The Pentateuch, Torah, of the Five Books of Moses, Exodus & Leviticus: Shows the Mass Movement, Though Slow, of Israel by the Lord’S Own Truss & Fuss; It Is Primed to Be Rhymed to & Fro

By Warren Sherwood Bennett

This is Mr. Bennetts twelfth book- poem at age ninety-one. Only one more to go to fulfill his goal of completing the entire Bible, (except Revelation), in metered rhyme. His cosmic compassion creating each rhyme is most musical, as given to him in answer to his prayers.

May the Peace of the Lord be with you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 24, 2018
• ISBN: 9781546231288

Warren Sherwood Bennett

As said in the prophecy, God is the source of all knowledge and life-giving breath. These matters of the fact lead the way to all forces on Earth and all unto death. This author has visualized and realized how his life has been blessed with the verse to feel with his zeal just how he could be prized with some wisdom of God’s universe. They recently had a great-grandchild, a boy, as their twenty-fifth one, and somehow, they also just had their first great-great-grandchild. This makes them great-great-grandparents now.

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Table of Contents

Of the five books of Moses, this is the second, called

EXODUS

Chapter I.

The names of the tribes

Chapter II.

The birth of Moses

Chapter III.

The name of God, - burning bush

Chapter IV.

The rod of Moses

Chapter V.

Pharaoh rejects Moses & Aaron

Chapter VI.

JEHOVAH renews all His promises

Chapter VII.

The rod of Moses is shown to Pharaoh

Chapter VIII.

The plague of frogs

Chapter IX.

The various other plagues

Chapter X.

The plagues of locusts & darkness

Chapter XI.

The death of the first born

Chapter XII.

The Passover statute

Chapter XIII.

The pillars of fire cloud

Chapter XIV.

Escape via the Red Sea

Chapter XV.

Moses song of God’s triumph

Chapter XVI.

The Israel people show disgruntle behavior

Chapter XVII.

The cry for water. The water from the rock

Chapter XVIII.

Moses joins Jethro & family

Chapter XIX.

The people go to Mount Sinai

Chapter XX.

The ten commandments

Chapter XXI.

Statutes for servants on theft

Chapter XXII

Considering sins of all kinds

Chapter XXIII.

Considering more ways to sin

Chapter XXIV.

Moses builds his altar to the glory of God

Chapter XXV.

The Mercy Seat

Chapter XXVI.

The inner construction of the Tabernacle

Chapter XXVII.

The working of the altar & court

Chapter XXVIII.

Aaron & sons are here set apart

Chapter XXIX.

The sacrifice, burning to consecrate priests

Chapter XXX.

The vessels of all the anointments they had

Chapter XXXI.

Moses receives the two tablets

Chapter XXXII.

Moses sees the molten calf, & breaks the tablets

Chapter XXXIII.

The people continue to murmur at God & Moses

Chapter XXXIV.

Moses comes down with more tablets

Chapter XXXV.

The people contribute their offerings

Chapter XXXVI.

The workmen continue to work the inside

Chapter XXXVII.

The Ark of the Covenant made

Chapter XXXVIII.

The offerings are summed in all kinds

Chapter XXXIX.

The clothing is chosen to wear by the priest

The third book of Moses called

LEVITCUS

Chapter I.

The various burned offerings

Chapter II.

The meat offerings ladled with spice

Chapter III.

The peace offering

Chapter IV.

Sins of ignorance

Chapter V.

Sins that are known & unknown

Chapter VI.

Offerings for sins done wittingly

Chapter VII.

The laws for governing various freewill offerings

Chapter VIII.

Consecration of Aaron & sons

Chapter IX.

The making of all the priests’ offerings

Chapter X.

The law of eating the holy things

Chapter XI

The things that are eaten or not

Chapter XII

Women’s child birth purification

Chapter XIII.

Leprosy laws

Chapter XIV.

Leprosy cleansing & rites

Chapter XV.

Cleansing of those who have issues

Chapter XVI.

The scapegoat

Chapter XVII.

No eating of blood

Chapter XVIII.

Unlawful lust & marriages

Chapter XIX.

Sundry laws repeated

Chapter XX.

False doctors & wizards must die

Chapter XXI.

The lives of the priests

Chapter XXII.

