CHAPTER XI. AND the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. 2 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 3 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. 4 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. 5 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. 6 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. 7 But Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. 8 And Moses said, It shall be as thou hast spoken, I will see thy face again no more. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: 11 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maid- 12 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. 13 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. 14 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, 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. CHAPTER XII. AND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house: 4 And if the household 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 shall make 10 And Moses said, Thus saith the your count for the lamb. 5 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. 6 And ye shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 7 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 8 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until morning ye shall burn with fire. 9 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Passover unto the LORD. 18 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and the LORD will pass over your doors, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 19 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 10 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all 20 And it shall come to pass, when the gods of Egypt I will execute judg-ye be come to the land which the LORD ment: I am the LORD. will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 11 I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 12 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations: ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 13 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses; 14 And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which 21 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? 22 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 23 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 24 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 25 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt: for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 26 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD as ye have said. 27 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. 28 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. 29 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, out of their kneadingtroughs, and bound it up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 30 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children. 31 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 32 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals. 33 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 34 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 35 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. 36 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. CHAPTER XIII. AND Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by great might the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 2 This day came ye out in the month Abib. 3 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. 4 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. 5 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me that they turn and encamp before Piwhen I came forth out of Egypt. 7 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with great might hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. 8 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. 9 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 10 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. 11 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had solemnly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones hence with you. 12 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 13 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night. 14 The pillar of the cloud did not depart by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. CHAPTER XIV. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And Pharaoh shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. 5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him; 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 8 And he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with a high hand. 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 10 And Pharaoh drew nigh; and the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were. sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. 11 And they said unto Moses, Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, that thou hast taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you, to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And, behold, the hearts of the Egyptians will be hardened, and they shall follow them and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have been honoured upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night, hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drove them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea, 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 21 And Moses stretched out his 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that |