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Ch.13-17

SECTION XVI.

BESHALACH.

AND it waswhen Pharoh bad released the people, that the Lord did not conduct, them by theway of the land of the Phelishtaeethough. that was the near one; for the Lord said, Lest the people be affrightedin seeing their brethren who were killed in war, two hundred thousand men ofstrength of the tribe of Ephraim, who took shields, and lances, and weapons ofwar, and went down to Gath to carry off the flocks of the Phelishtaee; andbecause the transgressed against the statute of the Word of the Lord, and wentforth from Mizraim three years before the (appointed) end of their servitude, theywere delivered into the hand of the Phelishtaee, who slew them. These are thedry bones which the Word of the Lord restored to life by the ministry (hand) ofYechezekel the prophet, in the vale of Dura; but which, if they (now) saw them,they would be afraid, and return into Mizraim. But the Lord led the peopleround by the way of the desert of the sea of Suph; and every one of the sons ofIsrael, with five children, went up from the land of Mizraim. Arid Moshehcarried up the ark in which were the bones of Joseph, from out of the Nilos,and took them with him; because, adjuring, he adjured the sons of Israel,saving, The Lord will surely remember you, and you shall carry up my bones withyou.

And theyjourneyed from Succoth, the place where they had been covered with the cloudsof glory, and sojourned in Ethan, which is on the side of the desert.[[JERUSALEM. IS. And the Word of the Lord conducted the people by the way ofthe desert of the sea of Suph; armed in good works went up the sons of Israel,free from the land of Mizraim. 19. For, adjuring, he adjured the sons ofIsrael, saving, The Lord remembering; will remember you in is Word, and in Hisgood mercies. 20. Which cometh upon the end of the desert.] And the glory ofthe Shekinah of the Lord went before them by day in the column of the Cloud tolead them in the way, and at night the column of the Cloud removed behind themto darken on their pursuers behind them ; but to be a column of fire toenlighten them before, that they might go forward by day and by night. Thecolumn of the Cloud departed not by day, nor the column of fire by night, inleading on before the people. [[JERUSALEM. It ceased not.]

XIV. And the Lord spake to Mosheh, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that theyreturn back, and encamp before the Mouths of Hiratha,[1] asthey lie, created after the manner (likeness) of the children of men, male andfemale, and their eyes open to them: it is the place of Tanes, which is betweenMigdol and the sea, before the idol Zephon (Typhon), that is left of all theidols of Mizraim. For the Mizraee will say, More excellent is Baal Zephon thanall idols, because it is left, and not smitten; and therefore will they come toworship it, and will find that you are encamped nigh unto it, on the border ofthe sea.

AndPharoh said to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Israel, who had remained in Mizraim,The people of the house of Israel are bewildered in the land: the idol Zephonhath shut them in close upon the desert. [JERUSALEM. 2. And they shall returnand encamp before the caravansaries of Hiratha, between Migdol and the sea,before the idol of Zephon, ye shall encamp over against it. And Pharoh will sayconcerning the people of the sons of Israel, They are losing themselves in thewilderness: the idol of Peor hath shut them in before the desert.] And I willstrengthen the design of Pharoh's heart to pursue after them, and I will beglorified upon Pharoh and upon his hosts, and the Mizraee shall know that I amthe Lord. And they did so.

