02:012:013 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houseswhere ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you,and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when Ismite the land of Egypt.
02:012:014 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
02:012:015 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first dayye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoevereateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventhday, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
02:012:016 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, andin the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you;no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which everyman must eat, that only may be done of you.
02:012:017 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for inthis selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the landof Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in yourgenerations by an ordinance for ever.
02:012:018 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
02:012:019 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
02:012:020 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
02:012:021 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
02:012:022 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the bloodthat is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two sideposts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of youshall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
02:012:023 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; andwhen he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two sideposts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not sufferthe destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
02:012:024 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
02:012:025 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
02:012:026 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
02:012:027 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
02:012:028 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
02:012:029 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
02:012:030 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants,and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; forthere was not a house where there was not one dead.
02:012:031 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up,and get you forth from among my people, both ye and thechildren of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
02:012:032 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
02:012:033 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they mightsend them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be alldead men.
02:012:034 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, theirkneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon theirshoulders.
02:012:035 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses;and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, andjewels of gold, and raiment:
02:012:036 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of theEgyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as theyrequired. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
02:012:037 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besidechildren.
02:012:038 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
02:012:039 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
02:012:040 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
02:012:041 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
02:012:042 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
02:012:043 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinanceof the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
02:012:044 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thouhast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
02:012:045 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
02:012:046 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
02:012:047 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
02:012:048 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
02:012:049 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto thestranger that sojourneth among you.
02:012:050 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commandedMoses and Aaron, so did they.
02:012:051 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
02:013:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
02:013:002 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
02:013:003 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
02:013:004 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
02:013:005 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
02:013:006 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
02:013:007 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall noleavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there beleaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
02:013:008 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is donebecause of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forthout of Egypt.
02:013:009 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
02:013:010 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
02:013:011 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the landof the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers,and shall give it thee,
02:013:012 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth thematrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thouhast; the males shall be the LORD's.
02:013:013 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb;and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break hisneck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shaltthou redeem.
02:013:014 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come,saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, Bystrength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from thehouse of bondage:
02:013:015 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
02:013:016 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
02:013:017 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
02:013:018 But God led the people about, through the way of thewilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went upharnessed out of the land of Egypt.
02:013:019 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he hadstraitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surelyvisit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
02:013:020 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped inEtham, in the edge of the wilderness.
02:013:021 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
02:013:022 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
02:014:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
02:014:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
02:014:003 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
02:014:004 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow afterthem; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all hishost; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And theydid so.
02:014:005 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: andthe heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned againstthe people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we havelet Israel go from serving us?
02:014:006 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
02:014:007 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
02:014:008 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
02:014:009 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses andchariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, andovertook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, beforeBaalzephon.
02:014:010 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted uptheir eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; andthey were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried outunto the LORD.
02:014:011 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves inEgypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness?wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth outof Egypt?
02:014:012 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying,Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had beenbetter for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should diein the wilderness.
02:014:013 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, andsee the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you today: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall seethem again no more for ever.
02:014:014 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
02:014:015 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
02:014:016 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
02:014:017 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
02:014:018 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I havegotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon hishorsemen.
02:014:019 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel,removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud wentfrom before their face, and stood behind them:
02:014:020 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
02:014:021 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORDcaused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all thatnight, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
02:014:022 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea uponthe dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on theirright hand, and on their left.
02:014:023 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midstof the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and hishorsemen.
02:014:024 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD lookedunto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire andof the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
02:014:025 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
02:014:026 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
02:014:027 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
02:014:028 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and thehorsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the seaafter them; there remained not so much as one of them.
02:014:029 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midstof the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on theirright hand, and on their left.
02:014:030 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of theEgyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore.
02:014:031 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon theEgyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed theLORD, and his servant Moses.
02:015:001 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
02:015:002 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
02:015:003 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
02:015:004 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: hischosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
02:015:005 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as astone.
02:015:006 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy righthand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
02:015:007 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrownthem that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath,which consumed them as stubble.
02:015:008 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gatheredtogether, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depthswere congealed in the heart of the sea.
02:015:009 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will dividethe spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will drawmy sword, my hand shall destroy them.
02:015:010 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sankas lead in the mighty waters.
02:015:011 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is likethee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
02:015:012 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
02:015:013 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
02:015:014 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
02:015:015 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
02:015:016 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thinearm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people passover, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hastpurchased.
02:015:017 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain ofthine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast madefor thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thyhands have established.
02:015:018 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
02:015:019 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
02:015:020 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrelin her hand; and all the women went out after her withtimbrels and with dances.
02:015:021 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hathtriumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he throwninto the sea.
02:015:022 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went outinto the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in thewilderness, and found no water.
02:015:023 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of thewaters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name ofit was called Marah.
02:015:024 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
02:015:025 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
02:015:026 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
02:015:027 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
02:016:001 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
02:016:002 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
02:016:003 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
02:016:004 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
02:016:005 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shallprepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice asmuch as they gather daily.
02:016:006 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, Ateven, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you outfrom the land of Egypt:
02:016:007 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD;for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and whatare we, that ye murmur against us?
02:016:008 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
02:016:009 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
02:016:010 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
02:016:011 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
02:016:012 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
02:016:013 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, andcovered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round aboutthe host.
02:016:014 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the faceof the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small asthe hoar frost on the ground.
02:016:015 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one toanother, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Mosessaid unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath givenyou to eat.
02:016:016 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of itevery man according to his eating, an omer for every man,according to the number of your persons; take ye every man forthem which are in his tents.
02:016:017 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
02:016:018 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
02:016:019 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
02:016:020 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
02:016:021 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
02:016:022 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
02:016:023 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
02:016:024 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and itdid not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
02:016:025 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath untothe LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
02:016:026 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which isthe sabbath, in it there shall be none.
