The Second Book of Moses: Called Exodus
1:1 Now these are the names of the children
of Israel, which came
into Egypt; every man and his household came
with Jacob.
1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, and
Benjamin,
1:4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and
Asher.
1:5 And all the souls that came out of the
loins of Jacob were seventy
souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren,
and all that generation.
1:7 And the children of Israel were
fruitful, and increased
abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed
exceeding mighty; and the land
was filled with them.
1:8 Now there arose up a new king over
Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
1:9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the
people of the children of
Israel are more and mightier than we:
1:10
Come on, let us deal wisely
with them; lest they multiply, and it come
to pass, that, when there
falleth out any war, they join also unto our
enemies, and fight
against us, and so get them up out of the
land.
1:11 Therefore they did set over them
taskmasters to afflict them with
their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh
treasure cities, Pithom and
Raamses.
1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the
more they multiplied and
grew.
And they were grieved because of the
children of Israel.
1:13 And the Egyptians made the children of
Israel to serve with
rigour:
1:14 And they made their lives
bitter with hard bondage, in
morter, and in brick, and in all manner of
service in the field: all
their service, wherein they made them serve,
was with rigour.
1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the
Hebrew midwives, of which the
name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name
of the other Puah:
1:16 And
he said, When ye do the office of a midwife
to the Hebrew women, and
see them upon the stools; if it be a son,
then ye shall kill him: but
if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did
not as the king of Egypt
commanded them, but saved the men children
alive.
1:18 And the king of Egypt called for the
midwives, and said unto
them, Why have ye done this thing, and have
saved the men children
alive?
1:19 And the midwives said unto
Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew
women are not as the Egyptian women; for
they are lively, and are
delivered ere the midwives come in unto
them.
1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the
midwives: and the people
multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
1:21 And it came to pass, because the
midwives feared God, that he
made them houses.
1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people,
saying, Every son that is
born ye shall cast into the river, and every
daughter ye shall save
alive.
2:1 And there went a man of the house of
Levi, and took to wife a
daughter of Levi.
2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son:
and when she saw him that
he was a goodly child, she hid him three
months.
2:3 And when she could not longer hide him,
she took for him an ark of
bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with
pitch, and put the child
therein; and she laid it in the flags by the
river's brink.
2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit
what would be done to him.
2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to
wash herself at the
river; and her maidens walked along by the
river's side; and when she
saw the ark among the flags, she sent her
maid to fetch it.
2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the
child: and, behold, the
babe wept. And she had compassion on him,
and said, This is one of the
Hebrews' children.
2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's
daughter, Shall I go and call to
thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she
may nurse the child for
thee? 2:8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to
her, Go. And the maid went
and called the child's mother.
2:9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her,
Take this child away, and
nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy
wages. And the women took
the child, and nursed it.
2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him
unto Pharaoh's daughter,
and he became her son. And she called his
name Moses: and she said,
Because I drew him out of the water.
2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when
Moses was grown, that he
went out unto his brethren, and looked on
their burdens: and he spied
an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his
brethren.
2:12 And he looked this way and that way,
and when he saw that there
was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid
him in the sand.
2:13 And when he went out the second day,
behold, two men of the
Hebrews strove together: and he said to him
that did the wrong,
Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 2:14 And
he said, Who made thee a
prince and a judge over us? intendest thou
to kill me, as thou
killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and
said, Surely this thing
is known.
2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he
sought to slay Moses. But
Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and
dwelt in the land of Midian:
and he sat down by a well.
2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven
daughters: and they came and
drew water, and filled the troughs to water
their father's flock.
2:17 And the shepherds came and drove them
away: but Moses stood up
and helped them, and watered their flock.
2:18 And when they came to Reuel their
father, he said, How is it that
ye are come so soon to day? 2:19 And they
said, An Egyptian delivered
us out of the hand of the shepherds, and
also drew water enough for
us, and watered the flock.
2:20 And he said unto his daughters, And
where is he? why is it that
ye have left the man? call him, that he may
eat bread.
2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the
man: and he gave Moses
Zipporah his daughter.
2:22 And she bare him a son, and he called
his name Gershom: for he
said, I have been a stranger in a strange
land.
2:23 And it came to pass in process of time,
that the king of Egypt
died: and the children of Israel sighed by
reason of the bondage, and
they cried, and their cry came up unto God
by reason of the bondage.
2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God
remembered his covenant
with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
2:25 And God looked upon the children of
Israel, and God had respect
unto them.