Who may only eat holy foods

Chapter XXIII.

The Sabbaths & feasts of the Lord

Chapter XXIV.

Murderers & blasphemers stoned

Chapter XXV.

The usage of bondsmen, redemption of servants

Chapter XXVI.

Blessings to those who obey the commandments

Chapter XXVII.

Tithes & vows to the Lord

Dedication & Acknowledgements

Of the five books of Moses, this is the second, called

EXODUS

Chapter I.

Now these are the names of the Is`-ra-el kin,

Who to E`-gypt went every man.

They came with their households & Jacob therein:

Reu`-ben, Sim`-e-on, Le`-vi & Dan.

There’s Ju`-dah, & Is`-a char, Zeb`-u-lun, and,

Ash`-er, Ben`-ja-min, Naph`-ta-li. Gad.

And all of the souls who came out of the land

Were the souls from the loins Ja`-cob had.

They numbered from him all of seventy souls.

(Jo`-seph already lived in the land.)

In time Jo`-seph died, & all brethren controls,

And all generations of the sand.

The Is`-ra-el people were fruitfully rich.

They had increased abundantly, and,

Increased population, grew mighty, & which

Filled the land by the Lord God’s command.

Now thereby arose a new E`-gyp-tian king,

Who did not know this Jo`-seph at all.

He said to his people, "Behold ev’rything!

They are more than we are. We are small.

"Come on, let us part with them wisely on this,

Lest they multiply, & come to thus:

A war is engaged, & they join them for bliss,

And will fight with our foes against us.

"So, now let us get them hence out of our land.

Therefore, they’ve set their task-masters hard,

Afflicting them, punishing them by command,

With their work, with complete disregard.

They built for the Pha`-raoh two cities to hide

All their treasures from all of their foes.

Ra-am`-ses & Pi`-thom by forced labor chide,

But were driven, afflicted with woes.

The more the affliction, the count numbers grew,

And they multiplied, strengthened in force.

The people of Is`-ra-el grieved of their rue,

And with rigor, they worked with remorse.

Their lives were made bitter in bondage by hand

Use of mortar & brick in the field.

In all service manner, it was by demand

With such rigor, that they couldn’t yield.

The great king of E`-gypt spoke orders about

He`-brew mid-wives, their office at birth.

The name of the one was called Shiph`-rah, devout,

And the other was Pu`-ah of mirth.

The king said, "When you function as a mid-wife

To the women of their He`-brew race,

If birthing a son, you will end his young life.

If a daughter, you’ll save her for grace."

The mid-wives feared God, disobeying the king,

But saved baby boys, - kept them alive.

The king called for mid-wives, & asked them to bring

Him all answers to, Why do they thrive?

The maidens all walked along side & kept guard.

But she noticed the ark in the bush.

She sent a maid over to get it, (it jarred),

When she saw it, she fetched in a rush.

And when she had opened it, she saw the child,

And behold, the babe wept in alarm.

Then she had compassion on him, - she’s beguiled,

And said, This is a light He`-brew ‘charm’!

Then asked the babe’s sister to Pha`-raoh’s own daughter,

"Shall I go & call you a nurse

Of He`-brews to save him from dying in slaughter?

And nurse him away from the curse?

"Why have you allowed the boy babies to live?

Why have you done this thing unto me?"

The mid-wives to Pha`-raoh responded to give

The king no reason why they should plea!

Because He`-brew women are unlike the dames

Of E-gyp`-tian, in giving a birth,

Before the midwives even come to make claims,

They delivered a child in their mirth!"

God therefore dealt well with the midwives to live,

And continued to multiply mightily.

Because they feared God, He created to give

Then all family houses were near civilly.

It soon came to pass that the Pha`-raoh gave charge

To his people & said, "Ev`-ry son

That’s born must be cast in a river by barge",

But the daughters he saved when it’s done.

+++++++

Chapter II.

Along came a Le`-vi man, taking to wife

A young daughter of Le`-vi, & soon

Conceived, bore a son, whom she noticed in life

He was goodly, - for three months immune,

From being well hidden, she made him an ark,

Made of bulrushes, sealed with some slime,

And pitch, & secured him with bark in the dark,

In the flags by the river o’er time.

