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EXODUS XVII

(Numbers xx)

Isaiah xlviii. I Corinthians x. John vii

Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin. And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord! Why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here? And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us into this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink!

And Moses went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so shalt thou give the congregation drink.

And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him. And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and water came forth abundantly, and they did

all drink. So it was that they thirsted not when the Lord led them through the deserts: he caused waters to flow out of the rock for them; yea, he clave the rock, and fountains gushed forth.

Now these things happened unto them by way of figure; and they were written for our admonition. I speak as unto wise men; judge ye what I say. For I would not have you ignorant, how that our fathers did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them; and that rock was Christ. For he that believeth, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow forth streams of living water. And he that drinketh of this water shall never thirst.

EXODUS XVII

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Zin, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim. Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek; to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under

him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this in a book for a memorial, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua, that it be laid up in the hearts of the people of the children of Israel for ever.

EXODUS XVIII

Deuteronomy i, x, xvi

And Moses chose from among the people able men, such as feared God, men of truth, hating unjust gain, and set them over the people to judge them at all seasons. And Moses charged the judges, saying:

Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his neighbour and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment, but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man: for the judgment is God's. Neither shalt thou take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the cause of the righteous. Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment. Wherefore let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee, for ever.

EXODUS XIX, XX

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Write thou these words; for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel:

I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in the heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I am the Lord thy God.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Thou shalt not kill.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Thou shalt not steal.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then shall ye be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.

EXODUS XXIV, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIV

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Hew thee two tables of stone, and be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount; and I will give thee commandments, that thou mayest teach them. And no man shall come with thee; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor the herds feed before that mount.

And Moses hewed him two tables of stone; and he rose up early in the morning, and went up unto the mount, as the Lord had commanded him. And a cloud covered the mount, and the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount. And there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very

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