The people murmur

Exodus. for water and for bread.

The

tort

Kings 8.23, Pral. 86. 8.

6. & 49.19.

I Numb. 14.14. Deut. 2.25. Josh. 2. 9.1

m Gen. 36. 40. Deur, 2; 4. Numb. 23. 3. Hab. 3.6.

P Josh,s.1.

4 Deut. 2.25. &
11.25.
Joth. 2.9.

s.

*Chap. 19. 5. Deut. 32. 9. 2 Sain... 23. Tit. 2.14 1 Pet. 2.9.

80, 8.

? Psal. 146. 10. lla, 57.15.

ܪ

eSee Lev. 25. 21.

. See Ver. 136

Before covered them :' they fank as lead in the migh

CH A P. XVI.

25efoze 3f Christ to waters.

i The Ifraelites come to Sin. II k Who is like unto thee, O Lord, a- mur for want of bread. 4 God promifith Christ Ch1491. mongst the t gods? who is like thee, glorious them bread from heaven.' 11 Quails are 1491. * ? Sani. 7. 22. in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? sent, 14 and manna. 16 The ordering of

12 Thou stretchedít out thy right hand, manna. 25 It was not to be found on the & 89.6. Jer so,' the earth swallowed them.

Sabbath. 32 An omer of it is prefer-
Or,mighy ones,

13 Thou in thy mercy haft led forth the ved.
people which thou haft redeemed: thou hast
guided them in thy Strength unto thy holy A Nadhey took their journey from Elim,

and all the congregation of the child-
habitation.

ren of Israel came unto the wilderness of Numb. 03.11.
14 1 The people shall hear, and be afraid: Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the
forrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of fifteenth day of the second month, after their 1491.
Palestina.

departing out of the land of Egypt.
15 m Then " the dukes of Edom shall be 2 And the whole congregation of the
amazed, ° the mighty men of Moab, tremb- children of Israel murmured against Mo-
ling shall take hold upon them: P all the in- ses and Aaron in the wildernefs.
habitants of Canaan Thall melt away.

3 And the children of Israel said unto
16 9 Fear and dread shall fall upon them, them, Would to God we had died by the
by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, b b Numb. 11. 46
still as a stone : till thy people pass over, O when we sat by the flesh-pots, and when we
Lord, till the people pass over, which thou did eat bread to the full: for ye have brought
haft purchased.

us forth into this wilderness, to kill this 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant whole afsembly with hunger. • Pfal.44. 2. & them in the mountain of thine inheritance, ( Then said the Lord unto Moses,

in the place, OLORd, which thou hast made Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for Pale 76.24 for thee to dwell in : in the sanctuary, 0 you; and the people shall go out and gather John 6.31, )** Lord, which thy hands have established. a certain rate every day, that I may prove * Heb. the portin

18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.1 day in bu

19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the Prov, jo, s. his chariots, and with his horsemen into the sixth day, they fhall prepare that which they a Chap.is,is. sea, and the Lord brought again the waters bring in; and it shall be twice as much as Deut...,i of the sea upon them: but the children of they gather daily. Ifrael went on dry-land in the mids of the 6 And Mofes and Aaron said unto all the sea.

children of Israel, At even, then ye shall 20 | And Miriam" the prophetess, the fi- know that the Lord hath brought you out 31 Sam. 18.6. ster of "Aaron, * took a timbrel in her hand; from the land of Egypt. Judg 11. 34.

and all the women went out after her y with 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see & esce Ver. 1o. timbrels, and with dances.

the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye your murmurings against the LORD: And to the Lord, for he hath triumphed glori- what are we, that ye murmur against us? ously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown 8 And Mofes faid, This shall be when the into the sea.

Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to 22 So Mofes brought Ifrael from the Red eat, and in the morning bread to the full

fea, and they went out into the wilderness for that the LORD heareth your murmur26.07.16.7.& of ? Shur: and they went three days in the ings which ye murmur against him : And wilderness, and found no water.

what are we? your murmurings are not a-
23 | And when they came to · Marah, gainst us, but h against the LORD.
they could not drink of the waters of Marah,

9 And Moles spake unto Aaron, Say Luke 10. 16. for they were bitter: therefore the name of unto all the congregation of the children of Rom. 13.1. That is, bitter- it was called † Marah.

Israel, Come near before the LORD : for he
24. And the people murmured against Mo- hath heard your murmurings.
ses, saying, What Îhall we drink?

