2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 And the children of Israel said to them, O that 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. Before CHRIST, 1491. Heb. the 4 Then said the LORD to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for a c. 13. 21. 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 not. 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. 6 And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, At evening, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: And what are we, that ye murmur against us? 6 Numb. 11. 31. c Numb. 11. 7. Ps. 78. 24. 2 or, What tion. John. 6. 31. 8 And Moses said, This shall be when 1 Cor. 10. 3. 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 3 Heb. by the murmurings which ye murmur against poll, or, him: And what are we? your murmur- head. ings are not against us, but against the LORD. 9 And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron. spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked towards the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD a appeared in the cloud. 11 T And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel; Speak to them, saying, At evening 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. 13 And it came to pass, that at evening the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay around the host. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground: 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, 2 It is manna: for they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them, & This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. 16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every 4 Heb. souls. of your 4 persons, take ye every man for them who are in his tents. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And when they measured it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack they gathered every man according to his eating. 19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding, they hearkened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became offensive; and Moses was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun became hot, it melted. 22 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. 23 And he said to them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath to the LORD: bake that which ye will bake today, and boil that ye will boil; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses ordered: and it did not putrefy, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath to the LORD; today ye will not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there will be none. 27 And it came to pass, that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, and they found none. 28 And the LORD said to Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 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. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 And the house of Israel called its name Manna: and it was like corianderseed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said to 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. 34 As the LORD commanded Moses, man according to his eating: an omer 32 Cor. 8. 15. so Aaron laid it up before the Testimo for every man according to the number ny, to be kept. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the LORD said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and re 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of Josh. 5. 12. hearse it in the ears of Joshua: for ƒ I an ephah. CHAP. XVII. Neh. 9. 15. a Num. 20. 4. 2 That is, Chiding, or, Strije. 2 Wherefore the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why chide you with me? why do ye Deut. 25.17. tempt the LORD ? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is this that thou hast brought us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Moses cried to the LORD, Saying, What shall I do to this people? they are almost ready to stone me. 5 And the LORD said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel: and thy rod, with which thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go. Called, Jesus," Acts 7. 45. ƒ Num. 24. 20. 3 1 Sam. 15.3. That is, cause the hand of 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there on the rock in Horeb; and thou 4 or, Beshalt smite the rock, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place 1 Massah, and 2 Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? Amalek is throne of &c. 5 Heb. the will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 ¶ And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it 3 JEHOVAHnissi : 16 For he said, 4 Because 5 the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. CHAP. XVIII. 2 Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sons. 7 Moses entertaineth him. 13 Jethro's counsel is accepted. 27 Jethro departeth. HEN Jethro the priest of Midian, WHEN Jather-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: 2 Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses's wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was 1 Gershom; (for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:) 4 And the name of the other was 2 Eliezer; (for the God of my father, said he, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh :) 5 And Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: 6 And he said to Moses, I thy fatherin-law Jethro have come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 7¶ And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him: and they asked each other of their 3 welfare: and they came into the tent. 8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had 4 come upon them 8 Then came Amalek, and fought hand upon by the way, and how the LORD delivered with Israel in Rephidim. 9 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. 10 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. II Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing in which they dealt proudly, he was above them. 12 And Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses's fatherin-law before God. 13¶ And it came to pass on the mor Before row, that Moses sat to judge the people: CHRIST, 14 And when Moses's 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 to evening? 15 And Moses said to his father-in-5 law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God: 16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between 5 one and another, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17 And Moses's father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 6 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; a thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now to my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people toward God, that thou mayest bring the causes to God: 6 1491. Heb. a man and Heb. Fading thou will fade. of Egypt, the same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mount. 3¶ And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 4Ye have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people: for a all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. 7 ¶ And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these werds which the LORD commanded him. 8 And all the people answered to 20 And thou shalt teach them ordi- Deut. 1. 9.gether, and said, All that the LORD hath nances and laws, and shalt show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people, able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring to thee, but every small matter they shall judge: So shall a Acts 7. 38. spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people to the LORD. 9 And the LORD said to Moses, Lo, I come to 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 to the LORD. 10 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for on the third day the LORD will come it be easier for thyself, and they shall Deut. 29. 2. down in the sight of all the people upon bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God mount Sinai. 12 ¶ And thou shalt set bounds to the command thee so, then thou shalt be able Deut. 5. 