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babel_n builder_n chap._n iii._o 13_o etc._n etc._n v._o 13._o these_o and_o other_o such_o thing_n you_o may_v find_v close_o couch_v in_o their_o speech_n which_o they_o come_v to_o know_v partly_o by_o tradition_n partly_o by_o live_v so_o near_o israel_n partly_o by_o revelation_n as_o chap._n four_o 12_o and_o chap._n xxxviii_o 1_o thereby_o to_o provoke_v israel_n to_o jealousy_n even_o in_o the_o house_n of_o job_n in_o arabia_n who_o like_a israel_n have_v not_o job_n i_o 8_o after_o the_o death_n of_o levi_n and_o the_o birth_n of_o moses_n god_n also_o chastise_v they_o by_o hard_a affliction_n a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n together_o according_a to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a world_n gen._n vi_fw-la sect_n iv_o exodus_fw-la the_o book_n of_o exodus_fw-la by_o the_o ancient_a jew_n be_v call_v the_o book_n of_o redemption_n abarb._n in_o preface_n to_o exodus_fw-la so_o the_o work_n of_o redemption_n be_v call_v exodus_fw-la luk._n ix_o 31_o israel_n sin_n cause_v 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he_o be_v also_o after_o his_o death_n lest_o he_o shall_v be_v worship_v his_o mother_n be_v pay_v for_o nurse_v she_o own_o child_n iii_o exod._n iii_o he_o live_v forty_o year_n a_o courtier_n other_o forty_o a_o shepherd_n spend_v his_o time_n in_o divine_a contemplation_n in_o one_o of_o which_o thought_n of_o god_n god_n appear_v to_o he_o indeed_o give_v he_o charge_n of_o the_o delivery_n of_o his_o people_n and_o withal_o give_v he_o the_o power_n of_o miracle_n his_o shepherd_n staff_n be_v turn_v into_o a_o serpent_n for_o the_o terror_n of_o egypt_n and_o israel_n if_o they_o rebel_v iu._n exod._n iu._n but_o into_o a_o rod_n again_o for_o israel_n conduct_n if_o they_o obey_v his_o hand_n be_v leprous_a to_o teach_v both_o they_o and_o himself_o that_o not_o that_o impure_a hand_n but_o a_o great_a do_v those_o miracle_n arm_a with_o these_o power_n he_o go_v for_o egypt_n the_o first_o night_n he_o have_v like_a to_o have_v lose_v his_o son_n for_o want_v of_o circumcision_n which_o when_o he_o have_v receive_v he_o be_v unfit_a for_o a_o journey_n and_o so_o he_o and_o his_o mother_n and_o brother_n be_v leave_v behind_o pharaoh_n upon_o moses_n message_n add_v affliction_n but_o god_n will_v approve_v himself_o jehovah_n vi_o exod._n v_n vi_o faithful_a in_o promise_n the_o genealogy_n of_o israel_n undertake_v to_o be_v reckon_v but_o stop_v at_o levi_n which_o tribe_n be_v short_o to_o be_v take_v for_o all_o israel_n pharaoh_n plague_v five_o time_n and_o harden_v his_o heart_n when_o he_o be_v punish_v for_o sin_n xiii_o exod._n vii_o viii_o ix_o x_o xi_o xii_o xiii_o therefore_o god_n harden_v his_o heart_n five_o time_n more_o so_o that_o he_o sin_n for_o a_o punishment_n at_o last_o israel_n be_v deliver_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o a_o lamb._n all_o egyptian_a first-born_a slay_v for_o which_o israel_n first-born_a be_v due_a to_o god_n egyptian_a god_n be_v overthrow_v and_o their_o dog_n strike_v dumb_a from_o their_o come_n out_o 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 _fw-fr 8_o  _fw-fr 9_o  _fw-fr 10_o the_o paschal_n lamb_n be_v take_v up_o  _fw-fr 11_o  _fw-fr exod._n x._o 12_o darkness_n three_o day_n  _fw-fr 13_o darkness_n darkness_n over_o egypt_n while_o israel_n gather_v to_o raamses_n remember_v the_o three_o hour_n darkness_n upon_o the_o jew_n at_o christ_n death_n exod_a xi.xii._n 14_o darkness_n over_o egypt_n all_o day_n the_o passeover_n keep_v at_o night_n  _fw-fr 15_o israel_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n a_o day_n of_o unleavened_a bread_n exod._n xiii_o 16_o they_o come_v to_o etham_n exod._n fourteen_o 17_o they_o come_v to_o pihahiroth_n  _fw-fr 18_o pharaoh_n arm_n after_o they_o  _fw-fr 19_o pursue_v they_o  _fw-fr 20_o overtake_v they_o exod._n xv._o 21_o this_o morning_n they_o sing_v deliverance_n  _fw-fr 22_o from_o hence_o after_o three_o
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have_v conceive_v she_o stay_v with_o she_o three_o month_n luke_n i_o 56_o then_o return_v to_o joseph_n from_o who_o she_o have_v be_v so_o long_o absent_a he_o perceive_v her_o great_a belly_n as_o gen._n xxxviii_o 24_o so_o that_o it_o be_v plain_a to_o see_v how_o proper_o the_o 18_o versâ—_n of_o mat._n i._n follow_v in_o order_n of_o time_n the_o 56th_o verse_n of_o luke_n i._o the_o evangelist_n lay_v the_o genealogy_n before_o that_o every_o reader_n may_v be_v his_o own_o expositor_n upon_o those_o word_n of_o the_o angel_n ver_fw-la 20._o joseph_n thou_o son_n of_o david_n the_o last_o verse_n he_o know_v she_o not_o etc._n etc._n be_v all_o that_o this_o evangelist_n speak_v about_o the_o birth_n of_o christ._n this_o may_v be_v as_o a_o brief_a relation_n upon_o which_o suppose_v the_o two_o next_o section_n to_o be_v as_o exposition_n sect_n v._o luke_n chap._n i._n from_o ver_fw-la 57_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n sect._n 5._o when_o mary_n depart_v to_o her_o 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