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The 8th Chapter
The Lord spake unto Moses: Go
unto Pharao and tell him, thus sayeth the Lord: let my people go,
that they may serve me. If thou wilt not let them go: behold I will
smite all thy land with frogs. And the river shall *scrale with
frogs, and they shall come up and go into thine house and into thy
chamber where thou sleepest and upon thy bed, and into the houses of
thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and upon
thy victuals which thou hast in store. And the frogs shall come upon
thee and on 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, rivers, and ponds. And
bring up frogs upon the land of Egypt. And Aaron stretched his hand
over the water of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land
of Egypt. And the sorcerers did likewise with their sorcery, and the
frogs came up upon the land of Egypt.
Then Pharao called for Moses and Aaron and said, pray ye unto
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 sacrifice unto the Lord.
And Moses said unto Pharao: Appoint thou the time unto me, when I
shall pray for thee and thy servants and thy people, to drive away
the frogs from thee and thy house, so that they shall remain but in
the river only. And he said tomorrow. And he said: even as thou hast
said, that thou mayst know that there is none like unto the Lord our
God. And the frogs shall depart from thee and from thine houses, and
from thy servants and from thy people, and shall remain in the river
only.
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharao, and Moses cried unto
the Lord upon the appointment of frogs which he had made unto Pharao.
And the Lord did according to the saying of Moses. And the frogs
died out of the houses, courts and fields. And they gathered them
together upon heaps: so that the land stank of them.
But when Pharao saw that he had rest given him, he hardened
his heart and 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 turn to lice in all the land of
Egypt. And they did so. And Aaron stretched out his hand with his
rod and smote the dust of the earth, and it turned to lice both in
man and beast, so that all the dust of the land turned to lice,
throughout all the land of Egypt.
And the enchanters assayed likewise with their enchantments to
bring forth lice, but they could not. And the lice were both upon
man and beast. Then said the enchanters unto Pharao: it is the
finger of God. Neverthelater Pharaos heart was hardened and he
regarded them not, as the Lord had said.
And the Lord said unto Moses: rise up early in the morning and
stand before Pharao, for he will come unto the water: and say unto
him, thus saith the Lord: let my people go, that they may serve me.
If thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send all manner
flies both upon thee and thy servants, and thy people, and into thy
houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of flies, and
the ground whereon they are. But I will separate the same day the
land of Gosan where my people are, so that there shall no flies be
there: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord upon the earth. And
I will put a division between my people and thine. And even tomorrow
shall this miracle be done.
And the Lord did even so: and there came noisome flies into
the house of Pharao, and into his servants houses and into all the
land of Egypt: so that the land was marred with flies. Then Pharao
sent for Moses and Aaron and said: Go and do sacrifice unto your God
in the land. And Moses answered: it is not meet so to do. For we
must offer unto the Lord our God, that which is an abomination unto
the Egyptians: behold shall we sacrifice that which is an
abomination unto the Egyptians before their eyes, and shall they not
stone us? we will therefore go three days journey into the desert
and sacrifice unto the Lord our God as he hath commanded us.
And Pharao said: I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice unto
the Lord your God in the wilderness: only go not far away, and see
that ye pray for me. And Moses said: behold, I will go out from thee
and pray unto the Lord, and the flies shall depart from Pharao and
from his servants and from his people tomorrow. But let Pharao from
henceforth deceive no more, that he would not let the people go to
sacrifice unto the Lord.
And Moses went out from Pharao and prayed unto the Lord. And
the Lord did as Moses had said, and took away the flies from Pharao
and from his servants and from his people, so that there remained
not one. But for all that, Pharao hardened his heart even then also
and would not let the people go.
*scrale(may mean to
scurry and crawl with frogs)
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The 9th Chapter
And the Lord said unto Moses: go
unto Pharao and tell him, thus sayeth the Lord God of the Hebrews:
send out my people that they may serve me. If thou wilt not let them
go but wilt hold them still: behold, the hand of the Lord shall be
upon thy cattle which thou hast in the field, upon horses, asses,
camels, oxen, and sheep, with a mighty great *murrain. But the Lord
shall make a division between the beasts of the Israelites, and the
beasts of the Egyptians: so that there shall nothing die of all that
pertaineth to the children of Israel. And the Lord appointed a time
saying: tomorrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.