And the officers[2]who went with Israel announced that the people had fled. [[JERUSALEM. And itwas declared to the king.] And the heart of Pharoh and his servants was turnedunto evil against the people; and they said, What is this that we have done?for we have released Israel from serving us. And he himself prepared hischariot, and his people led he with him by soft words. And he took six hundredchoice chariots, and all the chariots of the Mizraee his servants, who wereafraid of the Word of the Lord, lest they should be killed with pestilence, ifnot with hail: and a third mule, for drawing and following swiftly, he added toeach chariot. And the Lord hardened the design of the heart of Pharoh king ofMizraim, and he pursued after the sons of Israel. But the sons of Israel, goingout with a high hand, were stronger than the Mizraee. And the Mizraee followedafter them, and came upon them as they were encamped by the sea, gathering ofpearls and goodly stones, which the river Pishon had carried from the garden ofEden into the Gihon, and the Gihon had carried into the sea of Suph, and thesea of Suph bad cast upon its bank. But all the chariot horses of Pharoh, andhis horsemen, and his hosts (were coming) towards the Mouths of Hiratha, whichare before the idol Zephon. And Pharoh saw the idol Zephon (still) preserved,and offered oblations before it. And the children of Israel lifted up theireyes, and, beheld, the Mizraee were pursuing them; and they were sorely afraid,and the children of Israel prayed before the Lord. But the wicked generationsaid to Mosheh, Because there were no places of burial for us in Mizraim, hastthou led us forth to die in the wilderness ? What hast thou done to us, inbringing us out of Mizraim? Was as not this the word that we spake to thee inMizraim, Let the Lord manifest Himself over us and judge, saying, Desist fromus, and we will serve the Mizraee? for it is better for us to serve the Mizraeethan to perish in the desert. [JERUSALEM. 9. But the sons of Israel had goneout free.... Before the caravansaries of Hiratha, before the idol Zephon.]

Four parties were made (among)the sons of Israel on the shore of the Weedy Sea: one said, Let us go down intothe sea; another said, Let us return into Mizraim; another said Let us setagainst them the line of battle; and another said Let us raise a cry againstthem, and confound them. Unto the company which said, Let us go down to thesea, spake Mosheh, Fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord,which will be wrought for you to‑day. To the company which said, Let usreturn into Mizraim Mosheh said, You shall not return; for, though you see theMizraee to‑day, you will see them no more for ever. To the company whosaid, Let us set against them the line of battle, said Mosheh, Contend not; forthe victory shall be wrought among you from the presence of the Lord. And tothe company who said. Let us raise a cry against them, Mosheh said, Be silent;and give the glory, and praise, and exaltation to your God.

And the Lord saidto Mosheh, Why standest thou praying before Me? Behold, the prayers of Mypeople have come before thy own: speak to the sons of Israel, that they goforward; and thou, lift up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand with it over thesea, and divide it: and the sons of Israel shall go through the midst of ,thesea upon the ground. For, behold, I will harden the design of the heart of theMizraee, and they will go in after them; and I will be glorified upon Pharohand upon all his hosts, upon his chariots and his horsemen; that the Mizraeemay know that I am the Lord, when I am glorified upon Pharoh, upon his chariotsand horsemen.

[JERUSALEM.13. Four companies made the sons of Israel, standing by the Weedy Sea. Onesaid, Let us fall upon the sea; another said, Let us return to Mizraim; anothersaid, Let us array battle against them; and another said, Let us shout againstthem to confuse them. To that company who said, Let us fall upon the sea,Mosheh said, Fear not; stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord whichshall be wrought for you this day. To the company who said, We will return untoMizraim, Mosheh said, Fear not; for as you have seen the Mizraee to‑day,you will see them no more in bondage for ever. To the company who said, We willarray battle against them, Mosheh said, Fear not; the Lord, in the glory of HisShekinah, will work the victory for your hosts. To the company who had said,Let us shout against them to confound them, Mosheh said, Fear not; stand and besilent; and give the glory, and praise, and exaltation unto Eloha. 15. And theWord of the Lord said to Mosheh, How long standest thou praying before Me ?Heard before Me are thy prayers; but the prayers of My people have precededthine. Speak to the sons of Israel that they go forward; and thou, lift, up thyrod and stretch forth thy hand.]

And theAngel of the Lord who led the way before the hosts of Israel went and camebehind them; and the column of the Cloud went from before and stood behindthem: because the Mizraee threw darts and stones at the Israelites, but theCloud intercepted them and it came between the host of Israel and the host ofthe Mizraee; a cloud, one half of which was light and one half darkness. On theone side it darkened upon the Mizraee, and on the other side it shined uponIsrael all night; and one host did not attack the other all the night.

