the second book of Moses called
Exodus chapter 1 now these are the names of the
children of Israel which came into Egypt Every man and his
household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that came out
of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls, for Joseph was in Egypt
already. And Joseph died, and all his
brethren, and all that generation. And the children of Israel were
fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding
mighty, and the land was filled with them. Now there arose up
a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he said
unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel
are more and mightier than we. 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. Therefore they
did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens.
And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Python and Rameses. But the more they afflicted them,
the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because
of the children of Israel. And the Egyptians made the children
of Israel to serve with rigor. And they made their lives bitter,
with hard bondage, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner
of service in the field. All their service wherein they
made them serve was with rigor. 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. 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. But the midwives feared God,
and did not, as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the
men children alive. 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? 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. Therefore God dealt well with
the midwives, and the people multiplied and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass, because
the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. 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. Exodus chapter 2 And there went a man of the house
of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived,
and bare a son. And when she saw him that he
was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 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. And
his sister stood afar off to wit what would be done to him.
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river,
and her maidens walked along by the riverside. And when she
saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
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. 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?
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and
called the child's mother. 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 woman took the child
and nursed it. 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. 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
in Hebrew one of his brethren 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 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? And
he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Intendest
thou to kill me as thou killest the Egyptian? And Moses feared
and said, Surely this thing is known. 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. Now the priest of Midian had
seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the
troughs to water their father's flock. And the shepherds came
and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and
watered their flock. And when they came to rule their
father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today? 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. 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.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses
Zipporah his daughter. And she bare him a son, and he
called his name Gershom, for he said, I have been a stranger
in a strange land. And it came to pass, in the 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. And God heard their
groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with
Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children
of Israel, and God had respect unto them. Exodus chapter 2 And there went a man of the house
of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived,
and bare a son. And when she saw him that he
was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 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. And
his sister stood afar off to wit what would be done to him.
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river.
And her maidens walked along by the riverside. And when she
saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
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. 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?
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and
called the child's mother. 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 woman took the child
and nursed it. 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. 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
in Hebrew one of his brethren. 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. 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? And
he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Intendest
thou to kill me as thou killest the Egyptian? And Moses feared
and said, Surely this thing is known. 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. Now the priest of Midian had
seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the
troughs to water their father's flock. And the shepherds came
and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and
watered their flock. And when they came to rule their
father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? 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. 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.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses
Zipporah his daughter. And she bare him a son, and he
called his name Gershom, for he said, I have been a stranger
in a strange land. 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 and God heard their
groaning and God remembered his covenant with Abraham with Isaac
and with Jacob and God looked upon the children of Israel and
God had respect unto them Exodus chapter 4 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. And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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? Now therefore
go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt
say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand
of him whom thou wilt send. 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. 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. 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. And thou shalt take this rod
in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 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. And the Lord said unto Moses
in Midian, Go, return into Egypt, for all the men are dead which
sought thy life. 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. 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.
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is
my son, even my firstborn. 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. And it came
to pass by the way in the inn that the Lord met him and sought
to kill him. 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. So he let him
go. Then she said, A bloody husband
thou art, because of the circumcision. 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. And Moses told Aaron all the
words of the Lord who had sent him and all the signs which he
had commanded him. And Moses and Aaron went and
gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. And
Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses,
and did the signs in the sight of the people. 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. Exodus chapter 5 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. 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. 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." 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? And Pharaoh said, Behold, the
people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their
burdens. And Pharaoh commanded the same
day the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, Ye
shall no more give the people straw to make brick as heretofore. Let them go and gather straw
for themselves. And the tail 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. Let them more work be laid upon
the men, that they may labour therein, and let them not regard
vain words. And the taskmasters of the people
went out, and their officers. And he spake to the people, saying,
Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Go ye, get you
straw where ye can find it. Yet not ought of your work shall
be diminished. So the people were scattered
abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead
of straw. And the taskmasters hasted them,
saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was
straw. 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 today, as heretofore? Then the
officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh,
saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 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. But he said, Ye are idle, ye
are idle. Therefore ye say, Let us go and
do sacrifice to the Lord. Go therefore now and work, for
there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the
tale of bricks." 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. And they
met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth
from Pharaoh. And they said unto them, The
Lord look upon you, and judge, because ye have made our savour
to be of hoard in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his
servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 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? 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. Exodus chapter 6 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. And God spake unto Moses, and
said unto him, I am the Lord. 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. 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.
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom
the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
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. 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. 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
to you for an heritage. I am the Lord. And Moses spake
so unto the children of Israel. But they hearkened not unto Moses
for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage. And the Lord spake
unto Moses, saying, Go in, speak unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 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? 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. 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. And the sons of Simeon, Jemuel,
and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Sheol, the son
of a Canaanitish woman, these are the families of Simeon. 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 137 years. The sons of Gershon, Libnai,
and Shimei according to their families. And the sons of Kohath,
Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of
Kohath were one hundred thirty and three years. And the sons
of Merari, Mehalai, and Mushai. These are the families of Levi
according to their generations. And Amram took him Jochabed,
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-seven years. And the sons of Izhar,
Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri, and the sons of Uzziel, Mishael,
and Elzaphan, and Zithri, And Aaron took him Elisha, daughter
of Aminadab, sister of Nahashun, to wife, and shebear him Nadab,
and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. And the sons of Korah, Asir,
and Elkanah, and Abiasaph, these are the families of the Korites.