02:016:027 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people onthe seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
02:016:028 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep mycommandments and my laws?
02:016:029 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
02:016:030 So the people rested on the seventh day.
02:016:031 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
02:016:032 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
02:016:033 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
02:016:034 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
02:016:035 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
02:016:036 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
02:017:001 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
02:017:002 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
02:017:003 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
02:017:004 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
02:017:005 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
02:017:006 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
02:017:007 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
02:017:008 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
02:017:009 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out,fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of thehill with the rod of God in mine hand.
02:017:010 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought withAmalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of thehill.
02:017:011 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
02:017:012 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
02:017:013 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
02:017:014 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
02:017:015 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of itJehovahnissi:
02:017:016 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD willhave war with Amalek from generation to generation.
02:018:001 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
02:018:002 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife,after he had sent her back,
02:018:003 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom;for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
02:018:004 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of myfather, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from thesword of Pharaoh:
02:018:005 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and hiswife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at themount of God:
02:018:006 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
02:018:007 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
02:018:008 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
02:018:009 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
02:018:010 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
02:018:011 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
02:018:012 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering andsacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders ofIsrael, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
02:018:013 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge thepeople: and the people stood by Moses from the morning untothe evening.
02:018:014 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
02:018:015 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
02:018:016 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
02:018:017 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
02:018:018 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that iswith thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art notable to perform it thyself alone.
02:018:019 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and Godshall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, thatthou mayest bring the causes unto God:
02:018:020 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shewthem the way wherein they must walk, and the work that theymust do.
02:018:021 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men,such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and placesuch over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers ofhundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
02:018:022 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be,that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but everysmall matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier forthyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
02:018:023 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
02:018:024 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
02:018:025 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made themheads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers ofhundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
02:018:026 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causesthey brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judgedthemselves.
02:018:027 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
02:019:001 In the third month, when the children of Israel were goneforth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they intothe wilderness of Sinai.
02:019:002 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to thedesert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and thereIsrael camped before the mount.
02:019:003 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him outof the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house ofJacob, and tell the children of Israel;
02:019:004 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
02:019:005 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep mycovenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me aboveall people: for all the earth is mine:
02:019:006 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holynation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto thechildren of Israel.
02:019:007 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, andlaid before their faces all these words which the LORDcommanded him.
02:019:008 And all the people answered together, and said, All that theLORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words ofthe people unto the LORD.
02:019:009 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
02:019:010 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
02:019:011 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
02:019:012 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying,Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, ortouch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall besurely put to death:
02:019:013 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely bestoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shallnot live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come upto the mount.
02:019:014 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, andsanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
02:019:015 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day:come not at your wives.
02:019:016 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
02:019:017 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
02:019:018 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORDdescended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended asthe smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
02:019:019 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxedlouder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by avoice.
02:019:020 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of themount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount;and Moses went up.
02:019:021 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lestthey break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of themperish.
02:019:022 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
02:019:023 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
02:019:024 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
02:019:025 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
02:020:001 And God spake all these words, saying,
02:020:002 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
02:020:003 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
02:020:004 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
02:020:005 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
02:020:006 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
02:020:007 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
02:020:008 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
02:020:009 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
02:020:010 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
02:020:011 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
02:020:012 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
02:020:013 Thou shalt not kill.
02:020:014 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
02:020:015 Thou shalt not steal.
02:020:016 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
02:020:017 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
02:020:018 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
02:020:019 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
02:020:020 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
02:020:021 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
02:020:022 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
02:020:023 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
02:020:024 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
02:020:025 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
02:020:026 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
02:021:001 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
02:021:002 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: andin the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
02:021:003 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if hewere married, then his wife shall go out with him.
02:021:004 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
02:021:005 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
02:021:006 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
02:021:007 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
02:021:008 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
02:021:009 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal withher after the manner of daughters.
02:021:010 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and herduty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
02:021:011 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go outfree without money.
02:021:012 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put todeath.
02:021:013 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into hishand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
02:021:014 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
02:021:015 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surelyput to death.
02:021:016 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be foundin his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
02:021:017 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely beput to death.
02:021:018 And if men strive together, and one smite another with astone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
02:021:019 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
02:021:020 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, andhe die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
02:021:021 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not bepunished: for he is his money.
02:021:022 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
02:021:023 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
02:021:024 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
02:021:025 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
02:021:026 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of hismaid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye'ssake.
02:021:027 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or hismaidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth'ssake.
02:021:028 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the oxshall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; butthe owner of the ox shall be quit.
02:021:029 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
02:021:030 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give forthe ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
02:021:031 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter,according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
02:021:032 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
02:021:033 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit,and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
02:021:034 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money untothe owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
02:021:035 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then theyshall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and thedead ox also they shall divide.
02:021:036 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past,and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox forox; and the dead shall be his own.
02:022:001 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sellit; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for asheep.
02:022:002 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
02:022:003 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
02:022:004 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
02:022:005 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, andshall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field;of the best of his own field, and of the best of his ownvineyard, shall he make restitution.
02:022:006 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks ofcorn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumedtherewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely makerestitution.
02:022:007 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff tokeep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief befound, let him pay double.
02:022:008 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shallbe brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put hishand unto his neighbour's goods.
02:022:009 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
02:022:010 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
02:022:011 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
02:022:012 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution untothe owner thereof.
02:022:013 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness,and he shall not make good that which was torn.
02:022:014 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
02:022:015 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make itgood: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
02:022:016 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie withher, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
02:022:017 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shallpay money according to the dowry of virgins.
02:022:018 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
02:022:019 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
02:022:020 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, heshall be utterly destroyed.
02:022:021 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for yewere strangers in the land of Egypt.
02:022:022 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
02:022:023 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;