The people at Rephidim murmur for water.

Before CHRIST 1491.

32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD Commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty f Joshua years, f until they came to a land inhabited: they did Nebem. eat manna until they came unto the borders of the 9. 15. land of Canaan.

5. 12.

a Numb. 20. 3, 4.

36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
CHAP. XVII.

1 The people murmur for water at Rephidim. 8 Amalek
overcome. 14 Moses buildeth the altar JEHOVAH-nissi.

AND all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

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 tempt the LORD?

3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt to kill us, and our children, and our cattle, with thirst? 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and b Chap. thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

7.20.

c Numb. 20. 11.

105. 41.

6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the Psalms rock in Horeb; and thou shalt-smite the rock, and there 78.15, & shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. Wisdom And 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, That is, Tenta. Is the LORD among us, or not?

11.4.

1 Cor. 10. 4.

tion.

25. 17.

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8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel That is, Chiding, in Rephidim. or,Strife. 9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, Deut and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will stand Wisdom on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. 11. 3. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and eCalled fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, went up to the top of the hill.

Jesus,

Acts

7.45. Hebr.

4. 8.

11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this Before for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for 'I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

f Numb. 24.20.

15. 3. That is,

15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name 1 Sam. of it | JEHOVAH-nissi : 16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn, The that the LORD will have war with Amalek from gene- LORD ration to generation.

my ban.

ner.

|| Or,

Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD, therefore, &c. + Heb. the hand upon the throne of the LORD. CHAP. XVIII.

a

1 Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sons. 7 Moses entertaineth him. 13 Jethro blesseth God; his counsel to Moses; his counsel is accepted. 27 Jethro departeth. WH HEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' fa- a Chap. ther-in-law, heard of all that God had done 2.16. for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;

2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

b

3 And her two sons; of which the name of the b Chap. one was Gershom; (for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land;)

4 And the name of the other was || Eliezer; (for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered 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 mount of God:

6 And he 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 meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare: and they came into the tent. Teb. 8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had + come upon found them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. them. 9 ¶ And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he 1. 10, 16 was above them.

12 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burntoffering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' fatherin-law before God.

13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

15 And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God.

1491.

a Acts

7.98.

20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do..

21 Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Deut.

29.9.

Deut

3.2.

d Deut. 10.14

22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his fatherin-law, and did all that he had said.

25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

27 ¶ And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his into his own land. way CHAP. XIX.

1 The people come to Sinai. 3 God's message unto the people out of the mount. 7 Moses delivereth it, and returneth the people's answer. 10 The people are ordered to be preparedagainst the third day; the mountain must not be touched. 16 The fearful presence of God upon the mount. IN the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

The people prepared, &c.

CHRIST

7 And Moses came, and called for the elders of Before the people, and laid before their faces all these words 1491. which the LORD commanded him.

f Chap.

8 And all the people answered together, and said, 24.3, 7. All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses Deuter. returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD

10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

5. 27. & 26. 17.

g Hebr.

12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whoso- 12. 20. ever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death. 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast || Or, or man, it shall not live: when the || trumpet sound- cornet. eth long, they shall come up to the mount.

14 And Moses went down from the mount unto 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 wives.

16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

h

4. 11

18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, b Deut. because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount 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 voice.

20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the † Heb. LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

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 Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

4'Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar trea14 sure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine. 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou Rev.16 shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

P& 24.1.

el Pet. 2.5,9

22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

23 And Moses said unto the LORD, the people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

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 priests and the people break through, to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

Of hurting a woman with child, &c.

Before CHRIST 1491.

+ Heb. avenged

e Levit. 24.20.

20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

23 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot Deuter. for foot,

19.21. Matth

5, 38

25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

27 And if he smite out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

f

28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: fGenes. then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

95

29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give, for the ransom of his life, whatsoever is laid upon him.

31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

32 If the ox shall push a man-servant or maid-servant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.

36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his

Of theft, damage, trespasses, &c.

3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood Before shed for him; for he should make full restitution: if CHRIST he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

4 Ifthe theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. 5¶ If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7. If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay 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 put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

11 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.

1491.

31.39

12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make b Genes. restitution unto the owner thereof.

13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it; he shall surely make it good.

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15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. 16 And if a man entice a maid that is not be- c Deut. trothed, and lie with her; he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

gins.

22. 28,

weigh.

17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall † pay money according to the dowry of vir- t Heb. 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

e

d Deut.

13. 13, 14, 15. 1 Mac,

21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor op- 2. 34 press him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. e Levit. 22'Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 19. 33. 23. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at f Zech. all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

7.10.

g Levit. 25.36,37.

25 If thou lend money to any of my people that Deuter. is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

23.19. Psalm 15,5.

h Acts 23. 5.

Or, judges.

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 crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

h

28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy Heb. ripe fruits, and of thy + liquors: the first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

thy ful

ness.

+ Heb. tear.

30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep seven days it shall be with his dam; 13. 2, 12. on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

i Chap.

k

& 34. 19. 31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither k Levit. shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; shall cast it to the dogs.

22.8.

Ezekiel ye

44. 31.

1 Or, receive.

CHAP. XXIII.

1 Laws concerning slander and false witness: 4 charitable-
ness: 6 justice: 10 the year of rest: 12 thesabbath: 13ido-
latry: 14 the three set feasts: 18 the blood and the fat of
the sacrifice. 20 An Angel is promised for a guide.
THOU
HOU shalt not raise a false report: put not
thine hand with the wicked to be an unrigh-
teous witness.

2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; Heb. neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment.

answer.

3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

f

Of the blood and fat of the sacrifices

CHRIST 1491.

15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: Before (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 Chap. none shall appear before me empty :)

f 13. 6. & 34. 18.

16. 16.

16 And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy g Deut. labours, which thou hast sown in thy field; and the Ecclus. feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, 35. 4. when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God.

18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my || sacrifice remain until the morning.

22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and || an adversary unto thine adversaries. 231For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring fict them I will afthee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the that Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the afflict Jebusites; and I will cut them off.

n

thee.

1 Chap.

24.11.

24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor 33. 2. serve them, nor do after their works; " but thou shalt m Josh. utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their n Deut. images.

25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

7. 25.

7. 14.

26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be Deut. barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil. 27 I will send my 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 † Heb.

thee.

28 And P L will send hornets before thee, which shall 24, 12, drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them q Chap. out before thee.

34. 15.

Deuter.

329 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor 7. 2. with their gods. r Deut 7. 16.

33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make Joshua thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, will surely be a snare unto thee.

it 23 13. Judges 23.