And the Lord did the thing on the morrow, and all the cattle
of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not
one. And Pharao sent to know: but there was not one of the cattle of
the Israelites dead. Notwithstanding the heart of Pharao hardened,
and he would not let the people go.
And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron: take your hands full
of ashes out of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it up into the
air in the sight of Pharao, and it shall turn to dust in all the
land of Egypt, and shall make swelling sores with blains both on man
and beast in all the land of Egypt. And they took ashes out of the
furnace, and stood before Pharao, and Moses sprinkled it up into the
air: And there brake out sores with blains both in man and beast: so
that the sorcerers could not stand before Moses, for there were
botches on the enchanters and upon all the Egyptians. But the Lord
hardened the heart of Pharao, that he hearkened not unto them, as
the Lord had said unto Moses.
And the Lord said unto Moses: rise up early in the morning and
stand before Pharao and tell him, thus saith the Lord God of the
Hebrews: Let my people go, that they may serve me, or else I will at
this time send all my plagues upon thine heart and upon thy servants
and on thy people, that you mayst know that there is none like me in
all the earth. For now I will stretch out my hand and will smite
thee and thy people with pestilence: so that thou shalt perish from
the earth. Yee in very deed for this cause have I stirred thee up,
for to shew my power in thee, and to declare my name throughout all
the world.
If it be so that thou stoppest my people, that thou wilt not
let them go: behold, tomorrow this time, I will send down a mighty
great hail: even such one as was not in Egypt since it was grounded
unto this time. Send therefore and fetch home thy beasts and all
that thou hast in the field. For upon all the men and beasts which
are found in the field and not brought home, shall the hail fall,
and they shall die. And as many as feared the word of the Lord among
the servants of Pharao made their servants and their beasts flee to
house: and they that regarded not the word of the Lord, left their
servants and their beasts in the field.
And the Lord said unto Moses: stretch forth thine hand unto
heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt: upon man
and beast, and upon all the herbs of the field in the field of
Egypt. And Moses stretched out his rod unto heaven, and the Lord
thundered and hailed, so that the fire ran along upon the ground.
And the Lord so hailed in the land of Egypt, that there was hail and
fire mingled with the hail, so grievous, that there was none such in
all the land of Egypt, since people inhabited it. And the hail smote
in the land of Egypt all that was in the field both man and beast.
And the hail smote all the herbs of the field and broke all the
trees of the field: only in the land of Gosan where the children of
Israel were, was there no hail. And Pharao sent and called for Moses
and Aaron, and said unto them: I have now sinned, the Lord is
righteous and I and my people are wicked. Pray ye unto the Lord,
that the thunder of God and hail may cease, and I will let you go,
and ye shall tarry no longer. And Moses said unto him: as soon as I
am 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 mayst know, how that the earth is the Lords. But I know that
thou and thy servants yet fear not the Lord God. The flax and the
barley were smitten, for the barley was shot up and the flax was
*balled: but the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were
late sown.
And Moses went out of the city from Pharao and spread abroad
his hands unto the Lord, and the thunder and hail ceased, neither
rained it any more upon the earth, when Pharao saw that the rain and
the hail and thunder were ceased, he sinned again and hardened his
heart: both he and his servants. So was the heart of Pharao
hardened, that he would not let the children of Israel go, as the
Lord had said by Moses.
*murrain (highly
infectious diseases) *balled (budded)
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The 10th Chapter
The Lord said
unto Moses: go unto Pharao: nevertheless I have hardened his heart
and the hearts of his servants, that I might shew these my signs
amongst them, and that thou tell in the audience of thy son and of
thy sons son, the pageants which I have played in Egypt, and the
miracles which I have done among them: that ye may know how that I
am the Lord. Then Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharao, and said unto
him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: how long shall it be or
thou wilt submit thyself unto me? Let my people go that they may
serve me. If thou wilt not let my people go: behold, tomorrow will I
bring grasshoppers into thy land, and they shall cover the face of
the earth that it cannot be seen, and they shall eat the residue
which remaineth unto you and escaped the hail: and they shall eat
all your green trees upon the field, and they shall fill thy houses
and all thy servants houses, and the houses of all the Egyptians
after such a manner: as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers
have seen, since the time they were upon the earth unto this day.
