taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 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 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. 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. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth My people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? And He said, 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. And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is His name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, AM hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you this is My name for ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations. Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 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 sacrifice to the LORD our God. And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. And I will stretch out My hand, and smite Egypt with all My won ders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyp tians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: but every woman shall bor row of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and rai ment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. a JANUARY 29. Morning, EXODUS IV. AND Moses answered and said, behold, will not lieve me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he JANUARY 29. serpent; and Moses fled from unto And the LORD said Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it be came a rod in his hand: that they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham DAILY LESSONS. JAN. 29. signs. And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whesaid to Moses, Go in peace. And ther they be yet alive. And Jethro the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 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 rod of God in his hand. 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. And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is My son, even My firstborn: 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 Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. And the LORD said furthermore unte him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it est, behold, his hand was leprous as ow. And He said, Put thine hand to thy bosom again. And he put hand into his bosom again; and packed it out of his bosom, and, ehold, it was turned again as his other flesh. And it shall come to if they will not believe thee, either hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the race of the latter sign. And it shall me to pass, if they will not behere also these two signs, neither bearken unto thy voice, that thou salt 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. And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloThou hast spoken unto Thy serent, neither heretofore, nor since f a slow tongue. And the LORD raat: but I am slow of speech, and son, even thy firstborn. And it maid unto him, Who hath made man's inn, that the LORD met him, and mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or sought to kill him. Then Zipporah dead, or the seeing, or the blind? took a sharp stone, and cut off the have not I the LORD? Now there- foreskin of her son, and cast it at his Roath, and teach thee what thou band art thou to me. So He let him 80, and I will be with thy feet, and said, Surely a bloody husalt say. And he said, O my Lord, go: then she said, A bloody husband ad, I pray Thee, by the hand of thou art, because of the circumcision. hom Thou wilt send. And the And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into came to pass by the way in the fore anger of the LORD was kindled a the wilderness to meet Moses. And ainst Moses, and He said, Is not he went, and met him in the mount Aaron the Levite thy brother? I of God, and kissed him. And Moses know that he can speak well. And told Aaron all the words of the also, behold, he cometh forth to LORD Who had sent him, and all he will be glad in his heart. And ed him. And Moses and Aaron went meet thee: and when he seeth thee, the signs which He had commandthou shalt speak unto him, and put and gathered together all the elders wards in his mouth: and I will be of the children of Israel: and Aaron sad will teach you what ye shall do. had spoken unto Moses, and did the with thy mouth, and with his mouth, spake all the words which the LORD the people: and he shall be, even he the people believed: and when they And be shall be thy spokesman unto signs in the sight of the people. And God And thou shalt take this rod in looked upon their affliction, then they ad thou shalt be to him instead of children of Israel, and that He had be to thee instead of a mouth, heard that the LORD had visited the hand, wherewith thou shalt do bowed their heads and worshipped. 57 JANUARY 29. AND Ebening, EXODUS V. ND afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let My people go, that they may hold a feast unto Me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel_go. And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 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. And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land JAN. 30. JANUARY 29. of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? Then the officers of the chil dren of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye de liver the tale of bricks. And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, afte it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task And they met Moses and Aaron, whe stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: and they said unt them, The LORD look upon you, an judge; because ye have made ow savour to be abhorred in the eye of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of hi servants, to put a sword in thei hand to slay us. And Moses return ed unto the LORD, and said, Lord wherefore hast Thou so evil en treated this people? why is it the Thou hast sent me? for since 1 came to Pharaoh to speak in Thy name, he hath done evil to this peo ple; neither hast Thou delivere Thy people at all. Morning, EXODUS VI. to v. 14. THEN the LORD said unto Mo : ses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he JAN. 30 drive them out of his land. And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: and appeared unto Abraham, unt Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the nam God Almighty, but by My name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. And I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they ere strangers. And I have also beard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep bondage; and I have rememered My covenant. Wherefore say to the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: and I will 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. And JANUARY 30. concerning the which I did swear I will bring you in unto the land, to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 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 uncircumcised lips? And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. Ebening, EXODUS VII. JANUARY 30. ND the LORD said unto Moses, you, saying, Shew a miracle for A See, I have made thee a god to you: then thou shalt say unto AaParach: and Aaron thy brother ron, Take thy rod, and cast it before all be thy prophet. Thou shalt Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpeak all that I command thee: pent. And Moses and Aaron went and Aaron thy brother shall speak in unto Pharaoh, and they did so to Pharaoh, that he send the as the LORD had commanded: and children of Israel out of his land. Aaron cast down his rod before And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, Pharaoh, and before his servants, sad multiply My signs and My and it became a serpent. Then Phawonders in the land of Egypt. But raoh also called the wise men and Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, the sorcerers: now the magicians that I may lay My hand upon E- of Egypt, they also did in like manypt, and bring forth Mine armies, ner with their enchantments. For My people the children of Is- they cast down every man his rod, mel, out of the land of Egypt by and they became serpents: but Aagreat judgments. And the Egyp- ron's rod swallowed up their rods. tan shall know that I am the And He hardened Pharaoh's heart, LORD, when I stretch forth Mine that he hearkened not unto them; hand upon Egypt, and bring out as the LORD had said. And the the children of Israel from among LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's them. And Moses and Aaron did heart is hardened, he refuseth to Be the LORD commanded them, so d they. And Moses was fourscore Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he golet the people go. Get thee unto years old, and Aaron fourscore and eth out unto the water; and thou three years old, when they spake shalt stand by the river's brink oto Pharaoh. And the LORD spake against he come; and the rod which to Moses and unto Aaron, say- was turned to a serpent shalt thou When Pharaoh shall speak unto take in thine hand. 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. Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. JANUARY 31. And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters tha were in the river, in the sight o Pharaoh, and in the sight of hi servants; and all the waters tha were in the river were turned t blood. And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, an the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there wa blood throughout all the land of E gypt. And the magicians of Egyp did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, nei ther did he hearken unto them; a the LORD had said. And Pharaol turned and went into his house, nei ther did he set his heart to this also And all the Egyptians digged roun about the river for water to drink for they could not drink of the wate of the river. And seven days wen fulfilled, after that the LORD ha smitten the river. Morning, EXODUS VIII. ND the LORD spake unto MoAND, pirkel, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let My people go, that they may serve Me. And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: and the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: and the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and | JANUARY 31 brought up frogs upon the land o Bought Then Pharaoh called fo Moses and Aaron, and said, Intres the LORD, that He may take away the frogs from me, and from m people; and I will let the peopl go, that they may do sacrifice unt the LORD. And Moses said unt Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shal I intreat for thee, and for thy ser vants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses that they may remain in the river only? And he said, To morrow And he said, Be it according to the word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. And the frogs shall de part from thee, and from thy houses and from thy servants, and from th people; they shall remain in the river only. And Moses and Aaro went out from Pharaoh: and Mose cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which He had brought agains Pharaoh. And the LORD did accord ing to the word of Moses; and the |