said to God, Behold, I shall
go forth to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of our
fathers has sent me to you; and they will ask me, What is his name? What shall I
say to them? 14 And God spoke to
Moses, saying, I am THE BEING; and he said, Thus shall ye say to the children of
Israel, THE BEING has sent me to you. 15
And God said again to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the sons of
Israel, The Lord God of our fathers, the God of Abraam, and God of Isaac, and
God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and my memorial to
generations of generations.
16 Go then and gather the elders of
the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, The Lord God of our fathers
has appeared to me, the God of Abraam, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob,
saying, I have surely looked upon you, and upon all the things which have
happened to you in Egypt. 17 And he
said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of the Egyptians to the land of
the Chananites and the Chettites, and Amorites and Pherezites, and Gergesites,
and Evites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
18 And they shall hearken to thy voice, and
thou and the elders of Israel shall go in to Pharao king of Egypt, and thou
shalt say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us; we will go then a
journey of three days into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to our God.
19 But I know that Pharao king of
Egypt will not let you go, save with a mighty hand; 20
and I will stretch out my hand, and smite the Egyptians
with all my wonders, which I shall work among them, and after that he will send
you forth. 21 And I will give this
people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, and whenever ye shall escape, ye
shall not depart empty. 22 But
every woman shall ask of her neighbour and fellow lodger, articles of gold
and silver, and apparel; and ye shall put them upon your sons and upon your
daughters, —and spoil ye the Egyptians.
Chapter 4
4:1 And Moses answered and said, If
they believe me not, and do not hearken to my voice (for they will say, God has
not appeared to thee), what shall I say to them? 2
And the Lord said to him, What is this thing that is in thine
hand? 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 it. 4
And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth thine hand, and take hold of its tail:
so he stretched forth his hand and took hold of the tail,
5 and it became a rod in his hand, —that they may believe
thee, that the God of thy fathers has appeared to thee, the God of Abraam, and
God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. 6
And the Lord said again to him, Put thine hand into thy bosom; and he put his
hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and his hand became
as snow. 7 And he said again, Put
thy hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his
hand out of his bosom, and it was again restored to the complexion of his
other flesh. 8 And if they will
not believe thee, nor hearken to the voice of the first sign, they will believe
thee because of the voice of the second sign. 9
And it shall come to pass if they will not believe thee
for these two signs, and will not hearken to thy voice, that thou shalt take of
the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land, and the water which thou
shalt take from the river shall be blood upon the dry land.
10 And Moses said to the Lord, I pray,
Lord, I have not been sufficient in former times, neither from the time that
thou hast begun to speak to thy servant: I am weak in speech, and slow-tongued.
11 And the Lord said to Moses, Who
has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the
deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God? 12
And now go and I will open thy mouth, and will instruct thee in
what thou shalt say. 13 And Moses
said, I pray thee, Lord, appoint another able person whom thou shalt
send. 14 And the Lord was greatly
angered against Moses, and said, Lo! is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know
that he will surely speak to thee; and, behold, he will come forth to meet thee,
and beholding thee he will rejoice within himself. 15
And thou shalt speak to him; and thou shalt put my words
into his mouth, and I will open thy mouth and his mouth, and I will instruct you
in what ye shall do. 16 And he shall
speak for thee to the people, and he shall be thy mouth, and thou shalt be for
him in things pertaining to God. 17
And this rod that was turned into a serpent thou shalt take in thine hand,
wherewith thou shalt work miracles.
18 And Moses went and returned to
Jothor his father-in-law, and says, I will go and return to my brethren in
Egypt, and will see if they are yet living. And Jothor said to Moses, Go in
health. And in those days after some time, the king of Egypt died.
19 And the Lord said to Moses in Madiam,
Go, depart into Egypt, for all that sought thy life are dead.
20 And Moses took his wife and his
children, and mounted them on the beasts, and returned to Egypt; and Moses took
the rod which he had from God in his hand. 21
And the Lord said to Moses, When thou goest and returnest
to Egypt, see—all the miracles I have charged thee with, thou shalt work before
Pharao: and I will harden his heart, and he shall certainly not send away the
people. 22 And thou shalt say to
Pharao, These things saith the Lord, Israel is my first-born.
23 And I said to thee, Send away my people,
that they may serve me: now if thou wilt not send them away, see, I will slay
thy fir-born son.
24 And it came to pass that the
angel of the Lord met him by the way in the inn, and sought to slay him.
25 and Sepphora having taken a stone cut
off the foreskin of her son, and fell at his feet and said, The blood of the
circumcision of my son is staunched: 26
and he departed from him, because she said, The blood of the
circumcision of my son is staunched. 27
And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses;
and he went and met him in the mount of God, and they kissed each other.
28 And Moses reported to Aaron all the
words of the Lord, which he sent, and all the things which he charged him.
29 And Moses and Aaron went and
gathered the elders of the children of Israel. 30
And Aaron spoke all these words, which God spoke to Moses, and
wrought the miracles before the people. 31
and the people believed and rejoiced, because God visited the
children of Israel, and because he saw their affliction: and the people bowed
and worshipped.
Chapter 5
5:1 And after this went in Moses and
Aaron to Pharao, and they said to him, These things says the Lord God of Israel,
Send my people away, that they may keep a feast to me in the wilderness.
2 And Pharao said, Who is he that I should
hearken to his voice, so that I should send away the children of Israel? I do
not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.
3 And they say to him, The God of the
Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days’ journey into
the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time
death or slaughter happen to us. 4
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, turn the people
from their works? depart each of you to your works. 5
And Pharao said, Behold now, the people is very numerous;
let us not then give them rest from their work. 6
And Pharao gave orders to the task-masters of the people and the
accountants, saying, 7 Ye shall no
longer give straw to the people for brick-making as yesterday and the third day;
but let them go themselves, and collect straw for themselves.
8 And thou shalt impose on them daily the
rate of brick-making which they perform: thou shalt not abate anything, for they
are idle; therefore have they cried, saying, Let us arise and do sacrifice to
our God. 9 Let the works of these
men be made grievous, and let them care for these things, and not care for vain
words.
10 And the taskmasters and the
accountants hastened them, and they spoke to the people, saying, thus says
Pharao, I will give you straw no longer. 11
Go ye, yourselves, get for yourselves straw whencesoever ye can
find it, for nothing is diminished from your rate. 12
So the people were dispersed in all the land of Egypt, to
gather stubble for straw. 13 and the
taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfil your regular daily tasks, even as when
straw was given you. 14 And the
accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the
masters of Pharao, were scourged, [[and questioned,]]men saying, Why have
ye not fulfilled your rates of brick-work as yesterday and the third day, to-day
also?
15 And the accountants of the children
of Israel went in and cried to Pharao, saying, Why dost thou act thus to thy
servants? 16 Straw is not given to
thy servants, and they tell us to make brick; and behold thy servants have been
scourged: thou wilt therefore injure thy people. 17
And he said to them, Ye are idle, ye are idlers: therefore ye
say, Let us go and do sacrifice to our God. 18
Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you,
yet ye shall return the rate of bricks. 19
And the accountants of the children of Israel saw themselves in
an evil plight, men saying, Ye shall not fail to deliver the daily rate
of the brick-making. 20 And they met
Moses and Aaron coming forth to meet them, as they came forth from Pharao.
21 And they said to them, The Lord
look upon you and judge you, for ye have made our savour abominable before
Pharao, and before his servants, to put a sword into his hands to slay us.
22 And Moses turned to the Lord, and
said, I pray, Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? and wherefore hast thou
sent me? 23 For from the time that I
went to Pharao to speak in thy name, he has afflicted this people, and thou hast
not delivered thy people.
Chapter 6
6:1 And the Lord said to Moses, Now
thou shalt see what I will do to Pharao; for he shall send them forth with a
mighty hand, and with a high arm shall he cast them out of his land.
