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when thou haft brought forth the People out of Egypt, ye fhall ferve GOD upon this Mountain.

13 And Mofes faid unto GOD, Behold, when I come unto the Children of Ifrael, and fhall fay unto them, The GOD of your Fathers hath fent me unto you: and they fhall fay to me, What is his Name? What fhall I fay unto them?

14 And GOD faid unto Mofes, I AM THAT I AM: |_ And he said, Thus fhalt thou fay unto the Children of If rael, I AM hath fent me unto you.

15 And GOD faid moreover unto Mofes, Thus fhalt thou fay unto the Children of Ifrael, The LORD GOD of your Fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GoD of Ifaac, and the Gop of Jacob hath fent me unto you: this is my Name for ever, and this is my Memorial unto all Gene

rations.

Rev. i. 4 John to the Seven Churches which are in Afia: Grace

be unto you, and Peace. from HIM which is, and which was, and which is to COME; and from the Seven SPIRITS which are before his THRONE.

5 And from JESUS CHRIST, who is the faithful WITNESS, and the FIRSTBEGOTTEN of the DEAD, and the PRINCE

of the KINGS of the Earth; unto him that LOVED us, and WASHED us from our SINS in his own BLOOD.

6 And hath made us KINGS and PRIESTS unto GoD and his Father; to whom be GLORY and DOMINION for ever and ever.

and every Eye fhall fee him, and they 7 Behold, he COMETH with Clouds; alfo which PIERCED him.

8 I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, the BEGINNING and the ENDING, faith the

LORD, which is, and which was, and

which is to cOME, the ALMIGHTY.

John viii. 58 JESUS faid unto them,

Verily verily I fay unto you, Before
ABRAHAM was, I AM.

16 Go and gather the Elders of Ifrael together, and Ly unto them, The LORD GOD of your Fathers, the God of Abraham, of Ifaac, and of Jacob, APPEARED unto me, faying, I have furely vifited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.

17 And I have faid, I will bring you up out of the Affiction of Egypt, unto the Land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, aud the Jebufites, unto a Land flowing with Milk and Hony.

18 And they fhall hearken to thy Voice: and thou fhalt come, thou and the Elders of Ifrael, unto the King of Egypt, and you fhall fay unto him, The LORD GOD of the HEBREWS hath met with us; and now let us go (we befeech thee) three Days Journey into the Wilderness, that we may facrifice to the LORD our God.

19 And I am fure that the King of Egypt will not let you go, no not by a mighty Hand.

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20 And I will stretch out my Hand, and fmite Egypt with all my WONDERS which I will do in the Midft thereof: and after that, he will let you go.

21 And I will give this People Favour in the Sight of the Egyptians and it shall come to pass, that when ye go, ye fhall not go empty:

22 But every Woman fhall borrow of her Neighbour, and of her that fojourneth in her Houfe, Jewels of Silver, and Jewels of Gold, and Raiment and ye fhall put them upon your Sons, and upon your Daughters; and ye fhall ipo the Egyptians.

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1 Mofes's Rod is turned into a Serpent: 6 His Hand is leprous: 10 He is loath to be fent: 14 Aaron is appointed to affift bim. 21 GOD's Meffage to Pharaoh.

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ND Mofes answered and faid, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my Voice: for they will fay, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the LORD faid unto him, What is that in thy Hand? And he faid, A ROD.

3 And he faid, Caft it on the Ground; and he caft it on the Ground, and it became a SERPENT and Mofes fled from before it.

4 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Put forth thine Hand, and take it by the Tail. And he put forth his Hand, and caught it, and it became a ROD in his Hand.

5 That they may BELIEVE that the LORD GOD of their Fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GoD of Ifaac, and the GoD of Jacob, hath APPEARED unto thee.

6 And the LORD faid furthermore unto him, Put now thine Hand into thy Bofom; and he put his Hand into his Bofom; and when he took it out, behold, his Hand was leprous as Snow.

7 And he faid, Put thy Hand into thy Bofom again : and he put his Hand into his Bofom again, and plucked it out of his Bofom, and behold, it was turned again as his other Flesh.

8 And it fhall come pass, if they will not BELIEVE thee, neither hearken to the Voice of the firft Sign, that they will believe the Voice of the latter Sign.

9 And it fhall come to pafs, if they will not BELIEVE alfo these two Signs, neither hearken unto thy Voice, that thou fhalt take of the Water of the River, and pour it upon the dry Land: and the Water which thou takeft out of the River, fhall become Blood upon the dry Land.

10 And Mofes faid unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not ELOQUENT, neither heretofore, nor fince thou haft fpoken unto thy Servant: but I AM SLOW of Speech, and of a flow Tongue.

11 And the LORD faid unto him, Who hath made Man's MOUTH? or who maketh the DUMB, or DEAF, or the SEEING, or the BLIND? have not I, the LORD?

12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy MOUTH, and teach thee what thou shalt fay.

13 And he faid, O my Lord, fend I pray thee, by the Hand of him whom thou wilt fend.

Ifa. 1. 4 The LORD GOD hath given me the Tongue of the Learned, that I fhould know how to speak a WORD in Seafon to him that is weary: he wakeneth Morning by Morning: he wakeneth mine Ear to hear as

the Learned.

