1 Now Moses describes the wonderful order that God observes in performing his promise to Abraham; (Gen_15:14). these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. The Argument - After Jacob by God's commandment in (Gen_46:3) had brought his family into Egypt, where they remained for four hundred years, and from seventy people grew to an infinite number so that the king and the country endeavoured both by tyranny and cruel slavery to suppress them: the Lord according to his promise in (Gen_15:14) had compassion on his Church, and delivered them, but plagued their enemies in most strange and varied ways. The more the tyranny of the wicked raged against his Church, the more his heavy judgments increased against them, till Pharaoh and his army were drowned in the sea, which gave an entry and passage to the children of God. As the ingratitude of man is great, so they immediately forgot God's wonderful benefits and although he had given them the Passover as a sign and memorial of the same, yet they fell to distrust, and tempted God with various complaining and grudging against him and his ministers: sometimes out of ambition, sometimes lack of drink or meat to satisfy their lusts, sometimes idolatry, or such like. For this reason, God punished them with severe rods and plagues, that by his correction they might turn to him for help against his scourges, and earnestly repent for their rebellion and wickedness. Because God loves them to the end, whom he has once begun to love, he punished them not as they deserved, but dealt with them mercifully, and with new benefits laboured to overcome their malice: for he still governed them and gave them his word and Law, both concerning the way to serve him, and also the form of judgments and civil policy: with the intent that they would not serve God after as they pleased, but according to the order, that his heavenly wisdom had appointed.
2 Reuben, Simeon, Leui, and Iudah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Beniamin,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 So al the soules, that came out of the loines of Iaakob, were seuentie soules: Ioseph was in Egypt already.
6 Nowe Ioseph died and all his brethren, and that whole generation.
7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the He means the country of Goshen. land was filled with them.
8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which He did not consider how God had preserved Egypt for the sake of Joseph. knew not Joseph.
9 And he sayde vnto his people, Beholde, the people of the children of Israel are greater and mightier then we.
10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and [so] Into Canaan, and so we shall lose our conveniences. get them up out of the land.
11 Therefore did they set taskemasters ouer them, to keepe the vnder with burdens: and they built the cities Pithom and Raamses for the treasures of Pharaoh.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And The more God blesses his own, the more the wicked envy them. they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
13 Wherefore the Egyptians by crueltie caused the children of Israel to serue.
14 Thus they made them weary of their liues by sore labour in clay & in bricke, & in al worke in the fielde, with all maner of bondage, which they layde vpon them most cruelly.
15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one [was] These seem to have been the main of the rest. Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16 And sayde, When ye doe the office of a midwife to the women of the Ebrewes, and see them on their stooles, if it be a sonne, then yee shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then let her liue.
17 Notwithstanding ye midwiues feared God, and did not as the King of Egypt commaunded them, but preserued aliue the men children.
18 Then the King of Egypt called for the midwiues, and sayde vnto them, Why haue yee done thus, and haue preserued aliue the men children?
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew Their disobedience in this was lawful, but their deception is evil. women [are] not as the Egyptian women; for they [are] lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
20 God therefore prospered the midwiues, and the people multiplied and were very mightie.
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he That is, God increased the families of the Israelites by their means. made them houses.
22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall When tyrants cannot prevail by deceit, they burst into open rage. cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
1 And there went a This Levite was called Amram, who married Jochebed in (Exo_6:20). man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi.
2 And the woman coceiued and bare a sonne: and when she saw that he was faire, she hid him three moneths.
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and Committing him to the providence of God, whom she could not keep from the rage of the tyrant. put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river's brink.
4 Now his sister stood a farre off, to wit what would come of him.
5 Then ye daughter of Pharaoh came downe to wash her in the riuer, and her maidens walked by the riuers side: and when shee sawe the arke among the bulrushes, she sent her maide to fet it.
6 Then she opened it, and sawe it was a childe: and beholde, the babe wept: so she had compassion on it, and sayde, This is one of the Ebrewes children.
7 Then said his sister vnto Pharaohs daughter, Shall I go and cal vnto thee a nurce of the Ebrew women to nurce thee the childe?
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the Man's counsel cannot hinder that which God has determined shall come to pass. child's mother.
9 To whome Pharaohs daughter sayde, Take this childe away, and nurce it for me, and I wil reward thee. Then the woman tooke the childe and nurced him.
10 Nowe the childe grewe, and she brought him vnto Pharaohs daughter, and he was as her sonne, and she called his name Moses, because, said she, I drewe him out of the water.
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was That is, was forty years old; (Act_7:23). grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that [there was] no man, he Being assured that God had appointed him to deliver the Israelites; (Act_7:25). slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 Againe he came forth the second day, and behold, two Ebrewes stroue: and he said vnto him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellowe?
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses Though by his fear he showed his weakness, yet faith covered it; (Heb_11:27). feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
15 Now Pharaoh heard this matter, & sought to slay Moses: therefore Moses fled from Pharaoh, and dwelt in the lande of Midian, and hee sate downe by a well.
16 And the Priest of Midian had seue daughters, which came and drewe water, and filled the troghes, for to water their fathers sheepe.
17 Then the shepherds came and droue them away: but Moses rose vp and defended them, and watered their sheepe.
18 And whe they came to Reuel their father, he said, Howe are ye come so soone to day?
19 And they saide, A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the hand of the shepherdes, and also drew vs water ynough, and watered the sheepe.
20 And he said unto his daughters, And where [is] he? why [is] it [that] ye have left the man? In which he demonstrated a thankful mind, which would reward the good done to his. call him, that he may eat bread.
21 And Moses agreed to dwell with the man: who gaue vnto Moses Zipporah his daughter:
22 And she bare a sonne, whose name he called Gershom: for he said, I haue bene a stranger in a strange lande.
23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they God humbles his by afflictions, that they should cry to him, and receive the fruit of his promise. cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
24 Then God heard their mone, and God remembred his couenant with Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob.
25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had He judges their causes or acknowledged them as his own. respect unto [them].
1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the It was so called after the law was given. mountain of God, [even] to Called also Sinai. Horeb.
2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a This shows that the Church is not consumed by the fires of affliction, because God is in the midst of it. bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.
3 Therefore Moses saide, I will turne aside nowe, and see this great sight, why the bush burneth not.
4 And when the Whom he calls the angel in (Exo_3:2). LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am] I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: Resign yourself to me; (Rth_4:7; Jos_5:15). put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] Because of my presence. holy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was For sin causes man to fear God's justice. afraid to look upon God.
7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their Whose cruelty was intolerable. taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land Most plentiful of all things. flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
9 He heard before, but now he would avenge it.Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee vnto Pharaoh, that thou maiest bring my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11 And Moses said unto God, Who [am] He does not fully disobey God, but acknowledges his own weakness. I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12 And he said, Neither fear your own weakness, or Pharaoh's tyranny. Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
13 Then Moses said vnto God, Behold, when I shall come vnto the children of Israel, and shall say vnto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me vnto you: if they say vnto me, What is his Name? What shall I say vnto them?
14 And God said unto Moses, I The God who has always been, am, and shall be: the God almighty, by whom all things have their being, and the God of mercy, mindful of my promise. AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
15 And God spake further vnto Moses, Thus shalt thou say vnto the children of Israel, The Lorde God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob hath sent me vnto you: this is my Name for euer, and this is my memoriall vnto all ages.
16 Go & gather the Elders of Israel together, & thou shalt say vnto the, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Izhak, & Iaakob appeared vnto me, & said, I haue surely remembred you, & that which is done to you in Egypt.
17 Therefore I did say, I wil bring you out of the affliction of Egypt vnto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, vnto a lande that floweth with milke and honie.
18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may Because Egypt was full of idolatry, God would appoint them a place where they could serve him purely. sacrifice to the LORD our God.
19 But I know, that the King of Egypt wil not let you goe, but by strong hande.
20 Therefore will I stretch out mine hande and smite Egypt with all my wonders, which I will doe in the middes thereof: and after that shall he let you goe.
21 And I will make this people to be fauoured of the Egyptians: so that when ye go, ye shal not goe emptie.
22 This example may not be followed generally: though at God's commandment they did it justly, receiving some recompence for their labours.But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put [them] upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
1 And Moses answered and said, God bears with Moses doubting, because he was not completely without faith. But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
2 And the Lord said vnto him, What is that in thine hande? And he answered, A rod.
3 Then said he, Cast it on the ground. So he cast it on the grounde, and it was turned into a serpent: and Moses fled from it.
4 Againe the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Put foorth thine hand, and take it by the tayle. Then he put foorth his hande and caught it, and it was turned into a rod in his hand.
5 This power to work miracles was to confirm his doctrine, and to assure him of his vocation.That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
6 And the Lorde saide furthermore vnto him, Thrust nowe thine hand into thy bosome; he thrust his hand into his bosome, & when he tooke it out againe, behold, his hand was leprous as snowe.
7 Moreouer he said, Put thine hand into thy bosome againe. So he put his hande into his bosome againe, & pluckt it out of his bosome, and behold, it was turned againe as his other flesh.
8 So shall it be, if they wil not beleeue thee, neither obey the voyce of ye first signe, yet shall they beleeue for the voyce of the seconde signe.
9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the Because these three signs should be sufficient witnesses to prove that Moses should deliver God's people. water of the river, and pour [it] upon the dry [land]: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry [land].
10 But Moses said vnto the Lorde, Oh my Lorde, I am not eloquent, neither at any time haue bene, nor yet since thou hast spoken vnto thy seruant: but I am slowe of speach & slowe of tongue.
11 Then the Lorde said vnto him, Who hath giuen the mouth to man? or who hath made the domme, or the deafe, or him that seeth, or the blinde? haue not I the Lorde?
12 Therefore goe nowe, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.
13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand [of him whom] thou That is, the Messiah: or some other, that is more suitable than I. wilt send.
14 And the Though we provoke God justly to anger, yet he will never reject his own. anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, [Is] not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and You will instruct him what to say. put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of Meaning, as a wise counsellor and full of God's spirit. God.
17 Moreouer thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do miracles.
18 Therefore Moses went and returned to Iethro his father in lawe, & said vnto him, I pray thee, let me goe, and returne to my brethren, which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet aliue. Then Iethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
19 (For the Lord had said vnto Moses in Midian, Goe, returne to Egypt: for they are all dead which went about to kill thee)
20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the By which he wrought the miracles. rod of God in his hand.
21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will By receiving my spirit and delivering him to Satan to increase his anger. harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my Meaning, most dear to him. firstborn:
23 Wherefore I say to thee, Let my sonne go, that he may serue me: if thou refuse to let him goe, beholde, I will slay thy sonne, euen thy first borne.
24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and God punished him with sickness for neglecting his ordinances. sought to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and This act was extraordinary: for Moses was very sick and God even then required it. cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.
26 So he departed from him. Then she saide, O bloodie husbande (because of the circumcision)
27 Then the Lorde saide vnto Aaron, Goe meete Moses in the wildernesse; he went and mette him in the Mount of God, and kissed him.
28 Then Moses tolde Aaron all the wordes of the Lord, who had sent him, and all the signes wherewith he had charged him.
29 So went Moses and Aaron, and gathered all the Elders of the children of Israel.
30 And Aaron told all the wordes, which the Lorde had spoken vnto Moses, and he did the miracles in the sight of the people,
31 And the So that Moses had experience of God's promise that he would have good success. people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Faith overcomes fear, and makes men bold in their calling. Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may And offer sacrifice. hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
2 And Pharaoh saide, Who is the Lorde, that I should heare his voyce, & let Israel go? I knowe not the Lord, neither will I let Israel goe.
3 And they saide, We worship the God of the Ebrewes: we pray thee, let vs goe three daies iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, least he bring vpon vs the pestilence or sword.
4 Then saide the King of Egypt vnto them, Moses & Aaron, why cause ye the people to cease from their workes? get you to your burdens.
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye As though you would rebel. make them rest from their burdens.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their Who were of the Israelites, and had charge to see them do their work. officers, saying,
7 Ye shall giue the people no more strawe, to make bricke ( as in time past) but let them goe and gather them strawe them selues:
8 Notwithstanding lay vpon them the nober of bricke, which they made in time past, diminish nothing thereof: for they be idle, therefore they crie, saying, Let vs go to offer sacrifice vnto our God.
9 The more cruelly the tyranny rages, the nearer is God's help.Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard Of Moses and Aaron. vain words.
10 Then went the taskemasters of the people and their officers out, and tolde the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will giue you no more strawe.
11 Goe your selues, get you strawe where yee can finde it, yet shall nothing of your labour bee diminished.
12 Then were the people scattered abroade throughout all the land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe.
13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Finish your dayes worke euery dayes taske, as ye did when ye had strawe.
14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs taskemasters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske in making bricke yesterday and to daye, as in times past?
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came, & cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?
16 There is no strawe giuen to thy seruantes, and they say vnto vs, Make bricke: and loe, thy seruants are beaten, and thy people is blamed.
17 But he said, Ye are to much idle: therfore ye say, Let vs goe to offer sacrifice to the Lord.
18 Goe therefore nowe and worke: for there shall no strawe be giuen you, yet shall yee deliuer the whole tale of bricke.
19 Then the officers of the children of Israel sawe them selues in an euill case, because it was saide, Ye shall diminish nothing of your bricke, nor of euery dayes taske.
20 And they met Moses and Aaron, which stood in their way as they came out fro Pharaoh,
21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to It is a grievous things for the servants of God to be accused of evil, especially by their brethren, when they do what their duty requires. put a sword in their hand to slay us.
22 Wherefore Moses returned to the Lorde, and saide, Lorde, why hast thou afflicted this people? wherefore hast thou thus sent me?
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speake in thy Name, he hath vexed this people, and yet thou hast not deliuered thy people.
1 Then the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Nowe shalt thou see, what I will doe vnto Pharaoh: for by a strong hand shall he let them goe, and euen be constrained to driue them out of his land.
2 Moreouer God spake vnto Moses, and sayd vnto him, I am the Lord,
3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name By which he signifies that he will perform indeed that which he promised to their fathers: for this name declares that he is constant and will perform his promise. JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
4 Furthermore as I made my couenant with them to giue them ye land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers:
5 So I haue also hearde the groning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keepe in bondage, and haue remembred my couenant.
6 Wherefore say thou vnto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out fro the burdens of the Egyptians, & will deliuer you out of their bondage, and will redeeme you in a stretched out arme, and in great iudgements.
7 And I will He means, concerning the outward calling, the dignity of which they lost later by their rebellion: but as for election to life everlasting, it is unchangeable. take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 And I will bring you into the land which I sware that I woulde giue to Abraham, to Izhak, and to Iaakob, and I will giue it vnto you for a possession: I am the Lord.
9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened So hard a thing it is to show true obedience under the cross. not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
10 Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
11 Go speak to Pharaoh King of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel goe out of his land.
12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who [am] of Or barbarous and rude in speech and by this word {(uncircumcised)} is signified the whole corruption of man's nature. uncircumcised lips?
13 Then the Lord spake vnto Moses & vnto Aaron, & charged them to goe to the children of Israel & to Pharaoh King of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt.
14 These [be] the heads This genealogy shows whom Moses and Aaron came from. of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these [be] the families of Reuben.
15 Also the sonnes of Simeon: Iemuel and Iamin, and Ohad, and Iachin, and Zoar, and Shaul the sonne of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.
16 And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [were] an hundred For he was 42 years old when he came into Egypt and lived there 94 years. thirty and seven years.
17 The sonnes of Gershon were Libni and Shimi by their families.
18 And the sonnes of Kohath, Amram and Izhar, and Hebron, & Vzziel. (and Kohath liued an hundreth thirtie and three yeere)
19 Also the sonnes of Merari were Mahali & Mushi: these are ye families of Leui by their kinreds.
20 And Amram took him Jochebed his This type of marriage was later forbidden in the law; (Lev_18:12). father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram [were] an hundred and thirty and seven years.
