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waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore the name of it was called Marah. And Moses cried unto the Lord.

THE ANSWER TO MOSES' PRAYER.
EXODUS XV. 25.

And the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet.

BY THE HOLDING UP OF MOSES' HANDS, AMALEK IS OVERCOME.

EXODUS Xvii. 11, 13.

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 Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

THE PRAYER OF MOSES.

EXODUS XXxii. 7—13.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

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And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast

brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them. out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of of this evil against thy people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swearest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

THE ANSWER TO MOSES' PRAYER.

EXODUS Xxxii. 14.

And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

THE PRAYER OF MOSES.

EXODUS XXXii. 30-32.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sin

ned a great sin : and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin, and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou

hast written.

THE LORD'S ANSWER.

EXODUS Xxxii. 33, 34.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Therefore now go lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

THE PRAYER OF MOSES.

EXODUS XXXiii. 12, 13.

And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people;

and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. Now, therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight; and consider that this nation is thy people.

THE LORD'S ANSWER.

EXODUS XXXiii. 14.

My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

EXODUS XXXiii. 15, 16.

And Moses said, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here, that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? So shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

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