Pharaoh* went forth with the king first born,* yet fear not, for thou wilt on that night to seek Moses and not die, for the Lord has commandAaron in their houses, and they found ed that thou shalt live, in order to them in their houses, eating and show thee his great might and strong drinking and rejoicing with all Is- stretched out arm.

rael.

50. And Bathia said to Moses, is this the reward for the good which I have done to thee, who have reared thee and stretched thee out, and thou hast brought this evil upon me and my father's house?

58. And Pharaoh ordered the children of Israel to be sent away, and all the Egyptians strengthened themselves to send them, for they said, we are all perishing.

59. And all the Egyptians sent the Israelites forth, with great riches, 51. And Moses said to her, surely sheep and oxen and precious things, ten plagues did the Lord bring upon according to the oath of the Lord Egypt; did any evil accrue to thee between him and our father Abrafrom any of them? did one of them ham.

affect thee? and she said, no.

60. And the children of Israel de

52. And Moses said to her, al- layed going forth at night, and when though thou art the first born to thy the Egyptians came to them to bring mother, thou shalt not die, and no them out, they said to them, are we evil shall reach thee in the midst of thieves, that we should go forth at Egypt. night?

53. And she said, what advantage 61. And the children of Israel is it to me, when I see the king, my asked of the Egyptians, vessels of brother, and all his household and silver, and vessels of gold, and garsubjects in this evil, whose first born ments, and the children of Israel perish with all the first born of Egypt? stripped the Egyptians.

54. And Moses said to her, surely 62. And Moses hastened and rose thy brother and his household, and up and went to the river of Egypt, subjects, the families of Egypt, would and brought up from thence the cofnot hearken to the words of the fin of Joseph and took it with him. Lord, therefore did this evil come 63. The children of Israel also upon them. brought up, each man his father's coffin with him, and each man the coffinst of his tribe.

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55. And Pharaoh king of Egypt approached Moses and Aaron, and some of the children of Israel who were with them in that place, and he prayed to them, saying, 56. Rise up and take your bre1. And the children of Israel jourthren, all the children of Israel who neyed from Raamses to Succoth, are in the land, with their sheep and about six hundred thousand men on oxen, and all belonging to them, they shall leave nothing remaining, only pray for me to the Lord your God.

57. And Moses said to Pharaoh, behold though thou art thy mother's

The former Pharaoh.

* In chapter 75, v. 50, we are told that Othri was the first born, but an idiot, I suppose therefore Adikam assumed the birth right with the crown,

of all the Hebrew bodies being taken with them, + I cannot understand this, only in the sense

unless it means the ark of his tribe.

foot, besides the little ones and their p 11. And all the nobles of Pharaoh wives.

2. Also a mixed multitude went up with them, and flocks and herds, even much cattle.

3. And the sojourning of the childdren of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Egypt in hard labor, was two hundred and ten years.

rose up in the morning, and with them about seven hundred thousand men, and they went forth from Egypt on that day, and came to the place where the children of Israel were.

12. And all the Egyptians saw and behold Moses and Aaron and all the children of Israel were sitting 4. And at the end of two hundred before Pi-hahiroth, eating and drinkand ten years, the Lord brought forth ing and celebrating the feast of the the children of Israel from Egypt | Lord. with a strong hand.

13. And all the Egyptians said to

5. And the children of Israel tra- the children of Israel, surely you said, velled from Egypt and from Goshen we will go a journey for three days and from Raanises, and encamped in in the wilderness and sacrifice to our Succoth on the fifteenth day of the God, and return. first month.

6. And the Egyptians buried all their first born whom the Lord had smitten, and all the Egyptians buried their slain for three days.

14. Now therefore this day makes five days since you went, why do you not return to your masters?

15. And Moses and Aaron answered them, saying, because the 7. And the children of Israel tra- Lord our God has testified in us, sayvelled from Succoth and encamped ing, you shall no more return to in Ethom, at the end of the wilder-Egypt, but we will betake ourselves to a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord our God had sworn to our ancestors to give to us.

ness.