21 And the sons of Izhar; Moses and he were cousins, whose rebellion was punished in (Num_16:1). Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 And the sonnes of Vzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Who was a prince of Judah, (Num_1:7). Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24 Also the sonnes of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
25 And Eleazar Aarons sonne tooke him one of the daughters of Putiel to his wife, which bare him Phinehas: these are the principall fathers of the Leuites throughout their families.
26 These [are] that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their For their families were so great, that they might be compared to armies. armies.
27 These are that Moses and Aaron, which spake to Pharaoh King of Egypt, that they might bring the children of Israel out of Egypt.
28 And at that time when the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the land of Egypt,
29 When the Lorde, I say, spake vnto Moses, saying, I am the Lord, speake thou vnto Pharaoh the King of Egypt all that I say vnto thee,
30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I [am] of The disobedience both of Moses and of the people, shows that their deliverance came only from God's free mercy. uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a I have given you power and authority to speak in my name and to execute my judgments on him. god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
2 Thou shalt speake all that I commaunded thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharaoh, that he suffer the children of Israel to go out of his land.
3 But I will harden Pharaohs heart, and multiplie my miracles and my wonders in the lande of Egypt.
4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, [and] my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great To strengthen Moses' faith, God promises again to punish most severely the oppression of his Church. judgments.
5 Then the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I stretch foorth mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
6 So Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, euen so did they.
7 And Moses [was] Moses lived in affliction and banishment forty years before he commanded his office to deliver God's people. fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
8 And the Lorde had spoken vnto Moses and Aaron, saying,
9 If Pharaoh speake vnto you, saying, Shewe a miracle for you, then thou shalt say vnto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shalbe turned into a serpent.
10 Then went Moses and Aaron vnto Pharaoh, and did euen as the Lord had commaunded: and Aaron cast forth his rod before Pharaoh and before his seruants, & it was turned into a serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the It seems that these were Jannes and Jambres; (2Ti_3:8) so the wicked maliciously resist the truth of God. sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
12 For they cast downe euery man his rod, & they were turned into serpents: but Aarons rodde deuoured their rods.
13 So Pharaohs heart was hardened, and hee hearkened not to them, as the Lorde had saide.
14 The Lorde then saide vnto Moses, Pharaohs heart is obstinate, hee refuseth to let the people goe.
15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by That is, the Nile river. the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
16 And thou shalt say vnto him, The Lorde God of the Ebrewes hath sent me vnto thee, saying, Let my people goe, that they may serue mee in the wildernesse: and beholde, hitherto thou wouldest not heare.
17 Thus saith the Lorde, In this shalt thou know that I am the Lord: behold, I wil smite with the rodde that is in mine hand vpon the water that is in the riuer, and it shalbe turned to blood.
18 And the fish that is in the riuer shall dye, and the riuer shall stinke, and it shall grieue the Egyptians to drinke of the water of the riuer.
19 The Lord then spake to Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand ouer the waters of Egypt, ouer their streames, ouer their riuers, & ouer their pondes,, and ouer all pooles of their waters, and they shalbe blood, and there shalbe blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and of stone.
20 So Moses and Aaron did euen as the Lord commaunded: and hee lift vp the rodde, and smote the water that was in the riuer in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his seruants: and all the water that was in the riuer, was turned into blood.
21 And the To show that it was a true miracle, God plagued them in that which was most needed for the preservation of life. fish that [was] in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 And the magicians of Egypt did In outward appearance, after the seven days were ended. so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.
23 Then Pharaoh returned, and went againe into his house, neither did this yet enter into his heart.
24 All the Egyptians then digged rounde about the riuer for waters to drinke: for they could not drinke of the water of the riuer.
25 And this continued fully seuen dayes after the Lord had smitten the riuer.
1 Afterward the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Goe vnto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde, Let my people goe, that they may serue me:
2 And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with There is nothing so weak that God cannot use it to overcome the greatest power of man. frogs:
3 And the riuer shal scral ful of frogges, which shall goe vp and come into thine house, and into thy chamber, where thou sleepest, and vpon thy bed, and into the house of thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine ouens, and into thy kneading troughes.
4 Yea, the frogges shall climbe vp vpon thee, and on thy people, and vpon all thy seruants.
5 Also the Lord said vnto Moses, Say thou vnto Aaron, Stretch out thine hande with thy rod vpon the streames, vpon the riuers, and vpon the ponds, and cause frogs to come vp vpon the land of Egypt.
6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of But Goshen, where God's people dwelt, was excepted. Egypt.
7 And the sorcerers did likewise with their sorceries, and brought frogges vp vpon the land of Egypt.
8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Not love but fear causes the infidels to seek God. Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
9 And Moses said vnto Pharaoh, Concerning me, euen command when I shall pray for thee, and for thy seruants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogges from thee and from thine houses, that they may remaine in the riuer only.
10 Then he said, To morowe; he answered, Be it as thou hast said, that thou maiest know, that there is none like vnto the Lord our God.
11 So the frogges shall depart from thee, and from thine houses, and from thy seruantes, and from thy people: onely they shall remaine in the riuer.
12 Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cryed vnto the Lorde concerning the frogges, which hee had sent vnto Pharaoh.
13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs In things of this life God often hears the prayers of the just for the ungodly. died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
14 And they gathered the together by heaps, and the land stanke of them.
15 But when Pharaoh sawe that hee had rest giuen him, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not vnto them, as the Lord had said.
16 Againe the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Stretche out the rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may bee turned to lyce throughout all the land of Egypt.
17 And they did so: for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth: and lyce came vpon man and vpon beast: all the dust of the earth was lyce throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they God confounded their wisdom and authority in a thing most vile. could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This [is] They acknowledged that this was done by God's power and not by sorcery; (Luk_11:20). the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
20 Moreouer the Lorde sayd to Moses, Rise vp earely in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh (lo, hee will come forth vnto the water) and say vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serue me.
21 Els, if thou wilt not let my people goe, behold, I will send swarmes of flies both vpon thee, and vpon thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shalbe full of swarmes of flies, and the ground also whereon they are.
22 But ye land of Goshe, where my people are, wil I cause to be wonderfull in that day, so that no swarmes of flies shalbe there, that thou maiest know that I am the Lorde in the middes of the earth.
23 And I will make a deliuerance of my people from thy people: to morowe shall this miracle be.
24 And the Lorde did so: for there came great swarmes of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his seruants houses, so that through all the lande of Egypt, the earth was corrupt by the swarmes of flies.
25 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and saide, Goe, doe sacrifice vnto your God in this lande.
26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the For the Egyptians worshipped various beasts, ox, sheep and such like which the Israelites offered in sacrifice, a thing the Egyptians abhorred to see. abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
27 Let vs go three dayes iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, as he hath commanded vs.
28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not So the wicked instruct God's messengers how far they may go. go very far away: intreat for me.
29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms [of flies] may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal He could not judge his heart, but yet he charged him to do this honestly. deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
30 So Moses went out from Pharaoh & prayed vnto the Lorde.
31 And the Lord did according to the saying of Moses, and the swarmes of flies departed from Pharaoh, from his seruants, and from his people, and there remained not one.
32 And Pharaoh Where God does not give faith, no miracles can prevail. hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
1 Then the Lorde said vnto Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde God of the Ebrewes, Let my people go, that they may serue me.
2 But if thou refuse to let them goe, and wilt yet holde them still,
3 Beholde, the hande of the Lorde is vpon thy flocke which is in the fielde: for vpon the horses, vpon the asses, vpon the camels, vpon the cattell, and vpon the sheepe shalbe a mightie great moraine.
4 And the LORD shall He will declare his heavenly judgment against his enemies, and his favour toward his children. sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all [that is] the children's of Israel.
5 And the Lord appointed a time, saying, To morowe the Lorde shall finish this thing in this lande.
6 So the Lord did this thing on the morow, and all the cattel of Egypt dyed: but of the cattell of the children of Israel dyed not one.
7 And Pharaoh Into the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived. sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
8 And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, Take your handfull of ashes of the fornace, and Moses shall sprinkle them towarde the heauen in the sight of Pharaoh,
9 And they shall be turned to dust in all the land of Egypt: and it shalbe as a scab breaking out into blisters vpon man, and vpon beast, thorow out all the land of Egypt.
10 Then they tooke ashes of the fornace, and stoode before Pharaoh: and Moses sprinkled them towarde the heauen, and there came a scab breaking out into blisters vpon man, and vpon beast.
11 And the sorcerers could not stande before Moses, because of the scab: for the scab was vpon the enchanters, and vpon all the Egyptians.
12 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not vnto them, as the Lorde had said vnto Moses.
13 Also the Lorde said vnto Moses, Rise vp early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde God of the Ebrewes, Let my people goe, that they may serue me.
14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon So that your own conscience will condemn you of ingratitude and malice. thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that [there is] none like me in all the earth.
15 For nowe I will stretch out mine hande, that I may smite thee and thy people with the pestilence: and thou shalt perish from the earth.
16 And in very deed for this [cause] have I raised thee up, for to shew [in] thee my power; and that my That is, that all the world may magnify my power in overcoming you. name may be declared throughout all the earth.
17 Yet thou exaltest thy selfe against my people, and lettest them not goe.
18 Beholde, to morowe this time I will cause to raine a mightie great haile, such as was not in Egypt since the foundation thereof was laid vnto this time.
19 Send therefore now, [and] Here we see though God's wrath is kindled yet there is a certain mercy shown even to his enemies. gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; [for upon] every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
20 Such then as feared the word of the Lorde among the seruants of Pharaoh, made his seruants and his cattell flee into the houses:
21 And he that regarded not the The word of the minister is called the word of God. word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
22 And the Lorde saide to Moses, Stretche foorth thine hande towarde heauen, that there may be haile in all the land of Egypt, vpon man, and vpon beast, and vpon all the herbes of the fielde in the lande of Egypt.
23 Then Moses stretched out his rod towarde heauen, & the Lord sent thunder and haile, and lightening vpon the ground: and the Lorde caused haile to raine vpon the land of Egypt.
24 So there was haile, and fire mingled with the haile, so grieuous, as there was none throughout all the lande of Egypt, since it was a nation.
25 And the haile smote throughout al ye land of Egypt all that was in the fielde, both man and beast: also ye haile smote all the herbes of ye field, and brake to pieces all the trees of the fielde.
26 Onely in the lande of Goshen (where the children of Israel were) was no haile.
27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I The wicked confess their sins to their condemnation, but they cannot believe to obtain remission. have sinned this time: the LORD [is] righteous, and I and my people [are] wicked.
28 Pray ye vnto the Lorde (for it is ynough) that there be no more mightie thunders and haile, and I will let you goe, and yee shall tarie no longer.
29 Then Moses saide vnto him, Assoone as I am out of the citie, I will spreade mine hands vnto the Lorde, and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more haile, that thou mayest knowe that the earth is the Lordes.
30 But as for thee and thy servants, Meaning that when they have their request, they are never better off, even though they make many fair promises, in which we see the practices of the wicked. I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.
31 (And the flaxe, & the barley were smitten: for the barley was eared, & the flaxe was bolled.
32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were hid in the grounde)
33 Then Moses went out of the citie from Pharaoh, and spred his hands to the Lorde, and the thunder and the haile ceased, neither rained it vpon the earth.
34 And when Pharaoh sawe that the raine and the haile and the thunder were ceased, hee sinned againe, and hardened his heart, both he, and his seruants.
35 So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened: neither would he let the children of Israel goe, as the Lord had said by Moses.
1 Againe the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Goe to Pharaoh: for I haue hardened his heart, and the heart of his seruants, that I might worke these my miracles in the middes of his realme,
2 And that thou mayest tell in the The miracles would be so great, that they would be spoken of forever: where also we see the duty of parents toward their children. ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I [am] the LORD.
3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse The purpose of affliction is that we humble ourselves with true repentance under the hand of God. to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
4 But if thou refuse to let my people go, beholde, to morowe will I bring grashoppers into thy coastes.
5 And they shall couer the face of the earth, that a man can not see the earth: and they shall eate the residue which remaineth vnto you, and hath escaped from the haile: and they shall eate all your trees that bud in the fielde.
6 And they shall fil thine houses, and all thy seruants houses, and the houses of all the Egyptians, as neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers fathers haue seene, since the time they were vpon the earth vnto this day. So he returned, and went out from Pharaoh.
7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a Meaning, the occasion of all these evils: so are the godly ever charged as Elijah was by Ahab. snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
8 So Moses and Aaron were brought againe vnto Pharaoh, and he saide vnto them, Goe, serue the Lorde your God, but who are they that shall goe?
9 And Moses answered, We will go with our yong and with our olde, with our sonnes and with our daughters, with our sheepe and with our cattell will we goe: for we must celebrate a feast vnto the Lorde.
10 And he said unto them, Let That is, I hope the degree of affection that the Lord has for you is no more than the degree to which I want to let you go. the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look [to it]; for Punishment is prepared for you. Some read, «You intend some mischief». evil [is] before you.
11 It shall not be so: nowe goe ye that are men, and serue the Lorde: for that was your desire. Then they were thrust out from Pharaohs presence.
12 After, the Lord said vnto Moses, Stretch out thine hande vpon the lande of Egypt for the grashoppers, that they may come vpon the lande of Egypt, and eate all the herbes of the land, euen all that the haile hath left.
13 Then Moses stretched foorth his rod vpon the lande of Egypt: and the Lorde brought an East winde vpon the land all that day, and al that night: and in the morning the East wind brought the grashoppers.
14 So the grashoppers went vp vpon all the land of Egypt, and remained in all quarters of Egypt: so grieuous Grashoppers, like to these were neuer before, neither after them shalbe such.
15 For they couered all the face of the earth, so that the lande was darke: and they did eate all the herbes of the lande, and all the fruites of the trees, which the haile had left, so that there was no greene thing left vpon the trees, nor among the herbes of the fielde throughout all the lande of Egypt.
16 Then Pharaoh called for The wicked in their misery seek God's ministers for help, even though they hate and detest them. Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
17 And nowe forgiue mee my sinne onely this once, and pray vnto the Lord your God, that hee may take away from me this death onely.
18 Moses then went out from Pharaoh, and prayed vnto the Lord.
19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the The water seemed red, because the sand or gravel is red: the Hebrews call it the Sea of bulrushes. Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
20 But the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart, & hee did not let the children of Israel goe.
21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness [which] may be Because it was so thick. felt.
22 Then Moses stretched forth his hande towarde heauen, and there was a blacke darkenesse in all the land of Egypt three daies.
23 No man saw an other, neither rose vp from ye place where he was for three dayes: but all the children of Israel had light where they dwelt.
24 The Pharaoh called for Moses & said, Go, serue the Lord: onely your sheepe and your cattel shall abide, and your children shall go with you.
25 And Moses sayd, Thou must giue vs also sacrifices, and burnt offrings that wee may doe sacrifice vnto the Lord our God.
26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an The ministers of God should not yield one iota to the wicked, in regards to their mission. hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not That is, with what beasts, or how many. with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
27 (But the Lorde hardened Pharaohs heart, and he would not let them goe)
28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in [that] day thou seest my face thou shalt Though earlier he admitted Moses was just, yet again in his own heart he threatened to put him to death. die.
29 Then Moses said, Thou hast said wel: from henceforth will I see thy face no more.
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague [more] upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let [you] go, he shall Without any condition, but with haste and violence. surely thrust you out hence altogether.
2 Speake thou nowe to the people, that euery man require of his neighbour, & euery woman of her neighbour iewels of siluer & iewels of gold.
3 And the Lorde gaue the people fauour in the sight of the Egyptians: also Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaohs seruantes, and in the sight of the people.)
4 Also Moses sayde, Thus sayth the Lord, About midnight will I goe out into the middes of Egypt.
5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that [is] behind From the highest to the lowest. the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
6 Then there shalbe a great crie throughout all the land of Egypt, such as was neuer none like, nor shalbe.
7 But against none of ye children of Israel shal a dogge moue his tongue, neyther against man nor beast, that ye may knowe that the Lord putteth a differece betweene the Egyptians & Israel.