AndMosheh stretched out his hand over the sea, with the great and glorious rodwhich was created at the beginning, and on which were engraven and set forththe Great and Glorious Name, and the ten signs which had smitten the Mizraee,and the three fathers of the world, and the six mothers, and the twelve tribesof Jakob: and straightway the Lord brought a vehement east wind upon the seaall night, and made the sea dry; and divided the waters into twelve divisionsaccording to the twelve tribes of Jacob. [JERUSALEM. 20. And the cloud was halflight and half darkness: light, it enlightened upon Israel; and darkness, itdarkened upon Mizraim. And those came not against these, to set battle inorder, all the night. 21. And he stretched forth.] And the children of Israelwent through the midst of the sea upon the ground, and the waters werecongealed like a wall, three hundred miles on their right hand and on theirleft.

And theMizraee followed and went in after them, all the horses of Pharoh, and hischariots and horsemen, into the midst of the sea. And it was that in themorning watch, at the time that the powers on high come to offer praise, theLord looked forth with anger upon the hosts of the Mizraee from the column offire, to hurl upon them flakes of fire and hail, and from the column of cloud,and confounded the host of the Mizraee and He brake (or, made rough) the wheelsof Pharoh's carriages, so that they drave them with hardship, and that theywent on and left them behind. And the Mizraee said one to another, Let us fleefrom the people of the house of Israel; for this is the Word of the Lord whofought for them in Mizraim.

And the Lordsaid to Mosheh, Stretch forth thy band over the sea, that the waters may returnupon the Mizraee, upon their chariots and upon their horsemen. And Moshehstretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned at the time of themorning unto its strength; and the Mizraee fled from before its waves. And theLord strengthened the Mizraee in the midst of the sea, that they should not(soon) die in the midst of it, that they might receive the punishment which hadbeen sent to them. [JERUSALEM. 24. And it was in the time of the morning thatthe Word of the Lord looked upon the host of the Mizraee, and hurled upon thembitumen (naphtha), and fire, and stones of hail, and conturbed the host of theMizraee. And he unloosed the wheels of their carriages, so that they went, draggingthem after them: the mules, going after their way before the wheels, wereturned, so as that the wheels went before the mules, and they were cast intothe sea. The Mizraee answered and said on to another, Let us flee from beforethe people of the sons of Israel; for this is the Word of the Lord who workethvictory for them in their battles; so that they set the back against Mizraim.26. Stretch forth. 27. And Mosheh stretched forth his hand over the sea, andthe sea returned at the time of the morning to its place.] And the waves of thesea returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen.. and all the host ofPharoh who had gone in after them, into the sea, not one among them was left.But the sons of Israel walked on the ground in the midst of the sea, and thewaters to them were as walls on their right band and on their left. That daythe Lord redeemed and saved Israel from the hand of the Mizraee; and Israel sawthe Mizraee, dead and not dead, cast upon the shore of the sea. And Israel sawthe power of the mighty hand by which the Lord had wrought the miracles inMizraim; and the people feared before the Lord, and believed in the Name of theWord of the Lord, and in the prophecies of Mosheh His servant.

XV. Behold:then sang, Mosheh and the sons of Israel this song of praise before the Lordand saying they said:

Thanksgivingand praise we bring before the Lord Most High, who is glorified above theglorious, and exalted above the exalted; who punisheth by His Word whomsoeverglorifieth himself before Him.

Thereforewhen Pharoh the wicked bare himself proudly before the Lord, and, beinguplifted in his heart, followed after the people of the sons of Israel, theirhorses and their chariots He threw and buried in the sea of Suph.

[JERUSALEM.Then sang Mosheh and the sons of Israel the praise of this song, before theLord, saying, to say: Thanksgiving and praise bring we before the Lord, who ishigh above the highest, and glorified above the glorious, and who punisheth byHis Word whom. whomsoever glorifieth himself before Him. The horses and theirriders, because they bare themselves proudly and followed after the people ofthe house of Israel, He hath thrown and buried in the sea of Suph.]