3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his
father in law, the priest
of Midian: and he led the flock to the
backside of the desert, and
came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto
him in a flame of fire out
of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and,
behold, the bush burned
with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside,
and see this great sight,
why the bush is not burnt.
3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned
aside to see, God called unto
him out of the midst of the bush, and said,
Moses, Moses. And he said,
Here am I.
3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put
off thy shoes from off thy
feet, for the place whereon thou standest is
holy ground.
3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy
father, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And
Moses hid his face; for he
was afraid to look upon God.
3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen
the affliction of my people
which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry
by reason of their
taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 3:8
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.
3:9 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.
3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send
thee unto Pharaoh, that thou
mayest bring forth my people the children of
Israel out of Egypt.
3:11 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?
3:12 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.
3:13 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? 3:14 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.
3:15 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.
3:16 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: 3:17 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.
3:18 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.
3:19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt
will not let you go, no, not
by a mighty hand.
3:20 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.
3:21 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.
3:22 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.
4:1 And Moses answered and said, But,
behold, they will not believe
me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will
say, The LORD hath not
appeared unto thee.
4:2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that
in thine hand? And he
said, A rod.
4:3 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.
4:4 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: 4:5 That they may believe
that the LORD God of their
fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
hath appeared unto thee.
4:6 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 as snow.
4:7 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.
4:8 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.
4:9 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.
4:10 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.
4:11 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? 4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be
with thy mouth, and teach
thee what thou shalt say.
4:13 And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray
thee, by the hand of him
whom thou wilt send.
4:14 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.
4:15 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.
4:16 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.
4:17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine
hand, wherewith thou shalt
do signs.
4:18 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 whether they be yet
alive. And Jethro said to
Moses, Go in peace.
4:19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian,
Go, return into Egypt:
for all the men are dead which sought thy
life.
4:20 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.
4:21 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.
4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus
saith the LORD, Israel is
my son, even my firstborn: 4:23 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 firstborn.
4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the
inn, that the LORD met him,
and sought to kill him.
4:25 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.
4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A
bloody husband thou art,
because of the circumcision.
4:27 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.
4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of
the LORD who had sent him,
and all the signs which he had commanded
him.
4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered
together all the elders of
the children of Israel: 4:30 And Aaron spake
all the words which the
LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the
signs in the sight of the
people.
4:31 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.
5:1 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
feast unto me in the wilderness.
5:2 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.
5:3 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.
5:4 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.
5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of
the land now are many, and
ye make them rest from their burdens.
5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the
taskmasters of the people,
and their officers, saying, 5:7 Ye shall no
more give the people straw
to make brick, as heretofore: let them go
and gather straw for
themselves.
5:8 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.
5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the
men, that they may labour
therein; and let them not regard vain words.
5:10 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.
5:11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find
it: yet not ought of your
work shall be diminished.
5:12 So the people were scattered abroad
throughout all the land of
Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
5:13 And the taskmasters hasted them,
saying, Fulfil your works, your
daily tasks, as when there was straw.
5:14 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? 5:15 Then the officers
of the children of Israel
came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying,
Wherefore dealest thou thus with
thy servants? 5:16 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.
5:17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle:
therefore ye say, Let us
go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
5:18 Go therefore now, and work; for there
shall no straw be given
you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of
bricks.
5:19 And the officers of the children of
Israel did see that they were
in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall
not minish ought from your
bricks of your daily task.
5:20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood
in the way, as they came
forth from Pharaoh: 5:21 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.
5:22 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?
5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in
thy name, he hath done
evil to this people; neither hast thou
delivered thy people at all.
6:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, 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 drive them out of his
land.
6:2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto
him, I am the LORD: 6:3
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.
6:4 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.
6:5 And I have also heard the groaning of
the children of Israel, whom
the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have
remembered my covenant.
6:6 Wherefore say unto 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 you with a stretched
out arm, and with great judgments: 6:7 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.
6:8 And I will bring you in unto the land,
concerning the which I did
swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and
to Jacob; and I will give
it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
6:9 And Moses spake so unto the children of
Israel: but they hearkened
not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and
for cruel bondage.
6:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6:11 Go in, speak unto
Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the
children of Israel go out of
his land.
6:12 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? 6:13 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.
6:14 These be the heads of their fathers'
houses: The sons of Reuben
the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu,
Hezron, and Carmi: these
be the families of Reuben.
6:15 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.
6:16 And these are the names of the sons of
Levi according to their
generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and
Merari: and the years of the
life of Levi were an hundred thirty and
seven years.
6:17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi,
according to their
families.