10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake 25 And he cried unto the Lord, and unto the whole congregation of the children Ecclus 38. s. the LORD shewed him a

which of Israel, that they looked toward the wilSee 2 Kings 4. when he had caft into the waters, the waters derness, and behold, the glory of the LORD i Chap. 13. 211 à sec Josh 2. 4. were made sweet: there he made for them i appeared in the cloud. Chap.16. 4. a statute and an ordinance, and there e he 11 | And the Lord spake unto Moses, proved them,

saying, 26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hear- 12 I have heard the murmurings of the ken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and children of Israel; speak unto them, saying, wilt do that which is right in his fight, and At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the mornwilt give ear to his commandments, and keeping ye shall be filled with bread: and ye shall all his statutes ; f I will put none of these dil- know that I am the LORD your God. eases upon thee, which I have brought up- 13 And it came to pass, that at even the Numb. 18. the Egyptians: for I am the LORD &' that quails came up, and covered the camp: and in

31.Pfal.105.40 healeth thee.

the morning the dew lay round about the 27 And they came to Elim, where host. were twelve wells of water, and threescore 14 And when the dew that lay was gone Neh:9,15; and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness 105.40, wild, by the waters.

The ordering of manna.

Chap. xvïi. Wacet out of the rock

for

Kings 8. 9.

m

Joan 6. 31.

be kept.

Neh,

A

13.

i Cor. 109

Before there lay a small round thing, as small as 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, 9 Takea 25efore Chrilt the hoar frost on the ground.

pot, and put an on.er full of manna therein, Chriâ 15 And when the children of Israel faw and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept 1491. it, they said one to another, It is manna: your generations.

1491. for they wist not what it was. And Moses 34 As the Lord commanded Mofes, so Hebr.y... said unto them,

This is the bread which Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to i Col. to. 3. the Lord hath given you to eat.

16 This is the thing which the LORD 35 And the children of Israel did eat hath commanded, Gather of it every man

r Numb. 33:38.

manna · forty years, ' until they came to a Deut. 8. 2.3. pastel1 the poll, according to his eating: an omer for every land inhabited: they did eat manna, until Joh. s. 12

man, according to the number of your * per- they came unto the borders of the land of
sons, take ye every man for them which are

Canaan.
in his tents.

36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an
17 And the children of Israel did so, and ephah.
gathered, some more, some less.

CH A P. XVII.
18 And when they did mete it with an o- i The people murmur for water at Rephi-
mer, " he that gathered much, had nothing dim. " 5 God sendeth them for water to the
over, and he that gathered little, had no lack: rock in Horeb. 8 Amalek is overcome by
they gathered every man according to his the holding up of Mofes hands. 15 Mo-
eating

ses buildeth the altar J E HOV A H.
19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of ዝ nisli

. it till the morning.

Nd - all the congregation of the child- Chåp. 16; . 20 Notwithstanding they hearkned not un- ren of Israel journeyed from the wil- Numb. 35. iz; to Moses, but some of them left of it until derness of Sin, after their journeys, accordthe morning, and it bred worms, and stank: ing to the commandment of the Lord, and And Mofes was wroth with them.

pitched in Rephidim: and there was no wa21 And they gathered it every morning, ter for the people to drink. every man according to his eating: and when • Wherefore the people did chide with Numb; 20. $i the sun waxed hot, it melted.

Moses, and said, Give us water that we may
22 And it came to pass that on the sixth drink. And Moses said unto them, Why
day they gathered twice as much bread, two chide you with me? wherefore doye o tempt Pals 78. 46.
omers for one man: and all the rulers of the the LORD?
congregation came and told Mofes.

3. And the people thirsted there for water;
23 And he said unto them, This is that and the people murmured against Moses, and
which the LORD hath faid, To morrow is said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought
• the rest of the holy fabbath unto the LORD: us up out of Egypt; to kill us, and our
bake that which ye will bake, to day, and children, and our cattle with thirst?
seethe that ye will seethe; and that which 4 And Mofes cried unto the Lord, saya
remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept un- ing, What shall I do unto this people ? they
til the morning.

be almost ready to stone me.
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as 5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go
Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither on before the people, and take with thee of
was there any worm therein.

the elders of Israel: and thy rod wherewith
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, chap. ?. 10;
to day is a fabbath unto the LORD: to day and go.
ye shall not find it in the field.