TheLord is Mighty, and greatly to be feared over all the world. He spake in HisWord, and became to me a God of salvation.

Fromtheir mothers' breasts even the children have given signs with their fingers totheir fathers, and said This is our God, who nourished us with honey from therock, and with oil from the stone of clay, at the time when our mothers wentforth upon the face of the :geld to give us birth, and leave us there; and Hesent an angel who washed us and enwrapped us; and now will we praise Him: He isthe God of our fathers, and we will exalt Him.

The sons of Israel said, The Lord is a man making war for us: from generationto generation He maketh known His power unto the people of the house of Israel.The Lord is His Name; according to His Name, so is His power; His Name shall beblessed for ever and ever.

Thechariots of Pharoh and his hosts He hath cast into the sea; the goodliest ofhis young men hath He thrown and drowned in the sea of Suph. The deep coveredthem over, they wenr down and are buried in the depths of the sea, and are as silentas a stone.

Thy righthand, 0 Lord, how glorious is it in power? Thy right hand, 0 Lord, hath cut offthe adversaries of Thy people who rose against them to do them hurt. And in theplenitude and greatness of Thy majesty Thou hast destroyed the walls of the enemiesof Thy people.

Thouwilt pour upon them Thy fierce anger, Thou wilt consume them as the burningfire prevails over the stubble. For by the Word from before Thee the watersbecame heaps; they stood, as if bound like skins that confine flowing water,and the depths were congealed in the flood of the great sea.

Pharoh the wicked, the hater and adversary, did say, I will follow after thepeople of the sons of Israel, and will lay waste their camp on the bank of thesea: I will set war in array against them, and kill them, small and great,despoil them of much spoil, bring them back into great captivity, and dividetheir substance among my people who make war: and when my soul is satisfiedwith the blood of their slain, I will sheathe my sword, having, destroyed themwith my right hand.

[JERUSALEM.The Lord is Mighty, and greatly to bepraised and feared over all the world. He spake in His Word, and for us becamesalvation.

[From theirmothers' breasts have even the children given signs with their fingers unto thefathers, and have said to them, This is our Father, who nourished us with honeyfrom the rock, and gave us oil from the stone of clay.

[Thesons of Israel answered and said one to another, He is our God, and we willpraise Him; the God of our fathers, and we will exalt Him.

[TheLord in the glory of His Shekinah is He who worketh victory for your arms. Fromone generation to another He maketh known His power to the people of the houseof Israel.

[HisName is the Lord: as is His Name, so is His power; let His name be glorifiedfor ever and ever.

[Uponthe chariots of Pharoh and his host He shot arrows in the sea; his goodly youngmen and his men of strength He hath drowned in the sea of Suph. How glorious isThy right hand, 0 Lord, in power, which bath broken and shattered the walls ofthe enemies of Thy people!

[Pharohthe wicked, the hater and adversary, did say, I will follow after the people ofthe sons of Israel and will overtake them encamped at the side of the sea. Iwill lead them captive into great captivity, and despoil, them of great spoil;I will divide their substance among my men of war; and when my soul shall besatisfied with them, I will sheathe my sword, when I shall have destroyed themwith my right hand.]

Thoudidst blow with the wind from before Thee, 0 Lord, and the waves of the seacovered them; they went down, and sank as lead in the proud waters.

Whois like Thee among the exalted gods, 0 Lord, who is like Thee, glorious inholiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders and manifestations for Thy people,the house of Israel ?

The sea spaketo the earth, Receive but the earth spake to the sea, Receive thy murderers.And the sea was not willing to overwhelm them, and the earth was not willing toswallow them up. The earth was afraid to receive them, lest they should berequired from her in the day of the great judgment in the world to come, evenas the blood of Habel will be required of her: whereupon Thou, 0 Lord, didststretch forth Thy right hand in swearing to the earth that in the world to comethey should not be required of her. And the earth opened her mouth and consumedthem.

