An omer of manna is preserved. EXODUS, XVII. BEFORE CHRIST 1491. 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 31. 15. & 35. Sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye 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. a Gen. 2. 3. ch. 20. 8. & 3. Lev. 23. 3. ver. 20. c ch. 20. 9, 10. 42 Kings 17. 14. Ps. 78. 10, 22. & 106. 13. 8. a 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. C 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 out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. e 31 And the house of Israel called Numb. 11. 7, the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 'Hebr. 9. 4. 32 ¶ And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up The people murmur for water. before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. g 34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. CHAPTER XVII. The people murmur for water at Rephidim. 5 God sendeth him for water to the rock in Horeb. 8 Amalek is overcome by the holding up of Moses' hands. 15 Moses buildeth the altar Jehovah-nissi. Ae children of Israel jourAND neyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. ND all the congregation of 2 b Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? BEFORE CHRIST 1491. 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore ch. 16. 2. 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, ch. 14. 15. saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. g e e f 1 Sam. 30. 6. John 8. 59. & 10. 31. 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and Ezek. 2. 6. take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith h thou smotest the river, take inch. 7. 20. 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 Numb. 20. 8. Numb. 20. 10, 11. Ps. 78. 15, 20. & 105. 41. & 114. 8. 1 Cor. 10. 4. • Jam. 5. 16. P ch. 34. 27. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the 4 Numb. 24. 20. SWord. Deut. 25. 19. 1 Sam. 15. 3, 7. & 30. 1, 17. 2 Sam. 8. 12. Ezra 9. 14. + That is, The LORD my banner: See Judg. 6. 24. 5 Or, Because against the therefore, &c. 6 Heb. the 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, P Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi : 16 For he said, 5 Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have hand upon the war with Amalek from generation to generation. throne of the LORD. ch. 2. 16. & 3. 1. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sons. 7 Moses entertaineth him. 13 Jethro's counsel is accepted. 27 Jethro departeth. Jethro bringeth Moses' wife. b heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, e BEFORE CHRIST 1491. b Ps. 44. 1. & 77. 14, 15. & 78. 4. & 105. 5, 43. & 106. 2, 8. c ch. 4. 26. 3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was 2 Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in That is, A a strange land: 2 3 stranger there. 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, That is, My said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh : God is an help. WHEN "Jethro, the priest of fices for God: and Aaron came, and Midian, Moses' father in law, all the elders of Israel, to eat bread 2 Sam. 18. 28. Luke 1. 68. Ps. 95. 3. & 97. 9. & 135. 5. m ch. 1. 10, 16, Job 40. 11, Ps. 31. 23. &' Luke 1. 51. The fearful presence of BEFORE CHRIST 1491. " ch. 24. 3, 7. Deut. 5. 27. & 26. 17. ver. 16. ch. 20. 21. & Ps. 18. 11, 12. P Deut. 4. 12, John 12. 29, 4 ch. 14. 31. EXODUS, XX. shalt speak unto the children of Israel. n 7 ¶ And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. 8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. 10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let Hebr. 10. 22. them wash their clothes, r Lev. 11. 44, 45. ver. 14. Gen. 35. 2. Lev. 15. 5. ver. 16, 18. ch. 34. 5. Deut. 33. 2. 11 And be ready against the third day for the third day the LORD * will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 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 Hebr. 12. 20. border of it: "whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: God upon the mount. people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. BEFORE CHRIST 1491. & 33. 2. Judg. 5. 5. Ps. 68. 7, 8. Isai. 6. 4. Hab. 3. 3. 18 And mount Sinai was altoge- Deut. 4. 11. ther 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 ch. 3. 2. & mount quaked greatly. 24. 17. 2 Chron. 7. 1, 2, 3. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed Gen. 15. 17. louder and louder, Moses spake, m Ps. 144. 5. Ps. 68. 8. & 77. 18. & 114. 7. Jer. 4. 24. Hebr. 12. 26. ver. 13. 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 " Hebr. 12. 21. Moses went up. 1 "Neh. 9. 13. Ps. 81. 7. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, 2 charge the people, lest Heb. contest. 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, Psanctify 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, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. CHAPTER XX. 1 The ten commandments. 18 The people are afraid. 20 Moses comforteth them. 22 Idolatry is forbidden. 24 Of what sort the altar should be. AND God spake all these words, saying, Matt. 15. 4. & 19. 19. Mark 7. 10. & 10. 19. Luke 18. 20. Ephes. 6. 2. 'Deut. 5. 17. Matt. 5. 21. Rom. 13. 9. t Deut. 5. 18. Matt. 5. 27. u 15 Thou shalt not steal. W 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. X 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor "Lev. 19. 11. Deut. 5. 19. Matt. 19. 18. Rom. 13. 9. 1 Thess. 4. 6. w ch. 23. Hab. 2. 9. Hebr. 13. 5. CHAPTER XXI. 1 Laws for menservants. 5 For the servant whose ear is bored. 7 For womenservants. 12 For manslaughter. 16 For stealers of men. 17 For cursers of parents. 18 For smiters. 22 For a hurt by chance. 28 For an ox that goreth. 33 For him that is an occasion of harm. Now them. which thou shalt set before Deut. 12. 5, 2 Chron. 6.6. Jer. 7. 10, 12. " Gen. 12. 2. Deut. 7. 13. Deut. 27. 5. Josh. 8. 31. 2 Heb. build them with hewing. ach. 24. 3, 4. Deut. 4. 14. & 6. 1. |