6. Behold, I will stand before thee there Numb. 20. gn 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the upon

the rock in Horeb ; and thou shalt 105. 41. & 114. seventh day which is the fabbath, in it there smite the rock, and there shall come water cor, 10. 42 shall be none.

out of it, that the people may drink. And 27. | And it came to pafs, that there went Moses did so in the light of the elders of Israel. out fome of the people on the seventh day 7 And he called the name of the place f * Numb. 20.11. for to gather, and they found none.

Massah, and † Meribah, because of the chid- 95.8. Hebr. 3 8. 28. And the LORD said unto Mofes, How ing of the children of Israel, and because long refuse ye to keep my commandments they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the † That is, chida and my laws!

Lord among us, or not? 29 Śee, for that the Lord hath given you 88 Then came Amalek, and fought sDeut.25. 17: the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the with Israel in Rephidim. sixth day the bread of two days : abide ye 9 And Mofes laid unto h Joshua, Choose Called Jesus

;

Aas 7. 450 every man in his place, let no man go out of us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: his place on the seventh day.

to morrow I will itand on the top of the hill, 30 So the people rested on the seventh day with i the rod of God in nine hand. i Chap. 4. 20:

31 And the house of Israel called the name 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, | sumb. 19.9. thereof Manna: and Pit was like coriander- and fought with Amalek: and Mofes, Aaron,

feed, white; and the taste of it was like wa- and Hur, went up to the top of the hill.
fers made with hony.

II And it came to pafs when Mofes held
32 | And Moses said, This is the thing up his hand, that lirael prevailed : and
which the LORD commandeth, Fill, an o- when he let down his hand, Amalek pre-
mer of it to be kept for your generations ; vailed. .
that they may fee the bread wherewith I iz But Moses hands were heavy, and they
have fed you in the wilderness, when I took a stone and put it under him, and he fat
brought you forth from the land of Egypt:

* That is, tero tation,

ing; or, strifc.

Jethro cometh to Moses,

Exodus.

and giveth him counsel.

* Numb.24. 20.

7.& 30.1, 17. 2 Sam. 8. 12. Ezra 9. 14.

Numb, 15.34

band of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD, there fore, sc.

ibe LORD.

Deut. 1. 9.

& 3.1.

27.

py That is, a

God is an belp.

Before thereon: and Aaron and Hur stayed up his people stood by Moses from the morning Before Chrilt hands, the one on the one side, and the o- unto the evening:

Chritt ther on the other side, and his hands were 14 And when Mofes father in law saw all 1491. steady until the going down of the fun. that he did to the people, he said, What is 1491.

1 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and this thing that thou dost to the people? Why 1 Sam. 1s. 3, his people with the edge of the sword. sittest thou thy self alone, and all the people

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, stand by thee from morning unto even?

Write this for a memorial in a book, and 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Lokomyban rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for k I will Because the people come unto me to en-Lev

, 24. 13 meter. See Judge utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek quire of God. * Os, Because the from under heaven.

16 When they have a matter, they come 15

And Moses built an altar, and called unto me, and I judge betweent one and an- f Heb, a man the name of it I JEHOVAH-nisli. other, and I do make them know the statutes and his fellow

16 For he said, * Because † the LORD of God and his laws. upon the thronnor hath sworn that the LORD will have war 17 And Moses father in law said unto him, with Amalek from generation to generation. The thing that thou doft is not good. CH A P. XVIII.

18 | Thou wilt surely wear away, both #Heb. Fading of i Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two thou, and this people that is with thee: for ihou wilt fade

Yons. 7 Mofes entertaineth him. -13 Fe- this thing is too heavy for thee ; & thou art Numb. 11.2.4
thro's counsel is accepted. 27 Jethro de- not able to perform it thy self alone.
parteth.
19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will

ell •Chap: 1.16.

