48 Jetbra counselleth Mofes,

EXODUS. God's meage to the people.

3 And her two fons; of which the name of the one was Gerthom; for he faid, I have been an alien in a strange land :

give the counfel, and God fhall be with thee: be thou for the people to Ged ward, that thou mayeft bring the causes

4 And the name of the other was Eli-unto God: ezer; for the God of my father, faid be, was mine help, and delivered me from the fword of Pharaoh :

5 And Jethro, Mofes' father-in-law, came with his fons and his wife unto Mofes into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

20 And thou fhalt teach them ordinances and laws, and fhalt fhew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must de.

21 Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, fuch as fear God, men of truth, hating covetoufnefs; and 6 And he faid unto Mofes, I thy father-place fuch over them, to be rulers of thouin-law Jethro, am come unto thee, and thy fands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of wife, and her two fons with her. fifties, and rulers of tens:

71 And Mofes went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeifance, and kiffed him; and they asked each other of their, welfare; and they came into the tent.

8 And Mofes told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Ifrael's fake, and ¦ all the travel that had come upon them by the the way, and bow the LORD delivered them.

9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodnefs which the LORD had done to Ifrael, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

10And Jethro faid, Bleffed 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.

11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

12 And Jethro, Mofes' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and facrifices for God and Aaron came, and all the elders of Ifrael, to eat bread with Mofes' father-in-law before God.

131 And it came to pafs on the morrow, that Mofes fat to judge the people: and the people ftood by Mofes from the morning unto the evening.

14 And when Mofes' father-in-law faw all that he did to the people, he faid, What is this thing that thou doeft to the people? why fitteft thou thyfelf alone, and all the people ftand by thee from morning unto even?

22 And let them judge the people at all feafons: and it fhall be, that every great matter they fhall bring unto thee, but every small matter they all judge: fa fhall it be easier for thy felf, and they fhall bear the burden with thee.

23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee fo, then thou shalt 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 chofe 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.

26 And they judged the people at all fealons: the hard caufes they brought unto Mofes, but every fmall matter they judged themfelves.

27 And Mofes let his father-in-law de'part; and he went his way into his ownland. CHAP. XIX.

The people come to Sinai. 3 God's meffage to them out of the mount. 8 Their anfer. 16 His fearful prefence.

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

2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the defert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wildernefs; and there Ifrael camped before the mount.

31 And Mofes went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the 15 And Mofes faid unto his father-in-mountain, faying, Thus fhalt thou say to law, Because the people come unto me to the houfe of Jacob, and tell the children inquire of God: of Ifrael:

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.

13 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 perform it thyfelf alone.

39 ricarken now unto my voice, I will

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 fhall be a peculiar treafure unto me above all people for all the earth is mine.

6 And ye fhall be unto me a kingdom. of priests, and an holy nation Thele are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

God's fearful prefence.

Chap. xx.

The ten commandments. 69

7 And Moses came and called for the near to the LORD, fanctify themselves, elders of the people, and laid before their left the LORD break forth upon them. 23 And Mofes faid unto the LORD, faces all these words which the LORD The people cannot come up to mount Sicommanded him. 81 And all the people answered to-nai; for thou chargedft us, faying, Set gether and faid, All that the LORD hath bounds about the mount, and fanctify it. 24 And the LORD faid unto him, AIpoken we will do. And Mofes returned the words of the people unto the LORD. way, get thee down, and thou fhalt come 9 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Lo, up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that not the priests and the people break the people may hear when I fpeak with through to come up unto the LORD, left thee, and believe thee forever. And Mo- he break forth upon them. fes told the words of the people unto the LORD.

10 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go unto the people, and fanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes,

11 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.

25 So Mofes went down unto the people, and fpake unto them. CHAP. XX. 22 Idolatry The ten commandments. forbidden. 24 Of what fort the altar bould be.

AND God fpake all thefe words, faying, 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the houfe of bondage.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before

me.