And he turned himself about, and went out from Pharao.
And Pharaos servants said unto him: How long shall we be thus
evilly entreated? Let the men go that they may serve the Lord their
God, wilt thou not yet know that Egypt is destroyed? And then Moses
and Aaron were brought again unto Pharao, and he said unto them: Go
and serve the Lord your God, but who are they that shall go? And
Moses answered: we will go with young and old: ye and with our sons
and with our daughters, and with our sheep and oxen must we go. For
we must hold a feast unto the Lord.
And he said unto them: shall it be so? The Lord be with you,
should I let you go, and your children also? Take heed, for ye have
some mischief in hand. Nay not so: but go ye that are men and serve
the Lord, for that was your desire. And they thrust them out of
Pharaos presence. And the Lord said unto Moses: Stretch out thine
hand over the land of Egypt for grasshoppers, that they come upon
the land of Egypt and eat all the herbs of the land, and all that
the hail left untouched. 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 night. And in the morning the east wind brought the
grasshoppers, and the grasshoppers went up over all the land of
Egypt and lighted in all quarters of Egypt very grievously: so that
before them were there no such grasshoppers, neither after them
shall be. And they covered all the face of the earth, so that the
land was dark therewith. And they ate all the herbs of the land and
all the fruits of the trees which the hail had left: so that there
was no green thing left in the trees and herbs of the field through
all the land of Egypt.
Then Pharao called for Moses and Aaron in haste and said: I
have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. Forgive me
yet my sin only this once, and pray unto the Lord your God that he
may take away from me this death only. And he went out from Pharao
and prayed unto the Lord: and the Lord turned the wind into a mighty
strong west wind, and it took away the grasshoppers and cast them
into the reed sea: so that there was not one grasshopper left in all
the coasts of Egypt. But the Lord hardened Pharaos heart, so that he
would not let the children of Israel go.
And the Lord said unto Moses: Stretch out thy hand unto
heaven, and let there be darkness upon the land of Egypt: even that
they may feel the darkness. And Moses stretched forth his hand unto
heaven, and there was a thick darkness upon all the land of Egypt
three days long, so that no man saw another, neither rose up from
the place where he was by the space of three days, but all the
children of Israel had light where they dwelled.
Then Pharao called for Moses and said: go and serve the Lord,
only let your sheep, and your oxen abide, but let your children go
with you. And Moses answered: thou must give us also offerings and
burnt offerings for to sacrifice unto the Lord our God: our cattle
therefore shall go with us, and there shall not one hoof be left
behind, for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God. Moreover
we cannot know wherewith we shall serve the Lord, until we come
thither.
But the Lord hardened Pharaos heart, so that he would not let
them go. And Pharao said unto him: get thee from me and take heed to
thyself that thou see my face no more. For whensoever thou comest in
my sight, thou shalt die. And Moses said: Let it be as thou hast
said: I will see thy face no more.
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The 11th Chapter
And the Lord
said unto Moses: yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharao and
upon Egypt, and after that he will let you go hence. And when he
letteth you go, he shall utterly drive you hence. But bid the people
that every man borrow of his neighbor and every woman of her
neighbouress: jewels of silver and jewels of gold. And the Lord got
the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover Moses was
very great in the land of Egypt: both in the sight of Pharao, and
also in the sight of the people.
And Moses said: thus saith the Lord. About midnight will I go
out among the Egyptians, and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt
shall die: even from the firstborn of Pharao that sitteth on his
seat, unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is in the mill, and
all the firstborn of the cattle. And there shall be a great cry
throughout all the land of Egypt: so that there was never none like
nor shall be. And among all the children of Israel shall not a dog
move his tongue, nor yet man or beast: that ye may know, how the
Lord putteth a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. And all
these thy servants shall come down unto me, and fall before me and
say: get thee out and all the people that are under thee, and then
will I depart. And he went out from Pharao in a great anger.
