God.] Who were they? [Ans. The Israelites.] What was the name of Moses's wife? [Ans. Zipporah.] What was his father-in-law's name? [Ans. Jethro.] What Jethro? [Ans. Priest of Midian.] What was the name of Moses's brother? [Ans. Aaron:] What was his sister's name? [Ans Miriam.]

Instruction. After the first of the Pharaohs who made slaves of the Israelites was dead, there came another Pharaoh who was a very wicked man, and he used them still worse, and made their lives quite wretched, so they cried to God, beseeching him to deliver them, and the Lord hearkened to their prayer, and appeared unto Moses in a burning bush, as he was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, at Mount Horeb. And the Lord commanded Moses to go into Egypt and tell the people of Israel that he would certainly deliver them, and bring them into a land flowing with milk and honey, the land of Canaan, as he had promised to their forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. After this the Lord appeared again to Moses, and ordered him to go with Aaron, his brother, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, "Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness." And Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh as the Lord commanded; but Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord that I should obey his voice? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go." Then Pharaoh commanded, the same day, that more work should be given to the people of Israel, for he set his heart to disobey the commandments of the Lord.

Questions.--How did the next Pharaoh use the Israelites? [Ans. Very cruelly.] Was Moses a good man when he grew up? [Ans. Yes] Did God take pity upon his people when the Egyptians used them ill? [Ans. Yes.] How did the Lord appear to Moses? [Ans. In a burning bush.] What promise did God send to them by Moses? Ans. That he would deliver them from the Egyptians.] What command did God send to Pharaoh [Ans. That he should let his people go, that they might serve him.] Who were sent with this command? [Ans. Moses and Aaron] Did Pharaoh obey the Lord? [Ans. No.] What did he say? [Ans. That he would not let the people go.] How did he treat them afterwards? [Ans. More cruelly than before.] Was he not a very wicked man? [Ans. Yes.]

Instruction.---When Pharaoh refused to let the people of Israel go, the Lord wrought many wonderful signs to shew

to the Egyptians and to all the earth, that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, is the only true God. Whenever Moses, as the minister of the Lord, stretched forth a stick which he carried in his hand, and which was called the Rod of God, the Lord wrought a miracle or sign to shew forth his almighty power, and to punish the Egyptians; but none of these plagues fell upon the people of Israel.

And these are the plagues which came upon the Egyptians when Moses, by the command of the Lord, day after day, stretched forth his rod, and called for the plagues, in the sight of Pharaoh and all his servants.

1. The river and all the water of the land was turned into blood, so that the fish that were in the river died.

2. Frogs came up upon all the land, and into the houses, even into the king's chamber.

3. The dust of the land was turned into lice, which tormented man and beast.

14. Dreadful swarms of flies, which bred corruption in the land.

5. Murrain upon beasts, which destroyed the cattle of Egypt.

1.6. Boils and blains upon man and beast.

7. A most dreadful tempest of thunder, lightning, and hail.

8. Swarms of locusts, which ate up every herb of the land, and all the trees that the hail had left.

9. Darkness so dreadful that none of the Egyptians could see, or stir from their places for three days.

10. The death of all the first-born of Egypt.

When the plagues were sent, Pharaoh used to entreat Moses and Aaron to pray that they might be removed, and The then promised to let the people of Israel go to serve the Lord; but as soon as they were taken away, he hardened his heart, and broke his word, and would not let them depart.

Questions.What did the Lord send upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians, to shew his power and punish them? [Ans. Plagues.] What was all the water in the rivers turned into? [Ans. Blood.] What disagreeable creatures came into all their houses? [Ans. Frogs.] What was the dust of the ardand turned into? Ans. Lice.] What destroyed the cattle {of Egypt? [Anso Murtain.] What came out upon man and Cubeasts. Boils.] What dreadful plague came in the air? [Ans. A tempest of thunder, and lightning, and hail.]

What creatures did God send to eat up all the herbs and trees? [Ans. Locusts.] What plague was sent next? [Ans. Darkness that might be felt.] What was the last plague? [Ans. The death of all their first-born.] Did any of these plagues fall upon the children of Israel? [Ans. No.]

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Instruction.---Before the Lord brought the last plague upon the Egyptians, he commanded Moses to tell the people of Israel to kill a lamb for every family, and to put some of its blood upon the door-posts of their houses, as a sign that they believed the Lord would spare their first-born when he should destroy those of the Egyptians; when they had done so, they were to make a feast of the lamb, and to eat the flesh with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, and they were to eat it in haste, with their staves in their hands, and every thing ready for a journey. The Israelites did as the Lord commanded, and at midnight the Lord sent his angel to destroy the first born of the Egyptians; and there was a great ery throughout all the land of Egypt, for there was not among the Egyptians a house in which there was not one dead, but of the children of Israel died not one.

And Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron by night, and 'said, Rise up, and get ye forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel, and take your flocks and your herds, and be gone, and bless me also." And the Egyptians were urgent that they should go out of the land, } for they said, "We be all dead men." Then the people of Israel departed from Egypt, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children; and the time they had dwelt as strangers in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years; and Moses carried the bones of Joseph with them, as he had desired. And the Lord commanded the people of Israel to keep the feast of the Passover every year from that time, in remembrance of his passing over their houses when he destroyed the Egyptians, and of his delivering them out of the land of bondage.

Questions-What was the last plague which the Lord sent. upon the Egyptians? [Ans. The death of their first born.] Who were the first-born? [Ans. Their eldest children.] Did all

the first-born of Egypt die? [Ans. Yes.] Did any of those Israelites die? [Ans. No.] What did Pharaoh beg of Moses and Aaron to do? [Ans. To take all the people of Israel away.] What were they all commanded to do before they went, as a sign that they believed the Lord would save their first-born? [Ans. To kill a lamb, and put the blood upon the door-posts.] What were they to do with the flesh of the lamb? [Ans. Eat ir:] What were they to eat with it? [Ans. Bitter herbs.] How were they to eat it? [Ans. In haste.] Did the Israelites do so? [Ans. Yes.] What happened at midnight? [Ans. The Lord sent his angel to destroy the first-born of Egypt.] What did Pharaoh beg of Moses and Aaron to do then? [Ans. To depart, and take all the people away.] Did they all go? Ans. Yes.] How many were there of them? [Ans. Six hundred thousand men, besides women and children.] How many went into Egypt when Joseph was governor? [Ans. Threescore and six.] Did not the Lord multiply the race of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as he had promised? [Ans. Yes.]

Instruction. When Pharaoh heard that all the people of Israel were gone, he made ready his chariot, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over them, and all his host, and pursued after Israel; and when Israel perceived that Pharaoh and his host were near at hand, and that there was no way for them to escape, they were greatly terrified; but the Lord commanded Moses to lift up his rod over the Red Sea, which was before them, and immediately the Red Sea divided, so that the waters stood up like a wall on the right hand and on the left; and the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry land, and passed over to the other side; but when Pharaoh and his host followed them, the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh, that came into the sea after them there remained not so much as one of them. Thus the Lord saved Isiael that day out of the hand of the Egyp tians. And Israel saw the Egyptians dead that day upon the sea shore. And the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord and his servant Moses.

Questions-What did Pharaoh do when he heard the people of Israel were really gone? [Ans. Pursued after them with his chariots and horsemen.] What did the Lord do to save his people from Pharaoh and his host? [Ans. Divided the Red Sea. How did his people pass through the sea? [Ans. On dry land.] Did the Egyptians go over on dry

land [Ans. No.] What became of them? [Ans. They were all drowned.] Was not this a most wonderful deliverance? [Ans. Yes.] What did the Lord prove by all the wonders he wrought in Egypt? Ans. That he is the only God.] How long had the people of Israel lived as strangers in the land of Egypt? [Ans, Four hundred and thirty years.] What feast did the Lord command the Israelites to keep every year, in remembrance of his having saved their first-bora? [Ans. The Passover.]*

LECTURE XI.

Instruction.-Though the Lord had wrought such miracles for their deliverance, the people of Israel were disheartened with every disappointment that befel them. It happened as they were marching through the wilderness of Shur, that they were in great want of water, and the first water they came to was bitter, and they immediately began to murmur against Moses and Aaron, on which the Lord made the bitter water sweet. After this they arrived at a very pleasant place, called Elim, where they stopped and refreshed themselves, and then went on their journey; but they soon began to murmur again, because their provisions ran short, and they

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mised to rain bread from heaven for them; and for forty years the Lord sent, manna to serve them for bread. This manna was in its appearance like a round seed, very sweet to the taste, and every morning it was found upon the ground as thick as the white frost; and the people of Israel were commanded to gather a certain quantity of it fresh every day, of which they made cakes; but if they kept any of it till the evening it was good for nothing, and they were obliged to throw it away, except on the sixth day of the week, when they were commanded to gather a double portion of it, that they might not have occasion to gather it on the Sabbath day, and what was thus gathered for the Sabbath kept good, and no manna fell from heaven on the Sabbath day. And the Lord commanded Moses to gather up a pot full of manna to be kept for other generations; and the manna which was put into the pot kept without spoiling for a great number of years.

*The sixth portion of Miscellaneous Questions to be asked here.