8. And on the third day after the Egyptians had buried their first born, many men rose up from Egypt and 16. And when the nobles of Egypt went after Israel to make them return saw that the children of Israel did to Egypt, for they repented that they not hearken to them, to return to had sent the Israelites away from Egypt, they girded themselves to fight with Israel.

their servitude.

9. And one man said to his neigh- 17. And the Lord strengthened bor, surely Moses and Aaron spoke the hearts of the children of Israel to Pharaoh, saying, we will go a over the Egyptians, that they gave three days' journey in the wilderness them a severe beating, and the battle and sacrifice to the Lord our God. was sore upon the Egyptians, and all 10. Now therefore let us rise up the Egyptians fled from before the early in the morning and cause them children of Israel, for many of them to return, and it shall be that if they perished by the hand of Israel. return with us to Egypt to their masters, then shall we know that there is faith in them, but if they will not return, then will we fight with them, and make them come back with great power and a strong hand.

18. And the nobles of Pharaoh went to Egypt and told Pharaoh, saying, the children of Israel have fled, and will no more return to Egypt, and in this manner did Moses and Aaron speak to us.

tians.

19. And Pharaoh heard this thing, sachar, and they resolved to cast and his heart and the hearts of all themselves into the sea, for they his subjects were turned against Is- were exceedingly afraid of the Egyprael, and they repented that they had sent Israel; and all the Egyptians advised Pharaoh to pursue the children of Israel to make them come back to their burdens.

20. And they said each man to his brother, what is this which we have done, that we have sent Israel from our servitude?

21. And the Lord strengthened the hearts of all the Egyptians to pursue the Israelites, for the Lord desired to overthrow the Egyptians in the Red Sea.

22. And Pharaoh rose up and harnessed his chariot, and he ordered all the Egyptians to assemble, not one man was left excepting the little ones and the women.

23. And all the Egyptians went forth with Pharaoh to pursue the children of Israel, and the camp of Egypt was an exceedingly large and heavy camp, about ten hundred thousand men.

24. And the whole of this camp went and pursued the children of Israel to bring them back to Egypt, and they reached them encamping by the Red Sea.

28. And Moses said to them, fear not, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord which he will effect this day for you.

29. The second division was of the children of Zebulun, Benjamin and Naphtali, and they resolved to go back to Egypt with the Egyptians.

30. And Moses said to them, fear not, for as you have seen the Egyptians this day, so shall you see them no more for ever.

31. The third division was of the children of Judah and Joseph, and they resolved to go to meet the Egyptians to fight with them.

32. And Moses said to them, stand in your places, for the Lord will fight for you, and you shall remain silent.

33. And the fourth division was, of the children of Levi, Gad and Asher, and they resolved to go into the midst of the Egyptians to confound them, and Moses said to them, remain in your stations and fear not, only call unto the Lord that he may save you out of their hands.

34. After this Moses rose up from amidst the people, and he prayed to the Lord and said,

25. And the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and beheld all the Egyptians pursuing them, and the 35. O Lord God of the whole children of Israel were greatly terri-earth, save now thy people whom fied at them, and the children of Is- thou didst bring forth from Egypt, rael cried to the Lord. and let not the Egyptians boast that power and might are theirs.

26. And on account of the Egyptians, the children of Israel divided 36. So the Lord said to Moses, themselves into four divisions, and why dost thou cry unto me? speak they were divided in their opinions, to the children of Israel that they for they were afraid of the Egyptians, shall proceed, and do thou stretch and Moses spoke to each of them. out thy rod upon the sea and divide 27. The first division was of the it, and the children of Israel shall children of Reuben, Simeon and Is-pass through it.

37. And Moses did so, and he rael proceeded on their journey, and lifted up his rod upon the sea and di- encamped in Marah, and the Lord vided it. gave to the children of Israel statutes and judgments in that place in Marah, and the Lord commanded the children of Israel to walk in all his ways and to serve him.

38. And the waters of the sea were divided into twelve parts, and the children of Israel passed through on foot, with shoes, as a man would pass through a prepared road.

39. And the Lord manifested to the children of Israel his wonders in Egypt and in the sea by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

46. And they journeyed from Marah and came to Elim, and in Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy date trees, and the children encamped there by the waters.