[JERUSALEM.The sea and the earth had controversy one with the other. The sea said to theearth, Receive thy children; and the earth said to the sea, Receive thymurderers. But the earth willed not to swallow them, and the sea willed not tooverwhelm them. And by the Word from before Thee Thou. didst stretch forth Thyright hand in oath., and didst swear unto the earth that Thou wilt not requirethem of her in the world to come. Then did the earth open her mouth and swallowthem up.]

Thouhast led in Thy mercy the people whom Thou hast redeemed, and given them theheritage of the mountain of Thy sanctuary, the place of the dwelling of Thyholy Shekinah.

The nationswill hear and be afraid; terror will lay hold upon them, even upon all thepillars of the inhabitants of the Palestinian land. Behold, then will theprinces of the Edomaee be confounded, the strong ones of Moaba will be seizedwith fear, their heart within them will melt away, even all the pillars of theinhabitants of the Kenaanian land.

Through thepower of Thy mighty arm, let the terrors of death fall upon them, let them besilent as a stone, till the time when Thy people, 0 Lord, shall have passed thestreams of Arnona, till the time when Thy people whom Thou didst ransom shallhave crossed the dividing current of Jabeka.

Thouwilt bring them in, and plant them on the mountain of Thy sanctuary, the placewhich Thou hast provided before the throne of Thy glory, the house of Thy holyShekinah, which Thou, 0 Lord, hast prepared, Thy sanctuary that with both handsThou hast established.

When thepeople of the house of Israel beheld the signs and manifestations which theHoly One, whose Name be praised, had done at the sea of Suph, and the power ofHis hand, the children of the captives answering said one to the other, Come,and let us set the crown of majesty on the head of our Redeemer, who maketh topass over, and passeth not; who changeth, and is not changed; whose is thecrown of the kingdom; the King of kings in this world; whose, too, is thekingdom in the world to come, for ever and ever.

[JERUSALEM.16. Thou wilt make the terror of death to fall upon them and undoing, by thepower of Thy mighty arm, that they shall be as silent as a stone, until thispeople whom Thou hast redeemed shall have gone over the dividing stream ofJobeka and that of Jardena; till this people shall have passed over whom Thouhast ransomed for Thy Name. 17. Thou wilt bring them in, and wilt plant them inthe mountain of Thy inheritance, the dwelling of the glory of Thy holiness,which Thou 0 Lord, hast prepared for Thyself, the sanctuary of the Lord that withboth hands He hath established. 18. When the house of Israel had beheld thesigns and wonders that the Holy One, Blessed be He, had wrought for them at theborder of the sea, let His great Name be blessed for ever and ever,­ theygave glory and thanksgiving and exaltation unto their God. The sons of Israelanswered and said one to another, Come, let us set the crown upon the bead ofthe Redeemer, who causeth to pass over, but is not passed; who changeth, but isnot changed; the King of kings in this world; whose, too, is the crown of thekingdom of the world to come, and whose it will be for ever and ever.]

ForPharoh's horses with his chariots and horsemen went into the sea, and the Lordmade the waters of the sea to return upon them; but the sons of Israel walkedupon the land in the midst of the sea, and there did spring up sweet fountainsand trees yielding food and verdure and ripe fruits, (even) on the ground ofthe sea.

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aharon, took a tambourine in her hand,and all the women came out after her, dancing with tambourines and playing oninstruments. [JERUSALEM. With tambourines dancing.] And Miriam sang to them,Let us give thanks and praise before the Lord, for might and supremacy are His;above the proud He is glorified, and above the lofty He is exalted. When thewicked, Pharoh in his pride followed after the people of the sons of Israel,his horses and his chariots did He cast and drown in the sea of Suph.

