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 harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

8 And it shall come to pass, if they Moses took the rod of God in his hand. will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 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 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 T And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my first-born.

23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go that he may serve me and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy first-born."

24 T And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

11 And the LORD said unto him, 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp Who hath made man's mouth? or who stone, and cut off the foreskin of her maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the see-son, and cast it at his feet, and said, ing, or the blind? have not the Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 26 So he let him go: Then she said, LORD? A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

14 T And the 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 put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

29 And Moses and Aaron went, and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

31 And the people believed: and 16 And he shall be thy spokesman when they heard that the LORD had unto the people: And he shall be, even visited the children of Israel, and that he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, he had looked upon their affliction, and thou shalt be to him instead of then they bowed their heads and wor shipped. God.

17 And thou shalt take this rod in

thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said

CHAP. V.

Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron. 5 He in creaseth the Israelites task. 22 Moses com plaineth to God.

went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and AND afterward Moses and Aaron return unto my brethren which are in saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my Egypt, and see whether they be yet people go, that they may hold a feast alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go unto me in the wilderness.

2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the in peace. 19 And the LORD said unto Moses LORD, that I should obey his voice to in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for let Israel go? I know not the LORD, all the men are dead which sought thy neither will I let Israel go. 3 And they said, The God of the 20 And Moses took his wife, and Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, his sons, and set them upon an ass, and we pray thee, three days' journey into he returned to the land of Egypt. And the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD

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our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

19 T And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish aught from your bricks of your daily task.

20 And they met Moses and Aaron, 51 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the who stood in the way, as they came people of the land now are many, and forth from Pharaoh : ye make them rest from their burdens.

21 And they said unto them, The 6 And Pharaoh commanded the LORD look upon you, and judge; besame day the task-masters of the peo-cause ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and ple, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people in the eyes of his servants, to put a straw to make brick, as heretofore; sword in their hand to slay us. 22 T And Moses returned unto the let them go and gather straw for themLORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast selves. 8 And the tale of the bricks which thou so evil-entreated this people? why they did make heretofore, ye shall lay is it that thou hast sent me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to upon them; ye shall not diminishi aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore speak in thy name, he hath done evil they cry, saying, Let us go and sacri- to this people; neither hast thou de livered thy people at all. fice to our God.

fo Jacob; and I will give it you for a and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites. heritage: I am the LORD.

9 And Moses spake so unto the chil- 25 And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took dren of Israel: but they hearkened not him one of the daughters of Putiel to unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Lefor cruel bondage. vites, according to their families.

10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying

11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

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 armies. 27 These are they which spake to 12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out Israel have not hearkened unto me; the children of Israel from Egy how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who these are that Moses and Aaron. am of uncircumcised lips?

28 And it came to pass on the day

13 T And the LORD spake unto when the LORD spake unto Moses in Moses, and unto Aaron, and gave them the land of Egypt, 29 That the LORD spake unto Moa charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to ses, saying, I am the LORD: speak bring the children of Israel out of the thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. land of Egypt. 30 And Moses said before the LORD, 14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben,the Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, first-born of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto Hezron, and Carmi: these be the fa-me? milies of Reuben.

15 T And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

CHAP. VII.

Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh. 10 His rod is turned into a serpent. 13 Pharaoh's heart is hardened. 19 The river is turned into blood.

See, I have made thee a god to 16 And these are the names of the AND the LORD said unto Moses, sons of Levi, according to their gene- Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall rations; Gershon, and Kohath, and be thy prophet. Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years.

17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel and the years of the life of Kohath were a

:

2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

19 Anded thirty and three unto you, that I may lay my hand up

years.
of Merari; Mahali
and Mushi: these are the families of
Levi, according to their generations.
20 And Amram took him Jochebed
his father's sister to wife; and she bare
him Aaron and Moses. And the years
of the life of Amram were a hundred
and thirty and seven years.

21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah,
and Nepheg, and Zichri.

22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

23 And Aaron took him Elisheba daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon to wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

24 And the sons of Korah; Assir,

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4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken on Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt, by great judgments.

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5 And the Egyptians shall know that am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.

7 T And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

8 And the LORD spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you;

CHAP. VIII.

Then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take died; and the river stank, and the thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, Egyptians could not drink of the waand it shall become a serpent.

