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17 And thou fhalt take this ROD in thine Hand, wherewith thou fhalt do Signs.

18 And Mofes went and returned to Jethro his Fatherin-law, and faid unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my Brethren, which are in Egypt, and fee whether they be yet alive. And Jethro faid to Mofes, Go in Peace.

19 And the LORD faid unto Mofes in Midian, Go, RETURN into Egypt: for all the Men are DEAD which fought thy LIFE.

Matth, ii, 20 Arife, and take the YOUNG CHILD, and his Mother, and go into the Land of Ifrael, for they ARE DEAD which SOUGHT the young Child's Life.

20 And Mofes took his Wife, and his Sons, and fet them upon an Afs, and he returned to the Land of Egypt. And Mofes took the RoD of GOD in his Hand.

21 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, When thou goeft to return into Egypt, fee that thou do all thofe WONDERS before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine Hand: but I will hearden his Heart, that he fhall not let the People go.

22 And thou fhalt fay unto Pharaoh, Thus faith the LORD, Ifrael is my Son, even my First-born.

23 And I fay unto thee, Let my Son go, that he may ferve me and if thou refufe to let him go, behold, I will SLAY thy Son, even thy FIRST-BORN.

27 And the LORD faid to Aaron, Go into the Wildernefs to meet Mofes. And he went and met him in the Mount of GOD, and kifled him.

28 And MOSES told AARON all the WORDS of the LORD, who had fent 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 Ifrael.

30 And AARON fpake all the Words which the LORD had spoken unto Mofes, and did the SIGNS in the Sight of the People.

31 And the People BELIEVED: and when they heard that the LORD had vifited the Children of Ifrael, and that he had looked upon their AFELICTION, then they BOWED their Heads and WORSHIPPED.

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CHAP. V.

1 Pharaoh chideth Mofes and Aaron: 5 He increafeth the Ifraelites Tafk. 22 Mofes complaineth to GOD.

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ND afterwards MOSES and AARON went in, and

rael, Let my People go, that they may hold a Feast unto me in the Wilderness.

2 And Pharaoh faid, WHO is the LORD, that I should obey his Voice to let Ifrael go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Ifrael go.

3 And they faid, The GoD of the HEBREWS hath met with us let us go, we pray thee, three Days Journey into the Defart, and facrifice unto the LORD our GOD; left he fall upon us with Peftilence, or with the Sword.

4 And the King of Egypt faid unto them, Wherefore do ye, MOSES and AARON, let the People from their Works? get you unto your BURDENS.

And Pharaoh faid, Behold, the People of the Land now are many, and you make them reft from their BURDENS. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the fame Day the Tafk-mafters of the People, and their Officers, faying,

7 Ye fhall no more give the People Straw to make Brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather Straw for themselves.

8 And the Tale of the Bricks which they did make heretofore, you shall lay upon them; you fhall not diminish ought thereof for they be idle; therefore they cry, faying, Let us go and facrifice to OUR GOD.

9 Let there more Work be laid upon the Men, that they may LABOUR therein: and let them not regard vain Words.

10 And the Tafk-mafters of the People went out, and their Officers, and they fpake to the People, faying, Thus faith Pharaoh, I will not give you Straw.

11 Go ye, get you Straw where you can find it: yet not ought of your WORK fhall be DIMINISHED.

12 So the People were scattered abroad throughout all the Land of Egypt, to gather Stubble instead of Straw.

13 And the TASK-MASTERS hafted them, faying, Fulfil your Works, your daily TASKS, as when there was STRAW.

14 And the Officers of the Children of Ifrael, which Pharaoh's Tafk-mafters 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?

15 Then the Officers of the Children of Ifrael, came and cried unto Pharaoh, faying, Wherefore dealeft thou thus with thy Servants?

16 There is no STRAW given unto thy Servants, and they fay to us, Make Brick and behold thy Servants are REATEN, but the Fault is in thy own People.

17 But he faid, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye fay, Let us go, and do Sacrifice to the LORD.

18 Go therefore now and work for there fhall no Straw be given, yet fhall ye deliver the Tale of Bricks.

19 And the Officers of the Children of Ifrael did see that they were in evil Cafe, after it was faid, Ye fhall not minifh ought from your Bricks of your daily TASK.