2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him, I
am the Lord. 3 And I appeared
to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, being their God, but I did not manifest to them
my name Lord. 4 And I established my
covenant with them, to give them the land of the Chananites, the land wherein
they sojourned, in which also they dwelt as strangers. 5
And I hearkened to the groaning of the children of Israel
(the affliction with which the Egyptians enslave them) and I remembered the
covenant with you. 6 Go, speak to
the children of Israel, saying, I am the Lord; and I will lead you forth
from the tyranny of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from bondage, and I
will ransom you with a high arm, and great judgment. 7
And I will take you to me a people for myself, and will be
your God; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out
from the tyranny of the Egyptians. 8
And I will bring you into the land concerning which I stretched
out my hand to give it to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, and I will give it you for
an inheritance: I am the Lord. 9
And Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, and they hearkened
not to Moses for faint-heartedness, and for their hard tasks.
10 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 11 Go in, speak to Pharao
king of Egypt, that he send forth the children of Israel out of his land.
12 And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying,
Behold, the children of Israel hearkened not to me, and how shall Pharao hearken
to me? and I am not eloquent. 13 And
the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a charge to Pharao king of
Egypt, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of the land of
Egypt.
14 And these are the heads of the
houses of their families: the sons of Ruben the first-born of Israel; Enoch and
Phallus, Asron, and Charmi, this is the kindred of Ruben.
15 And the sons of Symeon, Jemuel and Jamin, and Aod, and
Jachin and Saar, and Saul the son of a Phoenician woman, these are the families
of the sons of Symeon. 16 And these
are the names of the sons of Levi according to their kindreds, Gedson, Caath,
and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven.
17 And these are the sons of Gedson,
Lobeni and Semei, the houses of their family. And the sons of Caath,
18 Ambram and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel;
and the years of the life of Caath were a hundred and thirty-three years.
19 And the sons of Merari, Mooli, and Omusi,
these are the houses of the families of Levi, according to their kindreds.
20 And Ambram took to wife Jochabed
the daughter of his father’s brother, and she bore to him both Aaron and Moses,
and Mariam their sister: and the years of the life of Ambram were a hundred and
thirty-two years. 21 And the sons of
Issaar, Core, and Naphec, and Zechri. 22
And the sons of Oziel, Misael, and Elisaphan, and Segri.
23 And Aaron took to himself to wife
Elisabeth daughter of Aminadab sister of Naasson, and she bore to him both Nadab
and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar. 24
And the sons of Core, Asir, and Elkana, and Abiasar, these are
the generations of Core. 25 And
Eleazar the son of Aaron took to himself for a wife one of the daughters
of Phutiel, and she bore to him Phinees. These are the heads of the family of
the Levites, according to their generations. 26
This is Aaron and Moses, whom God told to bring out the children
of Israel out of the land of Egypt with their forces. 27
These are they that spoke with Pharao king of Egypt, and
Aaron himself and Moses brought out the children of Israel from the land of
Egypt, 28 in the day in which the
Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt; 29
then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak to
Pharao king of Egypt whatsoever I say to thee. 30
And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am not able in speech,
and how shall Pharao hearken to me?
Chapter 7
7:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, Behold, I have made thee a god to Pharao, and Aaron thy brother shall be
thy prophet. 2 And thou shalt say to
him all things that I charge thee, and Aaron thy brother shall speak to Pharao,
that he should send forth the children of Israel out of his land.
3 And I will harden the heart of Pharao,
and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 And Pharao will not hearken to you, and I
will lay my hand upon Egypt; and will bring out my people the children of Israel
with my power out of the land of Egypt with great vengeance.
5 And all the Egyptians shall know that I
am the Lord, stretching out my hand upon Egypt, and I will bring out the
children of Israel out of the midst of them. 6
And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.
7 And Moses was eighty years old,
and Aaron his brother was eighty-three years old, when he spoke to Pharao.
8 And the Lord spoke to Moses and
Aaron, saying, 9 Now if Pharao
should speak to you, saying, Give us a sign or a wonder, then shalt thou say to
thy brother Aaron, Take thy rod and cast it upon the ground before Pharao, and
before his servants, and it shall become a serpent. 10
And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharao, and before
his servants, and they did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron cast down
his rod before Pharao, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11 But Pharao called together the wise men
of Egypt, and the sorcerers, and the charmers also of the Egyptians did likewise
with their sorceries. 12 And they
cast down each his rod, and they became serpents, but the rod of Aaron swallowed
up their rods. 13 and the heart of
Pharao was hardened, and he hearkened not to them, as the Lord charged them.
14 and the Lord said to Moses, The
heart of Pharao is made hard, so that he should not let the people go.
15 Go to Pharao early in the morning:
behold, he goes forth to the water; and thou shalt meet him on the bank of the
river, and thou shalt take in thine hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.
16 And thou shalt say to him, The
Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to thee, saying, Send my people away, that
they may serve me in the wilderness, and, behold, hitherto thou hast not
hearkened. 17 These things saith the
Lord: Hereby shalt thou know that I am the Lord: behold, I strike with the rod
that is in my hand on the water which is in the river, and it shall change it
into blood. 18 And the fish that are
in the river shall die, and the river shall stink thereupon, and the Egyptians
shall not be able to drink water from the river. 19
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to thy brother Aaron, Take thy
rod in thy hand, and stretch forth thy hand over the waters of Egypt, and over
their rivers, and over their canals, and over their ponds, and over all their
standing water, and it shall become blood: and there was blood in all the land
of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone. 20
and Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and
Aaron having lifted up his hand with his rod, smote the water in the
river before Pharao, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the
river into blood. 21 And the fish in
the river died, and the river stank thereupon; and the Egyptians could not drink
water from the river, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.
22 And the charmers also of the Egyptians
did so with their sorceries; and the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did
not hearken to them, even as the Lord said. 23
And Pharao turned and entered into his house, nor did he fix his
attention even on this thing. 24 And
all the Egyptians dug round about the river, so as to drink water, for they
could not drink water from the river. 25
and seven days were fulfilled after the Lord has smitten the
river.
Chapter 8
8:1 And the Lord said to Moses, Go in
to Pharao, and thou shalt say to him, These things says the Lord: send forth my
people, that they may serve me. 2
And if thou wilt not send them forth, behold, I afflict all thy borders with
frogs: 3 and the river shall teem
with frogs, and they shall go up and enter into thy houses, and into thy
bed-chambers, and upon thy beds, and upon the houses of thy servants, and of thy
people and on thy dough, and on thine ovens. 4
And upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, shall
the frogs come up. 5 And the Lord
said to Moses, Say to Aaron thy brother, Stretch forth with the hand thy rod
over the rivers, and over the canals, and over the pools, and bring up the
frogs. 6 And Aaron stretched forth
his hand over the waters of Egypt, and brought up the frogs: and the frog was
brought up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7
And the charmers of the Egyptians also did likewise with their
sorceries, and brought up the frogs on the land of Egypt.
8 And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, and said, Pray for me
to the Lord, and let him take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I
will send them away, and they shall sacrifice to the Lord.
9 And Moses said to Pharao, Appoint me a
time when I shall pray for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people,
to cause the frogs to disappear from thee, and from thy people, and from your
houses, only in the river shall they be left behind. 10
And he said, On the morrow: he said therefore, As thou has
said; that thou mayest know, that there is no other God but the Lord.
11 And the frogs shall be removed
away from thee, and from your houses and from the villages, and from thy
servants, and from thy people, only in the river they shall be left.
12 And Moses and Aaron went forth from
Pharao, and Moses cried to the Lord concerning the restriction of the frogs, as
Pharao appointed him. 13 And the
Lord did as Moses said, and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the
villages, and out of the fields. 14
And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
15 And when Pharao saw that there was
relief, his heart was hardened, and he did not hearken to them, as the Lord
spoke.