Matth. x. 19 When they deliver you up, take no Thought how, or what ye thall SPEAK, for it fhall be GIVEN

you in that fame Hour, what ye fhall SPEAK.

20 For it is not ye that SPEAK, but the SPIRIT of your FATHER, which

SPEAKETH in you.

Luke xii. 11 When they bring you unto the Synagogues, and unto Magiftrates, and Powers, take ye no Thought how, or what Thing ye fhall ANSWER, or what ye fhall fay:

12 For the HOLY GHOST fhall teach

you in the fame Hour, what ye ought

to say.

1 Cor. i. 26 Ye fee your Calling, Brethren, how that not many wise Men after the FLESH, not many MIGH

14 And the Anger of the LORD was kindled against ' Moses, and he said, Is not AARON the Levite thy Brother? I know that he can fpeak well. And alfo, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee and when he feeth thee, he will be glad in fen the WEAK THINGS of the World, his Heart.

15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put Words into his Mouth and I will be with thy Mouth, and with his Mouth, and will teach ye what ye fhall do.

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27 But God hath chofen the FOOLISH Things of the World, to confound the WISE; and GOD hath cho

to confound the THINGS which are MIGHTY.

28 And base Things of the World, and Things which are defpifed, hath GoD chofen, yea, and Things which ARE NOT, hath GoD chofen, to bring to nought Things THAT ARE.

29 That no FLESH fhould GLORY in his Prefence.

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16 And he fhall be thy Spokefman unto the People and he fhall be, even he fhall be to thee inftead of a MOUTH, and thou shalt be to him inftead of GOD.

17 And thou fhalt take this ROD in thine Hand, wherewith thou shalt do Signs.

18 And Mofes went and returned to Jethro his Fatherin-law, and faid unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my Brethren, which are in Egypt, and fee whether they be yet alive. And Jethro faid to Mofes, Go in Peace.

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And the LORD faid unto Mofes in Midian, Go, RETURN into Egypt: for all the Men are DEAD which fought thy LIFE.

Matth. ii, 20 Arife, and take the YOUNG CHILD, and his Mother, and go into the Land of Ifrael, for they ARE DEAD which SOUGHT the young Child's Life.

20 And Mofes took his Wife, and his Sons, and fet them upon an Afs, and he returned to the Land of Egypt. And Mofes took the ROD of GOD in his Hand.

21 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, When thou goeft to return into Egypt, fee that thou do all thofe WONDERS before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine Hand: but I will hearden his Heart, that he fhall not let the People go.

22 And thou shalt fay unto Pharaoh, Thus faith the LORD, Ifrael is my SON, even my First-born.

23 And I fay unto thee, Let my Son go, that he may serve me and if thou refufe to let him go, behold, I will SLAY thy Son, even thy FIRST-BORN.

27 And the LORD faid to Aaron, Go into the Wildernefs to meet Mofes. And he went and met him in the Mount of GOD, and kiffed him.

28 And MOSES told AARON all the WORDS of the LORD, who had fent him, and all the SIGNS which he had commanded him.

29 And MOSES and AARON went and gathered together all the Elders of the Children of Ifrael.

30 And AARON fpake all the Words which the LORD had spoken unto Mofes, and did the SIGNS in the Sight of the People.

31 And the People BELIEVED: and when they heard that the LORD had vifited the Children of Ifrael, and that he had looked upon their AFELICTION, then they BOWED their Heads and WORSHIPPED,

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1 Pharaoh chideth Mofes and Aaron: 5 He increafeth the Ifraelites Tafk. 22 Mofes complaineth to GOD.

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ND afterwards MOSES and AARON went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus faith the LORD GOD of Ifrael, Let my People go, that they may hold a Feast unto me in the Wilderness.

2 And Pharaoh faid, WHO is the LORD, that I fhould obey his Voice to let Ifrael go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Ifrael go.

3 And they said, The GoD of the HEBREWS hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three Days Journey into the Defart, and facrifice unto the LORD our GOD; left he fall upon us with Peftilence, or with the Sword.

4 And the King of Egypt faid unto them, Wherefore do ye, MOSES and AARON, let the People from their Works? get you unto your BURDENS.

5 And Pharaoh faid, Behold, the People of the Land now are many, and you make them reft from their BURDENS. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the fame Day the Task-mafters of the People, and their Officers, faying,

7 Ye fhall no more give the People Straw to make Brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather Straw for themselves.

8 And the Tale of the Bricks which they did make heretofore, you fhall lay upon them; you fhall not diminish. ought thereof for they be idle; therefore they cry, faying, Let us go and facrifice to OUR GOD.

9 Let there more Work be laid upon the Men, that they may LABOUR therein: and let them not regard vain Words. io And the Tafk-mafters of the People went out, and their Officers, and they fpake to the People, faying, Thus faith Pharaoh, I will not give you Straw.

11 Go ye, get you Straw where you can find it: yet. not ought of your WORK shall be DIMINISHED.

12 So the People were scattered abroad throughout all the Land of Egypt, to gather Stubble inftead of Straw.

13 And the TASK-MASTERS hafted them, faying, Fulfil your Works, your daily TASKS, as when there was STRAW.

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