8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that That is, under the power and government. follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; God hardens the hearts of the reprobate, that his glory by this might be set forth even more, (Rom_9:17). that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
10 So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: but the Lorde hardened Pharaohs heart, and he suffred not the children of Israel to goe out of his lande.
1 Then the Lord spake to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This Called Nisan, containing part of March and part of April. month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first Concerning the observation of feasts: as for other policies, they reckoned from September. month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of [their] As the fathers of the household had great or small families. fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; every man according to his He will take as many as are needed to eat the lamb. eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lambe shalbe without blemish, a male of a yeere olde: ye shall take it of the lambes, or of the kiddes.
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the Every one his house. whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 After, they shall take of the blood, & strike it on the two postes, and on the vpper doore post of the houses where they shall eate it.
8 And they shal eate the flesh the same night, roste with fire, and vnleauened bread: with sowre herbes they shall eate it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast [with] fire; his That is, all that may be eaten. head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shal reserue nothing of it vnto the morning: but that, which remaineth of it vnto the morowe, shall ye burne with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; [with] your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: The lamb was not the Passover, but signified it, as ordinances are not the thing itself which they represent, but rather they signify it. it [is] the LORD'S passover.
12 For I will passe through the lande of Egypt the same night, and will smite all the first borne in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and I will execute iudgement vpon all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.
13 And the blood shalbe a toke for you vpon the houses where ye are: so when I see the blood, I will passe ouer you, and the plague shall not be vpon you to destruction, when I smite the lande of Egypt.
14 And this day shall be unto you for a Of the benefits received for your deliverance. memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance That is, until Christ's coming: for then ceremonies will end. for ever.
15 Seuen daies shall ye eat vnleauened bread, and in any case ye shall put away leauen the first day out of your houses: for whosoeuer eateth leauened bread from the first daie vntill the seuenth day, that person shalbe cut off from Israel.
16 And in the first day shalbe an holie assemblie: also in the seuenth day shalbe an holy assemblie vnto you: no worke shalbe done in them, saue about that which euery man must eate: that onely may ye do.
17 Ye shall keepe also the feast of vnleauened bread: for that same daye I will bring your armies out of the lande of Egypt: therefore ye shal obserue this day, throughout your posteritie, by an ordinance for euer.
18 In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month at For in ancient times they counted in this way, beginning the day at sunset till the next day at the same time. even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
19 Seuen daies shall no leauen be founde in your houses: for whosoeuer eateth leauened bread, that person shalbe cut off from the Congregation of Israel: whether he bee a stranger, or borne in the land.
20 Ye shall eate no leauened bread: but in all your habitations shall ye eate vnleauened bread.
21 Then Moses called all the Elders of Israel, and saide vnto them, Choose out and take you for euerie of your housholdes a lambe, & kill the Passeouer.
22 And take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basen, and strike the lintell, and the doore cheekes with the blood that is in the basen, and let none of you goe out at the doore of his house, vntill the morning.
23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the The angel sent by God to kill the first born. destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite [you].
24 Therefore shall ye obserue this thing as an ordinance both for thee and thy sonnes for euer.
25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the The land of Canaan. land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
26 And when your children aske you, What seruice is this ye keepe?
27 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 They gave God thanks for so great a benefit. bowed the head and worshipped.
28 So the children of Israel went, and did as the Lorde had commanded Moses and Aaron: so did they.
29 Nowe at midnight, the Lorde smote all the first borne in the lande of Egypt, from the first borne of Pharaoh that sate on his throne, vnto the first borne of the captiue that was in prison, and all the first borne of beastes.
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for [there was] Of these houses, in which any first born lived, either of men of beasts. not a house where [there was] not one dead.
31 And hee called to Moses and to Aaron by night, and saide, Rise vp, get you out from among my people, both yee, and the children of Israel, and goe serue the Lorde as ye haue sayde.
32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and Pray for me. bless me also.
33 And the Egyptians did force the people, because they would send them out of the land in haste: for they said, We die all.
34 Therfore the people tooke their dough before it was leauened, euen their dough bound in clothes vpon their shoulders.
35 And the children of Israel did according to the saying of Moses, & they asked of ye Egyptians iewels of siluer & iewels of gold, & raiment.
36 And the Lorde gaue the people fauour in the sight of the Egyptians: and they graunted their request: so they spoyled the Egyptians.
37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Which was a city in Goshen; (Gen_47:11). Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children.
38 And Which were strangers, and not born from the Israelites. a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, [even] very much cattle.
39 And they baked the dough which they brought out of Egypt, & made vnleauened cakes: for it was not leauened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, neither coulde they tarie, nor yet prepare themselues vitailes.
40 So the dwelling of the children of Israel, while they dwelled in Egypt, was foure hundreth and thirtie yeres.
41 And it came to pass at the end of the From Abraham's departing from Ur in Chaldea to the departing of the children of Israel from Egypt are 430 years. 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.
42 It is a night to be kept holie to the Lord, because he brought them out of the lande of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord, which all the children of Israel must keepe throughout their generations.
43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover: Unless he is circumcised, and professes your religion only. There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44 But euerie seruant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
45 A stranger or an hyred seruant shall not eat thereof.
46 In one house shall it bee eaten: thou shalt carie none of ye flesh out of the house, neither shall ye breake a bone thereof.
47 All the Congregation of Israel shall obserue it.
48 But if a stranger dwell with thee, and will obserue the Passeouer of the Lorde, let him circumcise all the males, that belong vnto him, and then let him come and obserue it, & he shall be as one that is borne in the land: for none vncircumcised person shall eate thereof.
49 One They that are of the household of God, must be all joined in one faith and religion. law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
50 Then all the children of Israel did as the Lorde commaunded Moses and Aaron: so did they.
51 And the selfe same day did the Lord bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,
2 Sanctifie vnto me all the first borne: that is, euery one that first openeth the wombe among the children of Israel, as well of man as of beast: for it is mine.
3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of Where they were in most cruel slavery. bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this [place]: there shall no leavened bread be To signify that they did not have time to leaven their bread. eaten.
4 This day came ye out in the month Containing part of March and part of April, when corn began to ripen in that country. Abib.
5 Now when the Lord hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanites, and Hittites, and Amorites, and Hiuites, and Iebusites (which he sware vnto thy fathers, that he woulde giue thee, a land flowing with milke and honie) then thou shalt keepe this seruice in this moneth.
6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the Both the seventh and the first day were holy, as in (Exo_12:16). seventh day [shall be] a feast to the LORD.
7 Vnleauened bread shall bee eaten seuen dayes, and there shal no leauened bread be seene with thee, nor yet leauen be seene with thee in all thy quarters.
8 And thou shalt shew thy son When you celebrate the feast of unleavened bread. in that day, saying, [This is done] because of that [which] the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee You will constantly remember it, as you would of a thing that is in your hand, or before your eyes. 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.
10 Keepe therefore this ordinance in his season appoynted from yeere to yeere.
11 And when the Lord shall bring thee into the lande of the Canaanites, as hee sware vnto thee and to thy fathers, and shall giue it thee,
12 Then thou shalt set apart vnto the Lorde all that first openeth the wombe: also euery thing that first doeth open the wombe, and commeth forth of thy beast: the males shalbe the Lordes.
13 And every firstling of an This is also understood about the horse and other beasts which were not offered in sacrifice. ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou By offering a clean beast in sacrifice; (Lev_12:6). redeem.
14 And when thy sonne shall aske thee to morowe, saying, What is this? thou shalt then say vnto him, With a mightie hande the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
15 For when Pharaoh was harde hearted against our departing, the Lord then slewe all the first borne in the lande of Egypt: from the first borne of man euen to the first borne of beast: therefore I sacrifice vnto the Lorde all the males that first open the wombe, but all the first borne of my sonnes I redeeme.
16 And it shalbe as a token vpon thine hand, and as frontlets betweene thine eyes, that the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt by a mightie hande.
17 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 Which the Philistines would have made against them by blocking their passage. see war, and they return to Egypt:
18 But God led the people about, [through] the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up That is, not secretly but openly and as the word signifies, set in order by five and five. harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
19 (And Moses tooke the bones of Ioseph with him: for he had made the children of Israel sweare, saying, God will surely visite you, and ye shal take my bones away hence with you)
20 So they tooke their iourney from Succoth, and camped in Etham in the edge of the wildernesse.
21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a To defend them from the heat of the sun. cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
22 He tooke not away the pillar of ye cloude by day, nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.
1 Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they From toward the country of the Philistines. turn and encamp before So the Sea was before them, mountains on either side, and the enemies at their back: yet they obeyed God, and were delivered. Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are tangled in the land: the wildernesse hath shut them in.
4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will By punishing his obstinate rebellion. be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I [am] the LORD. And they did so.
5 Then it was told the King of Egypt, that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his seruants was turned against the people, and they sayde, Why haue we this done, and haue let Israel go out of our seruice?
6 And he made ready his charets, and tooke his people with him,
7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and Josephus writes that besides those chariots, there were 50,000 horsemen, and 80,000 footmen. all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
8 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 With great joy and boldness. high hand.
9 And the Egyptians pursued after them, and all the horses and charets of Pharaoh, and his horsemen and his hoste ouertooke them camping by the Sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore They who earlier had rejoiced in their deliverance, being now in danger, are afraid. afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
11 And they sayde vnto Moses, Hast thou brought vs to die in the wildernes, because there were no graues in Egypt? wherefore hast thou serued vs thus, to carie vs out of Egypt?
12 [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let Such is the impatience of the flesh, that it cannot wait for God's appointed time. us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
13 Then Moses sayde to the people, Feare ye not, stand still, and beholde the saluation of the Lord which he will shew to you this day. For the Egyptians, whome ye haue seene this day, ye shall neuer see them againe.
14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall Only put your trust in God without grudging or doubting. hold your peace.
15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore Thus in temptation faith fights against the flesh, and cries with inward groanings to the Lord. criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
16 And lift thou vp thy rod, and stretche out thine hand vpon the Sea and deuide it, and let the children of Israel goe on drie ground thorow the middes of the Sea.
17 And I, beholde, I will harden the heart of the Egyptians, that they may followe them, and I wil get me honour vpon Pharaoh, & vpon all his host, vpon his charets, and vpon his horsemen.
18 Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lorde, when I haue gotten me honour vpon Pharaoh, vpon his charets, & vpon his horsemen.
19 (And the Angel of God, which went before the hoste of Israel, remoued & went behinde them: also the pillar of the cloude went from before them, and stoode behinde them,
20 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 The cloud gave light to the Israelites, but to the Egyptians it was darkness, so that their two groups could not join together. light by night [to these]: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
21 And Moses stretched forth his hande vpon the Sea, & the Lord caused the sea to runne backe by a strong East winde all the night, & made the Sea dry land: for the waters were deuided.
22 Then the children of Israel went through the middes of the Sea vpon the drie ground, and the waters were a wall vnto them on their right hand, and on their left hand.
23 And the Egyptians pursued and went after them to the middes of the Sea, euen all Pharaohs horses, his charets, and his horsemen.
24 And it came to pass, that in the morning Which was about the last three hours of the night. watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
25 For he tooke off their charet wheeles, and they draue them with much a doe: so that the Egyptians euery one sayd, I wil flee from the face of Israel: for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26 Then the Lord sayde to Moses, Stretche thine hand vpon the Sea, that the waters may returne vpon the Egyptians, vpon their charets and vpon their horsemen.
27 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 So, using the water, the Lord saved his own and drowned his enemies. overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 So the water returned & couered the charets and the horsemen, euen all the hoste of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them: there remained not one of them.
29 But the children of Israel walked vpon dry land thorowe the middes of the Sea, and the waters were a wall vnto them on their right hande, and on their left.
30 Thus the Lorde saued Israel the same day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel sawe the Egyptians dead vpon the Sea banke.
31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his That is, the doctrine which he taught them in the Name of the Lord. servant Moses.
1 Then Praising God for the overthrow of his enemies, and their deliverance. 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.
2 The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will To worship him in it. prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
3 The LORD [is] a In battle he always overcomes. man of war: the LORD [is] his Always constant in his promises. name.
4 Pharaohs charets and his host hath he cast into the Sea: his chosen captaines also were drowned in the red Sea.
5 The depths haue couered them, they sanke to the bottome as a stone.
6 Thy right hande, O Lorde, is glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lorde, hath brused the enemie.
7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against Those who are enemies to God's people are his enemies. thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble.
8 And by the blast of thy nostrels the waters were gathered, the floods stoode still as an heape, the depthes congealed together in the heart of the Sea.
9 The enemie sayd, I wil pursue, I wil ouertake them, I will deuide the spoyle, my lust shall bee satisfied vpon them, I will drawe my sworde, mine hand shall destroy them.
10 Thou blewest with thy winde, the Sea couered them, they sanke as leade in the mightie waters.
11 Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the The scripture often so calls the mighty men of the world. gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, Who ought to be praised with all fear and reverence. fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hande, the earth swallowed them.
13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength unto thy holy That is, into the land of Canaan, or into mount Zion. habitation.
14 The people shal heare and be afraide: sorow shal come vpon the inhabitants of Palestina.
15 Then the dukes of Edom shalbe amased, & trembling shall come vpon the great men of Moab: all the inhabitantes of Canaan shall waxe faint hearted.
16 Feare and dread shall fall vpon them: because of the greatnesse of thine arme, they shalbe stil as a stone, till thy people passe, O Lord: til this people passe, which thou hast purchased.
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine Which was mount Zion, where later the temple was built. inheritance, [in] the place, O LORD, [which] thou hast made for thee to dwell in, [in] the Sanctuary, O Lord, [which] thy hands have established.
18 The Lord shall reigne for euer and euer.
19 For Pharaohs horses went with his charets and horsemen into the Sea, and the Lorde brought the waters of the Sea vpon them: but the children of Israel went on drie land in the middes of the Sea.
20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with Signifying their great joy: a custom the Jews observed in certain situations, (Jdg_11:34) but it should not be used as a means to justify our wanton dances. dances.
21 And Miriam By singing the same song of thanksgiving. answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Which was called Etham, (Num_33:8). Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
23 And whe they came to Marah, they could not drinke of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of the place was called Marah.
24 Then the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drinke?
25 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 That is, God, or Moses in God's name. he proved them,
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is Which is, to do only what God commanded. 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.
27 And they came to Elim, where were twelue fountaines of water, and seuentie palme trees, and they camped thereby the waters.
1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of This is the eighth place in which they had camped, there is another place called Zin, which was the 33rd place in which they camped, and is also called Kadesh, (Num_33:36). Sin, which [is] between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
2 And the whole Congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses & against Aaron in the wildernesse.
3 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 It is a hard thing for the flesh not to complain against God when the stomach is empty. 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.
4 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 To signify that they should patiently depend on God's providence from day to day. day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
5 But the sixt daye they shall prepare that, which they shal bring home, and it shalbe twise as much as they gather dayly.
6 Then Moses and Aaron sayde vnto all the children of Israel, At euen ye shal know, that the Lord brought you out of the land of Egypt:
7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; He did not give them Manna because they complained, but because of his promise. for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what [are] we, that ye murmur against us?
8 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 He that condemns God's ministers, condemns God himself. LORD.
9 And Moses sayd to Aaron, Say vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, Draw neere before the Lorde: for he hath heard your murmurings.
10 Now as Aaron spake vnto the whole Congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wildernesse, and beholde, the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloude.
11 (For the Lorde had spoken vnto Moses, saying,
12 I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: tell them therefore, & say, At euen ye shal eate flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord your God)
13 And so at euen the quailes came and couered the campe: and in the morning the dewe lay round about the hoste.
14 And when the dewe that was fallen was ascended, beholde, a small round thing was vpon the face of the wildernes, small as the hoare frost on the earth.