And Moshehmade Israel go forward from the sea of Suph, and they went forth into thewilderness of Chalutsa. [JERUSALEM. The way of Chalutsa.] And they journeyedthree days in the desert, empty of instruction, and found no water. And theycame to Marah, but could not drink the waters of Marah because they werebitter; therefore he called the name of it Marah. And the people murmuredagainst Mosheh, saying, What shall we drink? [JERUSALEM. And the peoplecontended.] And he prayed before the Lord, and the Lord showed him the bittertree of Ardiphne;[3] and lie wrote upon it the great andglorious Name, and cast it into the midst of the waters, and the waters wererendered sweet. And there did the Word of the Lord appoint to him the ordinanceof the Sabbath, and the statute of honouring father and mother, the judgmentsconcerning wounds and bruises., and the punishments wherewith offenders arepunished; and there he tried (them) with the tenth trial, and said, If you willtruly hearken to the Word of the Lord your God, and do that which is rightbefore Him, and will listen to His precepts and keep all His statutes, allthose evil things that I laid upon the Mizraee I will not lay upon thee: but ifthou wilt transgress against the word of the law, upon thee shall they be sent.If thou convert, I will remove them from thee; for I am the Lord thy Healer.[JERUSALEM. 25. And Mosheh prayed before the Lord, and the Word of the Lordshowed him the tree of Ardiphne, and he cast it into the midst of the waters,and the waters were made sweet. There did the Word of the Lord show unto himstatutes and orders of judgment, and there He tried him with trials in thetenth trial. 26. For I am the Lord who healeth thee by My Word.] And they cameto Elim; and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, a fountain for each tribe;and seventy palm‑trees, corresponding with the seventy elders of Israel:and they encamped there by the waters. [JERUSALEM. And they came to Elim, where were twelve fountains of water, answering tothe twelve tribes of Israel, and seventy palm‑trees, answering to theseventy elders of the sanhedrin of Israel.]

               XVI.And the whole congregation of Israel jour­neyed from Elim, and came to thedesert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of themonth of Ijar, the second month from their going forth from the land ofMizraim. And on that day the bread which they had brought out of Mizraim wasfinished. And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Mosheh and against Aharonin the desert. And the sons of Israel said to them, Would that we had died bythe Word of the Lord in the land of Mizraim, when we sat by the cisterns ofmeat, and ate bread and had enough! Why hast thou brought us out into thiswilderness to kill all this congregation with hunger? And the Lord said toMosheh, Behold, I will cause the bread which hath been laid up for you from thebeginning to descend from heaven: and the people shall go out and gather thematter of a day by the day, that I may try them whether they will keep thecommandments of My law or not. And on the sixth day they shall prepare whatthey set before them to eat on the day of the Sabbath; and they shall mix inthe houses and communicate in their dwellings, so that by carrying th)is tothat, they may have double of that which they gather from day to day.

And Mosheh and Aharon said to allthe sons of Israel, At evening you shall know that the Lord hath brought youout free from the land of Mizraim; and in the morning will be revealed to youthe glory of the Shekinah of the Lord; and we, what are we accounted, that youcomplain against us? [JERUSALEM. And we, what are we accounted?] And Moshehsaid, By this you shall know, when the Lord prepareth you at evening flesh toeat, and in the morning bread to satisfy, that your complainings wherewith youcomplain against Him are heard before the Lord. And we, what are we accounted?Your complaints are not against us, but against the Word of the Lord. Moshehsaid to Aharon, Bid all the congregation of the sons of Israel draw nigh beforethe Lord; for your murmuring are heard before Him.

Andit was while Aharon was speaking with all the congregation of Israel that theyturned towards the desert, and, behold, the glory of the majesty of the Lordwas revealed in the cloud of glory. And the Lord spake to Mosheh, sayingHearing I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel before Me. Speak thouwith them, saying, Between the evenings (suns) you shall eat flesh, and in themorning shall you eat bread, and shall know that I am the Lord your God.

