Delphi Septuagint

by Lancelot C L Brenton (ed)

  [29] And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharao that sat on the throne, to the first-born of the captive-maid in the dungeon, and the first-born of all cattle. [30] And Pharao rose up by night, and his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in all the land of Egypt, for there was not a house in which there was not one dead. [31] And Pharao called Moses and Aaron by night, and said to them, Rise and depart from my people, both ye and the children of Israel. Go and serve the Lord your God, even as ye say. [32] And take with you your sheep, and your oxen: bless me also, I pray you. [33] And the Egyptians constrained the people, so that they cast them out of the land with haste, for they said, We all shall die. [34] And the people took their dough before their meal was leavened, bound up as it was in their garments, on their shoulders. [35] And the children of Israel did as Moses commanded them, and they asked of the Egyptians articles of silver and gold and apparel. [36] And the Lord gave his people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and they spoiled the Egyptians. [37] And the children Israel departed from Ramesses to Socchoth, to the full number of six hundred thousand footmen, even men, besides the baggage. [38] And a great mixed company went up with them, and sheep and oxen and very much cattle. [39] And they baked the dough which they brought out of Egypt, unleavened cakes, for it had not been leavened; for the Egyptians cast them out, and they could not remain, neither did they prepare provision for themselves for the journey. [40] And the sojourning of the children of Israel, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt and the land of Chanaan, was four hundred and thirty years. [41] And it came to pass after the four hundred and thirty years, all the forces of the Lord came forth out of the land of Egypt by night. [42] It is a watch kept to the Lord, so that he should bring them out of the land of Egypt; that very night is a watch kept to the Lord, so that it should be to all the children of Israel to their generations. [43] And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the passover: no stranger shall eat of it. [44] And every slave or servant bought with money — him thou shalt circumcise, and then shall he eat of it. [45] A sojourner or hireling shall not eat of it. [46] In one house shall it be eaten, and ye shall not carry of the flesh out from the house; and a bone of it ye shall not break. [47] All the congregation of the children of Israel shall keep it. [48] And if any proselyte shall come to you to keep the passover to the Lord, thou shalt circumcise every male of him, and then shall he approach to sacrifice it, and he shall be even as the original inhabitant of the land; no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. [49] There shall be one law to the native, and to the proselyte coming among you. [50] And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron for them, so they did. [51] And it came to pass in that day that the Lord brought out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt with their forces.

  Chapter 13

  [1] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [2] Sanctify to me every first-born, first produced, opening every womb among the children of Israel both of man and beast: it is mine. [3] And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you forth thence; and leaven shall not be eaten. [4] For on this day ye go forth in the month of new corn. [5] And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Evites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites, and Pherezites, which he sware to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt perform this service in this month. [6] Six days ye shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a feast to the Lord. [7] Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; nothing leavened shall be seen with thee, neither shalt thou have leaven in all thy borders. [8] And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, Therefore the Lord dealt thus with me, as I was going out of Egypt. [9] And it shall be to thee a sign upon thy hand and a memorial before thine eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord God brought thee out of Egypt. [10] And preserve ye this law according to the times of the seasons, from year to year.

  [11] And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land of the Chananites, as he sware to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, [12] that thou shalt set apart every offspring opening the womb, the males to the Lord, every one that opens the womb out of the herds or among thy cattle, as many as thou shalt have: thou shalt sanctify the males to the Lord. [13] Every offspring opening the womb of the ass thou shalt change for a sheep; and if thou wilt not change it, thou shalt redeem it: every first-born of man of thy sons shalt thou redeem. [14] And if thy son should ask thee hereafter, saying, What is this? then thou shalt say to him, With a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. [15] And when Pharao hardened his heart so as not to send us away, he slew every first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the first-born of beast; therefore do I sacrifice every offspring that opens the womb, the males to the Lord, and every first-born of my sons I will redeem. [16] And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and immovable before thine eyes, for with a strong hand the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

  [17] And when Pharao sent forth the people, God led them not by the way of the land of the Phylistines, because it was near; for God said, Lest at any time the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt. [18] And God led the people round by the way to the wilderness, to the Red Sea: and in the fifth generation the children of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt. [19] And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had solemnly adjured the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones hence with you.

  [20] And the children of Israel departed from Socchoth, and encamped in Othom by the wilderness. [21] And God led them, in the day by a pillar of cloud, to show them the way, and in the night by a pillar of fire. [22] And the pillar of cloud failed not by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, before all the people.