15 And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] Which signifies a part, portion, or gift: also meat prepared. manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto 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 man according to his eating, Which contains about half a gallon in our measure. an omer for every man, [according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents.
17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some lesse.
18 And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no God richly feeds everyone, and no one can justly complain. lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
19 Moses then said vnto them, Let no man reserue thereof till morning.
20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and No creature is so pure, but being abused it turns to our destruction. stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
21 And they gathered it euery morning, euery man according to his eating: for when the heate of the sunne came, it was melted.
22 And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered Which would serve for the Sabbath and the day before. twice as much bread, two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
23 And he answered them, This is that, which the Lord hath sayde, To morowe is the rest of the holy Sabbath vnto the Lorde: bake that to day which ye wil bake, and seethe that which ye wil seethe, and all that remaineth, lay it vp to be kept till the morning for you.
24 And they laied it vp till the morning, as Moses bade, and it stanke not, neyther was there any worme therein.
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day [is] a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not God took away the opportunity for their labour, to signify how holy he would have the Sabbath kept. find it in the field.
26 Sixe dayes shall yee gather it, but in the seuenth day is the Sabbath: in it there shalbe none.
27 And it came to pass, [that] there Their unfaithfulness was so great, that they did exactly the opposite of God's commandment. went out [some] of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Howe long refuse yee to keepe my commaundementes, and my lawes?
29 Beholde, howe the Lorde hath giuen you the Sabbath: therefore he giueth you the sixt day bread for two dayes: tary therefore euery man in his place: let no man goe out of his place the seuenth day.
30 So the people rested the seuenth day.
31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it [was] like In form and figure, but not in colour; (Num_11:7). coriander seed, white; and the taste of it [was] like wafers [made] with honey.
32 And Moses said, This is that which the Lord hath commanded, Fill an Omer of it, to keepe it for your posteritie: that they may see the bread wherewith I haue fed you in wildernesse, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.
33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a Of this vessel read (Heb_9:4). 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, so Aaron laid it up before the That is, the Ark of the covenant that is, after the Ark was made. Testimony, to be kept.
35 And the children of Israel did eate MAN fourtie yeres, vntill they came vnto a land inhabited: they did eate MAN vntill they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
36 Now an omer [is] the tenth [part] of an Which measure contained about five gallons. ephah.
1 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 Moses does not note every place where they camped as in Numbers 33, but only those places where some notable thing was done. Rephidim: and [there was] no water for the people to drink.
2 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 Why do you distrust God? Why do you not look for comfort from him without complaining to us? tempt the LORD?
3 So the people thirsted there for water, & the people murmured against Moses, & said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kil vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?
4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to How ready the people are to slay the true prophets for their own purposes and how slow they are to take up God's cause against his enemies and false prophets. stone me.
5 And ye Lord answered to Moses, Goe before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Israel: and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the riuer, take in thine hand, and go:
6 Behold, I will stand there before thee vpon the rocke in Horeb, and thou shalt smite on the rocke, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drinke; Moses did so in the sight of the Elders of Israel.
7 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 When in adversity we think God is absent, then we neglect his promise and make him a liar. LORD among us, or not?
8 Then came Who came from Eliphaz, son of Esau, (Gen_36:12). Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the That is, Horeb, which is also called Sinai. hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
10 So Ioshua did as Moses bad him, & fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, went vp to the top of the hill.
11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let So that we see how dangerous a thing it is to cease in prayer. down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 Nowe Moses handes were heauy: therefore they tooke a stone and put it vnder him, and hee sate vpon it: and Aaron and Hur stayed vp his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side: so his hands were steady vntill the going downe of the sunne.
13 And Ioshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial In the book of the law. in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it That is, the Lord is my banner as he declared by holding up his rod and his hands. Jehovahnissi:
16 Also he said, The Lord hath sworne, that he will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation.
1 When Iethro the Priest of Midian Moses father in lawe heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and howe the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt,
2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had It may seem that he sent her back for a time to her father for her impatience, lest she should be a hinderance to his calling, which was so dangerous, (Exo_4:25). sent her back,
3 And her two sonnes, (whereof the one was called Gershom: for he sayd, I haue bene an aliant in a strange land:
4 And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, & deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh)
5 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the Horeb is called the mount of God, because God did many miracles there. So Peter calls the mount where Christ was transfigured, the holy mount: for by Christ's presence it was holy for a time, (2Pe_1:18). mount of God:
6 And he That is, he sent messengers to say to him. said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
7 And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeisance and kissed him, and eche asked other of his welfare: and they came into the tent.
8 Then Moses told his father in law all that the Lorde had done vnto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israels sake, and all the trauaile that had come vnto them by the way, and howe the Lord deliuered them.
9 And Iethro reioyced at all the goodnesse, which the Lord had shewed to Israel, and because he had deliuered them out of the hande of the Egyptians.
10 And Jethro said, By this it is evident that he worshipped the true God, and therefore Moses did not refuse to marry his daughter. 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.
11 Now I know that the LORD [is] greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly For they that drowned the children of the Israelites, perished themselves by water. [he was] above them.
12 And Jethro, Moses' 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' father in law They ate in the place, where the sacrifice was offered: for part was burnt, and the rest eaten. before God.
13 Now on the morow, when Moses sate to iudge the people, the people stoode about Moses from morning vnto euen.
14 And when Moses father in law saw all that he did to the people, he sayde, What is this that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thy selfe alone, and all the people stande about thee from morning vnto euen?
15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of That is, to know God's will, and to have justice executed. God:
16 When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene one and another, and declare the ordinances of God, and his lawes.
17 But Moses father in law said vnto him, The thing which thou doest, is not well.
18 Thou both weariest thy selfe greatly, & this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heauie for thee: thou art not able to doe it thy selfe alone.
19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to You judge in difficult cases, which cannot be decided without consulting with God. God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
20 And admonish them of the ordinances, & of the lawes, & shew them the way, wherein they must walke, and the worke that they must do.
21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people What manner of men ought to be chosen to bear office. 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 iudge the people at all seasons: but euery great matter let them bring vnto thee, and let them iudge all small causes: so shall it be easier for thee, when they shal beare the burden with thee.
23 If thou do this thing, (& God so command thee) both thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shal also go quietly to their place.
24 So Moses Godly counsel should always be obeyed, even if it comes from our inferiors, for to such God often gives wisdom to humble those that are exalted, and to declare that one member has need of another. hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
25 And Moses chose men of courage out of all Israel, and made them heads ouer the people, rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, and rulers ouer tennes.
26 And they iudged the people at all seasons, but they brought the hard causes vnto Moses: for they iudged all small matters themselues.
27 And Moses Read (Num_10:29). let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
1 In the Which was in the beginning of the month of Sivan, containing part of May and part of June. third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same That they departed from Rephidim. day came they [into] the wilderness of Sinai.
2 For they departed from Rephidim, & came to the desart of Sinai, and camped in the wildernesse: euen there Israel camped before the mount.
3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of God called Jacob, Israel: therefore the house of Jacob and the people of Israel signify God's people. Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bare you on For the eagle by flying high, is out of danger, and by carrying her birds on her wings rather than in her talons declares her love. eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
5 Now therefore if ye wil heare my voyce in deede, and keepe my couenant, then ye shalbe my chiefe treasure aboue all people, though all the earth be mine.
6 Yee shall be vnto mee also a kingdome of Priestes, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel.
7 Moses then came & called for the Elders of the people, and proposed vnto them all these things, which the Lord commanded him.
8 And the people answered all together, and sayd, All that the Lord hath commaunded, we will doe; Moses reported the wordes of the people vnto the Lord.
9 And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Lo, I come vnto thee in a thicke cloude, that the people may heare, whiles I talke with thee, and that they may also beleeue thee for euer. (for Moses had tolde the wordes of the people vnto the Lord)
10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and Teach them to be pure in heart, as they show themselves outwardly clean by washing. sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
11 And let them be ready on the third day: for the thirde day the Lorde will come downe in the sight of all the people vpon mount Sinai:
12 And thou shalt set markes vnto the people rounde about, saying, Take heede to your selues that ye goe not vp the mount, nor touche the border of it: whosoeuer toucheth the mount, shall surely die.
13 No hand shall touche it, but he shalbe stoned to death, or striken through with darts: whether it be beast or man, he shal not liue: when the horne bloweth long, they shal come vp into the mountaine.
14 Then Moses went downe from ye mount vnto the people, and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at [your] But give yourselves to prayer and abstinence, that you may at this time attend only upon the Lord, (1Co_7:5). wives.
16 And the thirde day, when it was morning, there was thunders and lightnings, and a thicke cloude vpon the mount, and the sounde of the trumpet exceeding loude, so that all the people, that was in the campe, was afrayde.
17 Then Moses brought the people out of the tents to meete with God, and they stoode in the nether part of the mount.
18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount God used these fearful signs, that his law would be held in greater reverence, and his majesty even more feared. quaked greatly.
19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a He gave authority to Moses by plain words, that the people might understand him. voice.
20 (For the Lorde came downe vpon mount Sinai on the toppe of the mount) and when the Lord called Moses vp into the top of the mount, Moses went vp.
21 Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Go down, charge the people, that they breake not their boundes, to go vp to the Lord to gaze, least many of them perish.
22 And let the Priestes also which come to the Lorde be sanctified, least the Lorde destroy them.
23 And Moses sayde vnto the Lord, The people can not come vp into the mount Sinai: for thou hast charged vs, saying, Set markes on the mountaine, and sanctifie it.
24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the Neither dignity nor multitude have authority to pass the bounds that God's word prescribes. priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
25 So Moses went downe vnto the people, & tolde them.
1 And God When Moses and Aaron were gone up, or had passed the bounds of the people, God spoke thus out of the mount Horeb, that all the people heard. spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the Lorde thy God, which haue brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods To whose eyes all things are open. before me.
4 Thou shalt make thee no grauen image, neither any similitude of things that are in heauen aboue, neither that are in the earth beneath, nor that are in the waters vnder the earth.
5 Thou shalt not By this outward gesture, all forms of service and worship to idols is forbidden. bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a And will have revenge on those who condemn my honour. jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto So ready is he rather to show mercy than to punish. thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in Either by swearing falsely or rashly by his Name, or by condemning it. vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8 Remember the sabbath day, Which is by meditating the spiritual rest, by hearing God's word, and resting from worldly labours. to keep it holy.
9 Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,
10 But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any worke, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy mayde, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
11 For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: therefore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy By parents it is also meant all that have authority over us. father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not But love and preserve your brother's life. kill.
14 Thou shalt not But be pure in heart, word and deed. commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not But study to save his goods. steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false But further his good name, and speak truth. witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not You may not so much as wish his hinderance in anything. 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.
18 And all the people sawe the thunders, and the lightnings, & the sound of the trumpet, and the mountaine smoking & when the people saw it they fled and stoode afare off,
19 And sayde vnto Moses, Talke thou with vs, and we will heare: but let not God talke with vs, lest we die.
20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to Whether you will obey his precepts as you promised in (Exo_19:8). prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
21 So the people stoode afarre off, but Moses drew neere vnto the darkenes where God was.
22 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Thus thou shalt say vnto the children of Israel, Ye haue seene that I haue talked with you from heauen.
23 Ye shall not make therefore with me gods of siluer, nor gods of golde: you shall make you none.
24 An altar of earth thou shalt make vnto me, and thereon shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheepe, and thine oxen: in all places, where I shall put the remembrance of my Name, I will come vnto thee, and blesse thee.
25 But if thou wilt make mee an altar of stone, thou shalt not buylde it of hewen stones: for if thou lift vp thy toole vpon them, thou hast polluted them.
26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy Which might be by his stooping or flying up of his clothes. nakedness be not discovered thereon.
1 Now these are the lawes, which thou shalt set before them:
2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for Paying no money for his freedom. nothing.
3 If he Not having wife nor children. came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her Till her time of servitude was expired which might be the seventh year or the fiftieth. master's, and he shall go out by himself.
5 But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free,
6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the Where the judges sat. door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for That is, to the year of Jubile, which was every fiftieth year. ever.
7 And if a man Forced either by poverty, or else with the intent that the master should marry her. sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall By giving another money to buy her from him. he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her That is, he shall give his dowry. after the manner of daughters.
10 If he take For his son. him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
11 And if he do not these Neither marry her himself, nor give another money to buy her, nor bestow her on his son. three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
12 He that smiteth a man, and he die, shal dye the death.
13 And if a man lie not in wait, but Though a man be killed unawares, yet it is God's providence that it should so be. God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine The holiness of the place should not defend the murderer. altar, that he may die.
15 Also hee that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die the death.
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if it be founde with him, shal die the death.
17 And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.
18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a Either far away from him or near. stone, or with [his] fist, and he die not, but keepeth [his] bed:
19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote [him] be By the civil justice. quit: only he shall pay [for] the loss of his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed.
20 And if a man smite his seruant, or his maide with a rod, and he die vnder his hande, he shalbe surely punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not By the civil magistrate, but before God he is a murderer. be punished: for he [is] his money.
22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no Or, «death»: of the mother or child in the event she miscarries. Also the death on the unborn infant. 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 But if death followe, then thou shalt paye life for life,
24 The execution of this law only belonged to the magistrate, (Mat_5:38).Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wounde, stripe for stripe.
26 And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall let him goe free for his eye.
27 And if he smite So God revenges cruelty in the even the least things. out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely If the beast be punished, much more shall the murderer. stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be] quit.
29 If the oxe were wont to push in times past, and it hath bene tolde his master, and hee hath not kept him, and after he killeth a man or a woman, the oxe shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.
30 If there be laid on him a By the next of the kindred of him that is so slain. sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 Whether he hath gored a sonne or gored a daughter, he shalbe iudged after the same maner.
32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty Read (Gen_23:15). shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 And when a man shall open a well, or when he shall dig a pit and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein,
34 The owner of the pit shall This law forbids not only to hurt, but to beware lest any be hurt. make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.
35 And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he die, then they shal sel the liue oxe, & deuide the money thereof, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide.
36 Or if it bee knowen that the oxe hath vsed to push in times past, & his master hath not kept him, he shal pay oxe for oxe, but the dead shall be his owne.
1 If a man shall steal an Either a great beast of the herd, or a small beast of the flock. ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
2 If a thief be found Breaking a house to enter in, or undermining. breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.
3 If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] He shall be put to death that kills him. 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 bee founde with him, aliue, (whether it be oxe, asse, or sheepe) he shal restore the double.
5 If a man doe hurt fielde, or vineyarde, and put in his beast to feed in an other mans fielde, he shall recompence of the best of his owne fielde, and of the best of his owne vineyard.
6 If fire breake out, and catche in ye thornes, and the stackes of corne, or the standing corne, or the fielde be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall make full restitution.
7 If a man deliuer his neighbour money or stuffe to keepe, and it be stollen out of his house, if the thiefe be found, he shall pay the double.
8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, [to see] whether he have That is, whether he has stolen. put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
9 In all maner of trespasse, whether it bee for oxen, for asse, for sheepe, for raiment, or for any maner of lost thing, which an other chalengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shal come before the iudges, and whom the Iudges condemne, he shall pay the double vnto his neighbour.
10 If a man deliuer vnto his neighbour to keepe asse, or oxe, or sheepe, or any beast, and it die, or be hurt, or taken away by enemies, and no man see it,
11 They should swear by the name of the Lord.[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.
12 But if it be stollen fro him, he shal make restitution vnto the owner thereof.
13 If it be torn in pieces, [then] let him bring He shall show some part of the beast or bring in witnesses. it [for] witness, [and] he shall not make good that which was torn.
14 And if a man borow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or els die, the owner thereof not being by, he shal surely make it good.
15 [But] if the owner thereof [be] with it, he shall not make [it] good: if it [be] an hired [thing], it He that hired it shall be free by paying the hire. came for his hire.