40. And when the children of 47. And they journeyed from Elim Israel had entered the sea, the and came to the wilderness of Sin, Egyptians came after them, and on the fifteenth day of the second the waters of the sea returned month after their departure from upon them, and they all sank in Egypt.

the water, and not one man was left 48. At that time the Lord gave excepting Pharoah, who gave thanks the manna to the children of Israel to the Lord and believed in him, to eat, and the Lord caused food to therefore the Lord did not cause him rain from heaven for the children of to perish at that time with the Egyp- Israel day by day. tians.

41. And the Lord ordered an angel to take him from amongst the Egyptians, who cast him upon the land of Ninevah and he reigned over it for a long time.

49. And the children of Israel ate the manna for forty years, all the days that they were in the wilderness, until they came to the land of Canaan to possess it.

Alush.

50. And they proceeded from the 42. And on that day the Lord wilderness of Sin and encamped in saved Israel from the hand of Egypt, and all the children of Israel saw that the Egyptians had perished, and they beheld the great hand of the Lord, in what he had performed in Egypt and in the sea.

51. And they proceeded from Alush and encamped in Rephidim.

52. And when the children of Israel were in Rephidim, Amalek the son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, the 43. Then sang Moses and the chil-brother of Zepho, came to fight with dren of Israel this song unto the Israel.

Lord, on the day when the Lord 53. And he brought with him eight caused the Egyptians to fall before hundred and one thousand men, mathem. gicians and conjurers, and he prepared for battle with Israel in Rephidim.

44. And all Israel sang in concert saying, I will sing to the Lord for he is greatly exalted, the horse and his 54. And they carried on a great rider has he cast into the sea; behold and severe battle against Israel, and it is written in the book of the law the Lord delivered Amalek and his of God. people into the hands of Moses and

45. After this the children of Is-the children of Israel, and into the

hand of Joshua the son of Nun, the Ephrathite, the servant of Moses.

camped in the wilderness of Sinai, in the third month from their going forth from Egypt.

2. At that time came Reuel the Midianite, the father in law of Moses, with Zipporah his daughter and

55. And the children of Israel smote Amalek and his people at the edge of the sword, but the battle was very sore upon the children of Israel. 56. And the Lord said to Moses, her two sons, for he had heard of the write this thing as a memorial for thee wonders of the Lord which he had in a book, and place it in the hand of done to Israel, that he had delivered Joshua the son of Nun thy servant, them from the hand of Egypt. and thou shalt command the children 3. And Reuel came to Moses to of Israel, saying, when thou shalt the wilderness where he was encome to the land of Canaan, thou camped, where was the mountain of shalt utterly efface the remembrance God. of Amalek from under heaven.

57. And Moses did so, and he took the book and wrote upon it these words, saying,

58. Remember what Amalek has done to thee in the road when thou wentest forth from Egypt.

59. Who met thee in the road and

smote thy rear, even those that were feeble behind thee when thou wast faint and weary.

60. Therefore it shall be when the Lord thy God shall have given thee rest from all thine enemies round about in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven, thou shalt not forget it.

61. And the king who shall have pity on Amalek, or upon his memory

4. And Moses went forth to meet his father in law with great honor, and all Israel was with him.

5. And Reuel and his children remained amongst the Israelites for many days, and Reuel knew the Lord from that day forward.

6. And in the third month from the children of Israel's departure from Egypt, on the sixth day thereof, the Lord gave to Israel the ten commandments on mount Sinai.

7. And all Israel heard all these commandments, and all Israel rejoiced exceedingly in the Lord on that day.

8. And the glory of the Lord rested upon mount Sinai, and he called to Moses, and Moses came in the midst of a cloud and ascended the mountain.

9. And Moses was upon the or upon his seed, behold I will re-mount forty days and forty nights; quire it of him, and I will cut him he ate no bread and drank no water, off from amongst his people.

62. And Moses wrote all these things in a book, and he enjoined the children of Israel respecting all these

matters.

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1. And the children of Israel proceeded from Rephidim and they en

and the Lord instructed him in the statutes and judgments in order to teach the children of Israel.

10. And the Lord wrote the ten commandments which he had commanded the children of Israel upon two tablets of stone, which he gave to Moses to command the children of Israel.

11. And at the end of forty days