neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speach, and of a slow tongue.

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And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made mans mouth? or who maketh He is loath the dumbe or deafe, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the to bee sent. LORD? Now therefore goe, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send,

to assist him.

I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. And Aaron is
the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and hee said, appointed
Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speake
well. And also behold, he commeth foorth to meet thee: and
when he seeth thee, hee will be glad in his heart. And thou
shalt speake unto him, and put words in his mouth, and I wil
be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what
ye
shall doe. And he shal be thy spokesman unto the people:
and he shall be, even hee shall be to thee in stead of a mouth,
and thou shalt be to him in stead of God. And thou shalt take
this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt doe signes.

from Iethro.

And Moses went and returned to Iethro his father in law, and Moses departeth said unto him, Let me goe, I pray thee, and returne unto my brethren, which are in Egypt, and see whether they bee yet alive. And lethro said to Moses, Goe in peace. And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Goe, returne into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. And Moses tooke his wife, and his sonnes, and set them upon an asse, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses tooke the rod of God in his hand. And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to returne into Gods message Egypt, see that thou doe all those wonders before Pharaoh, which to Pharaoh. I have put in thine hand: but I wil harden his heart, that hee shall not let the people goe. And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my sonne, even my first borne. And I say unto thee, let my sonne goe, that he may serve mee: and if thou refuse to let him goe, behold, I will slay thy sonne, even thy first borne.

her sonne.

And it came to passe by the way in the Inne, that the LORD Zipporah met him, and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah tooke a sharpe circumciseth stone, and cut off the foreskinne of her sonne, and cast it at his feete, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to mee. So he let him goe: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the Circumcision.

And the LORD said to Aaron, Goe into the wildernesse to meet Aaron is sent to Moses. And hee went and met him in the mount of God, and meet Moses. kissed him. And Moses tolde Aaron all the wordes of the LORD, who had sent him, and all the signes which hee had commanded him.

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The people

beleeveth them.

Pharaoh

chideth Moses

and Aaron for their message.

And Moses and Aaron went, and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. And Aaron spake all the wordes which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signes in the sight of the people. And the people beleeved: 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.

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ND afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and tolde Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people goe, that they may holde a feast unto mee in the wildernesse. And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voyce to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel goe. And they said, The God of the Hebrewes hath met with us: let us goe, we pray thee, three dayes iourney into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God, lest hee fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. And the King of Egypt said unto them, Wherfore doe ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from Hee encreaseth their workes? get you unto your burdens. And Pharaoh said,

the Israelites

taske.

Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens. And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taske-masters of the people, and their officers, saying; Yee shall no more give the people straw to make bricke, as heretofore let them goe and gather straw for themselves. And the tale of the brickes which they did make heretofore, you shall lay upon them: you shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us goe and sacrifice to our God. Let there more worke be layde upon the men, that they may labour therein, and let them not regard vaine wordes.

And the taske-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Goe ye, get you straw where you can find it yet not ought of your worke shall be diminished. So the people were scattered abroad throughout al the land of Egypt, to gather stubble in stead of straw. And the taske-masters hasted them, saying; Fulfill your workes, your dayly taskes, as when there was straw. And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs task-masters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your taske, in making bricke, both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cryed unto

Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us,

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Make bricke: and beholde, thy servants are beaten; but the fault Hee checketh is in thine owne people. But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: plaints. therefore ye say, Let us goe and doe sacrifice to the LORD. Goe therefore now and worke: for there shall no straw bee given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of brickes. And the officers of They cry out the children of Israel did see that they were in evill case, after it upon Moses was said, Yee shall not minish ought from your brickes of your dayly taske.

and Aaron.

And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came foorth from Pharaoh. And they said unto them; The LORD looke upon you, and iudge, because you 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. returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, Wherefore hast thou so plaineth to God. evill intreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

And Moses Moses com

For since I came to Pharaoh to speake in thy Name, he hath done evill to this people, neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

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by his Name

HEN the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I God renueth will doe to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall hee let his promise them goe, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out IEHOVAH. of his land. And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD. And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Iacob, by the Name of God Almighty, but by my name IEHOVAH was I not knowen to them. 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. And I have also heard the groning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keepe in bondage: and I have remembred my Covenant. 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 redeeme you with a stretched out arme, and with great iudgements. And I will take you to mee 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. And I will bring you in unto the lande concerning the which I did sweare to give it, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Iacob, and I will give it you for an heritage, I am the LORD.

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The genealogie of Reuben,

of Simeon,

of Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron.

And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for cruell bondage. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Goe in, speak unto Pharaoh King of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel goe out of his land. And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me: how then shal Pharaoh heare me, who am of uncircumcised lips? 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.

These be the heads of their fathers houses: The sonnes of Reuben the first borne of Israel, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. And the sonnes of Simeon: Iemuel, and Iamin, and Ohad and Iachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the sonne of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

And these are the names of the sonnes of Levi, according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari: and the yeeres of the life of Levi, were an hundred, thirtie and seven yeeres. The sonnes of Gershon: Libni and Shimi, according to their families. And the sonnes of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the yeeres of the life of Kohath, were an hundred thirtie and three yeeres. And the sonnes of Merari: Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi, according to their generations. And Amram tooke him Iochebed his fathers sister to wife, and shee bare him Aaron and Moses: and the yeeres of the life of Amram were an hundred, and thirtie and seven yeeres.

And the sonnes of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg, and Zichri. And the sonnes of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. And Aaron tooke him Elisheba daughter of Amminadab sister of Naashon to wife, and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And the sonnes of Korah, Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph these are the families of the Korhites. And Eleazar Aarons sonne tooke 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. 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. 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.

And it came to passe on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, that the LORD spake unto Moses,

saying, I am the LORD:

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go to Pharaoh.

ND the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god Moses is to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shalbe thy prophet. encouraged to Thou shalt speake all that I command thee, and Aaron thy brother shall speake unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. And I will harden Pharaohs heart, and multiplie my signes and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 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 iudgments. And the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. And Moses was fourescore yeres olde, and Aaron fourescore His age. and three yeeres old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying: His rod is When Pharaoh shall speake unto you, saying, Shew a miracle turned into for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

a Serpent.

And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast downe his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. Then The sorcerers Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; now the do the like. Magicians of Egypt, they also did in like maner with their enchantments. For they cast downe every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aarons rod swallowed up their rods. And Pharaohs heart hee hardened Pharaohs heart, that hee hearkened not unto them, as the LORD had said.

is hardened.

And the LORD saide unto Moses, Pharaohs heart is hardened: Gods message he refuseth to let the people goe. Get thee unto Pharaoh in the to Pharaoh. morning, loe, he goeth out unto the water, and thou shalt stand by the rivers brinke, against hee come: and the rod which was turned to a serpent, shalt thou take in thine hand. And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrewes hath sent me unto thee, saying; Let my people goe, that they may serve mee in the wildernesse: and beholde, hitherto thou wouldest_not heare. Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am