16 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to
Aaron, Stretch forth thy rod with thy hand and smite the dust of the earth; and
there shall be lice both upon man, and upon quadrupeds, and in all the land of
Egypt. 17 So Aaron stretched out his
rod with his hand, and smote the dust of the earth; and the lice were on men and
on quadrupeds, and in all the dust of the earth there were lice.
18 And the charmers also did so with their
sorceries, to bring forth the louse, and they could not. And the lice were both
on the men and on the quadrupeds. 19
So the charmers said to Pharao, This is the finger of God. But
the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he hearkened not to them, as the Lord
said.
20 And the Lord said to Moses, Rise up
early in the morning, and stand before Pharao: and behold, he will go forth to
the water, and thou shalt say to him, These things says the Lord: Send away my
people, that they may serve me in the wilderness. 21
And if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I send upon
thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and upon your houses, the
dog-fly; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with the dog-fly, even
throughout the land upon which they are. 22
and I will distinguish marvellously in that day the land of Gesem,
on which my people dwell, in which the dog-fly shall not be: that thou mayest
know that I am the Lord the God of all the earth. 23
And I will put a difference between my people and thy
people, and on the morrow shall this be on the land. And the Lord did thus.
24 And the dog-fly came in abundance
into the houses of Pharao, and into the houses of his servants, and into all the
land of Egypt; and the land was destroyed by the dog-fly.
25 And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, saying, Go and
sacrifice to the Lord your God in the land. 26
And Moses said, It cannot be so, for we shall sacrifice to the
Lord our God the abominations of the Egyptians; for if we sacrifice the
abominations of the Egyptians before them, we shall be stoned.
27 We will go a journey of three days into
the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as the Lord said to
us. 28 And Pharao said, I will
let you go, and do ye sacrifice to your God in the wilderness, but do not go
very far away: pray then for me to the Lord. 29
And Moses said, I then will go forth from thee and pray to God,
and the dog-fly shall depart both from thy servants, and from thy people
to-morrow. Do not thou, Pharao, deceive again, so as not to send the people away
to do sacrifice to the Lord. 30 And
Moses went out from Pharao, and prayed to God. 31
And the Lord did as Moses said, and removed the dog-fly from
Pharao, and from his servants, and from his people, and there was not one left.
32 And Pharao hardened his heart,
even on this occasion, and he would not send the people away.
Chapter 9
9:1 And the Lord said to Moses, Go in
to Pharao, and thou shalt say to him, These things saith the Lord God of the
Hebrews; Send my people away that they may serve me. 2
If however thou wilt not send my people away, but yet
detainest them: 3 behold, the hand
of the Lord shall be upon thy cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on
the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great mortality.
4 And I will make a marvellous distinction
in that time between the cattle of the Egyptians, and the cattle of the children
of Israel: nothing shall die of all that is of the children’s of Israel.
5 And God fixed a limit, saying, To-morrow
the Lord will do this thing on the land. 6
And the Lord did this thing on the next day, and all the cattle
of the Egyptians died, but of the cattle of the children of Israel there died
not one. 7 And when Pharao saw, that
of all the cattle of the children of Israel there died not one, the heart of
Pharao was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
8 And the Lord spoke to Moses and
Aaron, saying, Take you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses scatter
it toward heaven before Pharao, and before his servants. 9
And let it become dust over all the land of Egypt, and
there shall be upon men and upon beasts sore blains breaking forth both on men
and on beasts, in all the land of Egypt. 10
So he took of the ashes of the furnace before Pharao, and Moses
scattered it toward heaven, and it became sore blains breaking forth both on men
and on beasts. 11 And the sorcerers
could not stand before Moses because of the sores, for the sores were on the
sorcerers, and in all the land of Egypt. 12
And the Lord hardened Pharao’s heart, and he hearkened not to
them, as the Lord appointed.
13 And the Lord said to Moses, Rise up
early in the morning, and stand before Pharao; and thou shalt say to him, These
things saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Send away my people that they may
serve me. 14 For at this present
time do I send forth all my plagues into thine heart, and the heart of thy
servants and of thy people; that thou mayest know that there is not another such
as I in all the earth. 15 For now I
will stretch forth my hand and smite thee and kill thy people, and thou shalt be
consumed from off the earth. 16 And
for this purpose hast thou been preserved, that I might display in thee my
strength, and that my name might be published in all the earth.
17 Dost thou then yet exert thyself to
hinder my people, so as not to let them go? 18
Behold, to-morrow at this hour I will rain a very great hail,
such as has not been in Egypt, from the time it was created until this day.
19 Now then hasten to gather thy
cattle, and all that thou hast in the fields; for all the men and cattle as many
as shall be found in the fields, and shall not enter into a house, (but the hail
shall fall upon them,) shall die. 20
He of the servants of Pharao that feared the word of the Lord, gathered his
cattle into the houses. 21 And he
that did not attend in his mind to the word of the Lord, left the cattle in the
fields.
22 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch
out thine hand to heaven, and there shall be hail on all the land of Egypt, both
on the men and on the cattle, and on all the herbage on the land.
23 And Moses stretched forth his hand to
heaven, and the Lord sent thunderings and hail; and the fire ran along upon the
ground, and the Lord rained hail on all the land of Egypt.
24 So there was hail and flaming fire
mingled with hail; and the hail was very great, such as was not in Egypt, from
the time there was a nation upon it. 25
And the hail smote in all the land of Egypt both man and beast,
and the hail smote all the grass in the field, and the hail broke in pieces all
the trees in the field. 26 Only in
the land of Gesem where the children of Israel were, the hail was not.
27 And Pharao sent and called Moses and
Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous,
and I and my people are wicked. 28
Pray then for me to the Lord, and let him cause the thunderings of God to cease,
and the hail and the fire, and I will send you forth and ye shall remain no
longer. 29 And Moses said to him,
When I shall have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the
Lord, and the thunderings shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no
longer, that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord’s.
30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know
that ye have not yet feared the Lord. 31
And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was
advanced, and the flax was seeding. 32
But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were late.
33 And Moses went forth from Pharao
out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders
ceased and the hail, and the rain did not drop on the earth.
34 And when Pharao saw that the rain and
the hail and the thunders ceased, he continued to sin; and he hardened
his heart, and the heart of his servants. 35
And the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did not send forth
the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.
Chapter 10
10:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, Go in to Pharao: for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his
servants, that these signs may come upon them; in order 2
that ye may relate in the ears of your children, and to
your children’s children, in how many things I have mocked the Egyptians, and my
wonders which I wrought among them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
3 And Moses and Aaron went in before
Pharao, and they said to him, These things saith the Lord God of the Hebrews,
How long dost thou refuse to reverence me? Send my people away, that they may
serve me. 4 But if thou wilt not
send my people away, behold, at this hour to-morrow I will bring an abundance of
locusts upon all thy coasts. 5 And
they shall cover the face of the earth, and thou shalt not be able to see the
earth; and they shall devour all that is left of the abundance of the earth,
which the hail has left you, and shall devour every tree that grows for you on
the land. 6 And thy houses shall be
filled, and the houses of thy servants, and all the houses in all the land of
the Egyptians; things which thy fathers have never seen, nor their forefathers,
from the day that they were upon the earth until this day. And Moses turned away
and departed from Pharao. 7 And the
servants of Pharao say to him, How long shall this be a snare to us? send away
the men, that they may serve their God; wilt thou know that Egypt is destroyed?
8 And they brought back both Moses
and Aaron to Pharao; and he said to them, Go and serve the Lord your God; but
who are they that are going with you? 9
And Moses said, We will go with the young and the old, with our
sons, and daughters, and sheep, and oxen, for it is a feast of the Lord.
