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Exod. xv. 23, 27.-And when they came to Marah, they could

not drink of the waters of Marah; for they were bitter,

therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the peo-

ple murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord showed him a

tree, which, when he had cast into the waters, the waters

were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and

an ordinance, and there he proved them, and said, If thou

wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God,

and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give

ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes; I will

put none of these diseases upon thee which I have brought

pon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of wa-

ter, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamp-

ed there by the waters.

LECTURE XIII.

HISTORY OF MOSES.

Exod. xvi. 11, 15.-And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel;

speak unto them, saying, At even you shall eat flesh, and in

the morning ye shall be filled with bread: and ye shall know

that I am the Lord your God. And it came to pass, that

at even the quails came up and covered the camp: and in

the morning the dew lay round about the host. And when

the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the

wilderness, there lay a small round thing, as small as the

hoar-frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel

saw it, they said one to another, It is manna; for they wist

not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the

bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.

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