And the Lord said unto Moses: Pharao shall not regard you,
that many wonders may be wrought in the land of Egypt. And Moses and
Aaron did all these wonders before Pharao. But the Lord hardened
Pharaos heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go
out of his land.
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The 12th Chapter
And the Lord spake unto Moses
and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying: This month shall be your
chief month: even the first month of the year shall it be unto you.
Speak ye unto all the fellowship of Israel saying: that they take
the tenth day of this month to every household, a sheep. If the
household be too few for a sheep, then let him and his neighbor that
is next unto this house, take according to the number of souls, and
count unto a sheep according to every mans eating. A sheep without
spot and a male of one year old shall it be, and from among the
lambs and the goats shall ye take it.
And ye shall keep him in, until the fourteenth day of the same
month. And every man of the multitude of Israel shall kill him about
even. And they shall take of the blood and strike on the two side
posts and on the upper doorpost of the houses, wherein they eat him.
And they shall eat the flesh the same night, roast with fire, and
with unleavened bread, and with sour herbs they shall eat it. See
that ye eat not thereof raw or sodden in water, but roast with fire:
both head, feet, and *purtenance together. And see that ye let
nothing of it remain unto the morning: if ought remain burn it with
fire.
Of this manner shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, and
shoes on your feet, and your staves in your hands. And ye shall eat
it in haste, for it is the Lords passover, for I will go about in
the land of Egypt this same night, and will smite all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast, and upon all the gods
of Egypt will I the Lord do execution. And the blood shall be unto
you a token upon the houses wherein ye are, for 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.
And this day shall be unto you a remembrance, and ye shall
keep it holy unto the Lord: even throughout your generations after
you shall ye keep it holy day, that it be a custom for ever. Seven
days shall ye eat unleavened bread, so that 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 plucked out from Israel. The first day shall be a holy
feast unto you, and the seventh also. There shall be no manner of
work done in them, save about that only which every man must eat:
that only may ye do. And see that ye keep you to unleavened bread.
For upon that same day I will bring your armies out of the land of
Egypt, therefore ye shall observe this day and all your children
after you, that it be a custom for ever. The first month and the
fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat sweet bread unto
the twenty first day of the month at even again. Seven days see that
there be no leavened bread found in your houses. For whosoever
eateth leavened bread, that soul shall be rooted out from the
multitude of Israel: whether he be a stranger or born in the land.
Therefore see that ye eat no leavened bread, but in all your
habitations eat sweet bread.
And Moses called for the elders of Israel and said unto them:
choose out and take to every household a sheep, and kill passover.
And take a bunch of *isope, and dip it in the blood that is in the
basin, and strike it upon the upper post and on the two side posts,
and see that none of you go out at the door of his house until the
morning. For the Lord will go about and smite Egypt. And when he
seeth the blood upon the upper door post and on the two side posts,
he will pass over the door and will not suffer the destroyer to come
into your house to plague you. Therefore see that thou observe this
thing, that it be an ordinance to thee, and thy sons for ever.
And when ye be come into the land which the Lord will give you
according as he hath promised, see that ye keep this service. And
when your children ask you what manner of service is this ye do. Ye
shall say: it is the sacrifice of the Lords passover, which passed
over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, as he smote the
Egyptians and saved our houses. Then the people bowed themselves and
worshipped. And the children of Israel went, and did as the Lord had
commanded Moses and Aaron.
And at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land
of Egypt: from the firstborn of Pharao that sat on his seat, unto
the firstborn of the captive that was in prison, and all firstborn
of the cattle. Then Pharao arose the same night and all his servants
and all the Egyptians, and there was a great crying throughout
Egypt, for there was no house where there was not one dead.
And he called unto Moses and Aaron by night saying: Rise up,
and get you out from among my people: both ye and also the children
of Israel, and go and serve the Lord as ye have said. And take your
sheep and your oxen with you as ye have said, and depart and bless
me also. And the Egyptians were fierce upon the people, and made
haste to send them out of the land: for they said: we be all dead
men.
And the people took the dough before it was soured which they
had in store, and bound it in cloths, and put it upon their
shoulders. And the children of Israel did according to the saying of
Moses: and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and
jewels of gold, and raiment. And the Lord got the people favour in
the sight of the Egyptians: and so they borrowed and robbed the
Egyptians.