6:18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and
Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel:
and the years of the life of Kohath were an
hundred thirty and three
years.
6:19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and
Mushi: these are the families
of Levi according to their generations.
6:20 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 an
hundred and thirty and seven years.
6:21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and
Nepheg, and Zichri.
6:22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and
Elzaphan, and Zithri.
6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter
of Amminadab, sister of
Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar.
6:24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and
Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these
are the families of the Korhites.
6:25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of
the daughters of Putiel
to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these
are the heads of the fathers
of the Levites according to their families.
6:26 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.
6:27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh
king of Egypt, to bring out
the children of Israel from Egypt: these are
that Moses and Aaron.
6:28 And it came to pass on the day when the
LORD spake unto Moses in
the land of Egypt, 6:29 That the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying, I am
the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of
Egypt all that I say unto
thee.
6:30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold,
I am of uncircumcised
lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
7:1 And the LORD said
unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to
Pharaoh: and Aaron thy
brother shall be thy prophet.
7:2 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.
7:3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and
multiply my signs and my
wonders in the land of Egypt.
7:4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you,
that I may lay my hand
upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and
my people the children of
Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great
judgments.
7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am
the LORD, when I stretch
forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out
the children of Israel from
among them.
7:6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD
commanded them, so did they.
7:7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and
Aaron fourscore and three
years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
7:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying, 7:9 When
Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a
miracle for you: then
thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and
cast it before Pharaoh,
and it shall become a serpent.
7:10 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.
7:11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men
and the sorcerers: now the
magicians of Egypt, they also did in like
manner with their
enchantments.
7:12 For they cast down every man his rod,
and they became serpents:
but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that
he hearkened not unto them;
as the LORD had said.
7:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's
heart is hardened, he
refuseth to let the people go.
7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning;
lo, he goeth 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 thine hand.
7:16 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.
7:17 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.
7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall
die, and the river shall
stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to
drink of the water of the
river.
7:19 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.
7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD
commanded; and he lifted
up the rod, and smote the waters that were
in the river, in the sight
of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his
servants; and all the waters that
were in the river were turned to blood.
7:21 And the fish that was in the river
died; and the river stank, and
the Egyptians could not drink of the water
of the river; and there was
blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with
their enchantments: and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he
hearken unto them; as the
LORD had said.
7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his
house, neither did he set
his heart to this also.
7:24 And all the Egyptians digged round
about the river for water to
drink; for they could not drink of the water
of the river.
7:25 And seven days were fulfilled, after
that the LORD had smitten
the river.
8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto
Pharaoh, and say unto him,
Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that
they may serve me.
8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go,
behold, I will smite all thy
borders with frogs: 8:3 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:
8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on
thee, and upon thy people, and
upon all thy servants.
8:5 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.
8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over
the waters of Egypt; and the
frogs came up, and covered the land of
Egypt.
8:7 And the magicians did so with their
enchantments, and brought up
frogs upon the land of Egypt.
8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron,
and said, Intreat the
LORD, that he may take away the frogs from
me, and from my people; and
I will let the people go, that they may do
sacrifice unto the LORD.
8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over
me: when shall I intreat
for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy
people, to destroy the
frogs from thee and thy houses, that they
may remain in the river
only? 8:10 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.
8:11 And the frogs shall depart from thee,
and from thy houses, and
from thy servants, and from thy people; they
shall remain in the river
only.
8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from
Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto
the LORD because of the frogs which he had
brought against Pharaoh.
8:13 And the LORD did according to the word
of Moses; and the frogs
died out of the houses, out of the villages,
and out of the fields.
8:14 And they gathered them together upon
heaps: and the land stank.
8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was
respite, he hardened his
heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the
LORD had said.
8:16 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.
8:17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched
out his hand with his rod,
and smote the dust of the earth, and it
became lice in man, and in
beast; all the dust of the land became lice
throughout all the land of
Egypt.
8:18 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.
8:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh,
This is the finger of God:
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he
hearkened not unto them; as
the LORD had said.
8:20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up
early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to
the water; and say unto
him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go,
that they may serve me.
8:21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people
go, behold, I will send
swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy
servants, and upon thy people,
and into thy houses: and the houses of the
Egyptians shall be full of
swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon
they are.
8:22 And I will sever in that day the land
of Goshen, in which my
people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall
be there; to the end thou
mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst
of the earth.
8:23 And I will put a division between my
people and thy people: to
morrow shall this sign be.
8:24 And the LORD did so; and there came a
grievous swarm of flies
into the house of Pharaoh, and into his
servants' houses, and into all
the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by
reason of the swarm of
flies.