Hen · Jethro, the priest of Midian, give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee:

Moses father in law, heard of all that Be thou for the people to God-ward, that
God had done for Moses, and for Israel his thou mayst bring the causes unto God:
people, and that the LORD had brought 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances
Ifrael out of Egypt :

and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein Chap. 4. 20,- 2. Then Jethro, Moses father in law, took they must walk, and the work that they must

Zipporah Moses wife, after he had sent her do.
back,

21 Moreover, thou shalt provide out of • Chap 1. 12. 3 And her two sons, of which the name all the people, "able men, such as fear God, Deut. 1. 16 stranger there.

of the one was* Gershom ( for he said, I men of truth, hating covetousness; and place de thone!

have been an alien in a strange land ) such over them, to be rulers of thousands, 3. + That is, my

4 And the name of the other was + Elie- and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and
zer ( for the God of my father, said he, was

rulers of tens.
mine help, and delivered me from the sword 22 And let them judge the people at all
of Pharaoh )

seasons: and it shall be, that every great i Deut. 1.17 5 And Jethro, Mofes father in law, came matter they shall bring unto thee, but every

with his sons and his wife unto Moses into small matter they shall judge: So shall it be Ch. 3.1:

the wilderness, where he encamped at d the easier for thy felf, and they shall bear the
mount of God.

burden with thee.
6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God
law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, coinmand thee so, then thou shalt be able
and her two sons with her.

to endure, and all this people shall also go to
7 And Moses went out to meet his fa-

their place in peace, ther in law, and did obeisance, and kissed 24 So Moses hearkned to the voice of his Hcb. peace. him, and they asked each other of their † father in law, and did all that he had said. welfare : and they came into the tent.

25 And Mofes chose able men out of all + Deur, r; 8 And Moses told his father in law all that Ifrael, and made them heads over the people, the Lord had done unto Pharaoh, and to rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, ru

the Egyptians for Israels fake, and all the lers of fifties, and rulers of tens. *Heb, found travel that had

come upon them by the 26 And they judged the people at all sea-
way, and how the LORD delivered them. sons: the hard causes they brought unto Mo-

9 And Jethro rejoyced for all the goodness ses, but every small matter they judged
which the LORD had done to Israel: whom themselves.
he had delivered out of the hand of the E- 27 | And Moses let his father in law de-
gyptians.

thod and he went his way into his own Numb.ro

; .
1o And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, land.
who hath delivered you out of the hand of

CHA P. XIX.
the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pha- I The people come to Sinai. 3 Gods melage
raoh, who hath delivered the people from by Moses unto the people out of the mount,
under the hand of the Egyptians.

8 The peoples answer returned again. 10
11 Now I know that the LORD is greater The people

are prepared against the third • Chap. 1, 10,, than all gods: € for in the thing wherein they day. 12 The mountain must not be touched. dealt proudly, he was above them.

16 The fearful presence of God upon the
12 And Jethro, Moses father in law, took mount.
a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God: and N the third month, when the children of 149 1
Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, Israel were gone forth out of the land of
to eat bread with Moses facher in law be- Egypt, the same day · came they into the
fore God.

wilderness of Sinai.
13 And it came to pass on the morrow, 2 For they were departed from Rephidim,
that Moses fat to judge the people: and the

and

17,8

*

The people at Sinai.

Chap. XX. The ten commandments.

Als ;. 38.

b Neh. 9. 13. Pfal. 81. 76

1997.4.20, & g

*14. , 2

135.4 C 8. 12.

.44

6, 1, 17 *:: 14

10. 1+ Ps4 I. &

upon them.

m that

e. 16. 19. 20. 21.

ito 15,16.

&

23cfoze and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole Before Chrit pitched in the wilderness

, and there Ifrael mount quaked greatly. camped before the mount.

19 And when the voice of the trumpet

Chziit 1491. 3 And Moses went up unto God, and sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, 1491. the LORD called unto him out of the · Mofes spake, and God answered him by · Hebr

: 12.3 1. mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the a voice. house of Jacob, and tell the children of 20 And the Lord came down upon mount j

Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD 4

d Ye have seen what I did unto the called Moses up to the top of the mount, DIR". Egyptians, and how ° I bare you on eagles

and Moses went up. 5, 13.14 wings, and brought you unto my self.

21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go 5 Now.f therefore, if ye will obey my down, + charge the people, lest they break ț Heb, contena voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then through unto the Lord, to gaze, and 6. 19.

ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above many of them perish. 3:5.11.& 32. all people: for h all the earth is mine.

22 And let the priests also which come
6 And ye shall be unto me a ' kingdom near to the LORD, sanctifie themselves, left
of priests, and an holy nation. These are the Lord break forth upon them.
the words which thou shalt speak unto the 23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The
children of Israel.

people cannot come up to mount Sinai : for
7 And Moses came and called for the thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about

elders of the people, and laid before their the mount, and sanctifie it. 433:23.4. faces all these words which the LORD com- 24 And the Lord said unto him, Away, 2:8.85. manded him.

get thee down, and thou shalt come up, 8 And all the people answered together, thou, and Aaron with thee : but let not the 31.27. & and said, All that the Lord hath spoken, priests and the people break through, to

we will do. And Moses returned the words come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth
of the people unto the LORD.