And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took him one of the daughters of Putil
to wife, and shebear him Phineas. These are the heads of the fathers
of the Levites, according to their families. 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 these
are they which speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the
children of Israel from Egypt these are that Moses and Aaron
And it came to pass, on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses
in the land of Egypt, that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
I am the Lord. Speak thou unto Pharaoh, king
of Egypt, all that I say unto thee. And Moses said before the
Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken
unto me? Exodus chapter seven. And the
Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, and
Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 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. And
I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my
wonders in the land of Egypt. 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. 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. And Moses and
Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they. And Moses
was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years
old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. And the Lord spake unto Moses
and unto Aaron, saying, When Pharaoh shall speak unto you,
saying, Show a miracle for you. Then thou shalt say unto Aaron,
Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become
a serpent. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they
did so as the Lord hath commanded. And Aaron cast down his rod before
Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. Then
Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers. Now the
magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their
enchantments, for they cast down every man his rod, and they became
serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up
their rods, and he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not
unto them, as the Lord had said. And the Lord said unto Moses,
Pharaoh's heart is hardened. He refuseth to let the people
go. 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. 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 wouldst not hear. 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. And
the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall
stink, and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water
of the river. 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. 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 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 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. And Pharaoh turned, and went
into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also. And
all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink,
for they could not drink of the water of the river. And seven
days were fulfilled after that the Lord had smitten the river. Exodus chapter 8 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. And if thou refuse to let
them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs. 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 kneading troughs. And the
frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon
all thy servants. 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. And Aaron stretched
out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came
up and covered the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with
their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, Entreat 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. And Moses said unto Pharaoh,
Glory over me! when shall I entreat 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? And he said, Tomorrow. And he said, Be it according
to thy word. that thou mayest know that there
is none like unto the Lord our God. 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. And Moses
and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried unto the Lord
because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
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, and they gathered them together upon heaps, and the
land stank. But when Pharaoh saw that there
was respite, he hardened his heart, and he hearkened not unto
them, as the Lord had said. 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. 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. 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 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 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. 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. 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. And I will put a division between my people and thy people.
Tomorrow shall this sign be. 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. And Pharaoh
called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to
your God in the land. 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? We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice
to the Lord our God, as he shall command us. 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. entreat
for me. And Moses said, Behold, I go
out from thee, and I will entreat the Lord that the swarms of flies
may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people
tomorrow. But let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully
any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
And Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord. 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. And Pharaoh hardened his heart
at this time also. Neither would he let the people
go. Exodus chapter 9 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. For
if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 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
moraine. 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 of Israel. And the LORD
appointed a set time, saying, Tomorrow the LORD shall do this
thing in the land. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. And the magicians could not stand
before Moses because of the boils, for the boil was upon the magicians
and upon all the Egyptians. And the Lord hardened the heart
of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had
spoken unto Moses. 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. 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. 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. And in very deed for this
cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power,
and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. As
yet, exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not
let them go? 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. 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. He that feared the word of the
Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle
flee into the houses, and he that regarded not the word of
the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field. 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. 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. 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. 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 break every tree of the field. Only in the land
of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no
hail. 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. Entreat the Lord, for it is enough
that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail, and I will
let you go, and he shall stay no longer. 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. For thou mayest know how that
the earth is the Lord's. But as for thee and thy servants,
I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God. And the flax and
the barley was smitten, for the barley was in the ear, and the
flax was bald. But the wheat and the rye were
not smitten, for they were not grown up. 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. 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. And the heart of Pharaoh was
hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go, as
the Lord had spoken by Moses. Exodus chapter 10 And the Lord said unto Moses,
Go in unto Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart
of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him.
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. And Moses and Aaron came in unto
Pharaoh and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews,
How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let
my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou refuse to let
my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring the locusts into
thy coast. And they shall cover the face
of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth. And
they shall eat 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. And they shall fill thy houses,
and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians,
which neither thy fathers nor thy father's fathers have seen
since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day.
And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. And Pharaoh's
servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto
us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God.
Knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? And Moses and Aaron
were brought again unto Pharaoh. And he said unto them, Go, serve
the Lord your God. But who are they that shall go?
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. 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. 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. And the Lord said unto Moses,
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. 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. 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. 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. Then Pharaoh called for Moses
and Aaron in haste, and he said, I have sinned against the Lord
your God and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray
thee, my sin, only this once, and entreat the Lord your God
that he may take away from me this death only. And he went
out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord. 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. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's
heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. And
the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven,
that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness
which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his
hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the
land of Egypt three days. They saw not one another, neither
rose any from his place for three days. But all the children of
Israel had light in their dwellings. And Pharaoh called unto Moses
and said, Go ye, serve the Lord. Only let your flocks and your
herds be stayed. Let your little ones also go
with you. And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices
and burnt offerings that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.
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. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's
heart, and he would not let them go. And Pharaoh said unto him,
Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more,
for in that day thou seest my face, thou shalt die. And Moses
said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no
more.