  Chapter 14

  [1] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, [2] Speak to the children of Israel, and let them turn and encamp before the village, between Magdol and the sea, opposite Beel-sepphon: before them shalt thou encamp by the sea. [3] And Pharao will say to his people, As for these children of Israel, they are wandering in the land, for the wilderness has shut them in. [4] And I will harden the heart of Pharao, and he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so. [5] And it was reported to the king of the Egyptians that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharao was turned, and that of his servants against the people; and they said, What is this that we have done, to let the children of Israel go, so that they should not serve us? [6] So Pharao yoked his chariots, and led off all his people with himself: [7] having also taken six hundred chosen chariots, and all the cavalry of the Egyptians, and rulers over all. [8] And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao king of Egypt, and of his servants, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went forth with a high hand. [9] And the Egyptians pursued after them, and found them encamped by the sea; and all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharao, and the horsemen, and his host were before the village, over against Beel-sepphon. [10] And Pharao approached, and the children of Israel having looked up, beheld, and the Egyptians encamped behind them: and they were very greatly terrified, and the children of Israel cried to the Lord; [11] and said to Moses, Because there were no graves in the land of Egypt, hast thou brought us forth to slay us in the wilderness? What is this that thou hast done to us, having brought us out of Egypt? [12] Is not this the word which we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.

  [13] And Moses said to the people, Be of good courage: stand and see the salvation
which is from the Lord, which he will work for us this day; for as ye have seen the Egyptians 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 to Moses, Why criest thou to me? speak to the children of Israel, and let them proceed. [16] And do thou lift up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it, and let the children of Israel enter into the midst of the sea on the dry land. [17] And lo! I will harden the heart of Pharao and of all the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them; and I will be glorified upon Pharao, and on all his host, and on his chariots and his horses. [18] And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I am glorified upon Pharao and upon his chariots and his horses. [19] And the angel of God that went before the camp of the children of Israel removed and went behind, and the pillar of the cloud also removed from before them and stood behind them. [20] And it went between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and stood; and there was darkness and blackness; and the night passed, and they came not near to one another during the whole night. [21] And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the Lord carried back the sea with a strong south wind all the night, and made the sea dry, and the water was divided. [22] And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the water of it was a wall on the right hand and a wall on the left.

  [23] And the Egyptians pursued them and went in after them, and every horse of Pharao, and his chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea. [24] And it came to pass in the morning watch that the Lord looked forth on the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and troubled the camp of the Egyptians, [25] and bound the axle-trees of their chariots, and caused them to go with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians. [26] And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth tine hand over the sea, and let the water be turned back to its place, and let it cover the Egyptians coming both upon the chariots and the riders. [27] And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its place toward day; and the Egyptians fled from the water, and the Lord shook off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. [28] and the water returned and covered the chariots and the riders, and all the forces of Pharao, who entered after them into the sea: and there was not left of them even one. [29] But the children of Israel went along dry land in the midst of the sea, and the water was to them a wall on the right hand, and a wall on the left. [30] So the Lord delivered Israel in that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead by the shore of the sea. [31] And Israel saw the mighty hand, the things which the Lord did to the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and they believed God and Moses his servant.

  Chapter 15

  [1] Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to God, and spoke, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he is very greatly glorified: horse and rider he has thrown into the sea. [2] He was to me a helper and protector for salvation: this is my God and I will glorify him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him. [3] The Lord bringing wars to nought, the Lord is his name. [4] He has cast the chariots of Pharao and his host into the sea, the chosen mounted captains: they were swallowed up in the Red Sea. [5] He covered them with the sea: they sank to the depth like a stone. [6] Thy right hand, O God, has been glorified in strength; thy right hand, O God, has broken the enemies. [7] And in the abundance of thy glory thou hast broken the adversaries to pieces: thou sentest forth thy wrath, it devoured them as stubble. [8] And by the breath of thine anger the water parted asunder; the waters were congealed as a wall, the waves were congealed in the midst of the sea. [9] The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I will satisfy my soul, I will destroy with my sword, my hand shall have dominion. [10] Thou sentest forth thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty water. [11] Who is like to thee among the gods, O Lord? who is like to thee? glorified in holiness, marvellous in glories, doing wonders. [12] Thou stretchedst forth thy right hand, the earth swallowed them up. [13] Thou hast guided in thy righteousness this thy people whom thou hast redeemed, by thy strength thou hast called them into thy holy resting-place. [14] The nations heard and were angry, pangs have seized on the dwellers among the Phylistines. [15] Then the princes of Edom, and the chiefs of the Moabites hasted; trembling took hold upon them, all the inhabitants of Chanaan melted away. [16] Let trembling and fear fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm, let them become as stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till this thy people pass over, whom thou hast purchased. [17] Bring them in and plant them in the mountain of their inheritance, in thy prepared habitation, which thou, O Lord, hast prepared; the sanctuary, O Lord, which thine hands have made ready. [18] The Lord reigns for ever and ever and ever. [19] For the horse of Pharao went in with the chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought upon them the water of the sea, but the children of Israel walked through dry land in the midst of the sea.

