40. 5. k 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against No manna on the sabbath. not unto Moses; but some of them B. C. 1491. left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morn John 11. 4,40. the LORD: and 'what are we, that yeing, every man according to his eating: 8 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. 9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of Num. 16. 16. the children of Israel, "Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. m See 1 Sam. 8.7. Luke 10. 16. Rom. 13. 2. o ver. 7. ch. 13. 21. Num. 16. 19. 1 Kings 8. 10, 11. p ver. 8. q ver. 6. r ver. 7. • Num. 12. 31. Ps. 78. 27, 28. & 105. 40. ! Num. 11. 9. u Num. 11. 7. Deut. 8. 3. Neh. 9. 15. Ps. 78. 24. & 105. 40. || Or, What is this? or, It is a portion. x John 6. 31, 49, 58. 1 Cor. 10. 3. m 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12 PI have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. 13 And it came to pass, that at even 'the quails came up, and covered the camp and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. t 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay "a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, "It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, *This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. 16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eatHeb. by the ing, an omer for every man, ac and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 22 ¶ And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD to day ye shall not find 26 Six days ye shall gather it; e ch. 20. 9, 10. but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my 42 Kings 17. commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days: abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 14. Ps. 78. 10, 22 & 106. 13. 8. 31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and eite Num. 11. 7, was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. The people murmur. B. C. 1491. bNam 33.38. Deut 1, 2, 3 EXODUS. 35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited: they did Net 20, 21. eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. John 6, 31, 49. a ch. 16. L Num. 33. 12, 14. Num. 21, 3, 4. * Dent 6. 16. P. 73. 16, 41. 18. 7. 12 Matt. 4.7. CHAPTER XVII. The people murmur for water at Rephidim, 5 God ND all the congregation of the Amalek is overcome. 12 But Moses' hands were heavy; B. C. 1491. and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, PWrite this for a memorial in a book, p ch. 34. 27. Achi are the andrée this in the oris of Joshua: the wilderness of Sin, after their jour- c d 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured C9 against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to ch. 16.2 ch. 14. 15. 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 'Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the m. 215. people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 1 Num. 20, 10, 1 Cor. 19. 4. PAEL 7. & 352 That is, 1 Gen. 36. 12. 7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? 8 Sam. 24. 20. with Israel in Rephidim. Then came Amalek, and fought Den 25. 17. 1 Sam. 15, 2 Jesus, Acts 7.45. Heb. 4. 8. ch. 4.20. g Gen. 14. 17. & 18.2.& 19. 1. 1 Kings 2. 19. h Gen. 29. 13. & 33. 4. 7 T And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and Heb. peace, they came into the tent. 8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had 11 And it came to pass, when Mo-come upon them by the way, and James 5. 16. ses held up his hand, that Israel how the LORD delivered them. prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done Jethro counselleth Moses. B. C. 1491. k Gen. 14. 20. 2 Sam. 18. 28. Luke 1. 68. 1 2 Chr. 2. 5. Ps. 95. 3. & to Israel, whom he had delivered out for thyself, and they shall bear the of the hand of the Egyptians. burden with thee.. 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. m 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the 97.9. & 135.5. thing wherein they dealt "proudly he was above them. m ch. 1. 10, 16, 22. & 5.2, 7. & 14. 8, 18. n 1 Sam. 2. 3. 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the 1 Cor. 10. 18, people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 21, 31. B. C. 1491. h Num. 11. 17. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people i ver. 18. shall also go to their place in peace. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. k Gen. 18. 33. 2 Sam. 19. 39. CHAPTER XIX. The people come to Sinai. 3 God's message by Moses unto the people from the mount, 8 and their answer in return. 10 The people are to be prepared against the third day. 12 The mountain not to be touched. 16 The fearful presence of God upon the mount. N when chil y thee from morning unto evether in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God: 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between tone and another, and I do make and his fel them know the statutes of God, and low. r 17 And Moses' father in law said & 36.6,7,8,9. unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou "for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: 20 And thou shalt teach them or& 5. 1. & 6. 1, dinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. a m ver. 22. n Job 29. 16. o Num. 10. 29, 30. of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of a Num. 33. 15. Sinai. 2 For they were departed from 'Reph-b ch. 17. 1, 8. idim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. е 3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine: c ch. 3. 1, 12. d ch. 20. 21. Acts 7. 38. e ch. 3. 4. Deut. 29. 2. Is. 68. 9. h Deut. 5. 2. i Deut. 4. 20. & 7.6. & 14. 2, 21. & 26. 18. & 32. 8, 9. 1 Kings 8. 53. Ps. 135. 4. Is. 41. 8. & 43. 1. Jer. 10. 16. Mal. S. 17. k ch. 9. 29. Deut. 10. 14. Job 41. 11. Ps. 24. 1. 1 Cor. 10. 26. 8 And "all the people answered to- ch. 24. 3, 7. gether, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. a ch. 20. 21. & 24, 15, 16. Deut. 4. 11. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick Ps. 97. 2. God's fearful presence. P Deut. 4. 12, B. C. 1491. cloud, that the people may hear | The people cannot come up to mount # 30 ch. 14. 31. 1 Lev. 11. 44, 45. Heb. 10. 22. · Lev. 15 á | Deut. SS. 2. Heb. 12. 20. Or, cornet. I ver. 16, 19. : 11 And be ready against the third day for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: "whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 13 There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: 1 Sam 21.4,5. come not at your wives. Zech, 7, 3. 1 Cor. 7. 5. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount 2 Ch.7.1,2, quaked greatly. G. 15. 17. Ps. 144. 5. Rev, 15. 8. * Pe 62 8. & m 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. 20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: Heb. 12 21. and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. 72.18.4 114.7. Jer. 4. 24. Heb. 12. 26. ver, 13. Xeh. 9. 13. Ps. 31. 7. ↑ Heb.context. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD *to gaze, and many of them perish. 24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, Psanctify 12 Sam. 6,7,8. themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. CHAPTER XX. The ten commandments. 18 The people are afraid. B. C. 1491. r ver. 12. Josh. 3. 4. Deut. 4. 24. 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself g ch. 34. 14. to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers h ch. 34.7. upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; Lev. 20. 5. & 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep i ch. 34. 7. my commandments. Deut. 7. 9. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the k ch. 23. 1. LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Lev. 19. 12. Deut. 5. 11. 1 Mic. 6. 11. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to mch. 31. 13, 14. keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, Pnor thy stranger that is within thy gates: Lev. 19. 3, 30. n ch. 23. 12. & o Gen. 2. 2, 3. ch. 16. 26. P Neh. 13. 16, 17, 18, 19. 11 For in six days the LORD made a Gen. 2. 2. heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 23 And Moses said unto the LORD, tery. Thou shalt not commit adul r ch. 25. 26. s Deut. 5. 17. t Deut. 5. 18. Matt. 5. 27. |