10 And he said to them, So let the Lord be
with you: as I will send you away, must I send away you store
also? see that evil is attached to you. 11
Not so, but let the men go and serve God, for this ye yourselves
seek; and they cast them out from the presence of Pharao.
12 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch
out thine hand over the land of Egypt, and let the locust come up on the land,
and it shall devour every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees,
which the hail left. 13 And Moses
lifted up his rod towards heaven, and the Lord brought a south wind upon the
earth, all that day and all that night: the morning dawned, and the south wind
brought up the locusts, 14 and
brought them up over all the land of Egypt. And they rested in very great
abundance over all the borders of Egypt. Before them there were not such
locusts, neither after them shall there be. 15
And they covered the face of the earth, and the land was wasted,
and they devoured all the herbage of the land, and all the fruit of the trees,
which was left by the hail: there was no green thing left on the trees, nor on
all the herbage of the field, in all the land of Egypt.
16
And Pharao hasted to call Moses and Aaron, saying, I have
sinned before the Lord your God, and against you; 17
pardon therefore my sin yet this time, and pray to the
Lord your God, and let him take away from me this death.
18 And Moses went forth from Pharao, and prayed to God.
19 And the Lord brought in the
opposite direction a strong wind from the sea, and took up the locusts and cast
them into the Red Sea, and there was not one locust left in all the land of
Egypt. 20 And the Lord hardened the
heart of Pharao, and he did not send away the children of Israel.
21 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch
out thy hand to heaven, and let there be darkness over the land of
Egypt—darkness that may be felt. 22
And Moses stretched out his hand to heaven, and there was darkness very black,
even a storm over all the land of Egypt three days. 23
And for three days no man saw his brother, and no man rose
up from his bed for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in all
the places where they were. 24 And
Pharao called Moses and Aaron, saying, Go, serve the Lord your God, only leave
your sheep and your oxen, and let your store depart with you.
25 And Moses said, Nay, but thou shalt give
to us whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices, which we will sacrifice to the Lord
our God. 26 And our cattle shall go
with us, and we will not leave a hoof behind, for of them we will take to serve
the Lord our God: but we know not in what manner we shall serve the Lord our
God, until we arrive there. 27 But
the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he would not let them go.
28 And Pharao says, Depart from me, beware
of seeing my face again, for in what day thou shalt appear before me, thou shalt
die. 29 And Moses says, Thou hast
said, I will not appear in thy presence again.
Chapter 11
11:1 And the Lord said to Moses, I
will yet bring one plague upon Pharao and upon Egypt, and after that he will
send you forth thence; and whenever he sends you forth with every thing, he will
indeed drive you out. 2 Speak
therefore secretly in the ears of the people, and let every one ask of his
neighbour jewels of silver and gold, and raiment. 3
And the Lord gave his people favour in the sight of the
Egyptians, and they lent to them; and the man Moses was very great before the
Egyptians, and before Pharao, and before his servants.
4 And Moses said, These things saith
the Lord, About midnight I go forth into the midst of Egypt.
5 And every first-born in the land of Egypt
shall die, from the first-born of Pharao that sits on the throne, even to the
first-born of the woman-servant that is by the mill, and to the first-born of
all cattle. 6 And there shall be a
great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as has not been, and such shall
not be repeated any more. 7 But
among all the children of Israel shall not a dog snarl with his tongue, either
at man or beast; that thou mayest know how wide a distinction the Lord will make
between the Egyptians and Israel. 8
And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and do me reverence, saying,
Go forth, thou and all the people over whom thou presidest, and afterwards I
will go forth. 9 And Moses went
forth from Pharao with wrath. And the Lord said to Moses, Pharao will not
hearken to you, that I may greatly multiply my signs and wonders in the land
of Egypt. 10 And Moses and Aaron
wrought all these signs and wonders in the land of Egypt before Pharao;
and the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he did not hearken to send forth
the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
Chapter 12
12:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and
Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2
This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it is
the first to you among the months of the year. 3
Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying,
On the tenth of this month let them take each man a lamb according to the houses
of their families, every man a lamb for his household. 4
And if they be few in a household, so that there are not
enough for the lamb, he shall take with himself his neighbour that lives near to
him, —as to the number of souls, every one according to that which suffices him
shall make a reckoning for the lamb. 5
It shall be to you a lamb unblemished, a male of a year old: ye
shall take it of the lambs and the kids. 6
And it shall be kept by you till the fourteenth of this month,
and all the multitude of the congregation of the children of Israel shall kill
it toward evening. 7 And they shall
take of the blood, and shall put it on the two door-posts, and on the lintel, in
the houses in which soever they shall eat them. 8
And they shall eat the flesh in this night roast with fire, and
they shall eat unleavened bread with bitter herbs.
9 Ye shall not eat of it raw nor sodden in water, but only
roast with fire, the head with the feet and the appurtenances.
10 Nothing shall be left of it till the
morning, and a bone of it ye shall not break; but that which is left of it till
the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11
And thus shall ye eat it: your loins girded, and your sandals on
your feet, and your staves in your hands, and ye shall eat it in haste. It is a
passover to the Lord. 12 and I will
go throughout the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite every first-born
in the land of Egypt both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt will I
execute vengeance: I am the Lord. 13
And the blood shall be for a sign to you on the houses in which
ye are, and I will see the blood, and will protect you, and there shall not be
on you the plague of destruction, when I smite in the land of Egypt.
14 And this day shall be to you a memorial,
and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord through all your generations; ye shall
keep it a feast for a perpetual ordinance. 15
Seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, and from the first day
ye shall utterly remove leaven from your houses: whoever shall eat leaven, that
soul shall be utterly destroyed from Israel, from the first day until the
seventh day. 16 And the first day
shall be called holy, and the seventh day shall be a holy convocation to you: ye
shall do no servile work on them, only as many things as will necessarily
be done by every soul, this only shall be done by you. 17
And ye shall keep this commandment, for on this day will I
bring out your force out of the land of Egypt; and ye shall make this day a
perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations.
18 Beginning the fourteenth day of the first month, ye
shall eat unleavened bread from evening, till the twenty-first day of the month,
till evening. 19 Seven days leaven
shall not be found in your houses; whosoever shall eat anything leavened, that
soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, both among the occupiers
of the land and the original inhabitants. 20
Ye shall eat nothing leavened, but in every habitation of your ye
shall eat unleavened bread.
21 And Moses called all the elders of
the children of Israel, and said to them, Go away and take to yourselves a lamb
according to your kindreds, and slay the passover. 22
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and having dipped it
into some of the blood that is by the door, ye shall touch the lintel, and
shall put it upon both door-posts, even of the blood which is by the door;
but ye shall not go out every one from the door of his house till the morning.
23 And the Lord shall pass by to
smite the Egyptians, and shall see the blood upon the lintel, and upon both the
door-posts; and the Lord shall pass by the door, and shall not suffer the
destroyer to enter into your houses to smite you.
24 And keep ye this thing as an ordinance for thyself and
for thy children for ever. 25 And if
ye should enter into the land, which the Lord shall give you, as he has spoken,
keep this service. 26 And it shall
come to pass, if your sons say to you, What is this service?
27 that ye shall say to them, This passover
is a sacrifice to the Lord, as he defended the houses of the children of Israel
in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, but delivered our houses.
28 And the people bowed and worshipped. And
the children of Israel departed and did as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron,
so did they.
29 And it came to pass at midnight
that the Lord smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born
of Pharao that sat on the throne, to the first-born of the captive-maid in the
dungeon, and the first-born of all cattle. 30
And Pharao rose up by night, and his servants, and all the
Egyptians; and there was a great cry in all the land of Egypt, for there was not
a house in which there was not one dead. 31
And Pharao called Moses and Aaron by night, and said to them,
Rise and depart from my people, both ye and the children of Israel. Go and serve
the Lord your God, even as ye say. 32
And take with you your sheep, and your oxen: bless me also, I
pray you. 33 And the Egyptians
constrained the people, so that they cast them out of the land with haste, for
they said, We all shall die. 34 And
the people took their dough before their meal was leavened, bound up as it
was in their garments, on their shoulders. 35
And the children of Israel did as Moses commanded them, and they
asked of the Egyptians articles of silver and gold and apparel.