12 And thou fhalt fet bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed Thou shalt not make unto thee any to yourfelves, that ye go not up into the mount or touch the border of it: whofo-graven image, or any likeness of any thing ever toucheth the mount fhall be furely that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water unput to deaths der the earth:

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

14 And Mofes 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.

5. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor ferve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God vifiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ;

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

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the 16 ¶ And it came to pafs on the third LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD day in the morning, that there were thun- will not hold him guiltless that taketh his ders and lightnings, and a thick cloud up-name in vain.

on the mount, and the voice of the trump- 8 Remember the fabbath day, to keep et exceeding loud; fo that all the people it holy.

that was in the camp trembled.

9 Six days fhalt thou labour and do all

17 And Mofes brought forth the peo-thy work: ple out of the camp to meet with God: and 10 But the feventh day is the fabbath they food at the nether part of the mount. of the LORD thy God: in it thou fhalt 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on not do any work, thou, nor thy fon, nor a fmoke, because the LORD defcended thy daughter, thy man-fervant, nor thy upon it in fire: and the fmoke thereof af maid-fervant, nor thy cattle, nor thy cended as the fmoke of a furnace, and the ftranger that is within thy gates: whole mount quaked greatly.

11 For in fix days the LORD made heav 19 And when the voice of the trumpet cn and earth, the fea, and all that in them founded long, and waxed louder and is, and refted the feventh day: wherefore louder, Mofes fpake, and God anfwered the LORD bleffed the fabbath day, and him by a voice. hallowed it.

20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount and the LORD called Mofes up to the top of the mount; and Mofes went up.

21 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go down, charge the people, left they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

22 And let the priests alfo, which come

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 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal.

16 Thou shalt not bear false witnefs against thy neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's

houfe

EXODUS.

Laws for fervants. houfe, 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 neighbour's.

Divers laws. & If the please not her mafter who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to fell her unto a strange nation he fhall have no power, feeing he 18 And all the people faw the thunder- hath dealt deceitfully with her. ings, and the lightnings, and the noife of 9 And if he have betrothed her unte the trumpet, and the mountain fmoking: his fon, he fhall deal with her atter the and when the people faw it, they remov-manner of daughters.

ed, 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 darknefs where God was.

22 1 And the LORD faid unte Mofes, Thus thou shalt fay unto the children of Ifrael, Ye have feen that I have talked with you from heaven.

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

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

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

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

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

14 But if a man come prefumptuously upon his neighbour to flay him with guile; thou fhalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

15 And he that fmiteth his father, or his mother, fhall be furely put to death. 24 1 An altar of earth thou shalt make 16 And he that ftealeth a man, and unto me, and fhalt facrifice thereon thy felleth him, or if he be found in his hand, burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, he fhall furely be put to death.

thy fheep, and thine oxen: in all places 17 And he that curfeth his father,. where I record my name I will come un-or his mother, hall furely be put to to thee, and I will blefs thee.

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

death.

18 And if men ftrive together, and one fmite another with a ftone, or with his fift, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

19 If he rife again, and walk abroad 26 Neither fhalt thou go up by steps un-upon his ftaff, then fhall he that fmote to mine altar, that thy nakedness be not him be quit : only he shall pay for the lofs difcovered thereon. of his time, and shall caufe bim to be thoroughly healed.

CHAP. XXI.

1 Laws for fervants, 12 for man-flaugh. ter, 16 man-fealers, 17 curfers of parents, and feveral others.

NOW these are the judgments which thou shalt fet before them.

2 If thou buy an Hebrew fervant, fix years he shall ferve: and in the feventh he fhall go out free for nothing.

3 If he came in by himself, he hall go out by himfelf: if he were married, then his wife fhall go out with him.

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

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5 And if the fervant shall plainly fay, Jove my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

Then his mafter shall bring him unto the judges; he shall alfo bring him to the door, or unto the door-poft; and his mafter hall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall ferve him forever.

