Amalek is overcome.

h Nu.24.20.

Moses entertaineth Jethro. unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had 4 come upon them by the way, and how the LORD d delivered them.

EXODUS, XVIII. said to him, and fought with Ama- | B. C. 1491. lek and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon: and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side: and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek h from under heaven.

15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it 4 JEHOVAHnissi :

the

16 For he said, 5 Because LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

CHAPTER XVIII.

1 Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sons. Moses entertaineth him.

5

De.25.19.

4 i. e. the
LORD my
banner,
Ps.60.4.
or, Because
the hand
of Amalek
is against
the throne
of the
LORD,
therefore,
&c.

6 the hand
upon the
throne of
the LORD.

(CHAP. 18.)
a ch.2.16.
1 i. e. a
stranger
there.

2 i.e. my
GOD is
an help.
b ch.3.1,12.
c Ge.29.13.

3

33.4.

peace.

found
them.

d Ps. 106.43.

W
THEN a Jethro, the priest of
Midian, Moses' father-in-
law, heard of all that God had
done for Moses, and for Israel his
people, and that the LORD had
brought Israel out of Egypt:
2 Then Jethro, Moses father-in-f25a.
law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife,
after he had sent her back,

3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was 1 Gershom; (for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land :)

4 And the name of the other was 2 Eliezer; (For the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh :)

e

107.2.

Rom. 12.15.
18.28.

Lu. 1.68.
g Ps.95.3.

97.9.

h Job 40.11.
Dan.4.37.

i Deut. 12.7.
1 Ch.29.22.
1Cor. 10.21.
k Nu.15.34.

5 And Jethro, Moses' father-inlaw, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilder-6 ness, where he encamped at the b mount of God:

6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father-in-law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

7 And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance,c and kissed him: and they asked each other of their 3 welfare; and they came into the tent.

8 And Moses told his father-inlaw all that the LORD had done

27.5. De.17.8,9.

5 a man and

his fellow. fading thou wilt fade.

1 De.1.9, 12. m ch.20.19. Deut.5.5. In Deut.4.1.

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

10 And Jethro said ƒ Blessed 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 ally gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly h he was above them.

12 And Jethro, Moses' father-inlaw, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.

13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

15 And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto k me to inquire of God:

16 When they have a matter, they come unto me: and I judge between 5 one and another; and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

17 And Moses' father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

18 6 Thou wilt surely 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 thyself alone.

19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: be thou for the people m to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

20 And thou shalt teach them n ordinances and laws, and shalt 6.1,2. shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

Ne.9.14.

o De.1.15-17.
16.18.
2Sa.23.3.

21 Moreover, thou shalt provide Job 29.16. out of all the people able men, 31.13. such as o fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness: and place

p Nu.11.17.

Jethro's counsel to Moses. EXODUS, XIX. such over them to be rulers of thou- B. C. 1491. sands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 22 And let them judge the people at all seasons; and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burdenp with thee.

23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command q thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all

9 1Sam.8.7.

Ge.30.25.

s Nu.10.29,

30.

God's message to the people.

8 And all the people answered together, and said, Allg that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

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

10 And the LORD said unto

this people shall also go tor their (CHAP. 19.) Moses, Go unto the people, and

place in peace.

a Nu.33.15. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did b ch.17.1,8.

all that he had said.

25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

e ch.VII.&c.

d De.32.11.
Is.40.31.
63.9.

26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they e Deut.7.6. brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

27 T And Moses let his father-inlaw depart; and s he went his way into his own land.

CHAPTER XIX.

32.9. IKI.S.53. Ps. 135.4. Is.41.8. 43.1.

Tit. 2. 14.

3

f Rev.1.6.

1 The people come to Sinai. God's message to them out of the mount. 8 Their answer.

N the third month, when the children of Israel' were gone

5.10.

forth out of the land of Egypt, the
same day came they into the wil-5 ch.24.3.
derness a of Sinai.