36 And the Lord gave his people favour in
the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and they spoiled the
Egyptians.
37 And the children Israel departed
from Ramesses to Socchoth, to the full number of six hundred thousand
footmen, even men, besides the baggage. 38
And a great mixed company went up with them, and sheep and
oxen and very much cattle. 39 And
they baked the dough which they brought out of Egypt, unleavened cakes, for it
had not been leavened; for the Egyptians cast them out, and they could not
remain, neither did they prepare provision for themselves for the journey.
40 And the sojourning of the
children of Israel, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt and the land of
Chanaan, was four hundred and thirty years. 41
And it came to pass after the four hundred and thirty
years, all the forces of the Lord came forth out of the land of Egypt by night.
42 It is a watch kept to the Lord,
so that he should bring them out of the land of Egypt; that very night is a
watch kept to the Lord, so that it should be to all the children of Israel to
their generations.
43 And the Lord said to Moses and
Aaron, This is the law of the passover: no stranger shall eat of it.
44 And every slave or servant bought with
money—him thou shalt circumcise, and then shall he eat of it.
45 A sojourner or hireling shall not eat of
it. 46 In one house shall it be
eaten, and ye shall not carry of the flesh out from the house; and a bone of it
ye shall not break. 47 All the
congregation of the children of Israel shall keep it. 48
And if any proselyte shall come to you to keep the
passover to the Lord, thou shalt circumcise every male of him, and then shall he
approach to sacrifice it, and he shall be even as the original inhabitant of the
land; no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49
There shall be one law to the native, and to the proselyte coming
among you. 50 And the children of
Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron for them, so they did.
51 And it came to pass in that day that the
Lord brought out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt with their
forces.
Chapter 13
13:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 Sanctify to me every
first-born, first produced, opening every womb among the children of Israel both
of man and beast: it is mine. 3 And
Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came forth out of the
land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand the Lord
brought you forth thence; and leaven shall not be eaten. 4
For on this day ye go forth in the month of new corn.
5 And it shall come to pass when the
Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land of the Chananites, and the
Chettites, and Amorites, and Evites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites, and
Pherezites, which he sware to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk
and honey, that thou shalt perform this service in this month.
6 Six days ye shall eat unleavened bread,
and on the seventh day is a feast to the Lord. 7
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; nothing leavened shall
be seen with thee, neither shalt thou have leaven in all thy borders.
8 And thou shalt tell thy son in that day,
saying, Therefore the Lord dealt thus with me, as I was going out of Egypt.
9 And it shall be to thee a sign
upon thy hand and a memorial before thine eyes, that the law of the Lord may be
in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord God brought thee out of Egypt.
10 And preserve ye this law
according to the times of the seasons, from year to year.
11 And it shall come to pass when the
Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land of the Chananites, as he sware to
thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 12
that thou shalt set apart every offspring opening the
womb, the males to the Lord, every one that opens the womb out of the herds or
among thy cattle, as many as thou shalt have: thou shalt sanctify the males to
the Lord. 13 Every offspring
opening the womb of the ass thou shalt change for a sheep; and if thou wilt not
change it, thou shalt redeem it: every first-born of man of thy sons shalt thou
redeem. 14 And if thy son should ask
thee hereafter, saying, What is this? then thou shalt say to him, With a strong
hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
15 And when Pharao hardened his heart so
as not to send us away, he slew every first-born in the land of Egypt, both
the first-born of man and the first-born of beast; therefore do I sacrifice
every offspring that opens the womb, the males to the Lord, and every
first-born of my sons I will redeem. 16
And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and immovable before
thine eyes, for with a strong hand the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
17 And when Pharao sent forth the
people, God led them not by the way of the land of the Phylistines, because it
was near; for God said, Lest at any time the people repent when they see war,
and return to Egypt. 18 And God led
the people round by the way to the wilderness, to the Red Sea: and in the fifth
generation the children of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt.
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with
him, for he had solemnly adjured the children of Israel, saying, God will surely
visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones hence with you.
20 And the children of Israel departed from Socchoth, and
encamped in Othom by the wilderness. 21
And God led them, in the day by a pillar of cloud, to show them
the way, and in the night by a pillar of fire. 22
And the pillar of cloud failed not by day, nor the pillar of fire
by night, before all the people.
Chapter 14
14:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 Speak to the children of
Israel, and let them turn and encamp before the village, between Magdol and the
sea, opposite Beel-sepphon: before them shalt thou encamp by the sea.
3 And Pharao will say to his people, As for
these children of Israel, they are wandering in the land, for the wilderness has
shut them in. 4 And I will harden
the heart of Pharao, and he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified in
Pharao, and in all his host, and all the Egyptians shall know that I am the
Lord. And they did so. 5 And it was
reported to the king of the Egyptians that the people had fled: and the heart of
Pharao was turned, and that of his servants against the people; and they said,
What is this that we have done, to let the children of Israel go, so that they
should not serve us? 6 So Pharao
yoked his chariots, and led off all his people with himself:
7 having also taken six hundred chosen
chariots, and all the cavalry of the Egyptians, and rulers over all.
8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao
king of Egypt, and of his servants, and he pursued after the children of Israel;
and the children of Israel went forth with a high hand. 9
And the Egyptians pursued after them, and found them
encamped by the sea; and all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharao, and the
horsemen, and his host were before the village, over against Beel-sepphon.
10 And Pharao approached, and the
children of Israel having looked up, beheld, and the Egyptians encamped behind
them: and they were very greatly terrified, and the children of Israel cried to
the Lord; 11 and said to Moses,
Because there were no graves in the land of Egypt, hast thou brought us forth to
slay us in the wilderness? What is this that thou hast done to us, having
brought us out of Egypt? 12 Is not
this the word which we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may
serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die
in this wilderness.
13 And Moses
said to the people, Be of good courage: stand and see the salvation which is
from the Lord, which he will work for us this day; for as ye have seen the
Egyptians to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye
shall hold your peace.
15 and the Lord said to Moses, Why
criest thou to me? speak to the children of Israel, and let them proceed.
16 And do thou lift up thy rod, and stretch
forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it, and let the children of Israel enter
into the midst of the sea on the dry land. 17
And lo! I will harden the heart of Pharao and of all the
Egyptians, and they shall go in after them; and I will be glorified upon Pharao,
and on all his host, and on his chariots and his horses.
18 And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I am glorified upon Pharao and upon his chariots and his horses.
19 And the angel of God that went before
the camp of the children of Israel removed and went behind, and the pillar of
the cloud also removed from before them and stood behind them.
20 And it went between the camp of the
Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and stood; and there was darkness and
blackness; and the night passed, and they came not near to one another during
the whole night.
21 And Moses stretched forth his hand
over the sea, and the Lord carried back the sea with a strong south wind all the
night, and made the sea dry, and the water was divided. 22
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea
on the dry land, and the water of it was a wall on the right hand and a wall on
the left.
23 And the Egyptians
pursued them and went in after them, and every horse of Pharao, and his
chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea. 24
And it came to pass in the morning watch that the Lord
looked forth on the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud,
and troubled the camp of the Egyptians, 25
and bound the axle-trees of their chariots, and caused them to go
with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel,
for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians. 26
And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth tine hand over
the sea, and let the water be turned back to its place, and let it cover the
Egyptians coming both upon the chariots and the riders.