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, 25 So Moses went down unto the people,
I come unto thee in a thick cloud,

and spake unto them. the people may hear when I speak with

CH A P. X X.
111-11,12, thee, and " believe thee for ever. And The ten commandments. 18 The people are
1+31. · Moses told the words of the people unto the afraid. 20 Mofes comforteth them. 22 Ido-
LORD.

latry is forbidden. 24 Of what fort the
110 And the Lord said unto Moses, altar hould be.
Go unto the people, and fanctifie them to Nd God spake all these words, saying,
day and to morrow, and let them wash their

2 - I am the LORD thy God, which Lev. 26. t. clothes.

have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, Prali 11 And be ready against the third day: out of the house of * bondage. for the third day the LORD P will come 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before down in the sight of all the people, upon me. mount Sinai.

4

Thou shalt not make unto thee any Lev. 26. 1. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the graven image, or any likenefs of any thing, Plal. 94.55 people round about, saying, Take heed to that is in heaven above, or that is in the

your selves, that ye go not up into the mount, earth beneath, or that is in the water under zaic 12. 20. or touch the border of it : 4 whosoever the earth. toucheth the mount, shall be surely put to 5

Thou shalt not bow down thy self to death.

them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but God am - a jealous God, visiting the ini-d Chap.34.14. he shall surely be stoned or shot through ; quity of the fathers upon the children unto Dome. 5. 15. whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: the third and fourth generation of them that Nah. 1. 2. when the * trumpet foundeth long, they shall hate me : come up to the mount.

6 And shewing mercy unto thousands 26. 39, 40. 14 | And Moses went down from the of them that love me, and keep my com- 1 Kings 21.29 mount unto the people, and sanctified the mandments. people, ' and they washed their clothes. 78 Thou shalt not take the name of the Prál

. 79,8. & 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready LORD thy God in vain : for the Lord 720,21, 2:145. against the third day : s come not at your h will not hold him guiltless that taketh his & 65. 6. 7. wives.

name in vain. 16 And it came to pass on the third day 8 Remember the fabbath-day, to keep it peut: 7. % 12.18. in the morning, that there were thunders holy.

8 Chap. 13. 1. and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the 9

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all Deut. s. 11. mount, and the voice of the trumpet ex- thy work. ceeding loud ; so that all the people that was 10 But the seventh day is the fabbath of 5 Mic. 6. 11: in the camp, trembled.

the LORD thy God : in it thou shalt not do Chap.23.12. 17 And Moses brought forth the people any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughout of the camp to meet with God, and they ter, thy man-fervant, nor thy maid-servant, Ezek. 20,"iz

. 3411. stood at the nether part of the mount. nor thy cattle, k nor thy stranger that is Luke 13.14

18 And * mount Sinai was altogether on a 61.78: smoke, because the LORD descended upon II Foro in six days the Lord made 1 Gen, 2, 13,15.27 . it in fire: y and the smoke thereof ascended heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them

I

is,

.

Deut. s. 16.

Chap: 12.2

15. 4. Eph. 6.
2.
n Matt. s. 21.
Rom. 13. 9.
o Matt. s. 27.
PDeut. 19.-16.

9 A&s 20. 33.
Rom, 7. 7.

in of, &

Hebr. 12, 18. * Rev. 1. 12.

e Cor. 7. 1

Deut. s. 24.&

19, 20, Hebr.
12, 19,

Lev. 24. 17.
Matt, 26, 5:

* Deut. 13.3.

& Numb. 35.

jolh. 20, 22

h

y Chap. 19. 16.
Dentis.s.
i Kings 8.12.

2 Kings 11.

may die.

25efoze is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore 5

c And if the servant t shall plainly say, I 2Before Chrift

the Lord blessed the fabbath-day, and hal- love my master, my wife, and my children, Chriit lowed it.

I will not go out free: 1491. 12 m Honour thy father and thy mo- 6. Then his master Thall bring him d unto 1491. 26. Lev. 15.3. ther: that thy days may be long upon the the judges ; he shall also bring him to the 1 Heb. saying

land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. door, or unto the door-post: and his master hall Say. Jer. 35.7, Mat. 13 - Thou shalt not kill.

shall bore his ear through with an aul ; and 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

he shall serve him for ever. 15 Thou shalt not steal.

