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7 And Pharaoh's Servants faid unto him, How long shall this MAN be a Snare unto us? Let the Men go, that they may ferve the LORD their GOD: Knoweft thou not yet that Egypt is DESTROYED?

8 And MOSES and AARON were brought again unto Pharaoh and he faid unto them, Go, ferve the LORD your GOD: but who are they that fhall go?

9. And Mofes faid, 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 Feaft unto the LORD.

10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be fo with you, as I will let you go, and your Little ones: Look to it, for EVIL is before you.

11 Not fo go now ye that are Men, and ferve the LORD, for that you did defire. And they were DRIVEN out from Pharaoh's Prefence.

12 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, 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.

13 And Mofes ftretched forth his Rod over the Land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an Eaft-wind upon the Land all that Day, and all that Night: and when it was Morning, the East-wind brought the LOCUSTS.

14 And the LOCUSTS went up over all the Land of Egypt, and refted in all the Coafts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no fuch Locufts as they, neither after them fhall be fuch.

15 For they covered the Face of the whole Earth, fo that the Land was DARKENED, and they did eat every Herb and there remained not any GREEN THING in the Trees, or in the Herbs of THE FIELD, through all the Land of Egypt.

16 Then Pharaoh called for Mofes and Aaron in HASTE; and he faid, I have SINNED against the LORD your God, and against you.

17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my Sin only this. once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this DEATH ONLY.

18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

19 And the LORD turned a mighty ftrong Weft-wind,

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which took away the Locufts, and caft them into the Red Sea: there remained not one LocusT in all the Coafts of Egypt.

20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's Heart, fo that he would not let the Children of Ifrael go.

21 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Stretch out thine Hand toward HEAVEN, that there may be DARKNESS Over the Land of Egypt, even DARKNESS which may BE

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22 And Mofes ftretched forth his Hand toward Heaven and there was a thick

Pfal. cv. 28 He fent DARKNESS, and made it dark: and they rebelled not against his Word

DARKNESS in all the Land of Egypt THREE DAYS.

23 They saw not one another, neither rofe any from his Place for three Days: but all the Children of Ifrael had LIGHT in their Dwellings.

24 And Pharaoh called unto Mofes, and faid, Go ye, ferve the LORD; only let your Flocks and your Herds be ftayed let your Little ones alfo go with you.

25 And Mofes faid, Thou must give us alfo Sacrifices, and Burnt-offerings, that we may facrifice unto the LORD our GOD.

26 Our Cattle also shall go with us; there fhall not an HOOF be left BEHIND: for thereof muft we take to serve the LORD our GOD; and we know not with what we must ferve the LORD until we come thither.

27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's Heart, and he would not let them go.

28 And Pharaoh faid unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, fee my FACE no MORE: for in that Day thou feest my Face, thou fhalt DIE.

29 And MOSES faid, Thou haft fpoken well, I will SEE thy FACE again no MORE.

CHAP. XI.

1 GOD's Message to the Ifraelites to borrow Jewels of their Neighbours. 4 The Death of the First-born is threatened.

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Ver. 1 ND the LORD faid unto Mofes, 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 furely thrust you out hence altogether.

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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.

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.

4 And Mofes faid, Thus faith the LORD, About Midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt.

5 And all the FIRST-BORN in the Land of Egypt shall DIE, from the FIRST-BORN of Pharaoh, that fitteth upon his THRONE, even unto the First-born of the Maid-servant that is behind the Mill; and all the Firft-born of Beaits.

6 And there fhall be a great CRY throughout all the Land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

7 But against any of the Children of Ifrael fhall not a DOG move his TONGUE against Man or Beaft: that ye may KNOW how that the LORD doth put a DIFFERENCE between the EGYPTIANS and ISRAEL.

8 And all these thy Servants fhall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, faying, 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. 9 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my WONDERS may be multiplied in the Land of Egypt.

10 And Mofes and Aaron did all these WONDERS before Pharaoh and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's Heart, fo that he would not let the Children of Ifrael go.

CHAP. XII.

3 The Pallover is inflituted. 29 The First-born are flain. 31 The Ifraelites are driven out of the Land.

Ver. A the Land of Egypt, faying,

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2 This Month fhall be unto you the Beginning of Months it fhall be the first Month of the Year to you.