8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for
Aaron, and said, Go ye,
sacrifice to your God in the land.
8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to
do; for we shall sacrifice
the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD
our God: lo, shall we
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians
before their eyes, and will
they not stone us? 8:27 We will go three
days' journey into the
wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our
God, as he shall command us.
8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go,
that ye may sacrifice to the
LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye
shall not go very far away:
intreat for me.
8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from
thee, and I will intreat
the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart
from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his people, to morrow:
but let not Pharaoh deal
deceitfully any more in not letting the
people go to sacrifice to the
LORD.
8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and
intreated the LORD.
8:31 And the LORD did according to the word
of Moses; and he removed
the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his
people; there remained not one.
8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this
time also, neither would
he let the people go.
9:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in
unto Pharaoh, and tell him,
Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let
my people go, that they
may serve me.
9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and
wilt hold them still, 9:3
Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy
cattle which is in the field,
upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the
camels, upon the oxen, and
upon the sheep: there shall be a very
grievous murrain.
9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the
cattle of Israel and the
cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die
of all that is the
children's of Israel.
9:5 And the LORD appointed a set time,
saying, To morrow the LORD
shall do this thing in the land.
9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the
morrow, and all the cattle of
Egypt died: but of the cattle of the
children of Israel died not one.
9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was
not one of the cattle of
the Israelites dead. And the heart of
Pharaoh was hardened, and he did
not let the people go.
9:8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto
Aaron, Take to you handfuls
of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses
sprinkle it toward the heaven
in the sight of Pharaoh.
9:9 And it shall become small dust in all
the land of Egypt, and shall
be a boil breaking forth with blains upon
man, and upon beast,
throughout all the land of Egypt.
9:10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and
stood before Pharaoh; and
Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it
became a boil breaking
forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
9:11 And the magicians could not stand
before Moses because of the
boils; for the boil was upon the magicians,
and upon all the
Egyptians.
9:12 And the LORD hardened the heart of
Pharaoh, and he hearkened not
unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto
Moses.
9:13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up
early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus
saith the LORD God of the
Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may
serve me.
9:14 For I will at this time send all my
plagues upon thine heart, and
upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that
thou mayest know that
there is none like me in all the earth.
9:15 For now I will stretch out my hand,
that I may smite thee and thy
people with pestilence; and thou shalt be
cut off from the earth.
9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I
raised thee up, for to
shew in thee my power; and that my name may
be declared throughout all
the earth.
9:17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my
people, that thou wilt
not let them go? 9:18 Behold, to morrow
about this time I will cause
it to rain a very grievous hail, such as
hath not been in Egypt since
the foundation thereof even until now.
9:19 Send therefore now, and gather thy
cattle, and all that thou hast
in the field; for upon every man and beast
which shall be found in the
field, and shall not be brought home, the
hail shall come down upon
them, and they shall die.
9:20 He that feared the word of the LORD
among the servants of Pharaoh
made his servants and his cattle flee into
the houses: 9:21 And he
that regarded not the word of the LORD left
his servants and his
cattle in the field.
9:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch
forth thine hand toward
heaven, that there may be hail in all the
land of Egypt, upon man, and
upon beast, and upon every herb of the
field, throughout the land of
Egypt.
9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod
toward heaven: and the LORD
sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran
along upon the ground; and the
LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled
with the hail, very grievous,
such as there was none like it in all the
land of Egypt since it
became a nation.
9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the
land of Egypt all that was
in the field, both man and beast; and the
hail smote every herb of the
field, and brake every tree of the field.
9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the
children of Israel were,
was there no hail.
9:27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses
and Aaron, and said unto
them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is
righteous, and I and my
people are wicked.
9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough)
that there be no more mighty
thunderings and hail; and I will let you go,
and ye shall stay no
longer.
9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I
am gone out of the city, I
will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD;
and the thunder shall
cease, neither shall there be any more hail;
that thou mayest know how
that the earth is the LORD's.
9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I
know that ye will not yet
fear the LORD God.
9:31 And the flax and the barley was
smitten: for the barley was in
the ear, and the flax was bolled.
9:32 But the wheat and the rie were not
smitten: for they were not
grown up.
9:33 And Moses went out of the city from
Pharaoh, and spread abroad
his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders
and hail ceased, and the
rain was not poured upon the earth.
9:34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and
the hail and the thunders
were ceased, he sinned yet more, and
hardened his heart, he and his
servants.
9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened,
neither would he let the
children of Israel go; as the LORD had
spoken by Moses.
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