  [20] And Mariam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, having taken a timbrel in her hand — then there went forth all the women after her with timbrels and dances. [21] And Mariam led them, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been very greatly glorified: the horse and rider has he cast into the sea. [22] So Moses brought up the children of Israel from the Red Sea, and brought them into the wilderness of Sur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water to drink. [23] and they came to Merrha, and could not drink of Merrha, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place, Bitterness. [24] And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? [25] And Moses cried to the Lord, and the Lord shewed him a tree, and he cast it into the water, and the water was sweetened: there he established to him ordinances and judgments, and there he proved him, [26] and said, If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do things pleasing before him, and wilt hearken to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God that heals thee. [27] And they came to Ælim, and there were there twelve fountains of water, and seventy stems of palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

  Chapter 16

  [1] And they departed from Ælim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Ælim and Sina; and on the fifteenth day, in the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt, [2] all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron. [3] And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and ate bread to satiety! for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger. [4] And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread upon you out of heaven: and the people shall go forth, and they shall gather their daily portion for the day, that I may try them whether they will walk in my law or not. [5] And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall prepare whatsoever they have brought in, and it shall be double of what they shall have gathered for the day, daily. [6] And Moses and Aaron said to all the congregation of the children of Israel, At even ye shall know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt; [7] and in the morning ye shall see the glory of the Lord, inasmuch as he hears your murmuring against God; and who are we, that ye continue to murmur against us? [8] And Moses said, This shall be when the Lord gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning to satiety, because the Lord has heard your murmuring, which ye murmur against us: and what are we? for your murmuring is not against us, but against God.

  [9] And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before God; for he has heard your murmuring. [10] And when Aaron spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they turned toward the wilderness, then the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud. [11] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
, [12] I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Towards evening ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be satisfied with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. [13] And it was evening, and quails came up and covered the camp: [14] in the morning it came to pass as the dew ceased round about the camp, that, behold, on the face of the wilderness was a small thing like white coriander seed, as frost upon the earth. [15] And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is this? for they knew not what it was; and Moses said to them, [16] This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. This is that which the Lord has appointed: gather of it each man for his family, a homer for each person, according to the number of your souls, gather each of you with his fellow-lodgers. [17] And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some much and some less. [18] And having measured the homer full, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that had gathered less had no lack; each gathered according to the need of those who belonged to him. [19] And Moses said to them, Let no man leave of it till the morning.

  [20] But they did not hearken to Moses, but some left of it till the morning; and it bred worms and stank: and Moses was irritated with them. [21] And they gathered it every morning, each man what he needed, and when the sun waxed hot it melted. [22] And it came to pass on the sixth day, they gathered double what was needed, two homers for one man; and all the chiefs of the synagogue went in and reported it to Moses. [23] And Moses said to them, Is not this the word which the Lord spoke? To-morrow is the sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord: bake that ye will bake, and seethe that ye will seethe, and all that is over leave to be laid by for the morrow. [24] And they left of it till the morning, as Moses commanded them; and it stank not, neither was there a worm in it. [25] And Moses said, Eat that to-day, for to-day is a sabbath to the Lord: it shall not be found in the plain. [26] Six days ye shall gather it, and on the seventh day is a sabbath, for there shall be none on that day. [27] And it came to pass on the seventh day that some of the people went forth to gather, and found none. [28] And the Lord said to Moses, How long are ye unwilling to hearken to my commands and my law? [29] See, for the Lord has given you this day as the sabbath, therefore he has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days: ye shall sit each of you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the seventh day. [30] And the people kept sabbath on the seventh day. [31] And the children of Israel called the name of it Man; and it was as white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey. [32] And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Fill an homer with manna, to be laid up for your generations; that they may see the bread which ye ate in the wilderness, when the Lord led you forth out of the land of Egypt. [33] And Moses said to Aaron, Take a golden pot, and cast into it one full homer of manna; and thou shalt lay it up before God, to be kept for your generations, [34] as the Lord commanded Moses: and Aaron laid it up before the testimony to be kept. [35] And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to the land they ate the manna, until they came to the region of Phoenicia. [36] Now the homer was the tenth part of three measures.