Afar off, his sisters stood, (witnessing team),

That would be done to him in due time.

…The daughter of Pha`-raoh came down to the stream,

To wash thoroughly, (cleanliness, prime.)

That same Pha`-raoh’s daughter directed the maid,

And said, Go!, & his mother won’t plea.

The daughter of Pha`-raoh attended with aid:

Take the child away, - nurse him for me.

I’ll give you your wages. – The mother nursed it.

The child grew, & was raised as the son

Of Pha`-raoh’s own daughter, with Mo`-ses befit,

Because I rescued him, He was ‘done’.

In those days, it came to pass, Mo`-ses was grown,

And went unto his brethren & saw

Their burdens put on them, by King Pha`-raoh’s own,

On a He`-brew man, flogged ‘til he’s ‘raw’.

He looked around this way & that way, & saw,

That he noticed there’s no man in sight.

He slew the E-gyp`-tian by stoning his jaw,

Then he buried him in a sand site.

He went back the second day, saw He`-brew men

Strive together, & said he did wrong;

They thought Mo`-ses killed his own brethren, so then

They asked, Did you slay hin who was strong?

He said, "Who made you to be prince & a judge

Over us? Do you plan to kill me?

As you hit & slew my E-gyp`-tian with grudge?"

Mo`-ses feared, & asked, Should I now flee?

When Pha`-raoh heard this, he planned Mo`-ses to slay,

Mo`-ses fled the king’s face, & dwelled there

In Mid`-i-an-land, & sat down that same day

By a well to seek refuge & care.

The Mid`-i-an priest, (seven daughters he had),

Drew some water, & filled a big trough

To water her father’s small flock, & were glad,

But the shepherds drove all of them off.

But Mo`-ses stood up & helped water the flock,

When they came unto Reu`-el, (their father).

He said, Why have you come here soon? Do you mock?

And he queried his daughters, "Why bother?

"Where is he? Why have you shunned seeing the man?

Call him to me, so we may eat bread."

Now Mo`-ses was truly content` with the man,

To dwell with his daughters instead.

Zip-po`-rah bore him a fine son, called Ger`-shom,

Because Mo`-ses said, "I have been here

A stranger inside a strange land I call home;"

And it came to pass, he knew no fear.

The king of E-gyp`-tian-land perished in time,

And the people of Is`-ra-el sighed,

By reason of bondage that’s known to be grime,

And their cry came to God, - deified.

Now God heard their moaning & groaning within,

And remembered His Covenant true,

With A`-bra-ham. I`-saac, & Ja`-cob who’ve been,

Showed God loved & respected them new.

+++++++

Chapter III.

Now Mo`-ses attended the sheep flock of Jeth`-ro,

His father-in-law, who was priest

Of Mid`-i-an, & he led all where to go:

To the back of the desert, & east.

They came to Mt. Ho`-reb, the mountain of God,

And the angel of God appeared then,

Inside of a flame in its midst without prod,

Of the bush fully fired up again.

Behold! The bush burned but it does not consume.

Mo`-ses said, "I shall now turn aside,

And see this great sight, why the bush is immune

And when God the Lord saw he’d abide,

To see, God called unto him, out of the bush,

And said, Mo`-ses, O Mo`-ses, hear me!

And Mo`-ses responded the Lord, Here am I.

And the Lord said, "Fear not, & don’t flee.

"Take off both your shoes from your feet, for the place

Where you stand is most holy of ground."

Moreover, He said, "I’m the Father of grace;

I’m the God of your father profound.

Of A`-bra-ham, I`-saac, & Ja`-cob, - I’m God;

Mo`-ses hid his face, fearful to gaze

Upon the great face of the Almighty God,

And the Lord saw affliction, not praise.

The Lord said to me, "I have certainly seen

The affliction of My people down

In E`-gypt & heard their plead cry, & demean

Of their task-masters, - sores on each gown.

"So, I have come down to deliver them out

Of the Pha`-raoh’s hand out of his land,

And onto a rich land that flows there devout,

Milk & honey, I hereby command.

"The place is now dwelled by the Ca`-naan-ite clan,

And the Hit`-tites & Am`-or-ites too.

It’s ruled by the Per`-iz- zites, Hi`-rites, (not Dan),

And the Jeb`-u-sites also in view.