And it came topass, that in the evening the pheasants[4] came up and covered the camp; and inthe morning there was a fall of holy dew, prepared as a table, round about thecamp: and the clouds ascended and caused manna to descend upon the dew; andthere was upon the face of the desert a minute (substance) in lines,[5]minute as the hoar frost upon the ground. [JERUSALEM. As hoar frost.] And thesons of Israel beheld, and wondered, and said, a man to his companion, Man Hu?[6]for they knew not what it was. And Mosheh said to them, It is the bread whichhath been laid up for you from the beginning in the heavens on high, and now the Lord will give it you to eat. Thisis the word which the Lord hath dictated: You are to gather of it, every manaccording to the number Of Your souls; every man according to the mouth of thenumber of the persons of his tabernacle, are you to take. And the sons ofIsrael did so, and gathered manna said to them, Let no man make a reserve of ittill the morning. But (some of them) hearkened not to Mosheh: Dathan andAbiram, men of wickedness, did reserve of it till the morning; but it producedworms and putrefied; and Mosheh was angry with them. And they gathered from thetime of the dawn until the fourth hour of the day, every man according to hiseating; but at the fourth hour, when the sun had waxed hot upon it, itliquefied, and made streams of water, [JERUSALEM. Became as streams,] whichflowed away into the Great Sea; and wild animals that were clean, and cattle,came to drink of it, and the sons of Israel hunted, and ate them. And it cameto pass on the sixth day they gathered double bread, two homers a man; and allthe princes of the congregation came and told Mosheh. And Mosheh said to them,This which the Lord hath told you, do. To‑morrow is the rest of the holySabbath before the Lord: That which is needful to have to bake for to‑morrow,bake to‑day; and what is needful to boil for to‑morrow, boil to‑day:and all whatever remaineth of that which on eat to‑day lay it up, and itshall be preserved until the morning. And they laid it up until the morning, asMosheh had directed them; and it did not corrupt, and no worm was in it. AndMosheh said to them, Eat to-day, because this is the Sabbath day before theLord. This day you will not find any in the feild. Six days you shall gather,but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, no manna will come down. And itwas that on the seventh day some of the wicked people went forth to gathermanna, but they found none. And the Lord said to Mosheh, How long will ye refuseto keep My commandments and My laws ? Behold, because I have given you theSabbath, I gave you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man abide inhis Place, and not wander from one locality to another, beyond four yards;[7]nor let any man go forth to walk beyond two thousand yards on the seventh day;for the people shall repose on the seventh day.

Andthe house of Israel called the name of it Manna; and it was like the seed ofcoriander,[8] white, and the taste of it likepreparations of honey. [JERUSALEM. Like the seed of coriander, and the taste ofit like confections of honey.] And Mosheh said, This is the thing which theLord hath commanded to lay up of it a homer full to keep in your generations;that perverse generations may see the bread which you have eaten in thewilderness, in your coming forth out of the land of Mizraim. And Mosheh said toAharon, Take one earthen vase, and put therein a full homera of manna, and layit up before the Lord to be kept unto your generations. As the Lord commandedMosheh, so did Aharon, lay it up before the testimony to be kept. And thechildren of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to ail inhabitedland: manna did they eat forty days after his death, until they had passed theJordena, and entered upon the borders of the land of Kenaan. And a homera isone tenth of three seahs.

XVII. And allthe congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed from the desert of Sin bytheir journeyings according to the word of the Lord, and they encamped inRephidim, a place where their bands were idle in the commandments of the law,and the fountains were dry, and there was no water for the people to drink. Andthe wicked of the, people contended with Mosheh, and said, Give us water, thatwe may drink. And Mosheh said to them, Why contend you with me? and why temptyou before the Lord? But the people were athirst for water, and the peoplemurmured against Mosheh, and said, Why hast thou made us come up out ofMizraim, to kill us, and our children, and our cattle with thirst ? And Moshehprayed before the Lord, saying What shall I do for this people? Yet a verylittle, and they will stone me. And the Lord said to Mosheh, Pass over beforethe people, and take with thee some of the elders of Israel, and the rod withwhich thou didst smite the river take in thy hand, and go from the face oftheir murmuring. Behold, I will stand before thee there, on the spot where thousawest the impress[9] of the foot on Horeb; and thou shaltsmite the rock with thy rod, and therefrom shall come forth waters fordrinking, and the people shall drink. And Mosheh did so before the elders ofIsrael. And he called the name of that place Temptation and Strife; becausethere the sons of Israel contended with Mosheh, and because they tempted theLord, saying, Doth the glory of the majesty of the Lord trul dwell among us, ornot?