2. people round about, saying, Take heed to to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice yourselves, that ye go not up upon the mount, or touch the border of it: whoever toucheth the mount shall be surely of his father-in-law, and did all that he Deut. 10.14. put to death: had said. Ps. 24. 1. 13 There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through: whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the 1 trumpet soundeth long, 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of 1 Pet. 2. 9. they shall come up to the mount. tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land. CHAP. XIX. 1 The people come to Sinai. 3 God's message by Moses to the people out of the mount. 8 The people's answer returned again. 10 The people are prepared against the third Rev. 1. 6. c. 24. 3. 7. Deut. 5. 27. & 26. 17. 14 And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. 16 T And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud Heb. 12.20. upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the peo day. 12 The mountain must not be touched. 1or, cornet. ple out of the camp to meet with God; ed upon it in fire: and the smoke of it) ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount trembled greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. 20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness and the LORD called Moses to the top of a Deut. 5. 6. against thy neighbor. the mount; and Moses went up. 21 And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, 2 charge the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also who come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. 23 And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 24 And the LORD said to him, Away, go down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: But let not the priests and the people break through, to come up to the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Moses went down to the people, and spoke to them. 2 a I am the LORD thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of 1 bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make to 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: Ps. 81. 10. Heb. ser- Lev. 19. 12. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. 18 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. 19 And they said to Moses, & Speak Matt. 5. 33. thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. c. 23. 12. Luke 13. 14. Ezek. 20.12. e Gen. 2. 2. Deut. 5. 16. 20 And Moses said to the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. 22 And the LORD said to Moses, Thus thou shalt say to the children of Israel; Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make to you gods of gold. 24 T An altar of earth thou shalt make to me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, Matt. 5. 21. thy sheep, and thy oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to thee, and I will bless thee. h Rom. 77. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not 2 build it of hewn stone: for if thou shalt lift up thy tool 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to Heb. 12. 18. upon it, thou 3 hast polluted it. them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the 6 And showing mercy to thousands of madments. 7 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. 8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: Josh. 8. 31. 2 Heb. build them with 3 or, will Lev. 25. 39. Jer. 34. 14. 1 Heb. with 10 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 man-servant, nor thy his body. maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 2 Heb. say 11 For in six days the LORD made ing shall heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is say. in them, and rested the seventh day: 2 If thou shalt buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve and in the seventh he shall depart free for nothing. 3 If he came in i by himself, he shall depart by himself: if he was married, then his wife shall depart with him. 4 If his master hath given him a wife, and she hath borne him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall depart by himself. 5 ¶ And if the servant 2 shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not depart free: 8 If she 3 shall not please her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then Lev. 24. 17. shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he hath betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 If he shall take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish. Deut. 19. 3. d Lev. 20. 9. Prov. 20. 20. Mat. 15. 4. 11 And if he shall not perform these three to her, then shall she depart free 4 or, revileth. without money. 12 He that smiteth a man, so that 5 or, his he dieth, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man shall not lie in wait, but God shall deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. neighbor. Heb. his ceasing. 14 But if a man shall come presump-7 Heb. tuously upon his neighbor, to slay him avenged. with guile; thou shalt take him from my altar, that he may die. e Lev. 24. 20. Deut. 19.21. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or Mat. 5. 38. his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he shall be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 And he that 4 curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 T And if men contend together, and one shall smite 5 another with a stone, or with his fist, and he shall not die, but keep his bed: 19 If he shall rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that Gen. 9. 5. smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. 20 And if a man shall smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he shall die under his hand; he shall be surely 7 punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he shall continue a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his money. 22 If men shall contend, and hurt a 1 or, goat. woman with child, so that her fruit shall 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. 23 And if any mischief shall follow, then thou shalt 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 a man shall smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it shall perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he shall smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28 T If an ox shall gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox was accustomed to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not restrained him, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there shall be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he hath gored a son, or hath gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him. 32 If the ox shall push a man-servant, or maid-servant; he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 33 ¶ And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and ar ox or an ass shall fall into it; 34 The owner of the pit shall make compensation, and give money to the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. 35 And if one man's ox shall hurt another's that he shall die, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it, and the dead or also they shall divide. 36 Or if it shall be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not restrained him; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead shall be his own. CHAP. XXII. 1 Of theft. 5 Of damage. 7 Of trespasses. 14 Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. 18 Of witchcraft. 19 Of beastiality. 20 Of idolatry. 21 Of strangers, widows, and fatherless. 25 of usury. 26 Of pledges. 28 Of reverence to magistrates. 29 of the first fruits. Fa man shall steal an ox, or a 1 sheep, I and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and a four sheep for a sheep. 2 If a thief shall be found breaking through, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 3 If the sun shall have 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. 4 If the theft shall be certainly found in his hand alive, whether an ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. 5 T If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his a 2 Sam. 12.6. beast, and shall feed in another man's field: of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make restitution. 6 If fire shall break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field shall be con |