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Ps. 105. 33.

'ch. 8. 22. & 9. 4, 6. & 10. 23.

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.

25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast;

Pharaoh's heart is hardened.

rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

CHAPTER X.

1 God threateneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclineth to let the Israelites go. 12 The plague of the locusts. 16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 21 The plague of darkness. 24 Pharaoh sueth unto Moses, 27 but yet is hardened.

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26 Only in the land of Goshen, & 11. 7. & 12. Where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

13.

Isai. 32. 18, 19.

t ch. 10. 16.

27 ¶ And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: "the 2 Chron. 12.6. LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

Ps. 129. 4. &
145. 17.
Lam. 1. 18.
Dan. 9. 14.

* ch. 8. 8, 28.
& 10. 17.

Acts 8. 24. ? Heb. voices of God.

Ps. 29. 3, 4.

38.

Ps. 143. 6.

Isai. 1. 15.

28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I 1 Kings 8. 22, 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. 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.

* Ps. 24. 1.

1 Cor. 10. 26, 28.

a Isai. 26. 10.

b Ruth 1. 22. & 2. 23.

3 Heb. hidden,

or, dark.

ver. 29.

ch. 8. 12.

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Go in unto Pharaoh: for Ich. 4. 21. & have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.

Ps. 44. 1. & 71. 18. & 78. 5, &c. Joel 1. 3.

5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eatch. 9. 32. the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: 6 And they shall fill thy houses, ch. 8. 3, 21. and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth the_earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be

The plague of locusts.

BEFORE CHRIST 1491.

ch. 5. 1.

9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.

10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

ses,

11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Mo* Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and 'eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; "before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

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15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

16 Then Pharaoh 'called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.

The plague of darkness.

17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and 'cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

20 But the LORD "hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

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BEFORE CHRIST 1491.

I ch. 9. 28. 1 Kings 13.6. 'ch. 8. 30.

2 Heb. fastened.

↑ Joel 2. 20.

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ch. 4. 21. & 11. 10.

21 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward ch. 9. 22. heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even dark-Heb. that one ness which may be felt.

may feel

darkness.

22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Ps. 105. 28. Egypt three days:

23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of ch. 8. 22. Israel had light in their dwellings. 24 And Pharaoh called unto ¶ Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ver. 10. ones also go with you.

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b

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ver. 8.

hands.

25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt Heb. into our offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.

26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.

c ch. 3. 21. & 12. 36. Ps. 106. 46. d 2 Sam. 7. 9. Esth. 9. 4.

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2 Speak now in the ears of the

people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.

3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

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4 And Moses said, Thus saith the ch. 12. 12, 23, LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

29.

Amos 5. 17. 'ch. 12. 12, 29. Amos 4. 10.

8 ch. 12. 30. Amos 5. 17.

h ch. 8. 22.

1 Josh. 10. 21.

ch. 12. 33.

? Heb. that is at thy feet. So Judg. 4.

10. & 8. 5.
1 Kings 20.

10.

2 Kings 3. 9. 3 Heb. heat of anger.

1 ch. 3. 19. & 7. 4. & 10. 1.

mch. 7. 3.

5 And fall the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

7 h But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

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9 And the LORD said unto Moses, 1Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

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CHAPTER XII.

The beginning of the year is changed. 3 The passover is instituted. 11 The rite of the passover. 15 Unleavened bread. 29 The firstborn are slain. 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land. 37 They come to Succoth. 43 The ordinance of the passover.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

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2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months it shall be the first month of the year to you.

3 ¶ Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a 2 lamb, accord-2 Or, kid, ing to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

4 And if the houshold be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without Lev. 22. 19, blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

The rite of the passover.

BEFORE CHRIST 1491.

Deut. 16. 5. ch. 11. 4, 5. Amos 5. 17.

which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11 ¶ And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: 8 it is the LORD's passover.

12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and Numb. 33. 4. against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

? Or, princes. ch. 21. 6. & 22. 28.

Ps. 82. 1, 6. John 10. 34, 35. ch. 6. 2.

3 Heb. for a destruction.

1 ch. 13. 9.

m Lev. 23. 4, 5. 2 Kings 23. 21.

n ver. 24, 43. ch. 13. 10.

• ch. 13. 6, 7.
& 23. 15. &
34. 18, 25.

Lev. 23. 5, 6.
Numb. 28.17.

Deut. 16.3, 8.
1 Cor. 5. 7.
P Gen. 17. 14.
Numb. 9. 13.

Numb. 28.

18, 25.

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14 And this day shall be unto you 1for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

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15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

16 And in the first day there shall Lev. 23. 7, 8. be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

• Heb. soul.

ch. 13. 3.

• Lev. 23. 5.

Numb. 28. 16.

17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

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18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of Exod. 23. 15. the month at even.

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The firstborn are slain.

whosoever eateth that which is leavened, " even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

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21 ¶ Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a 2 lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

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BEFORE CHRIST 1491.

u Numb. 9. 13.

23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will Ezek. 9. 6. not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

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24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

Rev. 7. 3. &
9. 4.

c 2 Sam. 24.16. 1 Cor. 10. 10. Hebr. 11. 28.

27 That ye shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed ch. 4. 31. the head and worshipped.

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28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had Hebr. 11. 28. commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

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29 ¶ And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, 1 from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the

1 ch. 11. 4. Numb. 8. 17. & 33. 4. Ps. 78. 51. & 105. 36. & 135. 8. & 136. 10.

1 ch. 4. 23. & 11. 5.

• ch. 10. 9.

P ch. 10. 26.

Gen. 27. 34.

r ch. 11. 8. Ps. 105. 38.

'Gen. 20. 3.

3 Or, dough. ch. 8. 3.

captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

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31 ¶ And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both • both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.

32 PAlso take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.

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33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, "We be all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians ch. 3. 22. & jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment :

11. 2.

2 e

The ordinance of the passover.

41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is a night to be much ob- Heb. a night served unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

of observations. See Deut. 16.

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43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordi-Numb. 9. 14. nance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat Gen. 17. 12, thereof.

45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

48 And when a stranger shall Numb. 9. 14 sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

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49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

51 "And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

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CHAPTER XIII.

The firstborn are sanctified to God. 3 The memorial of the passover is commanded. 11 The firstlings of beasts are set apart. 17 The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones with them. 20 They come to Etham. 21 God guideth them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire.