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morning, and stand before Pharaob, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off

from the earth. As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

Exod. x, 7-11, 24-26, 28, 29. And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How ng shall this man be a snare unto us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go: for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and sail, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof

must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what

we must serve the LORD until we

come thither. And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more: for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no

more.

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III THE EXODUS.
(For PASSOVER see under
ORDINANCES.)

Exod. xii, 37, 38, 51. And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children. And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. And it came to pass the self-same day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

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come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moes and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

1 Chron. xvii, 21. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt.

| Ps. lxxvii, 15. Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sous of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

Pз. cv, 37. He brought them forth also with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

Micah vii, 15. According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I show unto Lim marvellous things.

Acts vii, 35, 36. This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer, by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. He brought wonders and signs in the land of them out, after that he had shewed Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Deut. iv, 34. Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a Acts xiii, 17. The God of this mighty hand, and by a stretched-people of Israel chose our fathers, out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Deut. vi, 20, 21, 23. And when thy son asketh thee in time to testimonies, and the statutes, and come, saying, What mean the the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt, and the LORD brought us And he brought us out from out of Egypt with a mighty hand. thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

Deut. xxvi, 8. And the LORD brought us ferth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an terribleness, and with signs, and out-stretched arin, and with great

with wonders.

Josh. xxiv, 17. For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed.

1 Sam. xii, 8. When Jacob was

and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

ACHIEVED BY GOD.

joiced for all the goodness which Exod. xviii, 9. And Jethro rethe LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

Exod. xxix, 46. And they shall know that I am the LORD their of the land of Egypt, that I may God, that brought them forth out dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.

Lev. xxii, 32, 33. Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the chil

dren of Israel: I am the LORD you out of the land of Egypt, to which hallow you, That brought be your God: I am the LORD.

Lev. xxv, 38. I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

Lev. xxvi, 13. I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands

of your yoke, and made you go upright.

Num. xv, 41. I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the LORD your God. Judges vi, 7-9. And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, 1 brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyp tians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and

gave you their land.

Ps. cv, 38, 43. Egypt was glad when they departed; for the fear of them fell upon them. And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.

Isa. xliii, 4. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

Jer. xxiii, 7, 8. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, the LORD liveth, which brought up, and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I

dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen, And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled

against it: and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea aiter them: there remained not so much as one of them. But the children the midst of the sea; and the of Israel walked upon dry land in

waters were a wall unto them on

their right hand, and on their left. Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyp tians: and Israel saw the Egyp tians dead upon the sea-shore. And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.

SUBSEQUENT RELATION OF THE
JEWS TO EGYPT.
Exod. xiv. 11, 12. And they said

had driven them; and they shall unto Moses, Because there were

dwell in their own land.

Ezek. xx, 9, 10. But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

PURSUED BY THE EGYPTIANS. Exod. xiv, 5-7, 10, 22, 23, 26-31. And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants

was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go

from serving us? And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him. And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the

children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid; and the children of Isracl cried out unto the LORD. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the

no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? for it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Num. xiv, 4. And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Deut. xvii, 16. But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

2 Kings xxv, 26. And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon it a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

Jer. il, 36. Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

Jer. xlii, 8-11, 13-19. Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people, from the least even to the greatest, And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down; and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I of the king of Babylon, of whom have done unto you. Be not afraid ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you from his hand. But if ye say, We to save you, and to deliver you will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we

sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt: and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt, to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that saith the LORD of hosts, the God I will bring upon them. For thus of Israel, As mine anger and my

shall see no war, nor hear the

fury hath been poured forth upon

the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so

shall my fury be poured forth upEgypt: and ye shall be an execra on you, when ye shall enter into

tion, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

Jer. xliii, 5-7. But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah; that were returned from

Isa. xxxvi, 5, 6. I say, sayest thou. (but they are but vain words.) I have counsel and strength for war: now, on whom dost thou trust,that thou rebellest against me? Lo, I all nations whither they had been

driven, to dwell in the land of Judah, Even men, and women, and children,and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. So

they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD. Thus came they even to Tabpanhes.

Jer. xliv, 11-14. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: So that none of the remnant of Judah,

which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for none shall return but such as shall

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IV.-ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS.

(See under Desert, EARTH.) Exod. xiii, 18. But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea. And the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

Deut. 1, 8. And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned, and passed by the way of

the wilderness of Moab.

Deut. viii, 15. Who led thee

through that great and terrible | river, the river Euphrates. Bewilderness, wherein were fiery hold, I have set the land before serpents, and scorpions, and you: go in and possess the land drought, where there was no which the LORD Sware unto your water; who brought thee forth fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and water out of the rock of flint. Jacob, to give unto them, and to their seed after them.

Exod. xiii, 20. And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

Exod. xv, 27. And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees: and they encamped there by the water.

Num. x, 11, 13, 28. And it came to pass, on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony, And they first took their journey, according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel, according to their armies when they set forward.

Num. xi, 35. And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.

Num. xii, 16. And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

Num. xxi. 4, 10-13, 18,19. And they Journeyed from mount Hor, by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. And the childrenof Israel set forward andpitched in Oboth. And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is From thence they removed and before Moab,toward the sun-rising. pitched in the valley of Zared, From thence they removed, and which is in the wilderness that pitched on the other side of Arnon, cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And to Mattanah; And from Mattanah from the wilderness they went to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to

Bamoth.

Deut. 1, 6, 7, 8. The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, this mount: Turn you, and take Ye have dwelt long enough in of the Amorites, and unto all the your journey, and go to the mount places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great

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THE DIFFERENT STAGES. Num. xxxiii, 1-3, 5-15, 30-37, 4146, 49. These are the journeys of forth out of the land of Egypt the children of Israel, which went with their armies, under the hand of Moses and Aaron. And Moses to their journeys by the commandwrote their goings out according ment of the LORD: and these are their journeysaccording to their goings out. And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out all the Egyptians. And the chilwith an high hand in the sight of dren of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in they removed from Etham, and the edge of the wilderness. And which is before Baal-zephon: and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, they pitched before Migdol. And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea,into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in

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the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there. And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejakan. And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad. And they went from Hor-bagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber. And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. And they removed from Kadesh,and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab. And they departed from lim, and pitched in Dibon-gad. And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth, even unto Abel-shittim, in the plains of

Moab.

ORDER AND POSITION OF THE CAMP. (Sce under Banners, ARMY, Page 64.)

SINS OF ISRAEL IN THE
WILDERNESS.

Num. xiv, 23-25, 31, 32. Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites

dwelt in the valley.) To-morrow

turn you, and get you into the ed the pleasant land; they believed wilderness, by the way of the Red not his word; But murmured in sea. But your little ones, which their tents, and hearkened not ye said should be a prey, them unto the voice of the LORD. Therewill I bring in, and they shall fore he lifted up his hand against know the land which ye have des- them, to overthrow them in the pised. But as for you, your car-wilderness: To overthrow their cases, they shall fall in this seed also among the nations, and wilderness. to scatter them in the lands.

Num. xxxii, 13, 15. And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was consumed. For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

Deut. 1, 34-40. And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD

Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying. Thou also shalt not go in thither. But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. Moreover, your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness, by the way of the Red sea.

Deut. ii, 14, 15. And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD Sware unto them. For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

REFERENCES.

Josh. v, 6. For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware

that he would not shew them the land which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give 18, a laud that floweth with milk and honey.

Ps. cvi, 24-27. Yea, they despis

Ezek. xx, 18. But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

1 Cor. x, 5. But with many of them God was not well pleased; for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Heb. ii, 16. For some, when they had heard, did provoke: how. beit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

Deut. vill, 2. And thou shalt

remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether

then wouldest keep his command

ments, or no.

Deut. xi, 5. And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place.

Jer. xxxi, 2. Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness eren Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

Ezek. xx, 23, 34-36. I Efted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, aud disperse them through the countries. And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched-out arm, and with fury poured out. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Like as I pl aded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.

Hosea 1, 14--16. Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. And it shall be at that

day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi.

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Amos ii, 10. Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

Acts xiil, 18. And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

Heb. iii, 17. But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose

carcases fell in the wilderness?

Jude 5. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

V.-ISRAEL IN CANAAN.
FOR ACCOUNT OF
THE BOUNDARIES AND CON-
QUEST OF CANAAN.
See CANAAN.

LIST OF KINGS DESTROYED

BY THE INVADERS. Josh. xii, 1-3, 9-24. Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon: And from the plain to the sea of

Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah: The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one; The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one; The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; The king of Dor, in the coast of Dor,

one; the king of the nations of
Gilgai, one; The king of Tirzah,
one: all the kings thirty and one.

RELATION OF THE JEWS

TO THE HEATHEN.
Exod. xxiii, 33. They shall not
dwell in thy land, lest they make
thee sin against me: for if thou
serve their gods, it will surely be

a snare unto thee.

Exod. xxxiil, 16. 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.

Exod. xxxiv, 18. Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a share in the midst of thee.

Num. xv, 14-16, 29. And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. One law, and one manner, shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.

Num. xxili, 9. For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Joshua xxiii, 7. That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow your selves unto them.

1 Kings viii, 53. For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

Neh. xiii, 1-3. On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired

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Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

Ezek. xlvii, 22, 23. And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stra ger Sjourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.

Joel ill, 7. Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither yo have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head.

Ps. ix, 5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

P. xxxiii, 10. The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Ps. cvi, 47. Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

Isa. lxiii, 19. We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

Ezek. xx, 14. But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

Ezek. xxx, 3. For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

Ezek. xxxvi, 7, 20. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name. when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his

land.

Ezek. xxxvii, 28. And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

Hab. iii, 13, 14. Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst X the head out of the house of the

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