CHAP. XVI. month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2. And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 3. And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full! for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. 4. Then said the LORD unto Moses, Bebold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my walk or no. 5. And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. 6. And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt; 7. And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? 8. And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. 9. And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD; for he hath heard your murmurings. 10. And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 11. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12. I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. 13. And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. 14. And when the dew that lay was gone ... 11 65 15. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat: 16. This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Gather of it every man according to his eating; an omer for every man: according to the number of your persons, take ye every man for them which are in his tents. 17. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. 18. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack: they gathered every man according to his eating. 19. And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank; and Moses was wroth with them. 21. And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 22. And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23. And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which you will bake to-day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you, to be kept until the morning. 24. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 25. And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to-day ye shall not find it in the field. 26. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28. And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 29. See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days: abide ye every man in his place; let no man go 1. ND all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journies, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. 2. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide you with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 3. And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4. And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. 5. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7. And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the 8. Then came Amalek, and fou Israel in Rephidim. 9. And Moses said unto Joshua us out men, and go out, fight with to-morrow I will stand on the to hill, with the rod of God in mine h 10. So Joshua did as Moses ha him, and fought with Amalek: and Aaron, and Hur, went up to the to hill. 11. And it came to pass, when M up his hand, that Israel prevailed; a he let down his hand, Amalek pre 12. But Moses' hands were hea they took a stone, and put it under he sat thereon: and Aaron and H up his hands, the one on the one the other on the other side; and h were steady until the going down of 13. And Joshua discomfited Am his people with the edge of the swo 14. And the Lord said unto Write this for a memorial in ab rehearse it in the ears of Joshua; 1 utterly put out the remembrance of from under heaven. 15. And Moses built an altar, ar the name of it JEHOVAH-nissi. 16. For he said, Because the Lo Sworn, that the LORD will have v Amalek from generation to generat CHAP. XVIII. 2 Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sons THEN Jethro, the priest of that God had done for Moses, and his people, and that the LORD had Israel out of Egypt, 2. Then Jethro, Moses' fathe took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after sent her back, 3. And her two sons, of which th of the one was Gershom; for he said been an alien in a strange land: 4. And the name of the other was For the God of my father, said he, u help, and delivered me from the s Pharaoh. 5. And Jethro, Moses' father-in-la with his sons and his wife unto Mo the wilderness, where he encampec mount of God: 6. And he said unto Moses, I thy in-law Jethro, am come unto thee, wife, and her two sons with her. 7. And Moses went out to meet ther-in-law, and did obeisance, and him; and they asked each other 11. And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down 1 The ten commandments. 22 Idolatry is for in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. what sort the altar should be. 1. 12. And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 13. There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 14. And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15. And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come nct at your wives. 16. And it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. 20. And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. 21. And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. 22. And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them. 23. And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 24. And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, ND God spake all these w 2. I am the LORD thy God, w brought thee out of the land of E of the house of bondage. 3. Thou shalt have no other g me. 4. Thou shalt not make unto graven image, or the likeness of that is in heaven above, or that earth beneath, or that is in the der the earth: 5. Thou shalt not bow down them, nor serve them: for I the God am a jealous God, visiting th of the fathers upon the children unt and fourth generation of them that 6. And showing mercy unto tho them that love me, and keep my c ments. 7. Thou shalt not take the nar LORD thy God in vain; for the L not hold him guiltless that taketh in vain. 8. Remember the sabbath-dayit holy. 9. Six days shalt thou labour, a thy work: 10. But the seventh day is the sa the LORD thy God: in it thou sha any work, thou, nor thy son, nor th ter, thy man-servant, nor thy maic nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger tha in thy gates: 11. For in six days the LORD M ven and earth, the sea, and all that is, and rested the seventh day: w the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, lowed it. 12. Honour thy father and thy that thy days may be long upon which the LORD thy God giveth th 13. Thou shalt not kill. 16. Thou shalt not bear false against thy neighbour. 17. Thou shalt not covet thy neig house, thou shalt not covet thy neig wife, nor his man-servant, nor his servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, : CHAP. XXI. when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that _ye sin not. 21. And the people stood afar off: and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. 22. And the Lord said unto Moses, (Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23. Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 24. An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where 1 record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25. And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 26. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. CHAP. XXI. Sundry laws for men-servants, &c. TOW these are the judgments which 1. Now 2. If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4. If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. 5. And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free : 6. Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. 69 nation he shall have no power, seeing he 9. And if he hath betrothed her unto his 10. If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 11. And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. 12. He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death. 13. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14. But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15. And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 16. And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17. And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18. And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed; 19. If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. 20. And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. 21. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. 22. If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her; and yet no mischief follow; he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25. Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26. And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27. And if he smite out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth; he shall luum not bor master, who hath | let him go free for his tooth's sake. 7. And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. or gore a man or a woman, - |