Thus took the children of Israel their journey from Rameses to
Sucoth six hundred thousand men of foot, beside children. And much
common people went also with them, and sheep, and oxen, and cattle
exceeding much. And they baked sweet cakes of the dough which they
brought out of Egypt, for it was not soured: because they were
thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry, neither had they prepared
them any other provision of meat.
And the time of the dwelling of the children of Israel which
they dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And when the
four hundred and thirty years were expired, even the self same day
departed all the hosts of the Lord out of the land of Egypt. This is
a night to be observed to the Lord, because he brought them out of
the land of Egypt. This is a night of the Lord, to be kept of all
the children of Israel and of their generations after them.
And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron: this is the manner of
passover: there shall no stranger eat thereof, but all the servants
that are bought for money shall ye circumcise, and then let them eat
thereof. A stranger and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. In
one house shall it be eaten. Ye shall carry none of the flesh out at
the doors: moreover, see that ye break not a bone thereof. All the
multitude of the children of Israel shall observe it.
If a stranger dwell among you, and will hold Passover unto the
Lord, let him circumcise all that be males, and then let him come
and observe it, and be taken as one that is born in the land. No
uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. One manner of law shall be
unto them that are born in the land, and unto the strangers that
dwell among you. And all the children of Israel did as the Lord
commanded Moses and Aaron. And even the self same day did the Lord
bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt with their
armies.
*pertenance: inner
parts; heart, liver, lungs. *isope: hyssop; a woody plant
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The 13th Chapter
And the Lord spake unto Moses
saying: Sanctify unto me all the firstborn that open all manner
matrices among the children of Israel, as well of men as of beasts:
for they are mine. And Moses said unto the people: think on this day
in which ye came out of Egypt and out of the house of bondage: for
with a mighty hand the Lord brought you out from thence. See
therefore that ye eat no leavened bread. This day come ye out of
Egypt in the month of Abib.
When the Lord hath brought thee into the land of the Cananites,
Hethites, Amorites, Hevites and Jebusites, which he sware unto thy
fathers that he would give thee: a land wherein milk and honey
floweth, then see that thou keep this service in this same month.
Seven days thou shalt eat sweet bread: and the seventh day shall be
feastful unto the Lord. Therefore thou shalt eat sweet bread seven
days, and see that there be no leavened bread seen nor yet leaven
among you in all your quarters.
And thou shalt show thy son at that time saying: this is done,
because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came out of Egypt.
Therefore it shall be a sign unto thee upon thine hand and a
remembrance between thine eyes, that the Lords law may be in thy
mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord brought thee out of Egypt,
see thou keep therefore this ordinance in his season from year to
year. Moreover when the Lord hath brought thee into the land of the
Cananites, as he hath sworn unto thee and to thy fathers, and hath
given it thee, then thou shalt appoint unto the Lord all that
openeth the matrice, and all the firstborn among the beasts which
thou hast if they be males. And all the firstborn of the asses, thou
shalt redeem with a sheep: if thou redeem him not, then break his
neck. But all the firstborn among thy children shalt thou buy out.
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come saying: what is
this? thou shalt say unto him: with a mighty hand and Lord brought
us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. And when Pharao was *loth
to let us go, the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt:
as well the firstborn of men as of beasts. And therefore I sacrifice
unto the Lord all the males that open the matrice, but all the
firstborn of my children I must redeem. And this shall be as a token
in thine hand, and as a thing hanged up between thine eyes: because
the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
When Pharao had let the people go, God carried them not
through the land of the Philistines, though it were a nigh way. For
God said: the people might haply repent when they see war, and so
turn again to Egypt: therefore God led them about through the
wilderness that bordereth on the red sea. The children of Israel
went harnessed out of the land of Egypt. And Moses took the bones of
Joseph with him: for he made the children of Israel sware saying:
God will surely visit you, take my bones therefore with you. And
they took their journey from Sucoth: and pitched their tents in
Etham in the edge of the wilderness. 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: that they might go both by day
and night. And the pillar of the cloud never departed by day nor the
pillar of fire by night out of the peoples sight.
*loth (unwilling)
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