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Bible Reading for February 02

Exodus 18
[1] When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all
that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD
had brought Israel out of Egypt;
[2] Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he
had sent her back,
[3] And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he
said, I have been an alien in a strange land: [4] And the name of the other
was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and
delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: [5] And Jethro, Moses' father in
law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where
he encamped at the mount of God: [6] And he said unto Moses, I thy father
in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
[7] And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and
kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into
the tent.
[8] And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto
Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that
had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. [9] And
Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel,
whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. [10] And Jethro
said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people
from under the hand of the Egyptians. [11] Now I know that the LORD is
greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was
above them. [12] And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering
and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to
eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
[13] And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people:
and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. [14] And
when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What
is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself
alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? [15] And
Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to
inquire of God:
[16] When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one
and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
[17] And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is
not good.
[18] Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with
thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it
thyself alone.
[19] Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be
with thee: Be thou for the people to Godward, that thou mayest bring the
causes unto God:
[20] And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the
way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. [21] Moreover
thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of
truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of
thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
[22] And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that
every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they
shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the
burden with thee.
[23] If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt
be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in
peace.
[24] So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that
he had said.
[25] And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over
the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and
rulers of tens.
[26] And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they
brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. [27] And
Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

Exodus 19
[1] In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of
the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. [2]
For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai,
and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the
mount.
[3] And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the
mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the
children of Israel;
[4] Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on
eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. [5] Now therefore, if ye will
obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar
treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
[6] And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These
are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. [7] And
Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their
faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. [8] And all the people
answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And
Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. [9] And the LORD said
unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear
when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words
of the people unto the LORD. [10] And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the
people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their
clothes, [11] And be ready against the third day: for the third day the
LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. [12]
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to
yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it:
whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: [13] There shall
not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through;
whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth
long, they shall come up to the mount. [14] And Moses went down from the
mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their
clothes. [15] And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day:
come not at your wives.
[16] And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were
thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of
the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp
trembled.
[17] And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God;
and they stood at the nether part of the mount. [18] And mount Sinai was
altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the
smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount
quaked greatly. [19] And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and
waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. [20]
And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the
LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. [21] And
the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break
through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. [22] And let the
priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the
LORD break forth upon them. [23] And Moses said unto the LORD, The people
cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds
about the mount, and sanctify it. [24] And the LORD said unto him, Away,
get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let
not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest
he break forth upon them. [25] So Moses went down unto the people, and
spake unto them.

Exodus 20
[1] And God spake all these words, saying, [2] I am the LORD thy God, which
have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
[3] Thou shalt have no other gods before me. [4] Thou shalt not make unto
thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the
earth:
[5] Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD
thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; [6] And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my
commandments.
[7] 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. [8] Remember the
sabbath day, to keep it holy. [9] Six days shalt thou labour, and do all
thy work: [10] 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:
[11] For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that
in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.
[12] Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. [13] Thou shalt not kill.
[14] Thou shalt not commit adultery. [15] Thou shalt not steal.
[16] Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. [17] Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's
wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor
any thing that is thy neighbour's. [18] And all the people saw the
thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the
mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar
off.
[19] And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but
let not God speak with us, lest we die. [20] And Moses said unto the
people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be
before your faces, that ye sin not. [21] And the people stood afar off, and
Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
[22] And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of
Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. [23] Ye shall
not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of
gold.
[24] An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon
thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in
all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless
thee.
[25] And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of
hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
[26] Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness
be not discovered thereon.

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