Moses sent to Pharaoh.

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are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for 'I know their sorrows;

8 And mI 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 Pflowing 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.

9 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.

10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 11 ¶ 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?

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God giveth him signs.

and the elders of Israel, unto the B. C. 1491. 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.

19 ¶ And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.

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21 And 'I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty :

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22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and "ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when come unto the children

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cometh leprous. 10 He is loath to be sent. 14 Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18 Moses departeth from Jethro. 21 God's message to Pharaoh. 24 Zipporah circumciseth her son. 27 Aaron is sent to meet Moses. 31 The people believeth them. Moses answered

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?

14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 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.

16 Go, and a 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:

lieve me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, aA rod.

3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

f Num. 23. 3, 4, 15, 16.

g ch. 5. 2. & 7.

Or, but by

strong hand.

h ch. 6. 6. & 7.

5. & 9. 15.

i ch. 7. 3. & 11.9. Deut. 6. 22. Neh. 9. 10. Ps. 105. 27. & 135. 9. Jer. 32. 20. Acts 7. 36. See ch. 7. to ch. 13.

k ch. 12.31.
1 ch. 11. 3. &
12.36.

Ps. 106. 46.
Prov. 16. 7.

m Gen. 15. 14. ch. 11. 2. & 12. 35, 36.

|| Or, Egypt. n Job 27. 17. Prov. 13. 22.

Ez. 39. 10.

a ver. 17, 20.

c ch. 3. 15.

5 That they may believe that the b ch. 19. 9. LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

6 ¶ And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous aas snow.

7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

d Num. 12. 10. 2 Kings 5. 27.

e Num. 12. 13, 14. Deut. 32. 39. 2 Kings 5. 14. Matt. 8.3.

Moses is loath to be sent.

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f ch. 7. 19.

+ Heb. shall be and shall be.

+ Heb. a man of words. † Heb. since yesterday, nor since the third day. g ch. 6. 12. Jer. 1. 6. b Ps. 94. 9.

i Is. 50. 4.
Jer. 1. 9.
Matt. 10. 19.
Mark 13. 11.
Luke 12. 11,

12. & 21. 14,
15.

8 And it shall come to pass, if they 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.

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10 T And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not teloquent, neither theretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

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

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

& 23. 5, 12, 16.
Deut. 18. 18.
Is. 51. 16.
Jer. 1. 9.

• Deut. 5. 31.

p ch. 7. 1. & 18. 19.

q ver. 2.

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16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

18 T And Moses went and returned † Heb. Jether. 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 whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for ch. 2. 15, 23. all the men are dead which sought thy life.

Matt. 2. 20.

God's message to Pharaoh.

23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me and Jer. 31.9. if thou refuse to let him go, behold, "I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

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

25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and † cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

27 ¶ And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Mo-d ver. 14. ses. And he went, and met him in e the mount of God, and kissed him. 28 And Moses ftold Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had com- g ver, 8, 9. manded him.

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29 T And Moses and Aaron went❘h ch. 3. 16. and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

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30 And Aaron spake all the words i ver. 16. which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then " they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their message; 5 and increaseth the Israelites' task. 15 He derideth their complaints. 20 They cry out upon Moses and Aaron. 22 Moses complaineth to God.

AND 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 a feast unto me in the wilderness.

k ch. 3. 18.

ver. 8, 9.

1 ch. 3.

16.

m ch. 2. 25. & 3.7.

n Gen. 24. 26. ch. 12. 27.

1 Chr. 29. 20.

a ch. 10. 9.

35.

Job 21. 15.

c ch. 3. 19.

2 And Pharaoh said, "Who is the 2 Kings 18. LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. 3 And they said, The God of the d ch. 3. 18. 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.

Israel's task increased.

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5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are 'many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall 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, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

9 † Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard

20 ¶ And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh :

21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour † to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

h ch. 6. 9.

Heb.to stink,

Gen. 34. 30.
1 Sam. 13. 4.
& 27. 12.
2 Sam. 10. 6.
1 Chr. 19. 6.

22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast + Heb. deliverthou delivered thy people at all.

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God reneweth his promise by his name JEHOVAH. 10 He sendeth Moses to Pharaoh. 14 The genealogy of Reuben, 15 of Simeon, 16 of Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron.

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13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, † your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

14 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?

15 T Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

16 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.

17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.

18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in

ing thou hust not delivered.

thou see what I will do to Pharaoh for with a strong a ch. 3. 19. hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.

2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty; but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

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4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

b ch. 11. 1. & 12. 31, 33, 39.

|| Or, JEHOVAH.

c Gen. 17. 1. & 35. 11. & 48.3. d ch. 3. 14. Ps. 68. 4. & 83. 18. John 8. 58. Rev. 1. 4.

e Gen. 15. 18. & 17. 4, 7.

f Gen. 17. 8. & 28. 4.

Deut. 7. 8.

1 Chr. 17. 21. Neh. 1. 10.

1 Deut. 4. 20. & 7. 6. & 14. 2. & 26. 18. 2 Sam. 7. 24. m Gen. 17.7,8. ch. 29. 45, 46. Deut. 29. 13. Rev. 21. 7. n ch. 5. 4, 5, Ps. 81. 6.

o Gen. 15. 18. & 26. 3. & 28. 13. & 35. 12.

+ Heb. lift up my hand. See Gen. 14. 22.

Deut. 32. 40.