The people murmur. CHAP. XVIII. Mofes entertaineth Jethro. which the LORD commandeth, Fill an him, and he fit thereon: and Aaron omer of it to be kept for your genera and Hur stayed up his hands, the one tions; that they may see the bread on the one fide, and the other on the wherewith I have fed you in the wil. other fide; and his hands were steady derneis, when I brought you forth until the going down of the fun.

13 And Joshua difcomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the fword. 14 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: brance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Mofes built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH-nifft:

34 As the LORD Commanded Mofes, for 1 will utterly put out the remem.

fo Aaron laid it up before the Teftimony, to be kept.

35 And the children of Ifrael did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

12 But Mofes' hands quere heavy; 13 And it came to pass on the morand they took aitone, and putiz undertrou, that Mofes fas to judge the The people's arrival at Sinai. EXODUS. God defcends upon the mount? people: and the peoplestood by Mofes, the LORD called unto him out of the from the morning unto the evening. mountain, saying, Thus shalt thoufay

14. And when Mofes' father-in-law to the house of Jacob, and tell the

faw all that he did to the people, he faid, What is this thing that thou doeft to the people why fittest thou thyfelf alone, and all the people ftand by thee from morning unto even?

15 And Mofes faid unto his fatherin-law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the ftatutes of God, and his laws.

17 And Mofes father-in-law faid unto him, The thing that thou doeft is not good.

18 Thou wilt furely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to performit thyfelf alone.

children of Ifrael;

4. Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on ea gles'wings, andbrought you untomyself, 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treafure unto me above all people for all the earth is mine:

6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priefts, and an holy nation. Thefe are the words which thou shalt fpeak unto the children of Ifrael.

74 And Mofes came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.

8 And all the people anfwered toge. ther, and faid, All that the Lord hath Spoken we will do. And Mofes re

the LORD.

19 Hearken now unto my voice; Iurned the words of the people unto will give thee counfel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayeft bring the causes unto God:

20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt thew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they muft dbs.

• 21 Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people, able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetoufness; and place fuch over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

22 And let them judge the people at all feafons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: fo shall it be easier for thyfelf, and they shall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee fo, then thoa thalt be able to endure, and all this people shall alfo go to their place in peace.

24 So Mofes hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had faid.

25 And Mofes chose able men out of all Ifrael, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thoufands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers

of tens.

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26 And they judged the people at all feafons: the hard causes they brought Ainto Mofes; but every fmall matter they judged theinselves.

27 And Mofes let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

CHAP. XIX.

9 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when 1 speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Mofes told the words of the people unto the LORD.

10 And the LORD faid unto Mofes Go unto the people, and fanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

II And be ready against the third day; for the third day the LORD will come down in the fight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

12 And thou shalt fet 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: whofoever toucheth the mount shall be furely put to death:

13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall furely be ftoned, or fhot through; whether it he beaft or man, it shall not live when the trumpet foundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and fanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

15 And he faid unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

10 And it came to pafs on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the amount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; 10 that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

17 And Mofes brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they flood at the nether

N the third month, when the children of Ifrael were gone forth out or the land of Egypt, the fame day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. part of the mount.

2 For they were departed from Re- 18 And mount Sinai was altogetheron phidim, and were come to the defert a fmoke, because the LORD defcended of sinal, and had pitched in the wil-upon it in fire: and the fmoke thereaf dernefs; and there Ifrael camped beatcended as the fmoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greattv.

fore the mount.

3 And Mofes went up unto God, and 19 And when the voice of the trumpet The ten commandments. CHAP. XXI.

founded long, and waxed louder and Tonder, Mofes fpake, and Godanswer. ed him by a voice,

Laws for fervants.

15 Thou shalt hot steal.

16 Thou shalt not bear false witness againft thy neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neigh bour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man fervant, nor his maid fervant, nor his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is thy

20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lonn called Mofes up to the top of the mount; and Mofes went up. 21 And the LORD faid unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, left they neighbour's. break through unto the LORD to gaze, 18 Andall the people faw the thunand many of them perifsh. derings, and the lightnings, and the

22 And let the priests also, which noife of the trumpet, and the mountain home near to the LORD, fanctify them- fmoking: and when the people faw it Jelves, left the LORD break forth upon them.

23 And Mofes faid unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedit us, saying, Stt bounds about the mount, and fanctify it.

24 And the LORD faid 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 Loan, left he break forth upon them. 25 50 Mofes went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

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CHAP. XX.