27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over
the sea, and the water returned to its place toward day; and the Egyptians fled
from the water, and the Lord shook off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 and the water returned and
covered the chariots and the riders, and all the forces of Pharao, who entered
after them into the sea: and there was not left of them even one.
29 But the children of Israel went along
dry land in the midst of the sea, and the water was to them a wall on the right
hand, and a wall on the left. 30 So
the Lord delivered Israel in that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel
saw the Egyptians dead by the shore of the sea. 31
And Israel saw the mighty hand, the things which the Lord
did to the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and they believed God and
Moses his servant.
Chapter 15
15:1 Then sang Moses and the children
of Israel this song to God, and spoke, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he
is very greatly glorified: horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.
2 He was to me a helper and protector for
salvation: this is my God and I will glorify him; my father’s God, and I will
exalt him. 3 The Lord bringing wars
to nought, the Lord is his name. 4
He has cast the chariots of Pharao and his host into the sea, the
chosen mounted captains: they were swallowed up in the Red Sea.
5 He covered them with the sea: they sank
to the depth like a stone. 6 Thy
right hand, O God, has been glorified in strength; thy right hand, O God, has
broken the enemies. 7 And in the
abundance of thy glory thou hast broken the adversaries to pieces: thou sentest
forth thy wrath, it devoured them as stubble. 8
And by the breath of thine anger the water parted asunder; the
waters were congealed as a wall, the waves were congealed in the midst of the
sea. 9 The enemy said, I will
pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I will satisfy my soul, I
will destroy with my sword, my hand shall have dominion.
10 Thou sentest forth thy wind, the sea covered them; they
sank like lead in the mighty water. 11
Who is like to thee among the gods, O Lord? who is like to thee?
glorified in holiness, marvellous in glories, doing wonders.
12 Thou stretchedst forth thy right hand,
the earth swallowed them up. 13 Thou
hast guided in thy righteousness this thy people whom thou hast redeemed, by thy
strength thou hast called them into thy holy resting-place.
14 The nations heard and were angry, pangs
have seized on the dwellers among the Phylistines. 15
Then the princes of Edom, and the chiefs of the Moabites
hasted; trembling took hold upon them, all the inhabitants of Chanaan melted
away. 16 Let trembling and fear fall
upon them; by the greatness of thine arm, let them become as stone; till thy
people pass over, O Lord, till this thy people pass over, whom thou hast
purchased. 17 Bring them in and
plant them in the mountain of their inheritance, in thy prepared habitation,
which thou, O Lord, hast prepared; the sanctuary, O Lord, which thine hands have
made ready. 18 The Lord reigns for
ever and ever and ever. 19 For the
horse of Pharao went in with the chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the
Lord brought upon them the water of the sea, but the children of Israel walked
through dry land in the midst of the sea.
20
And Mariam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, having taken a
timbrel in her hand—then there went forth all the women after her with timbrels
and dances. 21 And Mariam led them,
saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been very greatly glorified: the
horse and rider has he cast into the sea.
22 So Moses brought up the children of
Israel from the Red Sea, and brought them into the wilderness of Sur; and they
went three days in the wilderness, and found no water to drink.
23 and they came to Merrha, and could not
drink of Merrha, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place,
Bitterness. 24 And the people
murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 25
And Moses cried to the Lord, and the Lord shewed him a
tree, and he cast it into the water, and the water was sweetened: there he
established to him ordinances and judgments, and there he proved him,
26 and said, If thou wilt indeed hear the
voice of the Lord thy God, and do things pleasing before him, and wilt hearken
to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought
upon the Egyptians will I bring upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God that heals
thee. 27 And they came to Ælim, and
there were there twelve fountains of water, and seventy stems of palm-trees; and
they encamped there by the waters.
Chapter 16
16:1 And they departed from Ælim, and
all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin,
which is between Ælim and Sina; and on the fifteenth day, in the second month
after their departure from the land of Egypt, 2
all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and Aaron. 3 And the children
of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by the Lord in the land of
Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and ate bread to satiety! for ye have
brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger.
4 And the Lord said to Moses,
Behold, I will rain bread upon you out of heaven: and the people shall go
forth, and they shall gather their daily portion for the day, that I may try
them whether they will walk in my law or not. 5
And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall
prepare whatsoever they have brought in, and it shall be double of what they
shall have gathered for the day, daily. 6
And Moses and Aaron said to all the congregation of the children
of Israel, At even ye shall know that the Lord has brought you out of the land
of Egypt; 7 and in the morning ye
shall see the glory of the Lord, inasmuch as he hears your murmuring against
God; and who are we, that ye continue to murmur against us?
8 And Moses said, This shall be when
the Lord gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning to
satiety, because the Lord has heard your murmuring, which ye murmur against us:
and what are we? for your murmuring is not against us, but against God.
9 And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the
congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before God; for he has heard
your murmuring. 10 And when Aaron
spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they turned toward
the wilderness, then the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud.
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
12 I have heard the murmuring of the
children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Towards evening ye shall eat flesh,
and in the morning ye shall be satisfied with bread; and ye shall know that I am
the Lord your God.
13 And it was evening, and quails came
up and covered the camp: 14 in the
morning it came to pass as the dew ceased round about the camp, that, behold, on
the face of the wilderness was a small thing like white coriander seed,
as frost upon the earth. 15 And when
the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is this? for they
knew not what it was; and Moses said to them, 16
This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.
This is that which the Lord has appointed: gather of it each man for his family,
a homer for each person, according to the number of your souls, gather each of
you with his fellow-lodgers. 17 And
the children of Israel did so, and gathered some much and some less.
18 And having measured the homer full,
he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that had gathered less had no
lack; each gathered according to the need of those who belonged to him.
19 And Moses said to them, Let no man leave
of it till the morning.
20 But they
did not hearken to Moses, but some left of it till the morning; and it bred
worms and stank: and Moses was irritated with them. 21
And they gathered it every morning, each man what he
needed, and when the sun waxed hot it melted.
22 And it came to pass on the sixth
day, they gathered double what was needed, two homers for one man; and
all the chiefs of the synagogue went in and reported it to Moses.
23 And Moses said to them, Is not this the
word which the Lord spoke? To-morrow is the sabbath, a holy rest to the
Lord: bake that ye will bake, and seethe that ye will seethe, and all that is
over leave to be laid by for the morrow. 24
And they left of it till the morning, as Moses commanded them;
and it stank not, neither was there a worm in it. 25
And Moses said, Eat that to-day, for to-day is a
sabbath to the Lord: it shall not be found in the plain.
26 Six days ye shall gather it, and on the
seventh day is a sabbath, for there shall be none on that day.
27 And it came to pass on the seventh day
that some of the people went forth to gather, and found none.
28 And the Lord said to Moses, How long are
ye unwilling to hearken to my commands and my law? 29
See, for the Lord has given you this day as the
sabbath, therefore he has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days: ye
shall sit each of you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the
seventh day. 30 And the people kept
sabbath on the seventh day. 31 And
the children of Israel called the name of it Man; and it was as white coriander
seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey.
32 And Moses said, This is the
thing which the Lord hath commanded, Fill an homer with manna, to be laid up for
your generations; that they may see the bread which ye ate in the wilderness,
when the Lord led you forth out of the land of Egypt. 33
And Moses said to Aaron, Take a golden pot, and cast into
it one full homer of manna; and thou shalt lay it up before God, to be kept for
your generations, 34 as the Lord
commanded Moses: and Aaron laid it up before the testimony to be kept.
35 And the children of Israel ate manna
forty years, until they came to the land they ate the manna, until they came to
the region of Phoenicia. 36 Now the
homer was the tenth part of three measures.
Chapter 17
17:1 And all the congregation of the
children of Israel departed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their
encampments, by the word of the Lord; and they encamped in Raphidin: and there
was no water for the people to drink. 2
And the people reviled Moses, saying, Give us water, that we may
drink; and Moses said to them, Why do ye revile me, and why tempt ye the Lord?
