REMARKS UPON THE BIBLE,

CONNECTED WITH

THE SERIES OF MEDALS.

(CONTINUED FROM VOL 1.)

At this period there was a man named Amram, of the house of Levi, who married Jochebed, also of the tribe of Levi, by whong he had Aaron, Miriam, and Moses. Moses having been born just after the wicked command of Pharaoh,.. the.mother had already hid him three months, bat fearing he might be discovered, she made an ark of bulrushes, and placed it amongst the flags by the river's brink on the banks of the Nile.

The daughter of Pharaoh came to this place to wash herself, attended by her maidens, and, perceiving the ark, she sent her maid to fetch it; and when she opened it, she had compassion for the babe. Finding it was one of the Hebrew children, she desired her maid to find an Hebrew woman to nurse it, and Pharaoh's daughter said, Take away the child, and nurse it for me; and the woman proved to be the mother of the child. And Pharaoh's daughter called the child's name "Moses," being in the Egyptian, "Saved out of the water."

VOL. II. B

1573 B. C.

And,

Now Moses. grew up, and went among his brethren the Israelites, and looked upon the hardships which Pharaoh made the Israelites to bear. whilst looking upon their burdens, he saw an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, and seeing that there was no other Egyptian within sight, he slew the Egyptian, and buried him in the sand. Pharaoh, however, heard of this, and sought to kill Moses, but Moses fled to the land of Midian, bordering on the Red Sea, which was the posterity of Midian, the son of Cush. Moses here married Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, the priest of Midian.

It came to pass that in a short time the King of Egypt died, and the cries of the children of Israel came up to God by reason of their bondage; and God, remembering the covenant which he made

Jacob, appeared to
And God said unto

with Abraham, Isaac, and
Moses in a burning bush.
Moses, Behold the cry of the children of Israel is
come unto me, and I have seen the oppression
wherewith the Egyptians have oppressed them.
Behold I am come down to deliver them, and bring
them out of that land unto a land flowing with milk
and honey.

And God said, Thou shalt go unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. And Moses said, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and say, The God of your fathers has sent me unto you, and they shall say, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said, Thus thou shalt say, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you, and this is my name for ever, and my memorial unto all generations. Go, then, and gather together the children of Israel, and go with the elders unto Pharaoh the king, and say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews has come unto us, therefore let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God. But Pharaoh will not let you go; but I will give the Israelites favour in the sight of the Egyptians, and ye shall not go away empty, for every Egyptian woman shall borrow of her neighbour jewels of silver and jewels of gold, and raiment, and ye shall put them on your sons and daughters, and thereby spoil the Egyptians.

And Moses asked for a token that they might believe in him. And God said, Behold the rod

1487 B. C.

Twenty-first
Medal.
The Rod of

Moses miracu-
lously changed
into a Serpent.

which is in thine hand. Cast it on the ground, and it shall become a serpent. And he did so. And God said, Take it by the tail. And it became a rod again in his hand.

THE ROD OF MOSES

MIRACULOUSLY

NGED INTO A SERPENT.

And Moses said, I am slow in speech, and not eloquent. And God said, Thou shalt meet Aaron, thy brother. He shall go with thee, and speak for thee, and thou shalt take the rod in thine hand, and do signs.

Moses met Aaron, and informed him of all which the Lord had said; and they went into Egypt, and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel, and Moses did the signs in the sight of the people, who believed. Pharaoh, hearing all this, increased the task of the Israelites.

Now Moses and Aaron went in and told Pha

raoh all that the Lord had said, namely, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh said, I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. And Moses feared and hesitated; but God said, I spake unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but my name JEHOVAH was not known unto them. And the Lord said unto Moses, I have made thee as a God unto Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh that he may send the children of Israel out of the land.

And they took the rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and it became a serpent; and when Pharaoh called his wise men to do the like with their enchantments, they failed, and Aaron's rod swallowed up all their rods. Yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he refused to let the Israelites go.

The Lord then sent frogs in all the land of Egypt, and Pharaoh promised to let Israel go, provided Moses and Aaron would pray to have the frogs taken away. This they did; but immediately that Pharaoh saw a respite, he hearkened not.

Then Aaron struck the dust of the land with the rod, and the land was covered with lice, and afterwards with swarms of flies; but Pharaoh again refused.

Then the Lord destroyed in one night all the cattle belonging to the Egyptians, but not one was injured belonging to the Israelites; but Pharaoh's heart continued hardened.

Then Pharaoh was visited with boils, both he and all his people, but Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go. And the day following the Lord sent