16 And if a man entise a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, hee shall endowe her, and take her to his wife.
17 If her father refuse to giue her to him, hee shal pay money, according to ye dowry of virgins.
18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to liue.
19 Whosoeuer lieth with a beast, shall dye the death.
20 Hee that offereth vnto any gods, saue vnto the Lord onely, shalbe slaine.
21 Moreouer, thou shalt not do iniurie to a stranger, neither oppresse him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 Ye shall not trouble any widowe, nor fatherlesse childe.
23 If thou vexe or trouble such, and so he call and cry vnto me, I will surely heare his cry.
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your The just plague of God on the oppressors. wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25 If thou lende money to my people, that is, to the poore with thee, thou shalt not bee as an vsurer vnto him: yee shall not oppresse him with vsurie.
26 If thou take thy neighbours rayment to pledge, thou shalt restore it vnto him before the sunne go downe:
27 For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he For cold and necessity. crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.
28 Thou shalt not raile vpon the Iudges, neither speake euil of the ruler of thy people.
29 Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the Your abundance of your corn. first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen & with thy sheepe: seuen dayes it shall bee with his damme, and the eight day thou shalt giue it me.
31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it And so have nothing to do with it. to the dogs.
1 Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause Do that which is godly, though few favour it. to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:
3 Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.
4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely If we are bound to do good to our enemies beast, how much more to our enemy himself, (Mat_5:44). bring it back to him again.
5 If thou see the If God commands us to help our enemy's donkey under his burden, will he suffer us to cast down our brethren with heavy burdens? ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6 Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the Whether you are the magistrate or are commanded by the magistrate. innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the For since he is a stranger, his heart is sorrowful enough. heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
10 Moreouer, sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the fruites thereof,
11 But the seuenth yeere thou shalt let it rest and lie still, that the poore of thy people may eat, and what they leaue, the beastes of the fielde shal eate. In like maner thou shalt doe with thy vineyard, and with thine oliue trees.
12 Sixe dayes thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest, that thine oxe, and thine asse may rest, and the sonne of thy maide and the stranger may be refreshed.
13 And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make Neither by swearing by them, nor speaking of them, (Psa_16:4; Eph_5:3). no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
14 Three times thou shalt keepe a feast vnto me in the yeere.
15 Thou shalt keep the feast of That is, Easter, in remembrance that the angel passed over and spared the Israelites, when he slew the first born of the Egyptians. unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
16 And the Which is Whit Sunday, in token that the law was given 50 days after they departed from Egypt. feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the This is the feast of tabernacles, signifying that they lived for 40 years in the tents or the tabernacles in the wilderness. feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
17 These three times in the yeere shall all thy men children appeare before the Lord Iehouah.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with No leavened bread will be in your house. leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his Meaning, that no fruit should be taken before just time: and by this all cruel and wanton appetites are controlled. mother's milk.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keepe thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place which I haue prepared.
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my I will give him my authority, and he will govern you in my name. name [is] in him.
22 But if thou hearken vnto his voyce, & do all that I speake, the I wil be an enemie vnto thine enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee.
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, & bring thee vnto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, and I will destroy them.
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt God commands his own to not only not worship idols, but to destroy them. utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy That is, all things necessary for this present life. bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
26 There shall none cast their fruite nor be baren in thy lande: the number of thy dayes will I fulfill.
27 I will send my I will make them afraid of your coming and send my angel to destroy them, as in (Exo_35:2). fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
28 And I will sende hornets before thee, which shal driue out the Hiuites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from thy face.
29 I will not cast them out from thy face in one yeere, least the land grow to a wildernes: & the beasts of the field multiplie against thee.
30 By litle and litle I will driue them out from thy face, vntill thou increase, and inherite the lande.
31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea Called the Sea of Syria. of the Philistines, and from the Of Arabia called desert. desert unto the That is, Ephraim. river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
32 Thou shalt make no couenant with them, nor with their gods:
33 Neither shall they dwell in thy lande, least they make thee sinne against me: for if thou serue their gods, surely it shall be thy destruction.
1 And he When he called him up to the mountain to give him the laws, beginning at the 20th chapter till now. said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
2 And Moses himselfe alone shal come nere to the Lord, but they shall not come neere, neither shall the people goe vp with him.
3 When he had received these laws in mount Sinai.And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
4 And Moses wrote all the wordes of the Lord, and rose vp early, and set vp an altar vnder the mountaine, and twelue pillars according to the twelue tribes of Israel.
5 And he sent young For as yet the priesthood was not given to Levi. men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
6 Then Moses tooke halfe of the blood, and put it in basens, and halfe of the blood he sprinckled on the altar.
7 After he tooke the booke of the couenant, and read it in the audience of the people: who said, All that the Lord hath said, we will do, and be obedient.
8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the Which signifies that the covenant broken cannot be satisfied without shedding of blood. blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
9 Then went vp Moses & Aaron, Nadab, & Abihu, and seuentie of the Elders of Israel.
10 And they As perfectly as their infirmities could behold his majesty. saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness.
11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he He did not make them afraid, nor punish them. laid not his hand: also they saw God, and That is, rejoiced. did eat and drink.
12 And the LORD The second time. said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee Signifying the hardness of our hearts, unless God writes his laws in it by his Spirit, (Jer_31:33; Eze_11:19; 2Co_3:3; Heb_8:10, Heb_10:16) tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach That is, the people. them.
13 Then Moses rose vp, and his minister Ioshua, and Moses went vp into the mountaine of God,
14 And said vnto the Elders, Tary vs here, vntill we come againe vnto you: and beholde, Aaron, and Hur are with you: whosoeuer hath any matters, let him come to them.
15 Then Moses went vp to the mount, and the cloude couered the mountaine,
16 And the glorie of the Lorde abode vpon mount Sinai, and the cloude couered it sixe dayes: and the seuenth day he called vnto Moses out of the middes of the cloude.
17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like The Lord appears like devouring fire to carnal men: but to them that he draws with his Spirit, he is like pleasant sapphire. devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18 And Moses entred into the middes of the cloude, and went vp to the mountaine: and Moses was in the mount fourtie dayes and fourty nightes.
1 Then the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,
2 After the moral and judicial law he gives them the ceremonial law that nothing should be left to man's invention.Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
3 And this [is] the offering which ye shall For the building and use of the tabernacle. take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
4 And blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linnen, and goates heare,
5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and Which is thought to be a kindred of Cedar, which will not rot. shittim wood,
6 Oil for the light, spices for Ordained for the priest. anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
7 Onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate.
8 And let them make me a A place both to offer sacrifice, and to hear the law. sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
9 According to all that I shewe thee, euen so shall ye make the forme of the Tabernacle, and the facion of all the instruments thereof.
10 They shall make also an Arke of Shittim wood, two cubites and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie.
11 And thou shalt ouerlay it with pure golde: within and without shalt thou ouerlay it, & shalt make vpon it a crowne of golde rounde about.
12 And thou shalt cast foure rings of golde for it, and put them in the foure corners thereof: that is, two rings shalbe on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side thereof.
13 And thou shalt make barres of Shittim wood, and couer them with golde.
14 Then thou shalt put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke with them.
15 The barres shalbe in the rings of the Arke: they shall not be taken away from it.
16 And thou shalt put into the ark the The stone tables, the rod of Aaron and manna which were a testimony of God's presence. testimony which I shall give thee.
17 And thou shalt make a There God appeared mercifully to them: and this was a figure of Christ. mercy seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
18 And thou shalt make two Cherubims of golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer shalt thou make the at ye two endes of the Merciseate.
19 And the one Cherub shalt thou make at the one ende, and the other Cherub at the other ende: of the matter of the Mercieseate shall ye make the Cherubims, on the two endes thereof.
20 And the Cherubims shall stretche their winges on hie, couering the Mercie seate with their winges, and their faces one to another: to the Mercie seate warde shal the faces of the Cherubims be.
21 And thou shalt put the Mercieseate aboue vpon the Arke, and in the Arke thou shalt put the Testimonie, which I will giue thee,
22 And there I will declare my selfe vnto thee, & from aboue ye Mercieseate betweene ye two Cherubims, which are vpon ye Arke of ye Testimonie, I wil tel thee al things which I wil giue thee in comandement vnto ye children of Israel.
23 Thou shalt also make a Table of Shittim wood, of two cubites long, and one cubite broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie:
24 And thou shalt couer it with pure gold, & make thereto a crowne of golde round about.
25 Thou shalt also make vnto it a border of foure fingers roud about and thou shalt make a golden crowne round about the border thereof.
26 After, thou shalt make for it foure ringes of golde, and shalt put the rings in the foure corners that are in the foure feete thereof:
27 Ouer against the border shall the rings be for places for barres, to beare the Table.
28 And thou shalt make the barres of Shittim wood, and shalt ouerlay them with golde, that the Table may be borne with them.
29 And thou shalt make the To set the bread upon. dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: [of] pure gold shalt thou make them.
30 And thou shalt set vpon the Table shewe bread before me continually.
31 And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten It shall not be molten, but beaten out of the lump of gold with the hammer. work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
32 Six braunches also shall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, & three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it.
33 Three boules like vnto almondes, one knop and one floure in one braunch: and three boules like almondes in the other branch, one knop and one floure: so throughout the sixe branches that come out of the Candlesticke.
34 And in the shaft of the Candlesticke shalbe foure boules like vnto almondes, his knops & his floures.
35 And there shalbe a knop vnder two branches made thereof: and a knop vnder two branches made thereof: and a knop vnder two branches made thereof, according to the sixe branches comming out of the Candlesticke.
36 Their knops and their branches shall bee thereof. all this shalbe one beaten worke of pure golde.
37 And thou shalt make the seuen lampes thereof: and the lampes thereof shalt thou put theron, to giue light toward that that is before it.
38 Also the snuffers and snuffedishes thereof shalbe of pure golde.
39 [Of] a This was the talent weight of the temple, and weighed 120 pounds. talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
40 Looke therefore that thou make them after their facion, that was shewed thee in the mountaine.
1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of That is, of most cunning or fine work. cunning work shalt thou make them.
2 The length of one curtaine shalbe eight and twentie cubites, and the bredth of one curtaine, foure cubites: euery one of the curtaines shall haue one measure.
3 Fiue curtaines shalbe coupled one to an other: and the other fiue curtaines shall be coupled one to another.
4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge On the side that the curtains might be tied together. in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of [another] curtain, in the coupling of the second.
5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that [is] in the coupling of the In tying together both the sides. second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
6 Thou shalt make also fiftie taches of gold, and couple the curtaines one to another with the taches, and it shalbe one tabernacle.
7 And thou shalt make curtains [of] goats' [hair] to be a Lest rain and weather should mar it. covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
8 The length of a curtaine shall be thirtie cubites, and the breadth of a curtaine foure cubites: the eleuen curtaines shalbe of one measure.
9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the That is, five on the one side, and five on the other, and the sixth should hang over the door of the tabernacle. sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
10 And thou shalt make fifty stringes in the edge of one curtayne, in the seluedge of the coupling, and fifty stringes in the edge of the other curtaine in the second coupling.
11 Likewise thou shalt make fifty taches of brasse, & fasten them on the strings, & shalt couple the couering together, that it may be one.
12 And the For these curtains were two cubits longer than the curtain of the tabernacle so that they were wider by a cubit of both sides. remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
13 That the cubite on the one side, & the cubite on the other side of that which is left in the legth of the curtaines of ye couering, may remaine on either side of the Tabernacle to couer it.
14 And thou shalt make a To be put on the covering that was made of goats hair. covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above [of] This was the third covering of the tabernacle. badgers' skins.
15 Also thou shalt make boards for the Tabernacle of Shittim wood to stand vp.
16 Ten cubites shalbe the length of a boarde, and a cubite and an halfe cubite the breadth of one boarde.
17 Two tenons shalbe in one boarde set in order as the feete of a ladder, one against an other: thus shalt thou make for all the boardes of the Tabernacle.
18 And thou shalt make boardes for the Tabernacle, euen twenty boardes on the South side, euen full South.
19 And thou shalt make fourty sockets of siluer vnder the twentie boardes, two sockets vnder one boarde for his two tenons, and two sockets vnder an other boarde for his two tenons.
20 In like maner on the other side of the Tabernacle towarde the North side shalbe twentie boardes,
21 And their fourtie sockets of siluer, two sockets vnder one boarde, and two sockets vnder another board.
22 And on the side of the Tabernacle, toward the West shalt thou make sixe boards.
23 Also two boardes shalt thou make in the corners of the Tabernacle in the two sides.
24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be The Hebrew word signifies twins declaring that they should be as perfect and well joined as possible. coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
25 So they shalbe eight boardes hauing sockets of siluer, euen sixteene sockets, that is, two sockets vnder one board, and two sockets vnder an other boarde.
26 The thou shalt make fiue barres of Shittim wood for the boardes of one side of the Tabernacle,
27 And fiue barres for the boardes of the other side of the Tabernacle: also fiue barres for the boardes of the side of the Tabernacle toward the Westside.
28 And the middle barre shall goe through the middes of the boards, from ende to ende.
29 And thou shalt couer the boards with golde, and make their rings of golde, for places for the barres, & thou shalt couer the barres with golde.
30 So thou shalt reare vp the Tabernacle, according to the facion thereof, which was shewed thee in the mount.
31 Moreouer, thou shalt make a vaile of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen: thou shalt make it of broydred worke with Cherubims.
32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim [wood] overlaid with gold: their Some read «heads of the pillars». hooks [shall be of] gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the In which only the high priest entered and only once a year. most holy.
34 Also thou shalt put ye Mercy seate vpon the Arke of the testimonie in the most Holy place.
35 And thou shalt set the table Meaning, in the holy place. without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
36 And thou shalt make an This hanging or veil was between the holy place, and there where the people were. hanging for the door of the tent, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
37 And thou shalt make for the hanging fiue pillers of Shittim, and couer them with gold: their heads shalbe of golde, and thou shalt cast fiue sockets of brasse for them.
1 And thou shalt make an For the burnt offering. altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.
2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of Of the same wood and matter not fastened to it. the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
3 Also thou shalt make his ashpannes for his ashes and his besoms, and his basens, and his flesh-hookes, and his censers: thou shalt make all the instruments thereof of brasse.
4 And thou shalt make vnto it a grate like networke of brasse: also vpon that grate shalt thou make foure brasen rings vpon the foure corners thereof.
5 And thou shalt put it vnder the compasse of the altar beneath, that the grate may be in the middes of the altar.
6 Also thou shalt make barres for the altar, barres, I say, of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with brasse.
7 And the barres thereof shalbe put in the rings, the which barres shalbe vpon the two sides of the altar to beare it.
8 Thou shalt make the altar holowe betwene the boardes: as God shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
9 And thou shalt make the This was the first entry into the tabernacle, where the people abode. court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall be of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their They were certain hoops or circles to beautify the pillar. fillets [shall be of] silver.
11 Likewise on the Northside in length there shalbe hangings of an hundreth cubites long, and the twentie pillars thereof with their twentie sockets of brasse: the heades of the pillars and the filets shalbe siluer.
12 And the breadth of the court on the Westside shall haue curtaines of fiftie cubites, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.
13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward [shall be] Meaning curtains of fifty cubits. fifty cubits.
14 The hangings of one Of the door of the court. side [of the gate shall be] fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15 Likewise on the other side shalbe hangings of fifteene cubites, with their three pillars & their three sockets.
16 And in the gate of the court shalbe a vaile of twentie cubites, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needle, with the foure pillars thereof and their foure sockets.
17 All the pillars of the court shal haue filets of siluer round about, with their heads of siluer, and their sockets of brasse.
18 The length of the court shalbe an hundreth cubites, and the breadth fiftie at either ende, & the height fiue cubites, and the hangings of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brasse.
19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the Or stakes, with which the curtains were fastened to the ground. pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, [shall be of] brass.