"Behold now! The cry of the Is`-ra-el kin!

It has risen to Me. I now see

Oppression they suffer outside & within,

By E`-gyp`-tians; - I have heard their plea!

"Come now & I’ll send you to Pha`-raoh to bring

Me My people, (the Is`-ra-el kin),

From E`-gypt," & Mo`-ses to God, answering,

"Who am I to see Pha`-raoh within?

To bring forth the people of Is`-ra-el out

Of his E`-gypt?" And God said to me,

"I certainly shall be with you without doubt,

And I’ll give you a token to see.

"You’ll know I have sent you to bring them out from,

And you’ll find the Lord God on this mount,"

To God Mo`-ses asked, "What shall I then decree

When I come to them, & make account?

"What will I say to them when I see them first?

Is it, ‘God of your fathers sent me?’

They then might ask, ‘What is his name? Is he cursed?’

What should I say to them? I am free?!"

And God said to Mo`-ses, I AM THAT I AM.

He then also said, "Thus say to them,

‘I AM’ has sent me unto you, - He’ll not damn."

[He’ll contemn you, & then He’ll condemn.]

And God said moreover to Mo`-ses, "You’ll say

To the people of Is`-ra-el this:

‘The Lord of your fathers for whom you will pray,

Is of A`-bra-ham, I`-saac, for bliss,

And Ja`-cob together sent me unto you.

This is their name forever more known

A rev’rent memorial, (worshipping too,)

Unto all generations they own.’

"Go, gather the elders together, - each tribe,

And then say unto them, "The Lord God

Of all of your fathers, appeared by a scribe,

Saying, ‘I saw your hard-pressing prod.

"That was done to you in their large E`-gypt-land,

And I have said to you before now,

"I shall bring you up out of E`-gypt’s bad land,

To the land, (milk & honey), - My vow.

"The lands that I give you are Ca`-naan-ites’, Hit`-tites’,

And Am`-or-ites’, Per`-iz-zites’, too.

The Jeb`-u-sites also will I yield their might,

And all others with spoil in short view.

"They’ll listen & hearken to only your voice,

And the elders & you will come nigh,

To Pha`-raoh of E`-gypt, & give him no choice

But to let all their people comply.

"You’ll say to the king, ‘Let us go away now;

We beseech you just three days away

In wilderness land I would make you a vow.

I would sacrifice to God & pray.’

"I’m sure that the Pha`-raoh would not let you go.

No, but not by a mighty strong hand.

I’ll stretch out My hand & smite E`-gypt’s death blow

With My wonders, - you’ll go by command.

"He’ll then let you go off the E`-gyp-tian might,

And you’ll then be well known in the land.

And I shall give this people favor in sight;

We shall not leave here empty on sand.

"Each woman will borrow from her neighbor’s things,

And from her house some jewels she had;

From silver & gold, & all spoil that she brings,

And put them on each daughter & lad."

+++++++

Chapter IV.

And then Mo`-ses answered, & said of the crowd,

"They will not believe me when I speak.

They’ll not hearken unto My voice which is loud.

They’ll say, God didn’t talk to the meek.

The Lord asked of Mo`-ses, What’s that in your hand?

Mo`-ses answered with, It is a rod.

The Lord ordered, "Cast it aside & there stand.

The rod formed to a serpent on sod.

But Mo`-ses did not stand, but fled before it.

The Lord said unto him, "Stretch your hand,

And take the snake’s tail in your hand, & submit.

And the serpent turned back by command.

That they may believe that their fathers’ dear Lord

Has appeared unto you all indeed,

To prove that the Lord God Almighty, adored,

Has shown A`-bra-ham, I`-saac, & seed,

The Lord of God’s Ja`-cob to him, - further said,

Put your hand in your bosom awhile.

He put his hand into his bosom, & bled,

It looked dead white & leprous as bile!

The Lord said again, "Put your hand in again

In your bosom, & then pull it out."

The hand was again fresh & normal, & then

The flesh no longer showed of the bout.

"It will come to pass, if they won’t believe you,

Neither hearken to God’s holy sign,

That they will believe the voice first heard anew,

And believe the voice given divine.

"If they won’t believe either one of these signs,

Nor will hearken to your voice of Mine,

That you take the water of pure