20 And they met MOSES and AARON, who stood in the Way, as they came forth from Pharaoh.

21 And they faid unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because you have made our Savour to be abhorred in the Eyes of Pharaoh, and in the Eyes of his Servants, to put a Sword into their Hands to flay us.

22 And Mofes returned unto the LORD, and faid, Lord, wherefore haft thou fo evil intreated this People? why is it that thou haft sent me ?

23 For fince I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy Name, he hath done EVIL to this People; neither haft thou delivered thy People at all.

CHAP. VI.

1 GOD reneweth his Promife by the Name of JEHOVAH 14 The Genealogy of Reuben, 15 of Simeon, 16 and of Levi.

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THEN the LORD faid unto Mofes, Now fhalt thou fee what I will do to Pharaoh : for with a strong Hand shall he let them go, and with a strong Hand fhall he drive them out of this Land.

2 And GoD spake unto Mofes, and faid unto him, I AM the LORD.

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4 And I have alfo established my Covenant with them, to give them the Land of Canaan, the Land of their PILGRIMAGE, wherein they were Strangers.

5 And I have alfo heard the Groaning of the Children of Ifrael, whom the Egyptians keep in Bondage: and I have remembred my Covenant.

6 Wherefore fay unto the Children of Ifrael, 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 you with a stretched out Arm, and with great JUDGMENTS.

7 And I will take you to me for a PEOPLE, and I will be to you a GOD: and ye fhall know that I am the LORD your GOD, which bringeth you out from under the Burdens of the Egyptians.

8 And I will bring you in unto the Land concerning the which I did fwear to give it, to Abraham, to Ifaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an HERITAGE: I AM the LORD.

9 And Mofes fpake fo unto the Children of Ifrael: but they HEARKNED not unto Mofes, for ANGUISH of Spirit, and for cruel BONDAGE.

10 And the LORD fpake unto Moses, saying,

11 Go in, fpeak unto Pharaoh King of Egypt, that he let the Children of Ifrael go out of his Land.

12 And Mofes fpake before the LORD, faying, Behold, the Children of Ifrael have not HEARKNED unto me; how then fhall Pharaoh HEAR me, who am of UNCIRCUMCISED Lips?

13 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, and unto Aaron, and gave them a CHARGE unto the Children of Ifrael, and unto Pharaoh King of Egypt; to bring the Children of Ifrael out of the Land of Egypt.

*Note, The Jews never pronounced this gloriens Name JEHOVAH but in their religions Worship: Which fignifies GOD's being in, and of Himself, and being faithful in all his Words and Premijes.

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CHAP. VII.

Mofes is encouraged to go to Pharaoh: 8 His Rod is turned into a Serpent. 13 Pharaoh's Heart is hardened. 19 The River is turned into Blood,

Ver. 1 AND the LORD faid unto Mofes, See, I have made

thee God to Pharaoh and Aaron thy Brother

fhall be thy Prophet.

2 And thou fhalt fpeak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy Brother fhall fpeak unto Pharaoh, that he fend the Children of Ifrael out of his Land.

3 And I will harden Pharaoh's Heart, and multiply my SIGNS and my WONDERS in the Land of Egypt.

4 But Pharaoh fhall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my Hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine Armies, and my People the Children of Ifrael, out of the Land of Egypt, by great JUDGMENTS.

5 And the Egyptians fhall know, that I am the LORD, when I ftretch forth mine Hand upon Egypt, and bring out the Children of Ifrael from among them.

6 And Mofes and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, fo did they.

7 And Mofes was FOURSCORE Years old, and Aaron fourfcore and three Years old, when they fpake unto Pharaoh.

8 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes and Aaron, faying, 9 When Pharaoh fhall fpeak unto you, faying, Shew a MIRACLE for you: then thou fhalt fay unto Aaron, Take thy ROD and caft it before Pharaoh, and it fhall become a Serpent.

io And Mofes and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did fo as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron caft down his Rod before Pharaoh, and before his Servants, and it became a SERPENT.

II Then Pharaoh alfo called the Wife-men, and the Sorcerers now the Magicians of Egypt, they also did in like Manner with their Inchantments.

12 For they caft down every Man his Rod, and they became Serpents: but Aaron's ROD fwallowed up their Rods.

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