Exodus
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.
Chapter 5
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.
Chapter 6
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?
Chapter 7
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, 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.
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 loathe 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.
Chapter 8
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, 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.
8:9 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?
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: entreat for me.
8:29 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, 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 entreated 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.
Chapter 9
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 show [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 Entreat 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.
Chapter 10
10:1 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:
10:2 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.
10:3 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.
10:4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring
the locusts into thy coast:
10:5 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:
10:6 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 fathers' fathers
have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he
turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
10:7 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?
10:8 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?
10:9 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.
10:10 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.
10:11 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.
10:12 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.
10:13 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.
10:14 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.
10:15 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.
10:16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have
sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
10:17 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.
10:18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.
10:19 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.
10:20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the
children of Israel go.
10:21 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.
10:22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick
darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
10:23 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.
10:24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let
your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
10:25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings,
that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
10:26 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.
10:27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
10:28 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.
10:29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.
Chapter 11
11:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague [more] upon
Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let
[you] go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
11:2 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.
11:3 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.
11:4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the
midst of Egypt:
11:5 And all 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.
11:6 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.
11:7 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.
11:8 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.
11:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my
wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
11:10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD
hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out
of his land.
Chapter 12
12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
12:2 This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the
first month of the year to you.
12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of
this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of
[their] fathers, a lamb for an house:
12:4 And if the household 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.
12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take
[it] out from the sheep, or from the goats:
12:6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the
whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
12:7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side posts and
on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened
bread; [and] with bitter [herbs] they shall eat it.
12:9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast [with] fire; his
head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which
remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
12:11 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: it [is] the
LORD'S passover.
12:12 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 against all the gods
of Egypt I will execute judgment: I [am] the LORD.
12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye [are]:
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon
you to destroy [you], when I smite the land of Egypt.
12:14 And this day shall be unto you for 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.
12:15 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.
12:16 And in the first day [there shall 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.
12:17 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.
12:18 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 the month at even.
12:19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for 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.
12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat
unleavened bread.
12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw
out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip [it] in the blood that [is]
in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that
[is] in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until
the morning.
12:23 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 not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite
[you].
12:24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons
for ever.
12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will
give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What
mean ye by this service?
12:27 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 the head and
worshipped.
12:28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they.
12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in
the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the
firstborn of the captive that [was] in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of
cattle.
12:30 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.
12:31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, [and] get
you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go,
serve the LORD, as ye have said.
12:32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and
bless me also.
The Bible says that God was their guide. The cloud would have given them shade during the day and the fire would both give them light and warmth during the cold desert nights.
Exodus
13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead
them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day
and night:
13:22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by
night, [from] before the people.
Exodus
14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
14:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before
Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall
ye encamp by the sea.
14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They [are] entangled in the
land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I
will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may
know that I [am] the LORD. And they did so.
14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of
Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why
have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
14:6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and
captains over every one of them.
14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued
after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high
hand.
14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses [and] chariots of
Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea,
beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes,
and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and
the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because [there were] no graves in Egypt, hast
thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with
us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
14:12 [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us
alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve
the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the
salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you to day: for the Egyptians whom
ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto
the children of Israel, that they go forward:
14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and
divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry [ground] through the midst
of the sea.
14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall
follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon
his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have gotten me
honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and
went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and
stood behind them:
14:20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and
it was a cloud and darkness [to them], but it gave light by night [to these]: so
that the one came not near the other all the night.
14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea
to go [back] by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry [land],
and the waters were divided.
14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry
[ground]: and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on
their left.
14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea,
[even] all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the
host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled
the host of the Egyptians,
14:25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that
the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth
for them against the Egyptians.
14:26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that
the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon
their horsemen.
14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to
his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and
the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, [and]
all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so
much as one of them.
14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry [land] in the midst of the sea;
and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and
Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and
the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
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