ND God spake all these words, faying,

21 am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

they removed, and stood afar off.

19 And they faid unto Mofes, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God fpeak with us, left we die.

20 And Mofes faid unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye fin not.

21 And the people ftood afar off; and Mofes drew near unto the thick dark ness where God was.

22 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Thus thou shalt fay unto the children of Ifrael, Ye have feen that I have talked with you from heaven.

23 Ye shall not make with me gods of filver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

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24 An altar of earth thou shalt make untome, and shalt facritice there on thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy theep, and thine oxen: in all places where 1 record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not, build it of hewn ftone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou haft aft polluted it.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor ferve them for I the 26 Neither shalt thou go up by fteps LORD thy God am a jealous God, vi- junto mine altar, that thy nakedness be fiting the iniquity of the fathers upon not discovered thereon.

the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Loan will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

8 Remember the fabbath-day, to

keep it holy.

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

CHAP. XXI.
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the judgments

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which thou shalt fet before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew fervant, fix' years he shall ferve; and in the feventh ven he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

4 If his mafter have given him a wife, and the have borne him fons or daughters; the wife and her children fhall be her master's, and he shail go out by himfelf.

5 And if the fervant shall plainly fay, 1 love my mafter, my wife, and my children; 1 will not go out free:

10 But the feventh day is the fabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt hot do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maid fervant, nor thy cattle, nor 6 Then his mafter shall bring him thy ßranger that is within thy gates: unto the judges; he shall alfo bring 11 For in fix days the LORD made him to the door, or unto the door heaven and earth, the fea, and all that poft, and his mafter shall bore his in them is, and refted the seventh ear through with an awl; and he shall day: wherefore the LORD blessed the ferve him for ever.

labbath-day, and hallowed it.

7 And if a man fell his daughter to

12 Honour thy father and thy mo- be a maid fervant, she shall not go out ther: that thy days may be long as the men fervants do.

upon the land which the LORD thy

God giveth thee.

13 Thou shalt not kill.

8 If the please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himfelf, then shall he let her be redeemed to fell

14 Thou shalt not commit adultery, her unto a Arange nation he shall

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and ordinances.

have no power, feeing he hath dealt be ftoned, and his owner also shall be deceitfully with her.

9 And if he have betrothed her unto his fon, he thall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, thall he not diminish.

11 And if he do not these three unto ber, then shall the go out free without money.

12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, fhall be furely put to death.

13 And ifa man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his and; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

put to death.

30 If there be laid on him a fum of money, then he shall give for the ran. fom of his life whatfoever is laid upon him.

31 Whether he have gored a fon, or bave gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

32 If the ox hall push a man fervant or maid fervant; he shall give unto their mafter thirty shekels of filver, and the ox shall be ftoned.

33 And if a man shall open a pit,or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 34 The owner of the pit shall make 14. But if a man come presumptuously it good, and give money unto the ownupon his neighbour, to flay him with er of them; and the dead beast shall be guile, thou thalt take him from mine his.

altar, that he may die.

15. And he that imiteth his father, or his mother, shall be furely put to

death.

35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall fell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox alfo they shall divide.

16 And he that stealeth a man, and felleth him, or if he be found in his 36 Or if it be known that the ox hand, he shall furely be put to death. hath used to push in time paft, and 17 And he that curseth his father, or his owner hath not kept him in; he shall furely pay ox for ox; and the

his mother, thall furely be put to death. 18 And if men ftrive together, and dead shall be his own. one smite another with a stone, or with bis fift, and he die not, but keep-TF a man shall fteal an ox, or a fheep, eth bis bed:

19 If he rife again, and walk abroad upon his itaff, then shall he that smote bim be quit: only shall pay for the lofs of his time, and he shall cause bim to be thoroughly healed.

CHAP. XXII.

and kill it, or fell it; he shall re. ftore five oxen for an ox, and four theep for a fheep.

2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be foed for him.

20 And if a man smite his fervant, or
his maid, with a rod, and he die under
his hand; he shall be furely punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continues
day or two, he shall not be punished: for his theft.
for he is his money:

3.If the fun be rifen upon him there shall be blood shed for him; for he fhould make full reftitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be, foid 4 If the theft be certainly found in

22 If men strive, and hurt a woman his hand alive, whether it be ox, or afs, with child, fo that her fruit depart for theep; he fhall restore double. from ber, and yet nomischief follow; If arsen shall caufe a field or vine.

he thall be furely prinished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

yard to be eaten, and shati put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the beit of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, thall

23 And if any mischiet follow, then the make reftitution.

thou shalt give lite for life,

24 Eye for eye, tooth for 'ooth, hand

for hand, foot for foot,

25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, ftripe for ftripe.