And Amalekcame from the land of the south and leaped on that night a thousand and sixhundred miles; and on account of the disagreement which had been between Esauand Jakob, he came and waged war with Israel in Rephidim, and took and killed(some of the) men of the house of Dan; for the cloud did not embrace them,because of the strange worship that was among them. And Mosheh said toJehoshua, Choose such men as are strong in the precepts, and victorious infight; and go, under the Cloud of glory, and set battle in array against thehosts of Amalek. To‑morrow I will stand, prepared with fasting, with therighteous fathers of the chiefs of the people, and the righteous mothers whoare like the hills, with the rod with which the miracles have been wrought frombefore the Lord, in my hand. And Jehoshua did as Mosheh bad bidden him, to wagewar with Amalek. And Mosheh, and Aharon, and Hur went up to the top of theheight. And it was, when Mosheh lifted up his hands in prayer, that the houseof Israel prevailed; and when he rested his hand from praying, that the houseof Amalek prevailedand. And the hands of Mosheh were heavy, because theconflict was prolonged till the morrow, and the deliverance of Israel was notprepared on that day; and he could not hold them up in prayer; on which accounthe would have afflicted his soul. And they took a stone, and placed it underhim, and he sat upon it; and Aharon and Hur supported his hand, this the one,and that the other; and his hands were outstretched with firmness, (or,fidelity,) in prayer and fasting, until the going down of the sun. And Jehoshuashattered Amalek, and cut off the heads, of the strong men of his people, bythe mouth of the Word of the Lord, with the slaughter of the sword. [Jerusalem.11. And it was that when Mosheh lifted up his hands in prayer, the house ofIsrael prevailed; and when his hands declined from prayer, Amalek prevailed;and (Israel) fell. in the line of battle. 12. And the hands of Mosheh werelifted up in prayer.]

And the Lordsaid unto Mosheh, Write this memorial in the book of the elders that were ofold, and these words in the hearing, of Jehoshua, that blotting, I will blotout the memory of Amalek from under the heavens. And Mosheh builded an altar,and called the name of it, The Word of the Lord is my banner; for the signwhich He hath wrought (in this) place was on my behalf. And he said, Becausethe Word of the Lord hath sworn by the throne of His glory, that He by His Wordwill fight against those of the house of Amalek, and destroy them unto threegenerations; from the generation of this world, from the generation of theMeshiha, and from the generation of the world to come. [JERUSALEM. 16. And hesaid, The oath hath come forth from beneath the throne of the Great One, of allthe world the Lord; the first king who will sit upon the throne of the kingdomof the sons of Israel, Shaul, the son of Kish, will set the battle in arrayagainst the house of Amalek, and will slay them; and those of them that remainwill Mardekai and Esther destroy. The Lord hath said by His Word that thememory of Amalek shall perish to the age of ages.]

[1] They were two lofty rocks, with a defilebetween them, called the (pi) mouth ofthe rocks.-- R.S. Izhaki, in loco.

[1] Oktaraia: "Octarions,prafecti militares."

[1] The Ardiphne, Hirdoph, and sometimes Rododaphne, is described in Shemoth Rabba as a tree which grows beside water and bears flowerslike lilies, of a bitter taste. The name us given also to the bitter herbseaten with the passover. (Tr. Pesachim, 39.) The old commentator in the Yalkut says, "This was one miracle within another,--bitter waters made sweet by a bitter tree."

[1] Phisyonin.

[1] Mesargal.

[1] "What is it?"

[1] Garmidee.

[1] Kusebar.

[1] Roshem.