20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive Such as comes from the olive, when it is first pressed or beaten. beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
21 In the Tabernacle of the Congregation without the vaile, which is before the Testimony, shall Aaron and his sonnes dresse them from euening to morning before the Lorde, for a statute for euer vnto their generations, to be obserued by the children of Israel.
1 And cause thou thy brother Aaron to come vnto thee and his sonnes with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serue me in the Priestes office: I meane Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar Aarons sonnes.
2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for By which his office may be known to be glorious and excellent. glory and for beauty.
3 And thou shalt speak unto all [that are] wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to Which is to separate him from the rest. consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
4 And these [are] the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an A short an straight coat without sleeves, put on top of his garments to keep them close to him. ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
5 Therefore they shall take golde, and blew silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linnen,
6 And they shal make the Ephod of gold, blewe silke, and purple, skarlet, and fine twined linen of broydred worke.
7 The two shoulders thereof shalbe ioyned together by their two edges: so shall it be closed.
8 And the Which went about his upmost coat. curious girdle of the ephod, which [is] upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; [even of] gold, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9 And thou shalt take two onix stones, and graue vpon them the names of the children of Israel:
10 Six of their names on one stone, and [the other] six names of the rest on the other stone, according to As they were in age, so should they be graven in order. their birth.
11 Thou shalt cause to graue the two stones according to the names of the children of Israel by a grauer of signets, that worketh and graueth in stone, and shalt make them to be set and embossed in golde.
12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod [for] stones of That Aaron might remind the Israelites of God. memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
13 So thou shalt make bosses of golde,
14 And two chains [of] pure gold Of the bosses. at the ends; [of] wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of It was so called, because the high priest could not give sentence in judgment without that on his breast. judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, and [of] fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
16 The description of the breastplate.Foursquare it shall be [being] doubled; a span [shall be] the length thereof, and a span [shall be] the breadth thereof.
17 Then thou shalt set it full of places for stones, euen foure rowes of stones: the order shalbe this, a rubie, a topaze, and a carbuncle in the first rowe.
18 And in the seconde rowe thou shalt set an emeraude, a saphir, and a diamonde.
19 And in the third rowe a turkeis, an achate, and an hematite.
20 And in the fourth rowe a chrysolite, an onix, and a iasper: and they shall be set in golde in their embossements.
21 And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelue, according to their names, grauen as signets, euerye one after his name, and they shall bee for the twelue tribes.
22 Then thou shalt make vpon the breast plate two cheines at the endes of wrethen worke of pure golde.
23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on Which are upmost toward the shoulder. the two ends of the breastplate.
24 And thou shalt put the two wrethen chaynes of golde in the two rings in the endes of the brest plate.
25 And the other two endes of the two wrethen cheines, thou shalt fasten in ye two embossements, and shalt put them vpon the shoulders of the Ephod on the foreside of it.
26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the Which are beneath. two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which [is] in the side of the ephod inward.
27 And two other rings of golde thou shalt make, and put them on the two sides of the Ephod, beneath in the forepart of it ouer against the coupling of it vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod.
28 Thus they shall binde the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blewe silke, that it may be fast vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod, and that the brest plate be not loosed from the Ephod.
29 And Aaron shall Aaron will not enter into the holy place in his own name, but in the name of all the children of Israel. bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy [place], for a memorial before the LORD continually.
30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim signifies light, and thummim perfection: declaring that the stones of the breastplate were most clear, and of perfect beauty: by urim also is meant knowledge, and thummim holiness, showing what virtues are required in the priests. Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
31 And thou shalt make the robe of the Ephod altogether of blewe silke.
32 And the hole for his head shalbe in the middes of it, hauing an edge of wouen woorke rounde about the coller of it: so it shalbe as the coller of an habergeon that it rent not.
33 And beneath vpon the skirtes thereof thou shalt make pomegranates of blew silke, and purple, & skarlet, round about the skirts thereof, and belles of gold betweene them round about:
34 That is, a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate rounde about vpon the skirtes of the robe.
35 So it shalbe vpon Aaron, when he ministreth, and his sound shalbe heard, when he goeth into the holy place before the Lorde, and when he commeth out, and he shall not dye.
36 And thou shalt make a plate [of] pure gold, and grave upon it, [like] the engravings of a signet, Holiness belongs to the Lord: for he is most holy, and nothing unholy may appear before him. HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
37 And thou shalt put it on a blew silke lace, and it shalbe vpon the miter: euen vpon the fore front of the miter shall it be.
38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may Their offerings could not be so perfect, but some fault would be in them: which sin the high priest bore and pacified God. bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
39 Likewise thou shalt embroyder the fine line coat, & thou shalt make a miter of fine line, but thou shalt make a girdell of needle worke.
40 Also thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes coates, & thou shalt make the girdels, & bonets shalt thou make them for glorie & comelinesse.
41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and Or «fill their hands», by giving them things to offer and therefore admit them to their office. consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
42 Thou shalt also make them linen breeches to couer their priuities: from the loynes vnto the thighs shall they reache.
43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy [place]; that they In not hiding their nakedness. bear not iniquity, and die: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
1 This thing also shalt thou do vnto them whe thou consecratest them to be my Priestes, Take a yong calfe, & two rams wtout blemish,
2 And vnleauened bread and cakes vnleauened tempered with oyle, and wafers vnleauened anoynted with oyle: (of fine wheate flowre shalt thou make them)
3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and To offer them in sacrifice. bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
4 And shalt bring Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water.
5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the Which was next under the Ephod. robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
6 Then thou shalt put the miter vpon his head, & shalt put the holy crowne vpon ye miter.
7 And thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and shalt powre vpon his head, and anoynt him.
8 And thou shalt bring his sonnes, and put coates vpon them,
9 And shalt girde them with girdles, both Aaron and his sonnes: and shalt put the bonets on them, and the Priestes office shalbe theirs for a perpetuall lawe: thou shalt also fill the hands of Aaron, and the hands of his sonnes.
10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall Signifying that the sacrifice was also offered for them, and that they approved it. put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
11 So thou shalt kill the calfe before the Lord, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
12 Then thou shalt take of the blood of the calfe, and put it vpon the hornes of the altar with thy finger, and shalt powre al the rest of the blood at the foote of the altar.
13 Also thou shalt take all the fat that couereth the inwardes, and the kall, that is on the liuer, and the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and shalt burne them vpon the altar.
14 But the flesh of the calfe, and his skin, and his doung shalt thou burne with fire without the hoste: it is a sinne offring.
15 Thou shalt also take one ramme, and Aron and his sonnes shall put their hands vpon the head of the ramme.
16 Then thou shalt kil the ramme, & take his blood, & sprinkle it round about vpon the altar,
17 And thou shalt cut the ramme in pieces, and wash the inwards of him and his legges, and shalt put them vpon the pieces thereof, and vpon his head.
18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it [is] a burnt offering unto the LORD: Or, savour of rest, which causes the wrath of God to cease. it [is] a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
19 And thou shalt take the other ramme, & Aaron and his sonnes shall put their handes vpon the head of the ramme.
20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put [it] Meaning the soft and lower part of the ear. upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
21 And thou shalt take of the blood that [is] With which the Altar must be sprinkled. upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and the right shoulder; for it [is] a Which is offered for the consecration of the high priest. ram of consecration:
23 And one loafe of bread, and one cake of bread tempered with oyle, and one wafer, out of the basket of the vnleauened bread that is before the Lorde.
24 And thou shalt put al this in the handes of Aaron, and in the handes of his sonnes, and shalt shake them to and fro before the Lorde.
25 Againe, thou shalt receyue them of their handes, & burne them vpon the altar besides the burnt offring for a sweete sauour before ye Lord: for this is an offering made by fire vnto the Lord.
26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it This sacrifice the priest did move toward the East, West, North, and South. [for] a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the So called because it was not only shaken to and fro, but also lifted up. heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, [even] of [that] which [is] for Aaron, and of [that] which is for his sons:
28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it [is] an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their Which were offerings of thanksgiving to God for his benefits. peace offerings, [even] their heave offering unto the LORD.
29 And the holy garmets, which apperteine to Aaron, shall bee his sonnes after him, to bee anoynted therein, and to bee consecrate therein.
30 That sonne that shalbe Priest in his steade, shall put them on seuen dayes, when he commeth into the Tabernacle of the Congregation to minister in the holy place.
31 So thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seeth his flesh in the holy place.
32 And Aaron and his sonnes shall eate the flesh of the ram, & the bread that is in the basket, at the doore of ye Tabernacle of ye Congregation.
33 And they shall eat those things That is, by the sacrifices. wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat [thereof], because they [are] holy.
34 Now if ought of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread remaine vnto the morning, then thou shalt burne the rest with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is an holie thing.
35 Therefore shalt thou doe thus vnto Aaron & vnto his sonnes, according to all things, which I haue commanded thee: seuen dayes shalt thou consecrate them,
36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock [for] a sin offering for To appease God's wrath that sin may be pardoned. atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
37 Seuen dayes shalt thou cleanse the altar, & sanctifie it, so the altar shalbe most holy: and whatsoeuer toucheth the altar, shalbe holy.
38 Nowe this is that which thou shalt present vpon the altar: euen two lambes of one yere olde, day by day continually.
39 The one lambe thou shalt present in the morning, and the other lambe thou shalt present at euen.
40 And with the one lamb a That is, an Omer, read (Exo_16:16). tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an Which is about a pint. hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine [for] a drink offering.
41 And the other lambe thou shalt present at euen: thou shalt doe thereto according to the offring of the morning, and according to the drinke offring thereof, to be a burnt offring for a sweete sauour vnto, the Lorde.
42 This shalbe a continuall burnt offring in your generations at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the Lord, where I wil make appoyntment with you, to speake there vnto thee.
43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and [the tabernacle] shall be sanctified by my Because of my glorious presence. glory.
44 And I will sanctifie the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the altar: I will sanctifie also Aaron & his sonnes to be my Priests,
45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will bee their God.
46 And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: It is I the Lord, that am their God. I [am] the LORD their God.
1 And thou shalt make an altar Upon which the sweet perfume was burnt, (Exo_30:34). to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.
2 A cubit [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits [shall be] the height thereof: the horns thereof [shall be] Of the same wood and matter. of the same.
3 And thou shalt ouerlay it with fine golde, both the toppe therof and the sides thereof round about, and his hornes: also thou shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold round about.
4 Besides this thou shalt make vnder this crowne two golden rings on either side: euen on euery side shalt thou make them, that they may be as places for the barres to beare it withall.
5 The which barres thou shalt make of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with golde.
6 And thou shalt put it That is, in the sanctuary, and not in the holiest of all. before the vail that [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that [is] over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he Meaning, when he trims them, and refreshes the oil. dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
8 Likewise at eue, when Aaron setteth vp the lampes thereof, he shall burne incense: this perfume shalbe perpetually before ye Lord, throughout your generations.
9 Ye shall offer no Otherwise made them this, which is described. strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering But it must only serve to burn perfume. thereon.
10 And Aaron shall make reconciliation vpon the hornes of it once in a yere with the blood of the sinne offring in the day of reconciliation: once in the yeere shall hee make reconciliation vpon it throughout your generations: this is most holy vnto the Lord.
11 Afterward the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man By which he testified that he redeemed his life which he had forfeit, as is declared by David, (2Sa_24:1). a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them.
13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the This shekel was worth two common shekels: and the gerah about 12 pence at a rate of five shillings sterling to an ounce of silver. shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.
14 All that are nombred from twentie yeere olde and aboue, shall giue an offring to the Lord.
15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, That God should be merciful to you. to make an atonement for your souls.
16 So thou shalt take the money of the redemption of the children of Israel, and shalt put it vnto the vse of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, that it may be a memoriall vnto the children of Israel before the Lorde for the redemption of your liues.
17 Also the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
18 Thou shalt also make a lauer of brasse, and his foote of brasse to wash, and shalt put it betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and shalt put water therein.
19 For Aaron and his sons shall Signifying that he that comes to God must be washed from all sin and corruption. wash their hands and their feet thereat:
20 When they go into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, or when they goe vnto the Altar to minister and to make the perfume of ye burnt offring to the Lorde, they shall wash themselues with water, lest they die.
21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute So long as the priesthood shall last. for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
22 Also the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred Weighing so much. [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet It is a type of reed with a very sweet savour within, and it is used in powders and odours. calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels],
24 Also of cassia fiue hundreth, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, & of oyle oliue an Hin.
25 So thou shalt make of it the oyle of holie oyntment, euen a most precious oyntment after the arte of the Apothecarie: this shalbe the oyle of holy oyntment.
26 And thou shalt anoint the All things which belong to the tabernacle. tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
27 Also the Table, & al the instruments thereof, and the Candlesticke, with all the instruments thereof, and the altar of incense:
28 Also the Altar of burnt offring with al his instruments, and the lauer and his foote.
29 So thou shalt sanctifie them, & they shalbe most holy: all that shal touch them, shalbe holy.
30 Thou shalt also anoint Aaron & his sonnes, & shalt consecrate them, that they may minister vnto me in the Priests office.
31 Moreouer thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, This shalbe an holy oynting oyle vnto me, throughout your generations.
32 Upon Neither at their burials nor otherwise. man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make [any other] like it, after the composition of it: it [is] holy, [and] it shall be holy unto you.
33 Whosoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whosoever putteth [any] of it upon Either a stranger or an Israelite, save only the priests. a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and In Hebrew, Sheheleth: which is a sweet kind of gum and shines as the nail. onycha, and galbanum; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like [weight]:
35 Then thou shalt make of them perfume composed after the arte of the apothecarie, mingled together, pure and holy.
36 And thou shalt beate it to pouder, & shalt put of it before the Arke of the Testimonie in the Tabernacle of ye Cogregatio, where I wil make appointmet with thee: it shalbe vnto you most holy.
37 And ye shal not make vnto you any compositio like this perfume, which thou shalt make: it shalbe vnto thee holy for the Lord.
38 Whosoeuer shal make like vnto that to smell thereto, euen he shalbe cut off from his people.
1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
2 See, I I have chosen and made meet, (Exo_35:30). have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of This shows that handicrafts are the gifts of God's spirit, and therefore ought to be esteemed. workmanship,
4 To finde out curious workes to worke in golde, and in siluer, and in brasse,
5 Also in the arte to set stones, & to carue in timber, & to worke in all maner of workmaship.
6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are I have instructed them, and increased their knowledge. wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
7 That is, the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the Arke of the Testimonie, & the Merciseate that shalbe therupon, with all instruments of the Tabernacle:
8 And the table and his furniture, and the So called, because of the cunning and art used in them, or because the whole was beaten out of the piece. pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,
9 Likewise the Altar of burnt offring with al his instruments, and the Lauer with his foote:
10 Also the garments of the ministration, & ye holy garments for Aaron ye Priest, & the garmets of his sonnes, to minister in the Priestes office,
11 And the Which was only to anoint the Priests and the instruments of the tabernacle, not to burn. anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy [place]: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
12 Afterwarde the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Though I command that these works be done, yet I do not want you to break my Sabbath days. Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you.
14 Ye shall keep the God repeats this point because the whole keeping of the law stands in the true use of the sabbath, which is to stop working and so obey the will of God. sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15 Sixe dayes shall men worke, but in the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the holy rest to the Lord: whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath day, shall dye the death.
16 Wherfore the children of Israel shal keepe the Sabbath, that they may obserue the rest throughout their generations for an euerlasting couenant.
17 It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he From creating his creatures, but not from governing and preserving them. rested, and was refreshed.
18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables By which he declared his will to his people. of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, The root of Idolatry is when men think that God is not present, unless they see him physically. make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
2 And Aaron said unto them, Thinking that they would rather abandon idolatry, than give up their most precious jewels. Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.
3 And all the people brake off the Such is the rage of idolaters, that they spare no cost to satisfy their wicked desires. golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron.