26 And if a man smite the eye of his fervant, or the eye of his maid, that it perifh; he shall let him go free for his eye's fake.

6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the ftacks of corn, or the flanding corn, or the field, be confumed toerewith; he that kindled the fire thall surely make reftitution.

7 If a man fhall deliver unto his neighbour money or fluff to keep, and it be ftolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay

27 And if he smite out his man fer- double. vant's tooth, or his maid fervant's tooth; he mall let him go free for his tooth's fake.

28 lian ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox fhall be furely ftoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox ball be quit.

29 But if the ox were wont to puse with his horn in time paft, and it hath been teftified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he bath killed a man or a wonran; the ox shall

8 If the thief be not found, then the mafter of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to fer whether he have put his hand anto his neighbour's goods.

9 For all manner of trefpais, rubether it be for ox, for afs, for fheep, for raiment, or for any manner of loft thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties thall come before the judges; and whom the judges fhall condemn, he fhal pay double unto his neighbour.

Gops judgments.

CHAP. XXI.

10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an afs, or an ox, or a fheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man feeing 记:

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CHAP. XXIII.

THOU shalt not raise a false report:
put not thine hand with the wic-

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ked to be an unrighteous witness.
29 Thou shalt not follow a multitude

11 Then shall an oath of the LORD to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in be between them both, that he hath a cause to decline after many, to wreit not put his hand unto his neighbour's judgment:

goods; and the owner of it shall accept toereof, and he shall not make it good.

12 And if it be ftolen from him, he shall make reftitution unto the owner thereof.

13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

14 And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall furely make it good.

3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his caufe.

4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ats going aitray, thou shalt lure. ly bring it back to him again.

5 If thou fee the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldeft forbear to heip him, thou shalt furely help with him.

6 Theu shalt not wreft the judg. ment of thy poor in his caufe.

7 Keep thee far from a faise matter; and the innocent and righteous flay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.

8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wife, and per

15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. 161 And if a man entice a maidthat is not betrothed, and lie with her, he verteth the words of the righteous. hall furely endow her to be his wife. 9 Also thou shait not opprefs a 17 If her father utterly refufe to give ftranger: for ye know the heart of a her unto him, he fhall pay money ac. ftranger, feeing ye were ftrangers in cording to the dowry of virgins.

18 Thou shalt not fuffer a witch to live.

10 Whofoever lieth with a beaft Thail furely be put to death.

20 He that facrificeth unto any god, fave unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly deftroyed.

the land of Egypt.

10 And fix years thou shalt fow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

11 But the seyenth year thou shalt let it reft and lie till that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat.

21 Thou shalt neither vex a stran- In like manner thou shalt deal with thy ger, nor oppress him for ye were vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. trangers in the land of Egypt.

22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, er fatherless child.

23 If thou afflict them in any wife, and they cry at all unto me, I will Surely hear their cry

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the fword; and your wives shall be widows, and your cai'dren fatherless.

25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou Thait not be to him as an ofurer, neither thalt thou lay upon him ufury.

26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's miment to pledge, thou shalt deliverit wato him by that the fungoeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it raiment for his skin; wherein Ball he Drept. And it shall come to pur, when he crieth unto me, that I will bear; for I am gracious.

12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt reft: that thine ox and thine afs may reft, and the fon of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

13 And in all things that I have faid unto you, be circumfpect: and make no mention of the nameof other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

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14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

15 Thou shalt keep the feaft of unleavened bread (thou fhalt eat unleavened bread feven days, as I commanded thee, in the time ap pointed of the month Abib; for in it thou cameft out from Egypt: and none fhall appear before me empty :)

16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of thy labours, which thou haft fown in thy field and the feaft of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou haft gathered in thy labours out of the field.

28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nar curfe the ruler of thy people.... 10 Thou thalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy thy 17 Three times in the year all thy bors, the firit-born of thy fons males shall appear before the LORD God.

thait thou give unto me.,
halt thou udo with thine
d, and with thy sheep: feven days
all be with his daim; on the eighth
sa thou shalt give it me.

And ye shall be holy men unto neither thall ye eat any theth that torn of beafts in the field; ye shall it to the dogs.

18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my facrifice with leavened bread neither shall the fat of my facrifice remain until the morning,

19 The first of the first fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not fethe a kid in his mother's milk,