7 And if a man fell his daughter to be a maid-fervant, fhe fhall not go out as the men-fervants do.

20 And if a man fmite his fervant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he fhall be furely punished.

21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished : for he is his money.

22 It men ftrive, and hurt a woman with child, fo that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mifchief follow: he shall be furely punished, according as the woman's hufband will lay upon him; and he thall pay as the judges determine.

25 And if any mifchief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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

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

27 And if he fmite out his man-fervant's tooth, or his maid-fervant's tooth; he fhall let him go free for his tooth's fake.

28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that

that they die: then the ox fhall be furely
foned, and his flesh fhall not be eaten;
but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
29 But if the ox were wont to push with
his horn in time paft, and it hath been tef
tified to his owner, and he hath not kept
him in, but that he hath killed a man or
a woman; the ox fhall be stoned, and his
owner alfo fhall be put to death

So Ifthere be laid on him a fum of money, then he shall give for the rantom of his life whatfoever is laid upon him.

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

32 If the ox shall puch a manfervant or maid-fervant; he hall give unto their maf. ter thirty fhekels of filver, and the ox fhall

be ftoned.

35 And if a man fhall open a pit, or if a man thall dig a pit,and not cover it, and an ox or an afs fall therein;

34 The owner of the pit thall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beaft thall be his.

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

56 Or if it be known that the ox hath ufed to push in time paft, and his owner hath not kept him in; he hall furely pay ox for ox; and the dead fhall be his own. CHAP. XXII.

Oftheft. 5 Of damage. 7 Oftreffpaffes. 14 Of borrowing. 16 Of forn cation. 18 Of witchcraft, and other offences. IF a man fhall fteal an ox, or a fheep, and kill it, or fell it; he shall restore five exen for an ox, and four sheep for a beep.

If a thief be found breaking up, and be fmitten that he die, there shall no blood be jbed for him.

5 If the fun be rifen upon him, there fball be blood bed for him; for he should make full reftitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be fold for his theft.

4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or fheep; he (hall reftore double.

5 If a man fhall caufe a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beaff, and fhall feed in another man's field; of the belt of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make reftitution.

6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, fo that the ftacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be confumed therewith; he that kindled the fire fhall furely make zatitution.

71 If a mar fhall deliver unto his neighbour money or ftuff to keep, and it be ftolen out of the man's houfe; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

and ordinances.

8 If the thief be not found, then the mafter of the houfe thall be brought unto the judges, to fee whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

9 For all manner of trefpafs, whether 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 fhall come before the judges; and whom the judges fhall condemn, he thall pay double unto his neighbour.

10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an afs, or an ox, or a fheep, or any beaft, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it.

11 Then fhall an oath of the LORD be' between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods, and the owner of it fhall accept thereof, and he fhall not make it good.

12 And if it be ftolen from him, he shall make reftitution unto the owner thereof. 15 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witnefs, and he fall 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.

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15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he fhall not make is good if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he fhall furely endow her to be his wife.

17 If her father utterly refufe to give her unto him, he fhall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

18 Thou shalt not fuffer a witch to live. 19 Whofoever lieth with a beast shalt furely be put to death.

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

21 Thou shalt neither vex a ftranger, nor opprefs him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherlefs child.

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

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

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

26 If thou at all take thy neighbour' raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the fun goeth down:

27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his fkin: wherein thall he Aleep? And it fhall come to pafs, when he

20 Behold, I fend an Angel before 21 Thou shalt not follow a multitude thee, to keep thee in the way, and to to do evil neither shalt thou speak in a bring thee into the place which I have caufe to decline after many to wreft judg-prepared.

11 But the feventh year thou fhalt let it reft and lie ftill; that the poor of thy 27 I will fend my fear before thee, and people may eat and what they leave the will deftroy all the people to whom thou beats of the field thall eat. In like man-halt come, and I will make all thine enener thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and mies turn their backs unto thee. with thy olive-yard.

28 And I will fend hornets before 'thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; left the land become defolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increafed, and inherit the land.

$1 And I will fet thy bounds from the Red