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An, excerpt
From
Touch the Throne
A
Novel By
Samuel
And Moses said, Thou
hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.
And the LORD said unto
Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt;
afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely
thrust you out hence altogether.
Speak now in the ears
of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of
her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
And the LORD gave the
people favour in the sight of the Egyptians.
Moreover the man Moses
was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in
the sight of the people. And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight
will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
And all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon
his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill;
and all the firstborn of beasts.
And there shall be a
great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor
shall be like it any more.
But against any of the
children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that
ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and
Israel.
And all these thy
servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get
thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out.
And he went out from
Pharaoh in a great anger.
And the LORD said unto
Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in
the land of Egypt.
And Moses and Aaron did
all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so
that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
And the LORD spake unto
Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the
beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Speak ye unto all the
congregation of Israel, saying,
In the tenth day of
this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of
their fathers, a lamb for an house:
And if the household be
too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it
according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall
make your count for the lamb.
Your lamb shall be
without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep,
or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same
month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the
evening.
And they shall take of
the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of
the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
And they shall eat the
flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs
they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast
with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
And ye shall let
nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until
the morning ye shall burn with fire.
And thus shall ye eat
it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your
hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’S passover.
For I will pass through
the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of
Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute
judgment: I am the LORD.
And the blood shall be
to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I
will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I
smite the land of Egypt.
And this day shall be
unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout
your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Seven days shall ye eat
unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your
houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the
seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
And in the first day
there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an
holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that
which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. And ye shall observe
the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your
armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your
generations by an ordinance for ever.
In the first month, on
the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the
one and twentieth day of the month at even.
Seven days shall there
be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened,
even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be
a stranger, or born in the land.
Ye shall eat nothing
leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
Then Moses called for
all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb
according to your families, and kill the passover.
And ye shall take a
bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the
lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of
you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
For the LORD will pass
through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel,
and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not
suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
And ye shall observe
this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
And it shall come to
pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he
hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
And it shall come to
pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That
ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the
houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and
delivered our houses.
And the people bowed
the head and worshipped.
And the children of
Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did
they.
And it came to pass,
that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from
the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the
captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
And Pharaoh rose up in
the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a
great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not
one dead.
And he called for Moses
and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my
people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have
said.
Also take your flocks
and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
And the Egyptians were
urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for
they said, We be all dead men.
Samuel
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