4 And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a They remembered the sins of Egypt, where they saw calves, oxen and serpents worshipped. molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5 When Aaron sawe that, he made an Altar before it: and Aaron proclaimed, saying, To morow shalbe the holy day of the Lord.
6 So they rose vp the next day in the morning, and offred burnt offerings, & brought peace offrings: also the people sate them downe to eate and drinke, and rose vp to play.
7 Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Go, get thee downe: for thy people which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath corrupted their wayes.
8 They By which we see the need we have to pray earnestly to God, to keep us in his true obedience, and to send us good guides. have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9 Againe the Lord said vnto Moses, I haue seene this people, and beholde, it is a stiffe necked people.
10 Now God shows that the prayers of the godly hold back his punishment. therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
11 But Moses praied vnto the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, why doeth thy wrath waxe hote against thy people, which thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt, with great power and with a mightie hand?
12 Wherefore shall the Egyptians speake, and say, He hath brought them out maliciously for to slay them in the mountaines, and to consume them from the earth? turne from thy fearce wrath, and change thy minde from this euill towarde thy people.
13 Remember That is, your promise made to Abraham. Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever.
14 Then the Lord changed his minde fro the euil, which he threatned to do vnto his people.
15 So Moses returned and went downe from the mountaine with the two Tables of the Testimonie in his hande: the Tables were written on both their sides, euen on the one side and on the other were they written.
16 And the tables [were] the work of God, and All these repetitions show how excellent a thing they defrauded themselves of by their idolatry. the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
17 And when Ioshua heard the noyse of the people, as they shouted, he said vnto Moses, There is a noyse of warre in the hoste.
18 Who answered, It is not the noyse of them that haue the victorie, nor the noyse of them that are ouercome: but I do heare ye noyse of singing.
19 Nowe, as soone as he came neere vnto the hoste, he sawe the calfe and the dancing: so Moses wrath waxed hote, and he cast the Tables out of his handes, and brake them in pieces beneath the mountaine.
20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel Partly to despise them for their idolatry, and partly so they would have no opportunity to remember the calf later. drink [of it].
21 Also Moses said vnto Aaron, What did this people vnto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon them?
22 Then Aaron answered, Let not the wrath of my Lord waxe fearce: Thou knowest this people, that they are euen set on mischiefe.
23 And they sayde vnto me, Make vs gods to go before vs: for we knowe not what is become of this Moses (the man that brought vs out of the land of Egypt.)
24 Then I sayde to them, Ye that haue golde, plucke it off: and they brought it me, & I did cast it into the fire, and thereof came this calfe.
25 And when Moses saw that the people [were] Both destitute of God's favour, and an occasion for their enemies to speak evil of their God. naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:)
26 And Moses stoode in ye gate of the campe, and sayde, Who pertaineth to the Lorde? let him come to mee; all the sonnes of Leui gathered themselues vnto him.
27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, [and] go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and This fact did so please God, that he turned the curse of Jacob against Levi to a blessing, (Deu_33:9). slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
28 So the children of Leui did as Moses had commanded: and there fel of the people the same day about three thousand men.
29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his In revenging God's glory we must have no partiality to person, but lay aside all carnal affection. son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
30 And when the morning came, Moses sayde vnto the people, Yee haue committed a grieuous crime: but now I wil goe vp to the Lord, if I may pacifie him for your sinne.
31 Moses therefore went againe vnto ye Lord, and said, Oh, this people haue sinned a great sinne, and haue made them gods of golde.
32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, He esteemed the glory of God so much, that he preferred it even to his own salvation. out of thy book which thou hast written.
33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my I will make it known that he was never predestined in my eternal counsel to life everlasting. book.
34 This demonstrates how grievous a sin idolatry is, seeing that at Moses prayer God would not fully remit it.Therefore now go, lead the people unto [the place] of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
35 So the Lorde plagued the people, because they caused Aaro to make ye calfe which he made.
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] The land of Canaan was surrounded by hills: so those who entered it, must go up by the hills. go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
2 And I will send an Angel before thee & will cast out the Canaanites, the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites:
3 To a lande, I say, that floweth with milke and hony: for I will not goe vp with thee, because thou art a stiffe necked people, least I consume thee in the way.
4 And when the people heard this euill tydings, they sorowed, and no man put on his best rayment.
5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye [are] a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know That I may either show mercy if you repent, or else punish your rebellion. what to do unto thee.
6 So the children of Israel layed their good raiment from them, after Moses came downe from the mount Horeb.
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the That is, the tabernacle of the congregation: so called because the people turned to it, when they needed to be instructed of the Lord's will. Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, [that] every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which [was] without the camp.
8 And when Moses went out vnto the Tabernacle, all the people rose vp, and stood euery man at his tent doore, and looked after Moses, vntil he was gone into the Tabernacle.
9 And assoone as Moses was entred into the Tabernacle, the cloudie pillar descended & stood at the doore of the Tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
10 Nowe when all the people saw the cloudie pillar stand at the Tabernacle doore, all the people rose vp, and worshipped euery man in his tent doore.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses Most clearly and familiarly of all others, (Num_12:7-8; Deu_34:10) face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by I care for you and will preserve you in your calling. name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
13 Nowe therefore, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, shewe mee nowe thy way, that I may knowe thee, and that I may finde grace in thy sight: consider also that this nation is thy people.
14 And he said, My Signifying that the Israelites would exceed all other people, through God's favour; (Exo_33:16). presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.
15 Then he sayd vnto him, If thy presence go not with vs, cary vs not hence.
16 And wherein nowe shal it be knowen, that I and thy people haue found fauour in thy sight? Shall it not be when thou goest with vs? so I, and thy people shall haue preeminence before all the people that are vpon the earth.
17 And the Lord sayde vnto Moses, I will doe this also that thou hast saide: for thou hast founde grace in my sight, and I knowe thee by name.
18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy Your face, your substance, and your majesty. glory.
19 And he said, I will make all my My mercy and fatherly care. goodness pass before thee, and I will See (Exo_34:6-7). proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew For finding nothing in man that deserves mercy, he will freely give his. mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and For Moses did not see his face in full majesty, but as man's weakness could bear. live.
21 And the LORD said, Behold, [there is] a place by In mount Horeb. me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
22 And while my glory passeth by, I will put thee in a cleft of the rocke, and will couer thee with mine hand whiles I passe by.
23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my As much of my glory as in this mortal life you are able to see. back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
1 And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Hewe thee two Tables of stone, like vnto the first, and I will write vpon the Tables the wordes that were in the first Tables, which thou brakest in pieces.
2 And be ready in ye morning, that thou mayest come vp earely vnto the mount of Sinai, and waite there for me in the top of the mount.
3 But let no man come vp with thee, neither let any man be seene throughout all the mount, neyther let the sheepe nor cattell feede before this mount.
4 Then Moses hewed two Tables of stone like vnto the first, and rose vp earely in the morning, and went vp vnto the mount of Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, & tooke in his hande two Tables of stone.
5 And the Lorde descended in the cloude, and stoode with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
6 And the LORD passed by before him, and This refers to the Lord, and not to Moses proclaiming: as (Exo_33:19). proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
7 Reseruing mercy for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie, and transgression and sinne, and not making the wicked innocent, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon ye children, & vpon childrens children, vnto the third and fourth generation.
8 Then Moses made haste & bowed him selfe to the earth, and worshipped,
9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; Seeing the people are of this nature, the rulers need to call on God that he would always be present with his Spirit. for it [is] a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
10 And he answered, Behold, I will make a couenant before all thy people, and will do marueiles, such as haue not bene done in all the worlde, neyther in all nations: and all the people among whom thou art, shal see the worke of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
11 Keepe diligently that which I commande thee this day: Beholde, I will cast out before thee the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites.
12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a If you follow their wickedness, and pollute yourself with their idolatry. snare in the midst of thee:
13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their Which pleasant places they chose for their idols. groves:
14 (For thou shalt bow downe to none other god, because the Lord, whose Name is Ielous, is a ielous God)
15 Lest thou make a compact with the inhabitantes of the lande, and when they goe a whoring after their gods, and doe sacrifice vnto their gods, some man call thee, & thou eate of his sacrifice:
16 And least thou take of their daughters vnto thy sonnes, and their daughters goe a whoring after their gods, and make thy sonnes goe a whoring after their gods.
17 Thou shalt make thee no As gold, silver, brass, or anything that is molten: in this is condemned all types idols, no matter what they are made of. molten gods.
18 The feast of vnleauened bread shalt thou keepe: seuen dayes shalt thou eate vnleauened bread, as I commanded thee, in ye time of the moneth of Abib: for in the moneth of Abib thou camest out of Egypt.
19 Euery male, that first openeth the wombe, shalbe mine: also all the first borne of thy flocke shalbe rekoned mine, both of beeues and sheepe.
20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem [him] not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me Without offering something. empty.
21 Six dayes shalt thou worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest: both in earing time, and in the haruest thou shalt rest.
22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering Which was in September, when the days got shorter, that is, the end of their calendar year. at the year's end.
23 Thrise in a yere shal all your men children appeare before the Lorde Iehouah God of Israel.
24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man God promises to defend them and theirs, who obey his commandment. desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leauen, neither shall ought of the sacrifice of the feast of Passeouer be left vnto the morning.
26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not See (Exo_23:19; Deu_14:21). seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
27 And the Lord said vnto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenour of these words I haue made a couenant with thee & with Israel.
28 And he was there with the LORD This miracle was to confirm the authority of the law, and should not be followed any more than other miracles. forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
29 So when Moses came downe fro mount Sinai, the two Tables of the Testimonie were in Moses hande, as hee descended from the mount: (nowe Moses wist not that the skinne of his face shone bright, after that God had talked with him.
30 And Aaron and all the children of Israel looked vpon Moses, and beholde, the skin of his face shone bright, and they were afraid to come neere him)
31 But Moses called them: and Aaron and all the chiefe of the congregatio returned vnto him: and Moses talked with them.
32 And afterwarde all the children of Israel came neere, and he charged them with al that the Lord had said vnto him in mount Sinai.
33 So Moses made an end of comuning with them, and had put a couering vpon his face.
34 But when Moses went in Which was in the tabernacle of the congregation. before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel [that] which he was commanded.
35 And the children of Israel sawe the face of Moses, howe the skin of Moses face shone bright: therefore Moses put the couering vpon his face, vntill he went to speake with God.
1 Then Moses assembled all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and sayd vnto them, These are the wordes which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them:
2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy In which you shall rest from all bodily work. day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout all your habitations vpon the Sabbath day.
4 Againe, Moses spake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, saying,
5 Take from among you an offering vnto the Lorde: whosoeuer is of a willing heart, let him bring this offring to the Lord, namely golde, and siluer, and brasse:
6 Also blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen, and goates heare,
7 And rams skins died red, and badgers skins with Shittim wood:
8 Also oyle for light, and spices for the anointing oyle, and for the sweete incense,
9 And onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate.
10 And every wise See (Exo_28:3). hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;
11 That is, the Tabernacle, that pauilion thereof, and his couering, and his taches & his boards, his barres, his pillars and his sockets,
12 The ark, and the staves thereof, [with] the mercy seat, and the vail of the Which hung before the mercyseat so it could not be seen. covering,
13 The Table, and the barres of it, and all the instruments thereof, and the shewe bread:
14 Also the Candlesticke of light and his instrumentes, and his lampes with the oyle for the light:
15 Likewise the Altar of perfume and his barres, and the anoynting oyle, and the sweete incense, and the vaile of the doore at the entring in of the Tabernacle,
16 The Altar of burnt offering with his brasen grate, his barres and all his instrumentes, the Lauer and his foote,
17 The hangings of the court, his pillars & his sockets, and the vaile of the gate of the court,
18 The pinnes of the Tabernacle, & the pinnes of the court with their cordes,
19 The Such as belong to the service of the tabernacle. cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
20 Then all the Congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
21 And euery one, whose heart encouraged him, & euery one, whose spirit made him willing, came and brought an offring to the Lord, for the worke of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, & for all his vses, and for the holy garments.
22 Both men & women, as many as were free hearted, came and brought taches and earings, and rings, and bracelets, all were iewels of golde: and euery one that offered an offring of gold vnto the Lord:
23 Euery man also, which had blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, & fine linen, and goates heare, and rammes skinnes died red, and badgers skins, brought them.
24 All that offered an oblation of siluer and of brasse, brought the offring vnto the Lord: and euery one, that had Shittim wood for any maner worke of the ministration, brought it.
25 And all the women that were Who were witty and expert. wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, [both] of blue, and of purple, [and] of scarlet, and of fine linen.
26 And all the women That is, who were good spinners. whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' [hair].
27 And ye rulers brought onix stones, & stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate:
28 Also spice, and oyle for light, and for the anoynting oyle, and for the sweete perfume.
29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made Using Moses as a minister of it. by the hand of Moses.
30 Then Moses sayde vnto the children of Israel, Beholde, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Vri, the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudah,
31 And hath filled him with an excellent spirit of wisdome, of vnderstanding, and of knowledge, and in all maner worke,
32 To finde out curious workes, to worke in golde, and in siluer, and in brasse,
33 And in grauing stones to set them, and in karuing of wood, euen to make any maner of fine worke.
34 And he hath put in his heart that hee may teach other: both hee, and Aholiab the sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan:
35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner Belonging to graving or carving, or such like. of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, [even] of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the By the sanctuary he means all the tabernacle. sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.
2 For Moses had called Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and all the wise hearted men, in whose heartes the Lorde had giuen wisedome, euen as many as their hearts encouraged to come vnto that worke to worke it.
3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it [withal]. And Meaning, the Israelites. they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
4 So all the wise men, that wrought all the holy worke, came euery man from his worke which they wrought,
5 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring A rare example and notable to see the people so ready to serve God with their goods. much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
6 Then Moses gaue a commandement, and they caused it to be proclaymed throughout the hoste, saying, Let neither man nor woman prepare any more worke for the oblation of the Sanctuarie. So the people were stayed from offring.
7 For the stuffe they had, was sufficient for all the worke to make it, and too much.
8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] Which were little pictures with wings in the form of children. cherubims of cunning work made he them.
9 The length of one curtaine was twentie & eight cubits, & the breadth of one curtaine foure cubites: and the curtaines were all of one cise.
10 And he coupled fiue curtaines together, & other fiue coupled he together.
11 And he made strings of blewe silke by the edge of one curtaine, in the seluedge of the coupling: likewise he made on the side of the other curtaine in the seluedge in the second coupling.
12 Fiftie strings made he in the one curtaine, and fiftie strings made he in the edge of the other curtaine, which was in the second coupling: the strings were set one against another.
13 After, he made fiftie taches of golde, and coupled the curtaines one to another with the taches: so was it one Tabernacle.
14 Also he made curtaines of goates heare for the couering vpon the Tabernacle: he made them to the nomber of eleuen curtaines.
15 The length of one curtaine had thirtie cubites, & the bredth of one curtaine foure cubites: the eleuen curtaines were of one cise.
16 And hee coupled fiue curtaines by themselues, and sixe curtaines by themselues:
17 Also he made fiftie strings vpon the edge of one curtaine in the seluedge in the coupling, & fiftie strings made hee vpon the edge of the other curtaine in the second coupling.
18 He made also fiftie taches of brasse to couple the couering that it might be one.
19 And he made a These two were above the covering of goat's hair. covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering [of] badgers' skins above [that].
20 And he made boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood, And to bear up the curtains of the tabernacle. standing up.
21 The length of a board was ten cubites, and the bredth of one board was a cubite, & an halfe.
22 One board had two tenons, set in order as the feete of a ladder, one against another: thus made he for all the boardes of the Tabernacle.
23 So he made twentie boardes for the South side of the Tabernacle, euen full South.
24 And fourtie sockets of siluer made he vnder the twentie boardes, two sockets vnder one board for his two tenons, and two sockets vnder another board for his two tenons.