3 And the people thirsted there for
water, and there the people murmured against Moses, saying, Why is this? hast
thou brought us up out of Egypt to slay us and our children and our cattle with
thirst? 4 And Moses cried to the
Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little while and they will
stone me. 5 And the Lord said to
Moses, Go before this people, and take to thyself of the elders of the people;
and the rod with which thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and thou
shalt go. 6 Behold, I stand there
before thou come, on the rock in Choreb, and thou shalt smite the rock,
and water shall come out from it, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so
before the sons of Israel. 7 And he
called the name of that place, Temptation, and Reviling, because of the reviling
of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the
Lord among us or not?
8 And Amalec came and fought with
Israel in Raphidin. 9 And Moses said
to Joshua, Choose out for thyself mighty men, and go forth and set the army in
array against Amalec to-morrow; and, behold, I shall stand on the top of
the hill, and the rod of God will be in my hand. 10
And Joshua did as Moses said to him, and he went out and
set the army in array against Amalec, and Moses and Aaron and Or went up to the
top of the hill. 11 And it came to
pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his
hands, Amalec prevailed. 12 But the
hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and put it under him, and he
sat upon it; and Aaron and Or supported his hands one on this side and the other
on that, and the hands of Moses were supported till the going down of the sun.
13 And Joshua routed Amalec and all
his people with the slaughter of the sword. 14
And the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book,
and speak this in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the
memorial of Amalec from under heaven. 15
And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it,
The Lord my Refuge. 16 For with a
secret hand the Lord wages war upon Amalec to all generations.
Chapter 18
18:1 And Jothor the priest of Madiam,
the father-in-law of Moses, heard of all that the Lord did to his people Israel;
for the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt. 2
And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, took Sepphora the wife of
Moses after she had been sent away, 3
and her two sons: the name of the one was Gersam, his father
saying, I was a sojourner in a strange land; — 4
and the name of the second Eliezer, saying, For the God of my
father is my helper, and he has rescued me out of the hand of Pharao.
5 And Jothor the father-in-law of
Moses, and his sons and his wife, went forth to Moses into the wilderness, where
he encamped on the mount of God. 6
And it was told Moses, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law Jothor is coming to
thee, and thy wife and two sons with him.
7 And Moses went forth to meet his
father-in-law, and did him reverence, and kissed him, and they embraced each
other, and he brought them into the tent. 8
And Moses related to his father-in-law all things that the Lord
did to Pharao and all the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the labour that
had befallen them in the way, and that the Lord had rescued them out of the hand
of Pharao, and out of the hand of the Egyptians. 9
And Jothor was amazed at all the good things which the Lord did
to them, forasmuch as he rescued them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out
of the hand of Pharao. 10 And Jothor
said, Blessed be the Lord, because he has rescued them out of the hand of the
Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharao. 11
Now know I that the Lord is great above all gods, because of
this, wherein they attacked them. 12
And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses took whole burnt-offerings
and sacrifices for God, for Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread
with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
13 And it came to pass after the
morrow that Moses sat to judge the people, and all the people stood by Moses
from morning till evening. 14 And
Jothor having seen all that Moses did to the people, says, What is this
that thou doest to the people? wherefore sittest thou alone, and all the people
stand by thee from morning till evening? 15
And Moses says to his father-in-law, Because the people come to
me to seek judgment from God. 16 For
whenever there is a dispute among them, and they come to me, I give judgment
upon each, and I teach them the ordinances of God and his law.
17 And the father-in-law of Moses said to
him, Thou dost not this thing rightly, 18
thou wilt wear away with intolerable weariness, both those and
all this people which is with thee: this thing is hard, thou wilt not be able to
endure it thyself alone. 19 Now then
hearken to me, and I will advise thee, and God shall be with thee: be thou to
the people in the things pertaining to God, and thou shalt bring their matters
to God. 20 And thou shalt testify to
them the ordinances of God and his law, and thou shalt shew to them the ways in
which they shall walk, and the works which they shall do.
21 And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people
able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over the
people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties,
and captains of tens. 22 And they
shall judge the people at all times, and the too burdensome matter they shall
bring to thee, but they shall judge the smaller cases; so they shall relieve
thee and help thee. 23 If thou wilt
do this thing, God shall strengthen thee, and thou shalt be able to attend, and
all this people shall come with peace into their own place.
24 And Moses hearkened to the voice of his
father-in-law, and did whatsoever he said to him. 25
And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he
made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of
fifties and captains of tens over the people. 26
And they judged the people at all times; and every too burdensome
matter they brought to Moses, but every light matter they judged themselves.
27 And Moses dismissed his
father-in-law, and he returned to his own land.
Chapter 19
19:1 And in the third month of the
departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on the same day,
they came into the wilderness of Sina. 2
And they departed from Raphidin, and came into the wilderness of
Sina, and there Israel encamped before the mountain. 3
And Moses went up to the mount of God, and God called him
out of the mountain, saying, These things shalt thou say to the house of Jacob,
and thou shalt report them to the children of Israel. 4
Ye have seen all that I have done to the Egyptians, and I
took you up as upon eagles’ wings, and I brought you near to myself.
5 And now if ye will indeed hear my voice,
and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations; for
the whole earth is mine. 6 And ye
shall be to me a royal priesthood and a holy nation: these words shalt thou
speak to the children of Israel. 7
And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and he set before them all
these words, which God appointed them. 8
And all the people answered with one accord, and said, All things
that God has spoken, we will do and hearken to: and Moses reported these words
to God.
9 And the Lord said to Moses, Lo! I
come to thee in a pillar of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to
thee, and may believe thee for ever: and Moses reported the words of the people
to the Lord. 10 And the Lord said to
Moses, Go down and solemnly charge the people, and sanctify them to-day and
to-morrow, and let them wash their garments. 11
And let them be ready against the third day, for on the third day
the Lord will descend upon mount Sina before all the people.
12 And thou shalt separate the people round
about, saying, Take heed to yourselves that ye go not up into the mountain, nor
touch any part of it: every one that touches the mountain shall surely die.
13 A hand shall not touch it, for
every one that touches shall be stoned with stones or shot through with a
dart, whether beast or whether man, it shall not live: when the voices and
trumpets and cloud depart from off the mountain, they shall come up on the
mountain.
14 And Moses went down
from the mountain to the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their
clothes. 15 And he said to the
people, Be ready: for three days come not near to a woman.
16 And it came to pass on the third
day, as the morning drew nigh, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud
on mount Sina: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the
camp trembled. 17 And Moses led the
people forth out of the camp to meet God, and they stood by under the camp.
18 The mount of Sina was altogether
on a smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up as
the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed.
19 And the sounds of the trumpet were
waxing very much louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.
20 And the Lord came down upon mount Sina
on the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the
mountain, and Moses went up. 21 And
God spoke to Moses, saying, Go down, and solemnly charge the people, lest at any
time they draw nigh to God to gaze, and a multitude of them fall.
22 And let the priests that draw nigh to
the Lord God sanctify themselves, lest he destroy some of them.
23 And Moses said to God, The people will
not be able to approach to the mount of Sina, for thou hast solemnly charged us,
saying, Set bounds to the mountain and sanctify it. 24
And the Lord said to him, Go, descend, and come up thou
and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people force their way to
come up to God, lest the Lord destroy some of them. 25
And Moses went down to the people, and spoke to them.
Chapter 20
20:1 And the Lord spoke all these
words, saying: 2 I am the Lord thy
God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods
beside me. 4 Thou shalt not make to
thyself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven
above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters
under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not
bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God,
recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth
generation to them that hate me, 6
and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands of them, and on
them that keep my commandments. 7
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord thy God
will not acquit him that takes his name in vain. 8
Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. 9
Six days thou shalt labour, and shalt perform all thy
work. 10 But on the seventh day is
the sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son,
nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor
any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.