3 Speak ye unto all the Congregation of Ifrael, faying, In the tenth Day of this Month they fhall take to them

every Man a LAMB, according to the Houfe of their Fathers, a LAMB for an Houfe.

4 And if the Houfhold 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, fhall make your Count for the Lamb.

5 Your LAMB fhall be without BLEMISH, a Male of the first Year: ye shall take it out from the Sheep, or from the Goats.

6 And he shall keep it up until the fourteenth Day of the fame Month: and the whole Affembly of the Congregation of Ifrael fhall kill it in the Evening.

7 And they fhall take of the BLOOD, and ftrike it on the two SIDE-POSTS, and on the upper DOOR-POST of the Houfes, wherein they fhall eat it.

8 And they shall eat the Flesh in that Night; roast with FIRE, and UNLEAVENED BREAD, and with BITTER HERBS they fhall eat it.

9 Eat not of it raw, nor fodden at all with Water, but roaft with Fire: his Head with his Legs, and with the Purtenance thereof.

10 And ye fhall let nothing of it remain until the Morning and that which remaineth of it until the Morning, ye fhall burn with Fire.

11 And thus fhall ye eat it; with your Loyns girded, with your Shoes on your Feet, and your Staff in your Hand and ye fhall eat it in HASTE; it is the LORD's PASSOVER.

12 For I will PASS through the Land of Egypt this Night, and will SMITE all the FIRST-BORN in the Land of Egypt, both MAN and BEAST and against all the GODS of Egypt I will execute JUDGMENT; I AM the LORD.

13 And the BLOOD fhall be to you for a ToKEN upon the Houses where you are and when I SEE the BLOOD, I will PASS OVER you, and, the PLAGUE fhall not be upon you to DESTROY you, when I SMITE the Land of Egypt.

14 And this Day fhall be unto you for a MEMORIAL; and you fhall keep it a FEAST to the LORD throughout your Generations: you fhall keep it a FEAST by an ORDINANCE for ever,

15 Seven Days fhall ye eat UNLEAVENED Bread, even the first Day ye fhall put away Leaven out of your Houses : for whofoever eateth leavened Bread, from the first Day

until the feventh Day, that Soul fhall be cut off from Ifrael.

17 And ye fhall obferve the Feast of unleavened Bread; for in this felf-fame Day have I BROUGHT your ARMIES out of the Land of Egypt: therefore fhall ye OBSERVE this DAY in your Generations, by an Ordinance for ever.

18 In the first Month, on the fourteenth Day of the Month at Even, ye fhall eat unleavened Bread, until the one and twentieth Day of the Month at Even.

21 Then Mofes called for all the Elders of Ifrael, and faid unto them, Draw out and take you a LAMB, according to your Families, and KILL the PASSOVER.

22 And ye shall take a Bunch of Hyssop, and dip it in the BLOOD that is in the Bafon, and strike the LINTEL and the two SIDE-POSTS with the BLOOD that is in the Bafon : and none of you fhall GO OUT at the Door of his House until the Morning.

23 For the LORD will pafs 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 fuffer the DESTROYER to come in unto your Houfes to SMITE you.

24 And ye fhall obferve this Thing for an Ordinance to thee, and to thy Sons for ever.

25 And it shall come to pafs, when ye be come to the Land, which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye fhall keep this Service.

26 And it fhall come to pafs, when your CHILDREN fhall fay unto you, What mean you by this Service?

27 That ye fhall fay, It is the SACRIFICE of the LORD'S PASSOVER, who PASSED OVER the Houses of the Children of Ifrael in Egypt, when he sмOTE the Egyptians, and DELIVERED Our Houfes. And the People bowed the Head, and WORSHIPPED.

28 And the Children of Ifrael went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Mofes and Aaron, fo did they.

29 And it came to pafs, that at MIDNIGHT the LORD SMOTE all the FIRST-BORN in the Land of Egypt, from the FIRST-BORN of Pharaoh, that fat on his Throne, unto the First-born of the Captive that was in the Dungeon; and all the First-born of Cattle.

30 And Pharaoh ROSE up in the Night, he and all his Servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great Cry

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