7 And if a man sell his daughter to be . 16 p Thou shalt not bear false witness a- a maid-fervant, she shall not go out as the gainst thy neighbour.

men-fervants do. 17

9 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours 8 If the please not her master, who hath Heb, be muit

house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbours betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her * Job 31, 9.

wife, nor his man-fervant, nor his maid-ser- be redeemed: To sell her unto a itrange
vant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing nation he jhall have no power, seeing he hath
that is thy neighbours.

dealt deceitfully with her.
18 ( And s all the people • saw the thun- 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his
drings," and the lightnings, and the noise of son, he shall deal with her after the manner
the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and

of daughters.
when the people saw it, they removed, and 10 If he take him another wife ; her food,
stood afar off.

her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall
19 And they said unto Moses, "Speak thou he not diminish.
18.16. Gal. 3. with us, and we will hear : but let not God 11 And if he do not these three unto her,
speak with us, left we die.

then shall she go out free without money.
20 And Mofes faid unto the people, Fear 12 [He that smiteth a man, so that he 'Gen. 9. 6.
not: * for God is come to prove you, and die, shall be surely put to death.
that his fear may be before your faces, that 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God
ye sin not.

deliver him into his hand; then I will ap- Deut. 19. 3 21 And the people stood afar off, and Mo- point thee a place whither he shall flee. ses drew near unto y the thick darkness

But if a man come presumptuously up-b, Kings 2.

14
where God was.

on his neighbour, to slay him with guile;
22 | And the LORD said unto Moses, thou lhalt take him from mine altar, that he
Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Il-
rael, Ye have seen that I have talked with 15 | And he that smiteth his father, or
you ? from heaven.

his mother, shall be surely put to death.
23 Ye Thall not make a with me gods of 16 | And i he that stealeth a man, and
4, s. 2 Kings silver, neither Ihall ye make unto you gods selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he

shall surely be put to death.
24 | An altar of earth thou shalt make 17 And he that * curseth his father, or Lev. 20.
so ? Cor.6 143
unto me, and shalt sacrifice

thereon thy burnt- his mother, shall surely be put to death. offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, 18 | And if men strive together, and one Mark 7. 1 and thine oxen: in all places where I re- smitefanother with a stone, or with his fist, t Or, his nei cord my name, I will come unto thee, and and he die not, but keepeth his bed: I will bless thee.

19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon if thou wilt make me an altar of his staff

, then shall he that smote him, be quit: stone, thou shalt nott build it of hewn stone: only he shall pay for the loss of his time,

*Heb. his a + Heb.build

for it thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast and shall cause him to be throughly healed.
polluted it.

20 And if a man smite his servant, or
26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps un- his maid with a rod, and he die under his
to mine altar, that thy nakedness be not dif- hand; he shall be surely * punished.
covered thereon.

21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day
CH A P. XXI.

or two, he shall not be punished : for he is. 'Lev, 25. 4 I Laws for men-fervants. 5 For the fer- his money.

vant whose ear is bored. 7 For women- 22 | If men strive, and hurt a woman
Servants. 12 For man-flaughter. 16 For with child, so that her fruit depart from her,
Stealers of men. 17 För curfers of pa- and yet no mischief follow: he shall be sure-
rents. 18 For smiters. 22 For å hurt ly punished, according as the womans hus-
by chance. 28 For an ox that goreth. 33 band will lay upon him; and he shall pay as
For him that is an occasion of harm. the judges determine.

Ow these are the judgments which thou 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou
a Chap. 24.3,4.
shalt a set before them.

shalt give life for life,
b If thou buy an Hebrew servant, fix 24 m Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand Lev, 24.
Deut. 15. 12. years he shall serve: and in the seventh he for hand, foot for foot,
Thall go out free for nothing.

25 Burning for burning, wound for wound,
3 If he came in* by himself, he shall go stripe for stripe.
out by himself : if he were married, then 26 | And if a man smite the eye of his
his wife shall go out with him.

servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish;
4

If his maiter have given him a wife, and he shall let him go free for his eyes fake.
she have born him sons or daughters ; the 27 And if he fmite out his man-fervants
wife and her children shall be her masters, tooth, or his maid-fervants tooth; he thall let
and he fhall go out by himself,

him go free for his tooths sake, 28 | If