11 For in six days the Lord made the heaven
and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh
day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother,
that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land,
which the Lord thy God gives to thee. 13
Thou shalt not commit adultery. 14
Thou shalt not steal. 15
Thou shalt not kill. 16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbour’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house; nor his field, nor
his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor
whatever belongs to thy neighbour.
18 And all the people perceived the
thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain
smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off, 19
and said to Moses, Speak thou to us, and let not God speak
to us, lest we die. 20 And Moses
says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his
fear may be among you, that ye sin not. 21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness
where God was.
22 And the Lord said to Moses, Thus
shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and thou shalt report it to the children
of Israel, Ye have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
23 Ye shall not make to yourselves gods of
silver, and gods of gold ye shall not make to yourselves.
24 Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye
shall sacrifice your whole burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your
sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will
come to thee and bless thee. 25 And
if thou wilt make to me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them hewn
stones; for thou hast lifted up thy tool upon them, and they are defiled.
26 Thou shalt not go up to my altar
by steps, that thou mayest not uncover thy nakedness upon it.
Chapter 21
21:1 And these are the
ordinances which thou shalt set before them. 2
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee, and
in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing. 3
If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth
alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also
shall go out. 4 Moreover, if his
master give him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters, the wife
and the children shall be his master’s; and he shall go forth alone.
5 And if the servant should answer and say,
I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;
6 his master shall bring him to the
judgment-seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, —to the
door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall
serve him for ever.
7 And if any one
sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maid-servants
depart. 8 If she be not pleasing to
her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free;
but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled
with her. 9 And if he should have
betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of
daughters. 10 And if he take another
to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her
companionship with him. 11
And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without
money.
12 And if any man smite another and he
die, let him be certainly put to death. 13
But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him
into his hands, I will give thee a place whither the slayer may flee.
14 And if any one lie in wait for his
neighbour to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from
my altar to put him to death. 15
Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.
16 Whosoever shall steal one of the
children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him,
let him certainly die. 17
He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.
18 And if two men revile each other and
smite the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid
upon his bed; 19 if the man arise
and walk abroad on his staff, he that smote him shall be clear; only he shall
pay for his loss of time, and for his healing. 20
And if a man smite his man-servant or his maid-servant, with a
rod, and the party die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.
21 But if the servant
continue to live a day or two, let not the master be punished; for he is
his money.
22 And if two men strive and smite a
woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced
to pay a penalty: as the woman’s husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a
valuation. 23 But if it be perfectly
formed, he shall give life for life, 24
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 burning for burning, wound for
wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if
one smite the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maid-servant, and put it
out, he shall let them go free for their eye’s sake. 27
And if he should smite out the tooth of his man-servant,
or the tooth of his maid-servant, he shall send them away free for their tooth’s
sake. 28 And if a bull gore a man or
woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall
not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear. 29
But if the bull should have been given to goring in former
time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he
should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall
die also. 30 And if a ransom should
be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall
lay upon him. 31 And if the bull
gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance.
32 And if the bull gore a man-servant or
maid-servant, he shall pay to their master thirty silver didrachms, and the bull
shall be stoned. 33 And if any one
open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall
in there, 34 the owner of the pit
shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall
be his own. 35 And if any man’s bull
gore the bull of his neighbour, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and
divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull. 36
But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in
time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he
shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.
Chapter 22
22:1 And if one steal an ox or a
sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall pay five calves for a calf, and four
sheep for a sheep. 2 And if the
thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die,
there shall not be blood shed for him. 3
But if the sun be risen upon him, he is guilty, he shall die
instead; and if a thief have nothing, let him be sold in compensation for what
he has stolen. 4 And if the thing
stolen be left and be in his hand alive, whether ox or sheep, he shall restore
them two-fold. 5 And if any one
should feed down a field or a vineyard, and should send in his beast to feed
down another field, he shall make compensation of his own field according to his
produce; and if he shall have fed down the whole field, he shall pay for
compensation the best of his own field and the best of his vineyard.
6 And if fire have gone forth and caught
thorns, and should also set on fire threshing-floors or ears of corn or a field,
he that kindled the fire shall make compensation.
7 And if any one give to his neighbour
money r goods to keep, and they be stolen out of the man’s house, if the thief
be found he shall repay double. 8
But if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall come forward before
God, and shall swear that surely he has not wrought wickedly in regard of any
part of his neighbour’s deposit, 9
according to every injury alleged, both concerning a calf, and an ass, and a
sheep, and a garment, and every alleged loss, whatsoever in fact it may be, —the
judgment of both shall proceed before God, and he that is convicted by God shall
repay to his neighbour double. 10
And if any one give to his neighbour to keep a calf or sheep or any beast, and
it be wounded or die or be taken, and no one know, 11
an oath of God shall be between both, each swearing
that he has surely not at all been guilty in the matter of his neighbour’s
deposit; and so his master shall hold him guiltless, and he shall not make
compensation. 12 And if it be stolen
from him, he shall make compensation to the owner. 13
And if it be seized of beasts, he shall bring him to
witness the prey, and he shall not make compensation.
14 And if any one borrow ought of his neighbour,
and it be wounded or die or be carried away, and the owner of it be not with it,
he shall make compensation. 15 But
if the owner be with it, he shall not make compensation: but if it be a hired
thing, there shall be a compensation to him instead of his hire.
16 And if any one deceive a virgin
that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her for a wife to
himself. 17 And if her father
positively refuse, and will not consent to give her to him for a wife, he shall
pay compensation to her father according to the amount of the dowry of virgins.
18 Ye shall not save the lives of
sorcerers. 19 Every one that lies
with a beast ye shall surely put to death. 20
He that sacrifices to any gods but to the Lord alone, shall be
destroyed by death.
21 And ye shall
not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt. 22 Ye shall hurt no widow or
orphan. 23 And if ye should afflict
them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their
voice. 24 And I will be very angry,
and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your
children orphans.
25 And if thou shouldest lend money to
thy poor brother who is by thee, thou shalt not be hard upon him thou shalt not
exact usury of him. 26 And if thou
take thy neighbour’s garment for a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before
sunset. 27 For this is his clothing,
this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he
shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.
28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor
speak ill of the ruler of thy people. 29
Thou shalt not keep back the first-fruits of thy threshing floor
and press. The first-born of thy sons thou shalt give to me.
30 So shalt thou do with thy calf and thy
sheep and thine ass; seven days shall it be under the mother, and the eighth day
thou shalt give it to me. 31 And ye
shall be holy men to me; and ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall
cast it to the dog.
Chapter 23
23:1 Thou shalt not receive a vain
report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust
witness. 2 Thou shalt not associate
with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to
turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment. 3
And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgment.
4 And if thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his
ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him.
5 And if thou see thine enemy’s ass fallen
under its burden, thou shalt not pass by it, but shalt help to raise it with
him.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the
sentence of the poor in his judgment. 7
Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay
the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts.
8 And thou shalt not receive gifts; for
gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.
9 And ye shall not afflict a stranger, for
ye know the heart of a stranger; for ye were yourselves strangers in the land of
Egypt.
10 Six years thou shalt sow thy land,
and gather in the fruits of it. 11
But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of
thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which
remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine oliveyard.
12 Six days shalt thou do thy works, and on
the seventh day there shall be rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and
that the son of thy maid-servant and the stranger may be refreshed.
13 Observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither
shall they be heard out of your mouth.
14
Keep ye a feast to me three times in the year.
15 Take heed to keep the feast of
unleavened bread: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, as I charged thee at
the season of the month of new corn, for in it thou camest out of Egypt:
thou shalt not appear before me empty. 16 |