25 Also for the other side of the Tabernacle toward the North, he made twentie boards,
26 And their fourtie sockets of siluer, two sockets vnder one board, and two sockets vnder another boarde.
27 And for the sides of the tabernacle Or, toward the Mediterranean Sea, west of Jerusalem, westward he made six boards.
28 And two boardes made he in the corners of the Tabernacle, for either side,
29 And they were ioyned beneath, and likewise were made sure aboue with a ring: thus he did to both in both corners.
30 So there were eight boards & their sixteene sockets of siluer, vnder euery board two sockets.
31 After, he made barres of Shittim wood, fiue for the boards in ye one side of ye Tabernacle,
32 And fiue barres for the boardes in the other side of the Tabernacle, and fiue barres for the boards of the Tabernacle on the side toward the West.
33 And he made the middest barre to shoote through the boards, from the one end to ye other.
34 He ouerlayd also the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the barres, and couered the barres with golde.
35 And he made a Which was between the sanctuary and the holiest of holies. vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: [with] cherubims made he it of cunning work.
36 And made thereunto foure pillars of Shittim, & ouerlayd them with golde: whose hookes were also of golde, and hee cast for them foure sockets of siluer.
37 And he made an Which was between the court and the sanctuary. hanging for the tabernacle door [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
38 And the fiue pillars of it with their hookes, and ouerlayde their chapiters & their filets with golde, but their fiue sockets were of brasse.
1 After this, Bezaleel made the Arke of Shittim wood, two cubites and an halfe long and a cubite and an halfe broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie:
2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a Like battlements. crown of gold to it round about.
3 And cast for it foure rings of golde for the foure corners of it: that is, two rings for the one side of it, & two rings for the other side thereof.
4 Also he made barres of Shittim wood, and couered them with golde,
5 And put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke.
6 And he made the Merciseate of pure golde: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof.
7 And he made two Cherubims of gold, vpo the two endes of the Merciseate: euen of worke beaten with the hammer made he them.
8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the [other] end on that side: out Of the same material that the mercyseat was. of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
9 And the Cherubims spread out their wings on hie, & couered the Merciseat with their wings, & their faces were one towards another: towarde the Merciseat were the faces of the Cherubims.
10 Also he made ye Table of Shittim wood: two cubites was the length thereof, and a cubite the breadth thereof, and a cubite and an halfe the height of it.
11 And hee ouerlayde it with fine golde, and made thereto a crowne of golde round about.
12 Also he made thereto a border of an hand breadth round about, and made vpon the border a crowne of golde round about.
13 And he cast for it foure rings of gold, and put the rings in the foure corners that were in the foure feete thereof.
14 Against the border were the rings, as places for the barres to beare the Table.
15 And he made the barres of Shittim wood, & couered them with golde to beare the Table.
16 Also he made the instruments for the Table of pure golde: dishes for it, and incense cuppes for it, and goblets for it, & couerings for it, wherewith it should be couered.
17 Likewise he made the Candlesticke of pure golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer made he the Candlesticke: and his shaft, and his branche, his bolles, his knops, and his floures were of one piece.
18 And sixe branches came out of the sides thereof: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, and three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it.
19 In one branche three bolles made like almondes, a knop & a floure: and in another branch three bolles made like almondes, a knop and a floure: and so throughout the sixe branches that proceeded out of the Candlesticke.
20 And vpon the Candlesticke were foure bolles after the facion of almondes, the knoppes thereof and the floures thereof:
21 That is, vnder euery two branches a knop made thereof, & a knop vnder the second branch thereof, and a knop vnder the thirde branche thereof, according to the sixe branches comming out of it.
22 Their knops & their branches were of the same: it was all one beaten worke of pure gold.
23 And he made for it seuen lampes with the snuffers, and snufdishes thereof of pure golde.
24 [Of] a See (Exo_25:39). talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
25 Furthermore he made the perfume altar of Shittim wood: the length of it was a cubite, & the breadth of it a cubite (it was square) and two cubites hie, & the hornes thereof were of ye same.
26 And he couered it with pure gold, both the top and the sides thereof rounde about, and the hornes of it, and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about.
27 And he made two rings of gold for it, vnder the crowne thereof in the two corners of the two sides thereof, to put barres in for to beare it therewith.
28 Also he made the barres of Shittim wood, and ouerlayde them with golde.
29 And he made the holy anointing oyle, & the sweete pure incense after ye apothecaries arte.
1 Also he made the altar of the burnt offering of Shittim wood: fiue cubites was the length therof, and fiue cubites the breadth thereof: it was square and three cubites hie.
2 And hee made vnto it hornes in the foure corners thereof: the hornes thereof were of the same, and he ouerlayd it with brasse.
3 Also he made al the instruments of the altar: the ashpans, and the besoms, and the basins, the fleshhookes, and the censers: all the instruments thereof made he of brasse.
4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the So that the gridiron or grate was half as high as the altar and stood within it. midst of it.
5 And cast foure rings of brasse for the foure endes of the grate to put barres in.
6 And he made the barres of Shittim wood, and couered them with brasse.
7 The which barres he put into the rings on the sides of the altar to beare it withall, & made it hollow within the boardes.
8 And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the R. Kimbi says that the women brought their looking glasses, which were of brass or fine metal, and offered them freely for the use of the tabernacle: which was a bright thing and of great majesty. lookingglasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
9 Finally he made the court on the South side full South: the hangings of the court were of fine twined linnen, hauing an hundreth cubites.
10 Their pillars were twentie, and their brasen sockets twentie: the hookes of the pillars, and their filets were of siluer.
11 And on the Northside the hanginges were an hundreth cubites: their pillars twentie, & their sockets of brasse twentie, the hookes of the pillars and their filets of siluer.
12 On the Westside also were hangings of fiftie cubites, their ten pillars with their ten sockets: the hookes of the pillars and their filets of siluer.
13 And toward ye Eastside, full East were hangings of fiftie cubites.
14 The hangings of the one side were fifteene cubites, their three pillars, and their three sockets:
15 And of the other side of the court gate on both sides were hangings of fifteene cubites, with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen:
17 But the sockets of ye pillars were of brasse: the hookes of the pillars and their filets of siluer, and the couering of their chapiters of siluer: and all the pillars of the court were hooped about with siluer.
18 He made also the hanging of the gate of the court of needle worke, blewe silke, and purple, & skarlet, and fine twined linen euen twentie cubites long, and fiue cubites in height & bredth, like the hangings of the court.
19 And their pillars were foure with their foure sockets of brasse: their hookes of siluer, & the couering of their chapiters, & their filets of siluer.
20 But all the pins of the Tabernacle and of the court round about were of brasse.
21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, [even] of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, [for] the service of the That the Levites might be in charge of it, and minister in the same, as did Eleazar and Ithamar, (Num_3:4). Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
22 So Bezaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.
23 And with him [was] Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a Or, a graver, or carpenter, (Exo_36:4). cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
24 All ye gold that was occupied in all ye worke wrought for the holy place (which was the gold of the offring) was nine and twentie talents, and seuen hundreth and thirtie shekels, according to the shekel of the Sanctuarie.
25 But the siluer of them that were numbred in the Congregation, was an hundreth talents, and a thousand seuen hundreth seuentie and fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie.
26 A portion for a man, that is, halfe a shekel after ye shekel of the Sanctuarie, for all them that were numbred from twentie yeere olde & aboue, among sixe hundreth thousande, and three thousand, and fiue hundreth and fiftie men.
27 Moreouer there were an hundreth talentes of siluer, to cast ye sockets of ye Sanctuary, and the sockets of the vaile: an hundreth sockets of an hundreth talents, a talent for a socket.
28 But he made the hookes for the pillars of a thousande seuen hundreth and seuentie and fiue shekels, and ouerlayde their chapiters, and made filets about them.
29 And the brass of the offering [was] seventy Read the weight of a talent, (Exo_25:39). talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
30 Whereof he made the sockets to the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate which was for it, with all the instruments of the Altar,
31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets for the court gate, & al the pins of the Tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made As coverings for the ark, the candlestick, the altars and such like. cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
2 So he made the Ephod of gold, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen.
3 And they did beate the golde into thinne plates, and cut it into wiers, to worke it in ye blewe silke and in the purple, and in the skarlet, and in the fine linen, with broydred worke.
4 For the which they made shoulders to couple together: for it was closed by the two edges thereof.
5 And the broydred garde of his Ephod that was vpon him, was of the same stuffe, and of like worke: euen of golde, of blewe silke, and purple, & skarlet, and fine twined linen, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.
6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as That is, of very fine and curious workmanship. signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
7 And put them on the shoulders of the Ephod, as stones for a remembrance of the children of Israel, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses.
8 Also he made the brestplate of broydred worke like the worke of the Ephod: to wit, of gold, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen.
9 They made the brest plate double, & it was square, an hand breadth long, & an hand breadth broad: it was also double.
10 And they filled it with foure rowes of stones. The order was thus, a Rubie, a Topaze, & a Carbuncle in the first rowe:
11 And in the seconde rowe, an Emeraude, a Saphir, and a Diamond:
12 And the third row, Or, a turkeis, a stone which the authors write comes from the urine of the Lynx. a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
13 Likewise in the fourth rowe, a Chrysolite, an Onix, and a Iasper: closed and set in ouches of golde.
14 And the stones [were] according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, That is, every tribe had his name written on a stone. according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
15 After, they made vpon the brest plate cheines at the endes, of wrethen worke and pure golde.
16 They made also two bosses of golde, and two golde rings, and put the two rings in the two corners of the brest plate.
17 And they put ye two wrethe cheines of gold in the two rings, in the corners of the brest plate.
18 Also the two other endes of the two wrethen chaines they fastened in the two bosses, and put the on the shoulders of the Ephod vpon the forefront of it.
19 Likewise they made two rings of gold, and put them in the two other corners of the brest plate vpon the edge of it, which was on the inside of the Ephod.
20 They made also two other golden rings, & put them on the two sides of the Ephod, beneath on the foreside of it, & ouer against his coupling aboue the broydered garde of the Ephod.
21 Then they fastened the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blewe silke, that it might bee fast vpon the broydered garde of the Ephod, and that the brest plate should not be loosed fro the Ephod, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.
22 And he made the robe of the Which was next under the Ephod. ephod [of] woven work, all [of] blue.
23 And Where he could put his head through. [there was] an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, [with] a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
24 And they made vpon the skirts of the robe pomegranates, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen twined.
25 They made also belles of pure gold and put the belles betweene the pomegranates vpon the skirtes of the robe rounde about betweene the pomegranates.
26 A bel and a pomegranate, a bel & a pomegranate round about the skirts of the robe to minister in, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
27 After, they made coates of fine linen, of wouen worke for Aaron and for his sonnes.
28 And the miter of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
29 And the girdle of fine twined linen, and of blew silke, and purple, and skarlet, euen of needle worke, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
30 Finally they made the plate for the holy crowne of fine golde, and wrote vpon it a superscription like to the grauing of a signet, HOLINES TO THE LORD.
31 And they tied vnto it a lace of blewe silke to fasten it on hie vpon the miter, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.
32 Thus was all the worke of the Tabernacle, euen of the Tabernacle of the Congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to al that the Lord had commanded Moses: so dyd they.
33 Afterwarde they brought the Tabernacle vnto Moses, the Tabernacle and al his instruments, his taches, his boards, his barres, and his pillers, and his sockets,
34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the So called, because it hung before the mercyseat and covered it from sight (Exo_35:12). vail of the covering,
35 The Arke of the Testimony, and the barres thereof, and the Merciseate,
36 The Table, with all the instruments thereof, and the shewebread,
37 The pure candlestick, [with] the lamps thereof, [even with] the lamps to be Or, which Aaron dressed and refreshed with oil every morning (Exo_30:7). set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
38 Also the golden Altar and the anoynting oyle, and the sweete incense, and the hanging of the Tabernacle doore,
39 The brasen Altar with his grate of brasse, his barres and all his instrumentes, the Lauer and his foote.
40 The curtaines of the court with his pillers, and his sockets, & the hanging to the court gate, and his cordes, and his pinnes, and all the instruments of the seruice of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
41 Finally, the ministring garmentes to serue in the Sanctuarie, and the holy garmentes for Aaron the Priest, and his sonnes garmentes to minister in the Priestes office.
42 According to all that the LORD Signifying that in God's matters man may neither add, nor diminish. commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses Praised God for the peoples diligence and prayed for them. blessed them.
1 Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
2 On the After that Moses had been 40 days and 40 nights in the mountain, that is, from the beginning of August to the tenth of September, he came down, and caused this work to be done: which when finished, was set up in Abib, half March and half April. first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
3 And thou shalt put therein the Arke of the Testimonie, and couer the Arke with the vaile.
4 Also thou shalt bring in the Table, and set it in order as it doth require: thou shalt also bring in the Candlesticke, and light his lampes,
5 And thou shalt set the altar That is, the altar of perfume, or to burn incense on. of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the This hanging or veil was between the sanctuary and the court. hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
6 Moreouer, thou shalt set the burnt offering Altar before the doore of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
7 And thou shalt set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and put water therein.
8 Then thou shalt appoynt the courte round about, and hang vp the hanging at the courte gate.
9 After, thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and anoynt the Tabernacle, and all that is therein, and halowe it with all the instruments thereof, that it may be holy.
10 And thou shalt anoynt the Altar of the burnt offring, and all his instrumentes, and shalt sanctifie the Altar, that it may bee an altar most holie.
11 Also thou shalt anoynt the Lauer, and his foote, and shalt sanctifie it.
12 Then thou shalt bring Aaron & his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water.
13 And thou shalt put vpon Aaron the holy garmentes, and shalt anoynt him, and sanctifie him, that he may minister vnto me in the Priestes office.
14 Thou shalt also bring his sonnes, & clothe them with garments,
15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing Till both the priesthood and the ceremonies should end, which is at Christ's coming. shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
16 So Moses did according to all that ye Lorde had commanded him: so did he.
17 And it came to pass in the first month in After they came out of Egypt, (Num_7:1). the second year, on the first [day] of the month, [that] the tabernacle was reared up.
18 Then Moses reared vp the Tabernacle and fastened his sockets, and set vp the boardes thereof, and put in the barres of it, and reared vp his pillars.
19 And he spred the couering ouer the Tabernacle, and put the couering of that couering on hie aboue it, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses.
20 And he took and put the That is, the tables of the law; (Exo_31:18, Exo_34:29). testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
21 He brought also the Arke into the Tabernacle, and hanged vp the couering vaile, and couered the Arke of the Testimonie, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22 Furthermore he put the Table in the Tabernacle of the Congregation in the Northside of the Tabernacle, without the vaile,
23 And set the bread in order before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
24 Also he put the Candlesticke in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, ouer against the Table toward ye Southside of the Tabernacle.
25 And he lighted the lampes before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
26 Moreouer he set the golden Altar in the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the vayle,
27 And burnt sweete incense thereon, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
28 And he set up the hanging [at] the Between the sanctuary and the court. door of the tabernacle.
29 After, he set the burnt offring Altar without the doore of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and offered the burnt offering and the sacrifice thereon, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
30 Likewise he set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and powred water therein to wash with.
31 So Moses and Aaron, and his sonnes washed their handes and their feete thereat.
32 When they went into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and when they approched to the Altar, they washed, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
33 Finally, he reared vp the court rounde about the Tabernacle and the Altar, and hanged vp the vaile at the court gate: so Moses finished the worke.
34 Then the cloud couered the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the glorie of the Lorde filled the Tabernacle.
35 So Moses could not enter into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, because the cloude abode thereon, and the glorie of the Lorde filled the Tabernacle.
36 Nowe when the cloude ascended vp from the Tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward in all their iourneyes.
37 But if the cloude ascended not, then they iourneyed not till the day that it ascended.
38 For Thus the presence of God preserved and guided them night and day, till they came to the land promised. the cloud of the LORD [was] upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.