10 T And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

ter of the river; and there was blood
throughout all the land of Egypt.

22 And the magicians of Egypt did
so with their enchantments: and Pha-
raoh's heart was hardened, neither did
had said.
he hearken unto them; as the LORD

23 And Pharaoh turned and went
111 Then Pharaoh also called the
wise men, and the sorcerers: now the into his house, neither did he set his
24 And all the Egyptians digged
magicians of Egypt, they also did in heart to this also.
like manner with their enchantments.
12 For they cast down every man round about the river for water to
his rod, and they became serpents: but drink; for they could not drink of the
Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. water of the river.
13 T And he hardened Pharaoh's
heart that he hearkened not anto
them; as the LORD had said.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the

morning; lo, he goth out unto the water, and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come: and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand.

16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up thy bed-chamber, and upon thy bed, and come into thy house, and into 17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou and into the house of thy servants, and shalt know that I am the LORD: be- upon thy people, and into thine ovens, 4 And the frogs shall come up both hold, I will smite with the rod that is and into thy kneading troughs: in my hand upon the waters which on all thy servants. are in the river, and they shall be turn-on thee, and upon thy people, and up5 T And the LORD spake unto Moed to blood. 18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink: and ses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth streams, over the rivers, and over the the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of thy hand, with thy rod over the the water of the river. 19 And the LORD spake unto ponds, and cause frogs to come up 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, upon the land of Egypt. and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, over the waters of Egypt; and the upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, frogs came up, and covered the land 7 And the magicians did so with and upon all their pools of water, of Egypt. that they may become blood: and that there may be blood throughout all the their enchantments, and brought up 8T Then Pharaoh called for Moses Land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, frogs upon the land of Egypt. and in vessels of stone.

20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as and Aaron, and said, Entreat the the LORD commanded; and he lifted LORD that he may take away the frogs up the rod and smote the waters that from me, and from my people: and I Dere in the river, in the sight of Pha-will let the people go, that they may raoh, and in the sight of his servants; do sacrifice unto the LORD. and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat 21 And the fish that was in the river for thee, and for thy servants, and Tor

thy people, to destroy the frogs from there; to the end thou mayest know thee, and thy houses, that they may that I am the LORD in the midst of the remain in the river only?

10 And he said, To-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.

earth.

23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to-morrow shall this sign be."

24 And the LORD did so: and there 11 And the frogs shall depart from came a grievous swarm of flies into the thee, and from thy houses, and from house of Pharaoh, and into his serthy servants, and from thy people; vants' houses, and into all the land of they shall remain in the river only. Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

12 T And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD, because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

25 ¶ And Pharaoh called for Moses, and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.

26 And Moses said, It is not meet 13 And the LORD did according to so to do; for we shall sacrifice the the word of Moses: and the frogs died abomination of the Egyptians to the out of the houses, out of the villages, LORD our God: Lo, shall we sacriand out of the fields. fice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

17 And they did so; for Aaron 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out stretched out his hand with his rod, from thee, and I will entreat the LORD and smote the dust of the earth, and it that the swarms of flies may depart became lice in man and in beast: all from Pharaoh, from his servants, and the dust of the land became lice from his people, to-morrow: but let throughout all the land of Egypt. not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more, in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.

18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD:

19 Then the magicians said unto 31 And the LORD did according to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: the word of Moses; and he removed and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from and he hearkened not unto them; as his servants, and from his people; the LORD had said. there remained not one.

20 T And the LORD said unto Mo- 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart ses, Rise up early in the morning, and at this time also, neither would he let stand before Pharaoh; (lo, he cometh the people go. forth to the water,) and say unto him,

CHAP. IX.

Thus saith the LORD, Let my people 1 The murrain of beasts. 8 The plague of go, that they may serve me: boils and blains. 22 The plague of hail. 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my peo-Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, HEN the LORD said unto Moses, ple go, behold, I will send swarms of

flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, Thus saith the LORD God of the Heand upon thy people, and into thy brews, Let my people go, that they houses: and the houses of the Egyp- may serve me. tians shall be full of swarms of flies,

2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and also the ground whereon they are. and wilt hold them still,

22 And I will sever in that day the 3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is fand of Goshen, in which my people upon thy cattle which is in the field, well, that no swarms of flies shall be upon the horses, upon the assys, upon