2 For they were departed from b Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.

De.5.27-29.
Jos.24.24.
Ne.10.29.

h ch.20.21.
24.15, 16.
Deut.4.11.
Ps. 18.11,12
Is.19.1.

3 And Moses went up unto God,
and the LORD called unto him out
of the mountain, saying, Thus
shalt thou say to the house of Ja-i Lev. 11.44.
cob, and tell the children of Israel:

4 Ye have seen what I did c unto k ver. 16, 18.
the Egyptians, and how I bare you
1 Heb. 12.20.
on eagles' wings, d and brought you
unto myself.

sanctify i them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come k down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

12 And thou shalt set 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: whosoever toucheth 7 the mount shall be surely put to death:

13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the 1 trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount."

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

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

16 T And it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp # trembled.

17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it o in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the n Heb. 12.21. whole mount quaked greatly.

5 Now therefore, if ye will obey 1 or, cornet. my voice indeed, and keep my com 1Sa.21.4,5. venant, then ye shall be a pecuJoel 2.16. liare treasure unto me above all people for all the earth is mine.

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

o Deut.4.11.

33,2.

Ju.5.5.
Ps.68.8.
Hab.3.3.

7 And Moses came, and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these p Ne.9.13. words which the LORD commanded

him.

19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

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

EXODUS, XX, XXI. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, | B. C. 1491. Go down, 2 charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD q to gaze, and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

ter, thy manservant, nor thy maid- (CHAP. 21.) NOW these are the judgments

Divers laws

shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

EXODUS, XXI.
B. C. 1491.

2 saying
shall say.

c Ne.5.5.

d ver.2,3.

be evil in the eyes of e Deut.21.14.

f Mal.2.14, 15

1Cor.7.5.

h Lev.24. 17.
Nu.35.30,

31.

Mat. 26.52.

7 And if a man c sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as d the menservants do. i De. 19.4,5. 8 If she 3 please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, k Nu.35.11. then shall he let her be redeemed: to selle her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfullyƒ with her.

1 Nu. 15.30.

m Ge.9.6.
De. 19.11-
13.

IKI.2.29

34.

9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her n 1Ti.1.9. dutyg of marriage, shall he not diminish.

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

12 T He that smiteth h a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

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

14 But if a man come l presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, m that he may die.

o Re. 18.12,13

p Deut.24.7.

4 or, revileth.

q Pr.20.20.
30.11,17.
Mat. 15.4.

5 or, his

neighbour.

6 his ceasing

15 And he that smiteth his n fa-r ther, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

16 T And he that stealeth o a man, and sellethp him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

avenged.

ver.30.
Deut. 16.18.

s Lev.24.20.

Deut. 19.21.
Mat.5.38.

t Ep.6.9.

17 And he that 4 curseth his father, q or his mother, shall surely u Col.4.1. be put to death.

18 And if men strive together, and one smite 5 another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

v Ge.9.5.

w ch.30.12.
Pr. 13.8.

19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for 6 the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be tho-y roughly healed.

Ze.11.12,13
Mat.26.15.

Phi.2.7.

and ordinances. 20 T And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely 7 punished.

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

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow; he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the r judges determine.

23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

21 Eyes for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite t the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free u for his eye's sake,

27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die; then v the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall 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 past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give, for the w ransom of his life, whatsoever is laid upon him.

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

32 If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty a shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

33 T 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 it y good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead or ch.22.6,14. also they shall divide.

36 Or if it be known that the ox

EXODUS, XXII. hath used to z push in time past, B. C. 1491. and his owner hath not kept him in: he shall surely pay ox for ox: z ver.29. and the dead shall be his own.

Rev. 18.6. there shall be blood shed for him: for he should make full restitu-e ch.21.34. tion; if he have nothing, then he ƒ Deut.25.1. shall be sold for his theft. 2 Ch.19.10. g Heb.6.16.

4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall d restore double.

5% If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field: of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make e